Please complete this permission form for the upcoming end of year activities; Treehouse field trip, assessment snacks, and field day. End of year permission form.

Watch this short video with instructions for Kids Read Now, a program from the State of Utah that provides each K-3 child with 4 Free Books: Kids Read Now

In Kindergarten, students need to be able to solve math facts within 10 and fluently within 5 (1+4, 2+3, 0+4, 5-2, 3-1, etc.)

Here are the math facts fluency pages we’ve been working on in class (you’ll find all the pages by clicking on the tabs at the bottom):
Math Facts Fluency within 5
Flashcards Within 5
Math Facts Fluency within 10 (if your child has passed off the timings within 5, they start working on facts within 10 to help prepare them for first grade)
Flashcards Within 10

Some students have shown interest in working on these at home (yay!). Our goal is to complete 25 facts/minute. (The only exception is adding and subtracting 0; they need 30 in a minute). For some students, the hardest part isn’t the facts, but forming/writing the numbers quick enough, so practicing writing numbers might be a good place to start.

Tip:If you slip the timings into a sheet protector and use a dry erase marker, they can practice over and over without making lots of copies.

*If you’re unable to see the timings, please email me lteichert@questac.org and I will share the google sheet with you directly.

Looking ahead:

• April 25: Dollar Dress Down Day
• April 28: End of year assessments begin
• May 22: Kindergarten Field Trip to Treehouse Children’s Museum
• May 23: Dollar Dress Down Day and Yearbook signing day
• May 26: Memorial Day- No School
• May 27: Ms. Lisa’s Kindergarten completion celebration 10:30-11:00 am in the library
• May 28: Elementary Field Day
• May 29: Elementary Talent Show
• May 30: Last day of school (free dress down day)

Here’s a quick overview of new things we learned this week:

Comprehension strategy/skill: Ask and Answer Questions/Events: Sequence . We read several different texts to go along with our theme “Growing Up: How can you help out at home?”

High Frequency Words (Power Words): help, too

Handwriting review: Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh

Sound, spelling: introduced long /a/ (spelled a_e)

Vocabulary: chores, contribute, accomplish, organize, member

Math: Lesson 22 “Add and Subtract to Solve Word Problems”. We are also working on one of our standards to fluently add and subtract within 5 (numbers in the problem and answers are 5 or less). You can help us achieve this goal by practicing these math facts with us. Click here for flashcards you can print at home: Adding/Subtracting Flashcards. To be considered fluent, students need to answer 25 problems within a minute. (Flashcards include adding and subtracting within 10, which is also a standard, but we first practice for fluency within 5).

Science: After a brief review of our plant unit, students gathered information about different ways that a community might remove kudzu, and then helped recommend a solution that had the most benefits and fewest drawbacks.

We began Unit 9 in Language Arts this week. Below are the sight words, oral vocabulary words, letters, and sounds we will be mastering during the next 3 weeks.  In addition, we continue to read decodable books and passages. You can listen to us read on SeeSaw and encourage us to read the passages we bring home each week. We are also writing sentences about the texts we read.

Looking ahead:

• March 31-April 4: Spring Break NO SCHOOL
• Tuesday, April 1: Final day for yearbook sales. Purchase online through this LINK (Elementary Yearbook ID: 15110625)

Here’s a quick overview of new things we learned this week:

Comprehension strategy/skill: “Make, Confirm, and Revise Predictions”/”Events: Problem and Solution” . We read several different texts to go along with our theme “What do you see in the sky?”

Review of High Frequency Words (Power Words): “for”, “have”, “of”, “they”, “said”, “want”, “here”, “me”, “this” and “what”

Sound, spelling and handwriting review: /u/ Uu, /g/ Gg, /w/ Ww, /v/ Vv, /ks/ Xx, /j/ Jj, /kw/ Qq, /y/ Yy, and /z/ Zz

Vocabulary: distance, recognize, challenge, space, and surface

Math: Lesson 21 “Subtract Within 10” (continued) and subtraction test. We are also working on one of our standards to fluently add and subtract within 5 (numbers in the problem and answers are 5 or less). You can help us achieve this goal by practicing these math facts with us. Click here for flashcards you can print at home: Adding/Subtracting Flashcards. To be considered fluent, students need to answer 25 problems within a minute. (Flashcards include adding and subtracting within 10, which is also a standard, but we first practice for fluency within 5).

Science:  In this lesson, we meet Sam who wonders why his grandmother wants to keep an old log in her yard—until he begins to meet a few of her friends. We discover why old logs are helpful to animals and explore the impact humans have on the environment. 

Looking ahead:

• Friday, March 28: Spring Picture Day and FREE Dress Down Day
• March 31-April 4: Spring Break NO SCHOOL
• Tuesday, April 1: Final day for yearbook sales. Purchase online through this LINK (Elementary Yearbook ID: 15110625)

Here’s a quick overview of new things we learned this week:

Comprehension Strategy/Skill: “Reread”/”Fact and Opinion” . We read several different texts to go along with our theme “What do you know about our country?”

New High Frequency Words (Power Words): “this” and “what” (know how to spell “what”)

New sound, spelling and handwriting: /y/ Yy and /z/ Zz

Vocabulary: country, travel, careful, connect, purpose

Math: Lesson 21: Subtract Within 10. We’ve also been working on one of our standards to fluently add and subtract within 5 (numbers in the problem and answers are 5 or less). You can help us achieve this goal by practicing these math facts with us. Click here for flashcards you can print at home: Adding/Subtracting Flashcards. To be considered fluent, students need to answer 25 problems within a minute. (Flashcards include adding and subtracting within 10, which is also a standard, but we first practice for fluency within 5).

Science: We have been watering and watching our wheatgrass grow like crazy! This week we noticed the grass leans slightly toward the light, so we turned our plants today to see if they would turn and continue to bend towards the sun.

3rd term grades are available in Aspire. You can view the overall subject grade under “Unofficial Report Card”. For detailed scores by individual standards go to “Complete Progress Report”.  For Citizenship go to “Citizenship Log”.  (Make sure you have selected Term 3). Congratulate your child on their hard work!

(For more detailed instructions on using Aspire follow this link)

You will find your child’s latest progress monitoring scores leading up to end-of-year testing in their take home folder today (along with some tests they took this quarter). After looking through them, please let me know if you have any questions. They’ve shown amazing growth and we want to continue working hard to push through these last few weeks and show all the progress we’ve made! Thanks for all you do at home to continue helping your child! It always amazes me how scores continue to grow with consistent practice (and how they drop when our practice starts to relax).

Looking ahead:

• Friday, March 14: Mother/Son Dance 6:00-8:00pm
• Friday, March 14: End Term 3 (Report Cards available online in Aspire)
• Monday, March 17: Students are welcome to wear a St. Patrick’s Day themed top with uniform pants
• Friday, March 21: Dollar Dress Down Day
• Friday, March 28: Spring Picture Day and FREE Dress Down Day
• March 31-April 4: Spring Break NO SCHOOL
• Tuesday, April 1: Final day for yearbook sales. Purchase online through this LINK (Elementary Yearbook ID: 15110625)

Here’s a quick overview of new things we learned this week:

Comprehension strategy/skill: “Make, confirm, and revise predictions”/”Main Story Elements: Character, Setting, Events” . We read several different texts to go along with our theme “What can help you go from here to there?”

New High Frequency Words (Power Words): “here” and “me”

New sound, spelling and handwriting: /j/ Jj and /q/ Qq (spelled qu_ and has two sounds /k//w/)

Vocabulary: transportation, vehicle, fierce, wide, journey

Math: Lesson 20 “Add within 10” and Test. We’ve also been working on one of our standards to fluently add and subtract within 5 (numbers in the problem and answers are 5 or less). You can help us achieve this goal by practicing these math facts with us. Click here for flashcards you can print at home: Adding/Subtracting Flashcards. To be considered fluent, students need to answer 25 problems within a minute. (Flashcards include adding and subtracting within 10, which is also a standard, but we first practice for fluency within 5).

Science: This week, students planted wheat berry seeds. Over the next week or two, we’ll be learning that plants need water and light to grow, and watching our wheat berries sprout.

You can support your child’s curiosity at home by keeping household plants! You can grow them from seeds, or buy them full-grown at the store. Invite your child to choose a plant that they find interesting. Then encourage your child to think about how best to meet the plant’s needs (such as how often to water it, and where to place it so that it gets sunlight).

Spring pictures will be taken during school on Friday, March 28. Students will be allowed to dress down for these photos while maintaining dress code standards (e.g: No bare shoulders or footwear with an open toe or open heel). Photos are optional, so please answer the questions in this FORM to state your preference for your student. Only students who have pre-ordered photos will be photographed. Orders due by March 27. Please note that there will not be a retake day for these photos. Thank you!