May 21st-May 24th

Hello Parents;

I can't believe this will be my last weekly update of the year. Where did the school year go?

I have enjoyed teaching, learning, and growing each day with your children. They are truly amazing children. I am very proud of each one of them. They have worked so very hard each and everyday.  Thank you for trusting them with me. I will miss them and you very much!
I will be visiting them next year while they are in first grade. I am only doors away. I love you all very much.

In reading we are reading books in Raz Kids. We are still working on fluency and comprehension.
Books will be on ipads and won't be coming home. However, I will print a copy of the book for them to take home each night. They can keep the book at the end of the week.

In math we are practicing all the math concepts we have been learning. Story problems, teen numbers,  partners of 3, 4, 5, 6, and 10, attributes of 3D shapes, and addition and subtraction skills.

In writing we will be writing in our journals and mastering the conventions and mechanics of writing.  Checking our work to make  sure we have a capital letter at the beginning of the sentence, finger spaces between words, and punctuation marks at the end of each sentence.

Important Dates:

5/24 Last Day of School! Early Release Day pick children up at 12:00

Specials:

Group 1

5/21 Enrichment
5/22 PE
5/23 PE
5/24  Enrichment

Group 3

5/21 PE
5/22 Enrichment
5/23 Music
5/24 Music

Have a super week!!!!

Always,

Mrs. Dahman

May 14th-May 18th

Hello Parents!!!

I can't believe we only have 8 days of school. Where did the time go. Anyway, I am so proud of all of them. They have made growth academically and socially.  They are ready for First Grade. With 8 days left we still have books coming home to read. We will be writing in our journals and practicing the concepts that we learned in math.  Lots of review, but it is needed.

Reading: In guided reading we are still focusing on fluency and comprehension. Your child won't be bringing their ipads home, but they will be bringing home a book this week and next week. When we are finished with the books they can keep them at home I don't need them back. They need to read with you at least five times a night. This will help with fluency. Ask them question about the book. Who are the characters? Where does the story take place? What happened in the beginning, middle, and end?  

Sight Words: Please continue to practice all the sight words each night. If they know the sight words well, then review them once in a while so they don't forget. Here are the sight words we have learned.  I, can, the, see, a, like, to, and, you, go, do, my are, he, with, little, she, was, for, have, of, they, said, want, here, me, this, what, help, too, come, good, and that.

Math: We are reviewing in math. Unit 5 is all review of the math concepts we learned in unit 4. Partners of 10, partners of 3,4,5,6,7,8, and 9. 3D shapes, story problems, and addition and subtraction.

Writing:  We finished our non-fiction writing. They did an amazing job on their non-fiction writing. Now we are concentrating on our writing mechanics: capital letter at the beginning of the sentence, spaces between words, and punctuation at the end of each sentence. Pictures need to be detailed and match our writing.

Specials schedule:

Group 1 

5/14 Music
5/15 Music
5/16 Enrichment
5/17 Art
5/18 Art

Group 2

5/14 Enrichment
5/15 Art
5/16 Art
5/17 Enrichment 
5/18 PE

Important Dates:

May 18th Kindergarten Celebration 1:45 in the cafeteria. 

May 24th Last Day of School. This is an early release day. Please plan to pick up your child at 12:00 on this day.

Have a great week!!!

If you have any concerns or questions, please don't hesitate to contact me.

Always,

Mrs. Dahman

May 7th- May 11th

Happy Monday everyone!!!

I hope you all enjoyed your weekend.  We have another busy week, but nothing that we can't handle.

Reading In Wonders this week we will be finishing our last lesson of unit 10. That also ends Wonders for the year. Our Essential Question is "What Ideas Can You Suggest To Protect The Environment?"

They are reading their assigned book in Wonders on their ipads. Ipads will come home this week to be charged so they can read their book.

They also can go into Raz Kids and read another story I assigned to them about recycling.

Math In math we have started unit 5. Unit 5 is a review of addition and subtraction, story problems, teen numbers, greater than and less than and
 3D shapes.

Writing:  We are writing daily in our journals and checking our work to make sure we are using the proper mechanics Capital letter at the beginning of sentences, finger spaces between words, and punctuation marks.

Sight words: Keep practicing your sight words each night.

Specials:

Group 1:

5/7 Enrichment
5/8 Enrichment
5/9 PE
5/10 PE
5/11 Field Day

Group 3

5/7 PE
5/8 PE
5/9 Enrichment
5/10 Music
5/11 Field Day

Important Dates:

May 11th Field Day K-2 12:00 to 2:00 Please have your child dressed in comfortable clothes, a hat and sunscreen. Please have them come to school with a water bottle.


May 18th Kindergarten Celebration 1:45 in cafeteria.

Please contact me with concerns or questions.

Have super week!

Always,

Mrs. Dahman

April 30th-May 4th

Hello parents!

I hope everyone is doing well. I can't believe we are coming to the last month of school. We have accomplished so much but still have more to do before May 24th.

Reading we our on Unit 10 Week 2. The Essential Question this week is: In what ways are things alike? How are they different? Reading groups are working on fluency and comprehension. Some groups are working on being fluent in all the sounds in a word as they begin reading. 
Sight words: Please take a look on your child's ipad. they took a picture of all the sight words we have learned so far.  However, these sight words are not on their ipads. Good, come, and who. Have your child practice these sight words each night. They can write them on index cards or in salt.

Math we are finishing unit 4 and taking an end of the unit test this week. We will start unit 5 this week as well.  Your child has been coming home with rubric the past couple of weeks. This is to show you weekly how they are doing on certain math concepts. For example, Addition and subtraction and story problems. 

Writing: We have been doing Opinion Writing and everyone is writing so well. They are checking their work. I am so proud of them.  They write daily in their journals I am excited for you to see their growth.

Specials:

Group 1:

4/30 Music
5/1 Music
5/2 enrichment
5/3 Zoo
5/4 Field Day
Group 3:

4/30 enrichment
5/1 Art
5/2 Art
5/3 Zoo
5/4 Field Day

Important Dates:

May 3rd Zoo field trip. Please look for an email explaining details about the field trip.

May 4th Field Day 12:00 to 2:00. Make sure wear tennis shoes, put on lots of sunscreen before school. bring a water bottle and a hat. Don't forget the chapstick.

May 18th Kindergarten Celebration 1:45 in Cafeteria.

Please let me know if you have any concerns or questions about your child. 

Have a great week!

Always,

Mrs. Dahman

April 23rd-27th

Good afternoon parents;

I hope everyone had a great weekend.  We have one more month of school. Where did the time go?

We have one more unit to finish in Wonders. This week our Essential Question is: What can happen when we work together?

Reading: I have assigned them guided reading books to certain groups. I have also assigned Raz kids to the other reading groups. Your child will get their new book on Monday.  They will have them on their ipads.  They also have word work activities assigned to them related to this lesson.

In reading group your child will be working on comprehension and fluency.
Some groups will continue to work on knowing on the sounds in a spoken word.

Sight words; Each students has taken a picture of the sight words we have learned so far.  They are on their ipads in photos.

Writing: We have completed our non-fiction stories on our animals and can't wait to share them during field day. This week we will learn about opinion writing. We will continue to check our writing each day to be sure we are using a capital, spaces, and punctuation in our sentences.

Math: We have been working hard to master story problems using addition and subtraction. We are also mastering partners of ten, and 3D shapes.

Science: We have finished learning about Life Science. Our non-fiction animal research has been very successful. We have been learning about what our animals eat, where they live, what they look like, and an interesting fact about them.

AMP this week:

Group 1

4/23 Art
4/24 enrichment
4/25 PE
4/26 No school
4/27 enrichment

Group 3

4/23 PE
4/24 PE
4/25 enrichment
4/26 No school
4/27 music

Important Dates:

April 28th Three Creeks Silent Auction at Rolling Hills Country Club 80's attire.

5/3 Zoo Field Trip Forms and going on to Jeffco Connect to pay were due April 20th.

5/4 Field Day

5/11 Filed in case Field Day is rained out on 5/4.

5/18 Kindergarten Celebration 1:45 in the cafeteria.

Have a great week!

Always,

Mrs. Dahman

April 16th-20th

Hello Parents, I hope everyone enjoyed their weekend. My weekend was busy. I was busy getting things for my sons Senior prom. It was exciting and bittersweet since it will be his last. Now I am focusing on graduation. Crazy where does the time go.

This week in Wonders are Essential Question of the week is: How Can Things In Nature Be Used To Make New Things? 

Reading each group is working very hard to get a 3 or 4 in fluency. We are working hard on comprehension and to get a 3 or 4. Comprehension is more challenging but we are making great progress.  Each group will have a book assigned to them on Wonders or Raz kids this week. Ipads will be coming home so they can read their books on their ipads. Please have them read to you each night and then ask them questions about what they have read to you. This will help with comprehension.

Writing we are finishing up our non-fiction writing. They are really working hard on this book. I am so proud.  Your child came home with a small rubric that shows how they are doing with the writing conventions: Capital, spaces, and punctuation. 

Math is more work on addition and subtraction and mastering this concept. Last week we worked on 3D shapes and everyone is doing very well. I sent home a rubric that showed how they are doing in story problems. 

Science: We have been learning about living and non-living. We have been observing caterpillars and a few have changed into a chrysalis They are enjoying this activity so much.

Specials for this week are: Group 1

4/16 enrichment

4/17 Music

4/18 Music

4/19 enrichment

4/20 Art

Group 3 

4/16 Music

4/17 enrichment

4/18 Art

4/19 Art

4/20 enrichment

Homework this week is reading books on ipads only M and Tu.  I will send home a paper book for Wednesday and Thursday. We are taking inventory of our school ipads and my class needs to have all ipads, charging cord, charging block and the ipad bags turned in on Wednesday April 18th. Mrs. McHugh will be in my class on Wednesday taking inventory. 

Important dates:

4/28 Silent Auction at Rolling Hills Country Club 80"s attire

5/3 Zoo Field Trip please make sure you fill out the form that was sent home with your child on Friday. If you didn't get one please let me know and I will send home another one. You also have to go on to Jeffco Connect and pay. The form and Jeffco Connect need to be completed by April 20th. 

5/4 Field Day 

5/11 Field Day if 5/4 gets rained out.

5/18 Kindergarten Celebration 1:45 in cafeteria. 

Have a super week!!!

Always,

Mrs. Dahman

April 9th-13th

Hello Parents;

I hope you had a great weekend! April is starting to cruise on by. Please make sure you check the important dates at the bottom of this blog so you can put those dates on your calendars.

Essential Question: Our question for the week is "what do good citizens do? " 

Reading this week will be on ipads. Tonight they need to charge their ipad and then go into Wonders or Raz Kids and read their books at least 5 times.  Your child knows which app to go into. 

We are working on reading fluently and retell. After your child reads to you, have them retell the story to you. Ask them questions like: Who are the characters? Where does the story take place? What happened in the beginning, middle, and end. This will help them with the retell of a story.

Math: Math this week is describing 3D shapes and finding authentic shapes that are 3D around our home and classroom.
We are continuing to master addition and subtraction thru story problems. We also touched on greater than less than.

Writing non fiction: We have been learning about non-fiction writing in whole group. Now we are doing our very own non-fiction writing. I have assigned everyone an animal that they are researching in class. My half day students will get their animal tomorrow.
They are getting the information off of Pebble Go. By the end of the week we should be done with our non-fiction book.  They are very excited about this activity. I can't wait for them to share it with you.

This weeks specials

Group 1 

4/9 Art
4/10 Art
4/11 enrichment
4/12 PE
4/13 PE

Group 3 

4/9 enrichment
4/10 PE
4/11 PE
4/12 enrichment
4/13 Music

Important dates for your calendar.

April 28th Silent Auction at Rolling Hills Country Club. Looking forward to seeing everyone at this fun event. Dress attire is 80's.

May 3rd Zoo field trip. A permission slip will be coming home in Friday folders with all the information you need about this fun field trip.

May 4th Field Day

May 11th Field Day incase the 4th gets rained out.

May 18th Kindergarten Celebration TBD

If you have any concerns or questions please don't hesitate to contact me.

Have a great week!

Always,

Mrs. Dahman

April 2nd thru April 6th

Good afternoon parents;

I hope everyone enjoyed their spring break. I had a great break. I spent the week relaxing and catching up on some "me" time. We are jumping right into school The Essential Question of the week is "How can we help out at home? They were given a new book that relates to our Essential Question. Please have them read to you each night and return with the book each day. 

Reading: Talk with your child about the book and ask them questions. Please have your child read to you five times each night. Ask them questions about their book. This will help with retell. Please make sure they bring their paper books back to school each day. We are still focusing on fluency and comprehension. The books are fiction books and only two groups have their books on RAZ Kids. I still encourage them to go onto RAZ Kids and read other books after reading their assigned reading group book.

Math: We are on Lesson 8 in unit 4. We are working on Math Mountains. This is an extension of partners of 5,6,7, and 10. We are still working on telling story problems using our pretend market. We will act out our story problems in groups and then write them out to show our understanding of the story problems.

Writing: We are focusing on non-fiction writing. 

• How do writers create books that are fun to read and also teach readers about something?

Sight Words: The sight word this week are help, and too.  Keep practicing these sight words at home. They are: the, see, can, a, I, like, we, to, go, and, you, do, my, is, little, he, with, she, was, for,  have, said, of, want, and What. They can write the sight words on index cards to make flash cards. They can trace them in salt. Continue to help your child practice these sight words each night. 

Continue to practice these digraphs with your child. ch, sh, th, wh, and ck.

Specials for this week 

Group 1 goes with Miss Zarlengo.

4/2 PE

4/3 Enrichment

4/4 Music

4/5 Music

4/6 Enrichment

Group 3 Goes with Mrs. Mink

4/2 Music

4/3 Music

4/4 Enrichment

4/5 Art

4/6 Art

Important Dates 

April 28th Silent Auction Looking forward to seeing everyone at this fun event.

May 4th Field Day

May 11th Field Day incase the 4th gets rained out.

May 18th Kindergarten Celebration TBD

Have a super week!!!

If you have any questions or concerns please don't hesitate to contact me.

Always,

Mrs. Dahman

March 19th-23rd

Good afternoon parents;

I hope everyone enjoyed their weekend. We have a busy week ahead. We will continue to learn about the sun and moon. The Essential Question of the week will stay the same as last weeks: What do you see in the sky?

Reading: Your child will come home with their ipads on Tuesday and Thursday. Please be sure and get them charged fully.Their books will be in RAZ Kids. They know how to login. I have assigned each reading group a non-fiction book that relates to the essential question.  Please have your child read to you five times each night. Ask them questions about their book. This will help with retell. On Monday, Wednesday and Friday they will bring the paper book home. Please make sure they bring their paper books back to school each day this week.

Math: We are on Lesson 4 in unit 4. We will be working on telling story problems using our pretend market. We will model addition by buying fruit. We will model subtraction by buying fruit later in the week.  This will be an activity that I plan to do all week.

Writing: In writing we are learning about non-fiction writing. 

• How do writers create books that are fun to read and also teach readers about something?

Sight Words: The sight word this week is "What".  Keep practicing these sight words at home. They are: the, see, can, a, I, like, we, to, go, and, you, do, my, is, little, he, with, she, was, for,  have, said, of, and want. They can write the sight words on index cards to make flash cards. They can trace them in salt. Continue to help your child practice these sight words each night. 

We have been working on digraphs ch, sh, th, wh and ck. 

Specials for this week 

Group 1 goes with Miss Zarlengo.

3/19 Enrichment

3/20 Art

3/21 Art

3/22 Enrichment

3/23 PE

Group 2 goes with Mrs. Mink.

3/19 Art

3/20 Enrichment

3/21 PE

3/22 PE

3/23 Enrichment

Important Dates:

March 22nd Parent University 6:00 to 7:30pm 

Have a great week! Don't hesitate to contact me with questions or concerns you may have.

Always,

Mrs. Dahman

March 12th-16th

Hello Parents!!!

I want to thank everyone for coming to parent teacher conferences last week. We had great conversations about your child and their next steps before the end of the year.

This week we will be busy reading in our groups. In Wonders we are starting Unit 8. We will be doing week 3. In this lesson we will be learning about the sun and moon. The Essential Question of the week is: What do you see in the sky?

They will have an assigned book to read this week as well as a book in Raz Kids for them to read. 

In math we are still working on addition and subtraction story problems. We have been learning partners of 10. Your children are understanding partners of ten very well. Have them tell you partners of ten while you are eating dinner.  We are also working on simple subtraction.

Sight Words: The sight word this week is of and want. Keep practicing these sight words at home. They are: the, see, can, a, I, like, we, to, go, and, you, do, my, is, little, he, with, she, was, for,  have,  and said.They can write the sight words on index cards to make flash cards. They can trace them in salt. Continue to help your child practice these sight words each night.

Specials: 

Group 1 goes with Miss Zarlengo's class.

3/12 PE

3/13 Enrichment

3/14 Music

3/15 Music

3/16 Enrichment

Group 3 goes with Mrs. Mink's class

3/12 Music

3/13 Music

3/14 Enrichment

3/15 Art

3/16 Art

Important Dates:

March 14th Spring Pictures. 

 March 16th is an early release day.

Have a great week. Please don't hesitate to contact me with questions or concerns you may.

Always,

Mrs. Dahman

March 5th-9th

Good afternoon parents! I hope everyone had a great weekend and enjoyed the beautiful weather. I did. I spent time outside with my dog and quality time with my daughter who is home for spring break.

This week we will be having our parent teacher conferences. I am excited to sit down with each of you and talk about your child. If you haven't signed into signup genius you still can.

Report cards went home on Friday in your child's back pack.

Reading: We are in unit 7 week 3 of Wonders. Our essential question for the week is: Where do animals live? They will be bringing home books to read for their guided reading groups. Please be sure to let them read to you each night for at least five minutes. They use different strategies to help them with unfamiliar words.  Some of my reading groups are learning to be fluent readers and my other groups are working to be fluent with the sounds in a spoken word. While reading, have sound out the word hearing each sound in that unfamiliar word.

Math: We are working on unit 4 lesson 2 and 3 again this week.  We are working on mastering story problems using addition and subtraction. We are also learning to make partners of 10 using different strategies to help us understand this concept.

In writing we are still working on what it means to be a writer.

Sight Words: The sight word this week is  Said. Keep practicing these sight words at home. They are: the, see, can, a, I, like, we, to, go, and, you, do, my, is, little, he, with, she with, was, for, and have. 

They can write the sight words on index cards to make flash cards. They can trace them in salt. Continue to help your child practice these sight words each night.

Specials: 

Group 1 goes with Miss Zarlengo's group

3/5 Enrichment

3/6 Art

3/7 Art

3/8 Enrichment

3/9 PE

Group 3 goes with Mrs. Mink 

3/5 Art 

3/6 Enrichment

3/7 PE

3/8 PE

3/9 Enrichment 

Important Dates:

March 8th and 9th Parent teacher conferences. 

Have a super week!

Always,

Mrs. Dahman

Feb. 26th- March 2nd

Good evening parents I hope everyone had a great weekend and are ready for another amazing week.

We had a short but busy week last week. We started unit 4 in math and took a pre-test. We finished unit 7 week 1 in Wonders and will start unit 7 week 2. Ipads have been coming home a lot to be charged. This week ipads will be coming home again and they will be doing home work in google classroom. They will come home with a new reading book. Look for the book and ipads to come in their backpacks.

Report cards will be coming home this week. I will send an email out letting you know to look for them in your child's backpack.

Math: We started unit 4. We took a pretest and will start comparing numbers. We will learn about 3D shapes. We will continue to work on addition and subtraction. 

Reading: We are on unit 7 in Wonders. Are Essential Question is How do you take care of different kinds of pets?
In this unit we will continue to work on becoming fluent readers and fluent with all the sounds in a spoken word. Your child will be coming home with a new book this week. Have them read with you for 5 min. each night. Rereading a story is one way for them to become fluent readers. They will be coming home with the books each night except Friday. Ipads will be coming home on Tuesday and Thursday they will have different activities to do in Wonders. Sentence building and phoneme blending.

Writing: In writing we are learning what it means to be a writer? Why does punctuation matters? How does knowing the sounds letters make help you as a writer?

Sight Words: The sight word this week is have and for. Keep practicing these sight words at home. They are: the, see, can, a, I, like, we, to, go, and, you, do, my, is, little, he, with, she with, and was. 

They can write the sight words on index cards to make flash cards. They can trace them in salt. Continue to help your child practice these sight words each night.

Specials: 

Group 1 goes with Miss Zarlengo's group

2/26  PE

2/27  PE

2/28  Enrichment

3/1  Music

3/2  Music

Group 2 goes with Mrs. Mink

Have 

2/26 Enrichment

2/27 Music

2/28 Music

3/1 Enrichment

3/2  Art

Important Dates:

March 8th and 9th Parent teacher conferences. Please don't forget to signup.

Have a super week!

Always,

Mrs. Dahman

Feb 20th-23rd

Hello Kindie parents:

I hope everyone is enjoying the four day weekend. 
We have had a fun last couple of weeks with our 100th day and Valentine celebrations. Thank you to everyone for helping to make each celebration a huge success. Your children enjoyed the celebrations very much.

I am getting ready to put report cards together. Be looking for your child coming home with them in the next couple of weeks. I will send out an email letting you know that they are coming home.

This week in

Math: we will be starting unit 4. In this unit we will be comparing numbers. We will learn about 3D shapes. We will continue to work on addition and subtraction. 

Reading: We are on unit 7 in Wonders. Are Essential Question is How are some animals alike and how are they different?
In this unit we will continue to work on becoming fluent readers and fluent with all the sounds in a spoken word. Your child will be coming home with a new book this week. Have them read with you for 5 min. each night. Rereading a story is one way for them to become fluent readers. They will be coming home with the books each night except Friday. Ipads will be coming home on Tuesday and Thursday they will have different activities to do in Wonders. Sentence building and phoneme blending.

Writing: In writing we are learning what it means to be a writer? Why does punctuation matters? How does knowing the sounds letters make help you as a writer?

Sight Words: The sight word this week is FOR. Keep practicing these sight words at home. They are: the, see, can, a, I, like, we, to, go, and, you, do, my, is, little, he, with, she with, and was. 

They can write the sight words on index cards to make flash cards. They can trace them in salt.

Specials: 

Group 1 goes with Miss Zarlengo's group

2/20  Enrichment

2/21  Art

2/22  Art

2/23  Enrichment

Group 2 goes with Mrs. Mink

2/20 Art

2/21 Enrichment

2/22 PE

2/23 PE

Feb 12th-16th

Hello Kindergarten parents I hope everyone had a great weekend.

Math: In math we will be wrapping up unit three and focus on mastering teen numbers, addition and subtraction and describing shapes.

Reading we are on Unit 5 week 3. We are working on becoming fluent readers stringing words to be fluent readers. Others are working to be  fluent with all the sounds in a word. 

Sight Words: The sight words are still the same this week. There are no new sight words. Keep practicing the these sight words at home. They are: the, see, can, a, I, like, we, to, go, and, you, do, my, is, little, he, with, she with, and was. 

They can write the sight words on index cards to make flash cards. They can trace them in salt. 

Specials: We split our class into two groups for specials.

Group 1 Goes with Miss Zarlengo,s class.

2/12 PE

2/13 PE

2/14 Enrichment

2/15 Music

2/16 Music

Group 3 Goes with Mrs. Mink class

2/12 Enrichment Important Dates

2/13 Music

2/14 Music

2/15 Enrichment 

2/16 Art

Important Dates 

Feb 14th is our Valentine party be checking you emails from Mrs. Mann. She is in charge of our party. It will be in the morning 8 am -9 am should be loads of fun for the children.

Feb 16th is an early release day. Students will be dismissed at 12:00 noon.

Have a great week!!! Please contact me with questions or concerns you may have about school or your child.

Always,

Mrs. Dahman

Feb 5th-9th

Hello Kindergarten parents I hope everyone had a great weekend.

Math: In math we will continue to work on subtraction and story problems.

Reading we are on Unit 5 week 2. We are working on becoming fluent readers and fluent with all the sounds in a word. 

Sight Words: the, see, can, a, I, like, we, to, go, and, you, and do. Please have your child practice the sight words. They can write the sight words on index cards to make flash cards. They can trace them in salt. There aren't new sight words for unit 5.  We will still be working on these sight words: my, is, little, he, with, she with, and was. 

Specials: We split our class into two groups for specials.

Group 1 Goes with Miss Zarlengo,s class.

2/5 Music

2/6 Enrichment

2/7 Art

2/8 Art

2/9 Enrichment

Group 3 Goes with Mrs. Mink class

2/5 Art

2/6 Art

2/7 Enrichment

2/8 PE

2/9 PE

Important Dates

February 9th is our 100th day celebration. Fliers went home a week ago. I can't wait for our 100th day celebration.

1.  Dress like they are 100 years old.

2.  Make a 100th day project using 100 things.

3. Bring 100 small items in a baggie. We will be counting by 10's 5's and 1's with these 100 things.  They can bring things in like: pennies, Cheerios, marshmallows, M&M's are a few examples. I love this celebration.  Your children will have a lot of fun.

February 14th is our Valentine party. We will be doing our party in the morning at 8:00. Please contact Sarah Mann if you can help with our party.  

Have a great week!!

Always,

Mrs. Dahman

Jan. 29th - Feb 2nd

Hello Kindie parents;

I can't believe we are almost done with January.  This week we will be a busy week. 

Math: we will be working on subtraction and starting unit 4 in Math Expressions.

Writing: We finished  "How To" writing.  Together we wrote our own rubric for the students to use while writing their "How To" I will share their "How To" during parent conferences. I am very proud of all of them. 

Reading: In reading we are we are starting unit 5.  Our Big Question of the week is: What Kind of Things Can You Find Growing in Nature?

We will meet in our reading groups and work on fluency. Other groups will work on fluency knowing the sounds in a spoken word.

Sight Words: the, see, can, a, I, like, we, to, go, and, you, and do. Please have your child practice the sight words. They can write the sight words on index cards to make flash cards. They can trace them in salt. There aren't new sight words for unit 5.  We will still be working on these sight words: my, is, little, he, with, she with, and was. 

Specials: We split our class into two groups for specials.

Group 1: Goes with Miss Zarlengo's class

1/29 Enrichment

1/30 PE

1/31 PE

2/1 Enrichment

2/2 Music

Group 3: Goes with Mrs. Mink's class

1/29 PE

1/30 Enrichment

1/31 Music

2/1  Music

2/2 Enrichment

Important Dates: 

This week is our Make A Wish Spirit Week. We are teaming up with Ralston Valley High School.

Monday is Crazy Hair Day

February 9th is our 100th day celebration.  I sent home two fliers that explain what will be doing and what your child needs to do for that day.

1.  Dress like they are 100 years old.

2.  Make a 100th day project using 100 things.

3. Bring 100 small items in a baggie. We will be counting by 10's 5's and 1's with these 100 things.  They can bring things in like: pennies, Cheerios, marshmallows, M&M's are a few examples. I love this celebration.  Your children will have a lot of fun.

February 14th is our Valentine party. We will be doing our party in the morning. Please contact Sarah Mann if you can help with our party.  

Have a great week!!

Always,

Mrs. Dahman