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
Monday, April 30, 2018
Sunday, April 22, 2018
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
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
Monday, April 16, 2018
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.
Have a super week!!!
Always,
Mrs. Dahman
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
Monday, April 9, 2018
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.
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
Monday, April 2, 2018
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.
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
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