,four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, red, yellow, blue ,green,

Ms. Glidewells orange, purple, black, white, brown

Expectations for this nine weeks

assessments:
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.
Class Use capitalization
Use punctuation
Use spacing between words
April 10th, 2017 -
April 14th, 2017 We will have assessments on the
following skills this nine weeks:
Dear Parents,
Taking a survey
Addition
This week in Readers Workshop, we will read, Subtraction
Beetles To increase reading comprehension we
will look at these TEKS:
Ask Questions (Asking questions is a good way Kindergarten Mothers Day Picnic
to understand the characters and what a story May 12th
Mothers Day class performance and picnic with mom!
is about.) Classify and Categorize (You can
11:30-12;15 Please mark your calendar and plan to attend
organize things you see in books into different or send someone to see your child perform. Please be on time.
groups.) Literary Text: Fiction (A fable is a We will sing three songs at 11:30, you will miss out if you are late!

short story that is meant to teach a lesson.

Aesop fables often have animal characters.)
This week in Writers Workshop, we will continue our non-
fiction writing. In Math, we will continue addition and subtraction
word problems. In Social Studies, we will begin our study of
landforms and talk about Earth Day. In Science, we will begin our
study of rocks.
Important Dates:
th
May 9 - Camp Mabry- Tour 10:00-11:00. We are leaving at
9:15 and returning around 12:30. (A parent volunteer or two
is needed)I have one volunteer. We will eat lunch there, so
your child will need a throw away sack lunch and drink

Ways you can support your childs learning at

home: Looking forward to a great week!
Have your child read to someone each night Sincerely, Sherry Glidewell
for 10-15 min. Email: sherry.glidewell@austinisd.org (512) 841-0326
Have your child practice writing simple
sentences
Use capitalization at the beginning of the
sentence.
Use punctuation at the end of a sentence
Using spacing between 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