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.

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).

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!

The National Junior Honor Society is organizing a book drive! If you have any gently used or new books to donate, it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Dear Parents and Guardians,

We would like to tell you of an opportunity that can help your child get ready for kindergarten: the Waterford UPSTART program, a resource designed to support your child is prepared for school success.

Current Eligible Students: If your child is enrolled in preschool or not, and they are attending kindergarten in 2025 with a birthday between September 2, 2019, and September 1, 2020, they qualify for this program. Registration is still open for the current year and can still provide several months of resources. Deadline for this year is February 28, 2025.

2025-2026 Eligible Students: Registration has begun for those who are preschool age during the 2025-2026 school year.  Students with a birthday between September 2, 2020 and September 1, 2021 qualify for this registration year. 

Kindergarten readiness sets a strong foundation for your child’s future learning. With Waterford UPSTART, your child will have access to the curriculum, a personal virtual coach, and may be eligible to receive a computer and a WiFi hotspot to support their learning.

Valentine Friend-Grams–This is an opportunity for students to surprise someone in the school with a fun token of friendship. Students may purchase cute Valentine cards that will be attached to a small treat and delivered to the classes on Valentine’s Day (Friday, February 14) Please see below for additional details:

• $.25 each
• February 10-12 (Monday-Wednesday)
• 8:00-8:25 am and 3:10-3:45 pm 
• Q1 Lobby