fieldtrip to the gardens and would love a copy of the book for our
Ms. Glidewell’s classroom.
Class
April 23rd, 2018 - April 27th, 2018
Dear Parents,
This week in Reader’s Workshop, we will read, “If the Dinosaurs
Came Back” To increase reading comprehension we will look at
these TEKS:
Ask Questions (Asking questions is a good way to understand the
characters and what a story is about.) Distinguish between
Fantasy and Reality (Some stories are fantasy or make-believe,
and cannot really happen.) Text Features: Diagrams and Labels
(A diagram is a drawing of something that shows its parts. Labels
are the words that tell what the parts are called.)
This week in Writer’s Workshop, we are continue our non- fiction
writing. In Math, we will begin our study of graphs and surveys. In
Social Studies, we will continue our study of landforms. In
Science, we will continue our study of rocks.
Upcoming Dates:
May 11th- Mother’s Day Picnic 10:30-11:30
All Mothers are invited for songs and lunch.
May16th- 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) Notice the date change- pushed one day back
due to schedule issue
May 30th- Last Day of School
Class red shirts
We will wear these on our field trip to Northwest Park.
Please wash and return!
Kindergarten Mother’s Day Picnic
May 11th
Mother’s Day class performance and picnic with mom!
10:30-11:30. Please mark your calendar and plan to attend
or send someone in your place to see your child perform.
Please be on time. We will sing three songs at 10:30, you will miss
out if you are late!
Wish List
Empty spice containers for our pizzeria!
A copy of the book Mother Tree - This book was written by Jane
Bauld, but personally told to her by Isamu Taniguchi. Mr. Taniguchi
spent years building the Japanese garden at the Zilker Botanical
gardens. We learned about this piece of Austin history on our
Major Assessments the fourth nine weeks:
 Write a poem
 Spelling CVC words (we will have a spelling test)
 Decode (read) CVC, VC, CCVC, CVCC words
 Retell beginning, middle and end of a story
 Making a connection to a story
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Rhyme
Use capitalization
 Use punctuation
 Use spacing between words
 Read 40 sight words for a grade of “2”
 Identify story setting, characters,
problem, solution
 Write using simple sentences, some
capitalization and punctuation and form letters
correctly, and use spacing between words
 Take a survey
 Addition problems
 Subtraction Problems
 Measurement-length, capacity, area and/or
weight
 Recognizing numerals to 20
 Answer questions about financial literacy
 Collect and organize data
 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 40 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.
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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.