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October 14-18

Last week we met our long term sub, Mrs. Holly Lemm.  She spent the day with us on Wednesday and is very excited to be working in our class while I am out on maternity leave.  We are planning for her to begin in our classroom on October 30th...unless baby girl decides to come earlier :) She will share more information about herself as she begins her time in our classroom.  Her email will be lemmh@kaukaunasd.org.  I look forward to meeting with you this week at conferences to share how much your child has grown already and set goals to continue to work on. 

Classroom News

Conferences:Thank you for signing up for conferences. If you haven't signed up here is the link!
https://ptcfast.com/schools/NDLC\

Field Trips: On Wednesday we will have our walking trip to Piggly Wiggly.  Please make sure that your child is dressed for the weather and is wearing walking shoes!  This will tie into our community unit and is always a fun trip!

Word Study: Letters v, w, x, y
Kindergarten: is my go me
First Grade: in so we it and

Writing: This week we will begin our Show and Tell and Opinion unit.  Thank you for reminding your child to bring in their collection.  This week we will be looking closely at the items in our collections and writing about what makes them special.  We will work on pictures, labels, and using descriptive language.

Researchers Workshop: This week we will be making a map for our trip to Piggly Wiggly.  We will also continue to work in our community centers. Kindergartners will teach us about their research on school helpers!

What's new this week in Kindergarten? 

Math: At the end of the week, students will take the unit 1 assessment. As a culmination of this unit's big ideas, mathematicians will be working on adding and subtracting, subitizing, number order, and number identification.  Here is an example of one game we will play this week.


This bingo game support subitizing. Click here to download.

Reading: We are continuing  to work towards becoming a word detective! This week we will continue to work on pointing power and picture power in books.  We will also add snap word power to our chart. We are also rereading the page to match the same number of words to the words that are on the page. 

What's new this week in First Grade? 

Math: This week we will work on subtraction strategies.  We will generate our own subtraction story problems and at the end of the week will relate addition and subtraction.  An example would be 5+4=9, so I know 9-5=4. 
We will continue to work on fluency to ten. Here are some fun games to play at home. Totally Ten Snake or Card Game

 Reading: We are continuing to work for our word detective badges!  This week we will  work on doing a slow check and sliding our finger under the word to check it.  We will also answer the question: What makes a good reading partner?  At the end of the week we will notice the importance of snap words and how they can help with fluency in our reading.

Upcoming Events: 
October 14: Packer Wear or favorite sports wear day
October 15 &17: Conferences-- held in our classroom
October 22: Family Night
October 28-31 Red Ribbon Week (dress up days below)
10/28: Teaming Up Against Drugs is NO SWEAT! Wear Your Favorite Sweats and/or Team Apparel!
10/29: SOCK IT To Drugs! Wear Crazy Socks
10/30: RED DAY! Be United Against Drugs! Deck Yourself Out in Red Apparel
10/31: Wear Orange and Black
November 1: NO SCHOOL

Here are some pictures from the Kindergarten trip last week!









Have a great week!

-Samantha

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