K5 Newsletter

Learning Objective:

• Follow words from left to right, top to bottom, and page by page.

• Recognize that spoken words are represented in written language by specific sequences of letters.

• Understand that words are separated by spaces in print.

• Recognize and name all upper- and lowercase letters of the alphabet.

Summary:  Each reading group is focusing on a different reading skill. Ask your child what skill their group is working on.

Learning Objective: I told, drew, and wrote a whole story. I had a page that shows what happened first, next, and last. My pages are in order.  The story indicates who was there, what happened, and how the characters felt. I can read my writing. I wrote a letter for the sounds I heard. I used the word wall to help me spell. I put spaces between words. I used lowercase letters unless capitals were needed. I wrote capital letters to start every sentence.

Summary:  Sight words this week; can, are

Learning Objective: Compare volume using more than, less than, and the same as by pouring.

Summary: Explored different objects and their capacity.

Learning Objective:

• Understand that people can change their environment by polluting the air and water.

• Learn that people do things that affect the world around them such as building roads, digging mines in the land, building where other living things live, or harming plants that animals depend on for food and shelter.

• Understand that systems in the world have parts that work together and then construct an argument supported by evidence about how living things will be affected by cutting down a tree to build a playground.

Summary:  Took students on a walk to collect trash. Learned about ways to help the environment.

Read 15 min each night.

• December 1st- Elementary Winter Concert @ 5pm

• December 21st- January 8th No School (Winter Break)

• January 9th- School Resumes