Mrs.

Coffeys Kindergarten
Week of April 1st, 2013

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Indian Valley Elementary

Reading Focus:

unit 6: life all around:

week 2 (science integration) Theme Question: What are living things? Upcoming Focus Question of the Week: What are plants and Events/Notes animals like? Sight Words: big for Nonfiction Text: Living It Up! IVE Carnival! Letters: working on sounds A-Z (www.starfall.com) Saturday Phonological Awareness: sound blending and April 6th- mark segmenting your Poem for Fluency: The Seed calendars! It Word Families: example: -am family: ham, cam, sam is FUN! Vocabulary: grow living tiny Family Math Sight Words: Please practice these at home! There are Night Thurs. premade flashcards on our class site under home April 11th 6resources. 7:30 Please Log-on at home: www.wglead21.com (I am always RSVP to happy to resend usernames and passwords!) Cheryl in the Expression: we are working on reading with office! expression! We read with NO expression and talked (dinner about why its important to use expression in our served!) 913 reading. 239 6400 or Daily literacy stations and small leveled reading cmrooney@b groups luevalleyk12. Math Focus: Everyday math section 5 org Early Release Daily Kim Sutton Math drills (we call it Number Party on Tues. the Math) 9th Monday: Counting by 5s on the Number Line No school for Tuesday: Introduction to Tally Marks K on Friday Wednesday: Standard vs. Nonstandard the 12th due Measurement to K Round Thursday: Addition Problem Solving Strategies Up! Friday: Addition Problem Solving Strategies contd

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Social studies focus:

Easter Poetry Earth Day

School Newsletter

science focus:
We need snacks! Hold the gold fish for now! Mystery readers (12:45-1 any day of the week)
Weather (calendar) Spring (season) Living/nonliving things Butterfly life cycle (what the kids chose for their inquiry project!)

writers workshop:

unit: expert books We continued working on our expert books this week! These books are super fun as they are nonfiction and are research based. Students choose a topic that they consider themselves an expert on and write a factual book to teach others about their topic. **All Writers Workshop books remain at school until the Art and Writing Fair in the spring and then you get to take them all home! **

We need 23 pinecones for our field trip on may 9thhave any to spare?

Our Specials Schedule:

Day A: PE/Music Day B: Spanish/PE Day C: Music/Spanish Day D: Art Day E: REAL/Computer (reading program)

Indian Valley Elementary 11600 Knox Street Overland Park, KS 66210 School Phone: (913) 239-6400 Mrs. Coffeys Room: (913) 239-6471 Mrs. Coffeys E-mail: macoffey@bluevalleyk12.org Classroom Blog: http://www.mrscoffeyskinders.blogspot.com/