Ms.

Glidewells
Help your child sound out words and write about a
topic of interest using details in a story and drawing
pictures to go with the words.
Use capitalization
Use punctuation
Use spacing between words
Decoding VC, CVC, CCVC,CVCC words
Spelling CVC words

Class We will have assessments on

the following skills this nine
weeks:
March 2oth, 2017 -
March 24th, 2017 Taking a survey
Addition
Dear Parents, Subtraction
This week in Readers Workshop, we will Measurement
read Oak Tree .To increase reading comprehension
we will look at these TEKS: Recognize Text Structure Kindergarten Round Up
(Point out that the words in many stories follow a
Tuesday, April 4th will be the district kinder round
certain pattern. Paying attention to how a book is
organized can help them to understand it.)Literary up for new Kindergarteners. I need one parent
Element: Rhyme (words that sounds the same at the volunteer from 8:30-10:00 to help in our
end) and Rhythm (many poems have a rhythm or a classroom with new visiting students while their
beat like music) Identify Sequence of Events (Identify parents are completing registration forms in the
and remember in what order events happen in the cafeteria.
story.)

This week in Writers Workshop, we are writing Upcoming Dates:

Poetry. In Math, we will begin our study of
measurement. In Social Studies, we will begin our
study of maps and globes. In Science, we will begin
our study of plants.
Ways you can support your childs learning at
home:
Have your child read to someone each night
for 10-15 min.
Have your child practice writing simple
sentences
Use capitalization at the beginning of the
sentence.
Use punctuation at the end of a sentence
Using spacing between words
March 28th- Northwest Park Field Trip-We
will walk to the park around 8:00 and return
around 12:00. Check with room parents to
volunteer! (We need four parents to run
some stations)
April 4th- Kinder music program 6:00
April 7th-Zilker Botanical Garden-Tour 10:00-
12:00 (A parent volunteer or two is needed)
May 9th- Camp Mabry- Tour 10:00-11:00 A
parent volunteer or two is needed)
May 12th- Mothers Day Picnic 11:00-12:00
All Mothers are invited for songs and lunch
*Wear blue kinder shirt on all of these
events!

To pass the word wall assessment this nine weeks Wish List
your child must read 40 words and this would earn We need a few fine motor practice items for centers!
a grade of 2 on the report card *Homemade playdough
List of word wall words for the year: *Mad Mattr Doh
I, the, we, like, a, see, go, to, have, is, play, are, for, *6 small empty plastic water bottles (no lids needed)
this, do, and, what, you ,little, said, here, was, she, he, *Random jewels, glass pebbles, small birthday
has ,look, with, my, me, where, when, who, at, how, up, can
, it, fun, as, did, will, am, in, boy, girl, yes, no ,if, mom,
candles (anything small you have around the house that would be fun to
use in playdough)
dad, love, or, but, went, get, had, want, not, on, us, that,
him, her, they, could, some, one, two, three ,four, five,
Looking forward to a great week!
six, seven, eight, nine, ten, red, yellow, blue ,green,
Sincerely, Sherry Glidewell
orange, purple, black, white, brown
Email: sherry.glidewell@austinisd.org (512) 841-
0326

Expectations for this nine weeks assessments: