Important Dates:
January 18-20: Celebrate New Directions Week
- January 18- Pajama Day
- January 19- Crazy Hair/Hat Day
- Spaghetti and Art Family Night
- January 20- NO SCHOOL
- January 21- Sports Wear Day
- Family Gym Night
- January 22- Book Character Dress Up Day
January 29: NDLC/Quinney Dance (more info to come)
Reading: Last week we met with small groups of students introduce them to the new, challenging work they will be tackling as they move into new reading levels. As you most likely noticed, we also included an info sheet about the changes and work at this level in your child's book bag to help you know what to look for, coach into, and expect in these new books! If for some reason this paper never made it home to you, please let us know so we can send another copy. Last week we spent the entire week focusing on using letter sounds in the beginning, middle, and end of words, using blends, and trying various sounds (especially for vowels) to help us figure out tricky words. Often when early readers get 'stuck,' the go to prompt is to tell them to "Sound it out!," but some words just do not make sense phonetically, which is why this week we are following up our sound work by focusing on utilizing sight words and thinking about these three prompts when figuring out tricky words:
Writing: This week we will learn to be a bit more BOSSY with our writing! We will add the word you to directions we are writing so those reading our books know we are talking right to them. We will look at a mentor text and study different ways the author shared information in pictures and words and will look for new ways to make our writing better. As a way to elaborate in our writing we will be working to use more precise words in our directions and include warnings and safety tips for our readers too!
Math: Math this week will focus on sorting shapes by attributes (size, color, number of sides), showing teen numbers in more than one way and looking at groups of objects and numerals and determining if they are equal or not equal to one another. We will also take time to model and then write the steps we take to solve story problems. This will be a great way to push the kids to think about their thinking as well as connect writing and math. Our math centers this week will be:
Social Studies: This week we will learn 3 different centers which students will have time to explore in small groups next week. In these centers we will use dramatic play to act out various family scenarios by taking on the role of various family members, create books about our families, and interview partners to learn about and compare different families. These next two weeks may be a great time to encourage your child to interview some of his or her family members or to discuss what things were like in your family when you were a child and now what they are like when you are the parent.
Word Work: New sight words this week: she, he, did, help, make
We completed a sight word assessment last week and each of the students were so proud of how many more sight words they know now compared to the beginning of the year! Keep up the great work practicing at home!
Don't forget, January is a BIG month to promote our school! We have many events going on yet this month that are open to anyone and everyone interested in learning more about our school! Please feel free to share with friends, family and neighbors!
Reading: Last week we met with small groups of students introduce them to the new, challenging work they will be tackling as they move into new reading levels. As you most likely noticed, we also included an info sheet about the changes and work at this level in your child's book bag to help you know what to look for, coach into, and expect in these new books! If for some reason this paper never made it home to you, please let us know so we can send another copy. Last week we spent the entire week focusing on using letter sounds in the beginning, middle, and end of words, using blends, and trying various sounds (especially for vowels) to help us figure out tricky words. Often when early readers get 'stuck,' the go to prompt is to tell them to "Sound it out!," but some words just do not make sense phonetically, which is why this week we are following up our sound work by focusing on utilizing sight words and thinking about these three prompts when figuring out tricky words:
- Does it make sense?
- Does it sound right?
- Does it look right?
Writing: This week we will learn to be a bit more BOSSY with our writing! We will add the word you to directions we are writing so those reading our books know we are talking right to them. We will look at a mentor text and study different ways the author shared information in pictures and words and will look for new ways to make our writing better. As a way to elaborate in our writing we will be working to use more precise words in our directions and include warnings and safety tips for our readers too!
Math: Math this week will focus on sorting shapes by attributes (size, color, number of sides), showing teen numbers in more than one way and looking at groups of objects and numerals and determining if they are equal or not equal to one another. We will also take time to model and then write the steps we take to solve story problems. This will be a great way to push the kids to think about their thinking as well as connect writing and math. Our math centers this week will be:
- Playing "What's Missing" (a game with shapes)
- Organizing math tools in different arrangements to show teen numers
- Using dominos to tell and solve story problems
- Working on math work book pages to promote fluency in quantity representation and addition and subtraction within 5
Social Studies: This week we will learn 3 different centers which students will have time to explore in small groups next week. In these centers we will use dramatic play to act out various family scenarios by taking on the role of various family members, create books about our families, and interview partners to learn about and compare different families. These next two weeks may be a great time to encourage your child to interview some of his or her family members or to discuss what things were like in your family when you were a child and now what they are like when you are the parent.
Word Work: New sight words this week: she, he, did, help, make
We completed a sight word assessment last week and each of the students were so proud of how many more sight words they know now compared to the beginning of the year! Keep up the great work practicing at home!
Don't forget, January is a BIG month to promote our school! We have many events going on yet this month that are open to anyone and everyone interested in learning more about our school! Please feel free to share with friends, family and neighbors!
- Tuesday, January 19th-5:30-7:00 PM-Spaghetti and Art Family Night
- (new families should RSVP to mitchellc@kaukauna.k12.wi.us by Monday 1/18)
- Wednesday, January 20th-10:00 AM-noon-Open House at New Directions
- Monday, January 25th-6:00-7:00 PM-Info Session at New Directions
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