Hello Families!
We started a new book- “The Little House” and we’re discussing changes over time throughout the book. Students wrote an informative paragraph with a topic sentence, two detail sentences, and a conclusion sentence. We are practicing how to read and spell words with digraphs. In math, we are concluding our study of teen numbers and place value.

Reminders:
– Read-a-Thon is still going! We are loving how many reading challenges your students are completing! One portion of the reading challenge is to read a teacher recommended book. We made a list of authors we love- any book by them is a book we’d recommend!!
Teacher recommended authors:

Eric Carle
Dr. Seuss
Kevin Henkes
Cynithia Rylant
Arnold Lobel
Doreen Cronin

-One peanut free snack and filled water bottle should be sent each day.
-Students should come to school in SSA each day. SSA includes navy, black, and khaki bottoms. Dresses and jumpers can be any solid color. Shirts can be any solid color with a collar. PPE t-shirts and sweatshirts can be worn any day of the week. PPE athletic shorts and skorts can be worn on Fridays.

Upcoming Dates:
– February 24th- March 8th- Read a Thon
– March 4th- PPE Neon 90’s Auction
– March 10th- Book Character Dress Up Day

ELA Module Learning Goals

Knowledge Goals
-Understand the difference between the past and the present.
-Identify how aspects of life in America—specifically, home life, school life, transportation, and communication—have changed.
-Describe key details about how the topics of home, school, transportation, and communication have changed over time.
-Understand how a main topic or topic statement is supported by key details.

Reading Goals
-Identify the main topic of the text, and retell the key details that support that main topic.
-Understand and describe the connection between two pieces of information in a text.
-Identify the author and illustrator in a text, and describe their roles in communicating information in a text.

Writing Goals
-Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to respond to a prompt and supply information about a topic.
-Engage in shared research and writing projects by exploring multiple texts on the same topic.
-Collect evidence from the texts, and use it support responses to a prompt.

Speaking and Listening Goals
-Ask and answer questions in order to clarify information.
-Use drawings to provide additional detail when speaking.

Language Goals
-Produce and expand sentences using frequently occurring nouns and verbs, including regular plural nouns.
-Capitalize the word I in a sentence.
-Spell words phonetically, drawing on sound-letter relationships.

K.6 Numbers 0–20
Unit Goals
-Students answer “how many” questions and count out groups within 20. They understand that numbers 11 to 19 are composed of ten ones and one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine ones. They write numbers within 20.

Social/Emotional Learning (SEL)
– 3A. Demonstrate awareness and consideration of other people’s emotions, perspectives, and social cues.
– 3B. Exhibit civic responsibility in multiple settings.
– 3C. Demonstrate an awareness and respect for human dignity, including culture and differences.

Thanks for ALL you do!
-Kindergarten Teachers 😊