We had so much fun at the Rainbow Run yesterday! I hope that your car upholstery and bathtubs aren’t too stained from all of the powder! Thanks to all of the parents that joined us for the picnic and the Rainbow Run!
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10:45-11::30
Bag lunch distribution - Lunches provided for all students, parents should bring their own lunch. 11:00-12:10 Picnic, Packet Pick-Up
Students in white BRCVPA shirts who purchased race kits/color packs will move to the field next to the drama building to prepare to toss the bag of color powder into the air. We have a drone photographer who can only be here from 12-1, so we changed this to a PRE-run party! 12:25 5th Grade heads to the gym to get ready to start the run 12:30 Run begins!
4th Grade to gym 12:40 3rd Grade to gym 12:50 2nd Grade to gym 12:55 1st Grade to gym 1:00 Kindergarten to gym 1:05 Pre-K to Gym After the run: Students and families walk back to the court to get water and popsicles and rest. Checkout sheets will be provided to classroom teachers for easy check-out. WThis week we are talking about friendship.. Monday, we talked about how to be a good listener after reading My Mouth is a Volcano. We talked about what a good listener does (makes eye contact, pays attention, asks questions) and what we can do to wait our turn when we want to share something in a conversation. Tuesday, we talked about sharing after reading The Rainbow Fish.. We decorated our own fish and had to practice sharing, taking turns, and asking politely for markers to color in the scales on the fish. We discussed how sometimes sharing is hard, but it feels good to share and can make someone else feel good to have something shared with them.
Wednseday, we talked about how to be a good friend after reading How to Lose All of Your Friends. The class thought of different ways that they can be a good friend by sharing, helping someone when they are hurt, cheering on your friends, and giving meaningful compliments. We discussed bad ways to be a friend by ignoring people, excluding others, calling people names, and not being helpful. The students made crowns to show ways that they are good friends and wore them with pride!! We will learn about how to make new friends and cooperation later this week. We have been having so much fun learning about friendships!! We have been so fortunate to have Miss Kelley as a student teacher in our class this semester. Her kindness and compassion for the students and has taught them so much! We are sad to see her go, but we know she is well-prepared to take on her own classroom! Thank you for supporting her as she complwr d her student teaching experience. She loves each and every student and I know that she will not forget them!! Some advice for Miss Kelley about what teachers should always and never do:Letters for Miss Kelley:We have a very, very busy day planned on Thursday, including the Kindergarten Mini-Production, Family Picnic, Color Run and BRCVPA Night at Curbside Burgers.
Please click on the button below to see a detailed agenda for the picnic and Color Run, following the mini-production. We can't wait to see you all there!!! Dear Parents,
As we are approaching the end of the year, we want to let you know EXACTLY where we expect our Kindergarteners to be Reading at the end of the year. We use a research-based benchmark reading assessment system to assess the students reading level as they read a book or passage that they have not read before (“cold read”). We use a running record to track their reading and identify any errors and self-corrections made as they read. We then ask comprehension questions to assess their understanding of what they have read. The results of these reading assessments give us a “level” on which each student can read independently (without help), and instructionally (with support). A student is considered to read on an independent level when they can read with 95% or more ACCURACY. At the end of Kindergarten, we expect students to be reading on a LEVEL D to be considered to be “on level”. We consider levels aa-C to be “Early Emergent Readers”. In these levels, readers are just beginning to grasp the basic concepts of book and print. They can recognize upper and lower case letters. They are developing phonological awareness skills to manipulate sounds and words, identifying syllables, and rhyme. Books on the Early Emergent Reader levels have a strong picture support, repetitive patterns, controlled and repeated vocabulary, natural language, large print, wide letter spacing, familiar concepts, and limited text on a page. Most students are in the Early Emergent reading levels in pre-K and through most of Kindergarten. Students that are reading independently on the “Emergent Reader” level, levels D-J, have developed an understanding of the alphabet, phonological awareness, and early phonics. The have a command of a significant number of high- frequency (sight) words. Emergent readers are developing a stronger grasp of comprehension strategies and word-solving skills. They can recognize different types of text as fiction and non-fiction and recognize that reading has many purposes. Books in the Emergent Reader levels D-J have increasingly more lines of print per page, more complex sentence structure, less dependency on repetitive patterns and pictures, and familiar topics but in greater depth. Most students are in the Emergent Reader levels at the end of Kindergarten and through the end of First grade. We will assess your child's reading level at the end of the year and use the data from the assessment to show their readiness for first grade. You can help your child to read at home by finding books that are on their level online and at the library. Here are some features to look for when searching for books on your child’s independent reading level: Early Emergent (A-C) and Emergent (D) Book Features: LEVEL A Features:
Please let us know if you have any questions regarding your child’s reading level. Thank you for your support and your partnership in your child’s education! We celebrated the 100th day of school on Friday with lots of fun math centers! We made a trail mix with 100 snacks, we exercised 100 times, we made ice cream scoops counting by 10’s, counted 100 fingers by 5’s, wrote about what we will do when we are 100 years old, and put 100 things on a 100’s chart. Everyone wore a shirt with 100 things on it. The shirts were all very creative and the students enjoyed showing them off to their friends!! Is amazing to see how much the students have learned in 100 Days and I can wait to see how much more they grow and learn before the end of the year!!! The sherriff’s Department came to visit kindergarten on Thursday. The talked about the tools they use for their job, ways to stay safe, and how to get help when you need it. The K-9 unit was supposed to visit, but the dogs were called to do their job with the sherries, so we will reschedule their visit soon!! The students enjoyed learning about what the sherries do and were fascinated by the tools that they keep on their belts.
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