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)
Looking ahead:
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”
New sound, spelling and handwriting: /y/ Yy and /z/ Zz
Vocabulary: country, travel, careful, connect, purpose
Math: Lesson 21: Subtract Within 10
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).
Looking ahead:
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”
Science: In this lesson, students made observations of plants in order to identify their needs and that they are, in fact, living things. They observed and then modeled the appearance of plants when their needs are and aren’t met.
It has been our experience that daylight savings time can be a challenging transition for our young students. The time change can really affect a child’s attention span, appetite, and overall mood.
There are several things you can do now to help:
We are now beginning Unit 8 in Language Arts. 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 encourage us to read the passages we bring home each week.
As a class in math, we will be solving addition and subtraction word problems to 10. Individually, the students are working to master their current selected math standard and pass their math fluency level.
In science and STEM, we will be exploring plants and the things they need to survive. We will grow and care for our own plant.
The Utah State Board of Education is gifting each of our students 4 FREE books to be sent to your home this summer. Watch for a postcard coming soon and follow the steps to select your books. Happy Reading!
Click here for additional details: Kids Read Now
If you want to opt out of participating in the program, please contact Susan Goldsberry at sgoldsberry@questac.org by March 8, 2024.
Spring pictures will be taken on Friday, March 15. Thus, uniforms are not required on this day. Please note that students should still follow dress down day guidelines by wearing appropriate attire.
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Looking ahead:
Here’s a quick overview of new things we learned this week:
Comprehension strategy/skill: “Make, confirm, and revise predictions” and “cause and effect”. We read different stories to go along with our theme “Where do animals live?”
New High Frequency Words (Power Words): “said” and “want”
New sound, spelling and handwriting: /v/ Vv and /x/ Xx
Vocabulary: complain, habitat, join, stubborn, wild
Math: Lesson 19 “Compose and Decompose 8 and 9”
Science: In our Read-Along lesson, a young girl notices all the holes in the trees around her house and sets out to discover how they got there, and why they matter. We explored how animals change their environments.
Here are the Math Facts Fluency pages we’ve been working on in class. 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.). We’ve included facts within 10 in these timings, to help prepare them for first grade. (You’ll find all of them by clicking on the tabs at the bottom).
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.