Making a connection to a story
Ms. Glidewell’s
Class  capitalization and punctuation and form letters
January 16th-
January 19th 2018
Dear Parents,
This week in Reader’s Workshop, we will read, “Animal
Babies ABC” To increase reading comprehension, we will
Recognize Text Structure (Point out that the words in many
stories follow a certain pattern. Paying attention to how a
book is organized can help them to understand it.) Classify
and Categorize (You can organize things you see in books into
different groups.) Literary Element: Rhyme (Some poems
rhyme some do not. Rhyming words sound the same at the
end.) Make and Confirm Predictions (After we make
predictions, we can check to see if they are correct.
Sometimes you can tell what will happen in a story by figuring
out its pattern.) Informational Text: Expository (text that
explains or gives information; often contains photographs)
In Writer’s Workshop we will be learning to write
persuasive pieces. We will write about problems and try to
find solutions. We will work on correcting our writing so it will
make sense to others. In Math we will be identifying, writing
and representing numbers to 20, rote counting to 100,
counting backwards from 20, skip counting.
For Social Studies we will be earning about famous
black Americans. In Science, we will study living and
non/living things.
100th Day of School Collection
You should have received a detailed instruction page with
examples describing what your child needs to prepare at
home. Your child will basically:
1) Collect 100 of the same item small enough to put on
a 100 chart for counting during math all week.
2) Make a float with 100 objects glued on with some
sort of theme in mind. The float should be shoe box
size, no wheels. It can have a string to be pulled or
be carried.
Wish List
 A copy of the book How to Dress a Dragon by Thelma
Godin
 A copy of the book I Wanna Iguana by Karen Orloff
 Random craft supplies for the free art center
 Empty candy boxes for the Movie center
 Used greeting cards (Please cut off the back where
someone has written on it and we will glue the front on
construction paper and make new cards) I would like to
collect these from you all year!
Major Assessments the third nine weeks:
 Writing first and last name
 Spelling CVC words (we will have a spelling test)
 Decode (read) CVC words
 Retell beginning, middle and end of a story
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 Rhyme
 Read 22-28 sight words for a grade of “2”
 Compare fiction/Non Fiction books
 Write a letter to someone
 Make an invitation
 Identify story setting, characters,
problem, solution
 Write using simple sentences, some
correctly, and use spacing between words
 Recognizing numerals to 20
 Rote count backwards from 20
 Skip count to 100
 Identify Coins
 Identify three-dimensional solids
 Compare/contrast using math vocabulary
 Generate a number that is one more than or one
less than a number up to 20
Ways you can support your child’s learning at home:
 Have your child read to someone each night for 10-15
min.
 Have your child practice writing simple sentences paying
attention to using spacing between words, capitalization
and punctuation
 Play a word wall word game (ideas on the back of the list
sent at BTS night)
 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.
To pass the word wall assessment this nine weeks
your child must read 26 words and this would earn a
grade of “2” on the report card
List of word wall words for the year:
I, the, we, like, a, see, go, to, have, is, play, are, for,
this, do, and, what, you ,little, said, here, was, she, he,
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,
dad, love, or, but, went, get, had, want, not, on, us, that,
him, her, they, could, some, one, two, three ,four, five,
six, seven, eight, nine, ten, red, yellow, blue ,green,
orange, purple, black, white, brown.
Sincerely, Sherry Glidewell
Email: sherry.glidewell@austinisd.org
(512) 841-0326
Class website
Go to https://gullettgeckos.com and click on Learning. Next, click
on kindergarten and scroll down to websites and click on my name.
You will see photos, newsletters and our schedule.