Mrs. Hake’s Friday, march 17th edition CLASSROOM 2016-2017 news Sneak Peak Week in Review: at Next Week This week a quick and quiet leprechaun was in our room. Each day the leprechaun enjoyed being mischievous as he messed up our room and left us a note. We didn’t find him but he rewarded us with a rainbow treat! We wrote about how we would catch a leprechaun and what we would do with his gold. We worked on place value this week and modeled numbers using tens and ones. We had a green food taste test to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. It was a delicious way to end the week! Tues. Star Student: Emmanuel Wed. Star Student: Maryn Tues. Scientist: Logan Thur. Scientist: Parker Theme of the Week: Camping Vowel friends: lonely a says a like in cat Sci/Social Studies: living and nonliving Math: subtraction Rainbow words: seven/pink Contact info: Kari Hake khake@tippcity.k12.oh.us 937-667-2275 Upcoming Events: March 21 – Dayton Dragons Assembly 2:30-3:00 March 22 & 23 – Kindergarten Screening for INCOMING kindergarteners

New Work Expectations for the last quarter •In this last quarter expectations increase as we prepare for first grade. Continue to reinforce skills that need work and work on using skills and applying them. For example, using letters and sounds to read and write and using number knowledge to add and subtract. •Moving on from only knowing letters and sounds to learning what vowel teams such as ai say. •We continue to work on our goal of meeting a reading level of an independent C 3 and instructional C4 or higher. We are also continuing to work on writing 3 or more sentences. Help me learn how to understand the story •Stop and explain what was read if it was confusing or if it was a new vocabulary word. •Ask: “What do you think will happen next and why? •Help me retell the story by slowly going through the book and asking, “What happened in the beginning, middle and end?” •Ask: “Do you like that ending? How would you change the ending? •Ask: “What was the problem for the story?” For example, “What was the problem with the Three Little Pigs’ houses? •Ask: “How did the characters solve their problem?” For example, “How did the Three Little Pigs solve their housing problem? •Discuss story elements: characters (people or animals in the story), setting (where the story takes place), plot (what happens), conclusion (how the story ends) •After your child understands and has practiced the story, go back and reread the story with fluency (reading at a good pace without pauses after each word) and expression (excited for exclamation marks, raised voice for question marks), etc. Rainbow WORDS Trace, cut, practice: out seven pink