Mrs. Ludtke's K/1 News

Hello! This week we welcome Beckham to our class.  He is a first grader and we are happy that he is joining us.  It's an exciting week to celebrate reading at school.  Have fun reading at home too.  I'm sending home a bingo sheet to record at home.  Fill in a row, column, or diagonal and return for a prize.  Dress up days for the week: Monday, March 2 Cat in the hat day Wear your favorite hat or stripes Tuesday, March 3 Grinch day/ green eggs and ham Wear green Wednesday, March 4 Wacky Wednesday Thursday, March 5 Red fish/blue fish, wear something blue or red Friday, March 6 twin day thing 1-thing 2 day Word Study:  Try searching from them in your books!  Rainbow write them with markers! 1st: back, because, very, I'm K: all, too, they, will Writing: We are beginning our new unit of fiction writing.  We will be writing realistic fiction books.  We will create characters and stories that we can relate...

Hello! I hope that you had a great weekend.  Our exciting news was that Millie rolled over for the first time :) We have some busy things happening in our classroom this week.  We are preparing for our poetry cafe on Friday and looking forward to our field trip at the PAC on Thursday. Word Study:  Try searching from them in your books!  Write them in the snow!  1st: after, big, who, been K: all, too, they, will Writing:  We are preparing for our poetry celebration on Friday!  We hope that you will be able to attend.  Tomorrow our third grade buddies are going to help us type a few of our poems. Reading:  This week we are working on performing our books.  We will think about what our characters sound like and what gestures they might be making.  It is fun to make our books come alive! Kindergarten Math:  We are creating story problems and building equations to match.  We will notice that the total does not always ...

Hello!  We had a lot of fun on the 100th day of school! This week ends with another exciting day...Valentine's Day and Field Trip Day.  I did contact those who will be joining us on our trip on Friday.  If you did not receive an email from me last week, you will not be able to join this time.  Thank you for volunteering but we only have room for two! Valentines:  I sent the list of names home last week.  If you need another please let me know!  Also, if you would like to send in a treat for our party please let me know.  Thank you! Word Study: 1st: than, away, them, came K: got, play, was, had Writing: We are beginning our poetry unit!  This week we will read lots of poems and we will have poetry centers.  We will listen to songs, listen for rhythm in poems, look at ordinary objects with poet eyes, and look out our window to the world for ideas.  This is a fun unit and we plan to have a celebration on the morning of February...

Hi!  At the end of the week we will be celebrating the 100th day!  It is dress like you are 100 day.  I will be sending home a list of classmate names for valentines for next week.  Please remember to send back field trip forms by Wednesday.  Thank you! Word Study: 1st: from, when, about, your K: come, get, look, for Writing:  This week in writing we will will work on publishing our how to books.  We will then start exploring poems for next week. Reading:  This week in reading the first graders will be setting some goals and they will be working on word solving quickly to tackle challenges with greater automaticity.  We will work on fluency and making our reading sound smooth.  At the end of books we will work on our retell.  The Kindergartners will be joining Mrs. Hixon or Mrs. Lenzners class for their mini lesson.  They will be reviewing word solving skills that are important for the level books they are reading. ...

Hello! I'm back!! It's bittersweet to back in the classroom. It was definitely hard to leave Millie last week but it helped coming back to 18 smiling faces!  We are getting back into the groove and it seems that the adjustment is going well.   This week I will be assessing reading levels and some math so that I am able to again meet with students at their level.  I already can tell they grew so much while I was out.  Word Study: K: look, get, for, come 1st: us, yes, saw, girl, now Writing: This week in writing we will continue to work on our How-To books.  We will be adding in tips and warnings, adding comparisons, getting new ideas, and begin to write a collection of how to books on the same topic.  I will also be encouraging students to up their stamina and see how much they can write in a day! Reading: This week we will be setting some new reading goals. We will also shift our work to some comprehension.  We will stop in our books and t...

Celebrate NDLC is happening this week! Each day students have an opportunity to dress up differently and Thursday night will be our Family Night! The kids are excited for Mrs. Ludtke to be back on Wednesday!  Yearbooks are ready to be ordered through Network Photography online. Deadline to order is Feb. 11th, 2020. To order your yearbook: Please visit  Network Photography Select the Fall Prepay tab Type in New Directions into the space  Select New Directions Learning Community YEARBOOK ORDERS Classroom News  Word Study: Kindergarten: went, are, this, look 1st Grade: she, sit, then, his, say Writing: This week in our How-To writing we will be digging into mentor texts to learn the different features they use. We will then incorporate those features into our writing. We will continue to identify our audience and work on elaborating in our How-To writing. Reading: In reading we will slow down to break up long words and read it part by part....