BATS

This week we are researching and writing all about bats.  Ask you child what they have learned.

Q2 Standards for Reading

• Identify all upper and lowercase letters
• Recognize rhyming words by listening to sets of words
• Produce all 23 consonant sounds
• Produce 3-5 vowel sounds
• Read 25 or more sight words
• Read at a level B

Q2 Standards for Writing

• Write simple sentences that include grade appropriate sight words and phonetically spelled words. 
• Handwriting: Print 23 upper and lowercase letters with consistency, accuracy and independence.
• Recognize and name punctuation (period, question mark and exclamation point)
• Consistently write letters for most consonant and short vowel sounds.
• Use the most frequently occurring inflections and affixes (-ed, -s, un-, pre-)

Q2 Standard for Math

Counting to 100
Writing numbers to 20
Counting objects to 20 in a line, circle and array and up to 10 objects scattered
Comparing objects and numbers up to 10
Describe several measurable attributes of an object, such as length or weight.  For example, a student may describe a book as, “This shoe is heavy! It is also really long!"
Directly compare two objects with a measurable attribute in common, to see which object has “more of”/”less of” the attribute, and describe the difference. For example, directly compare the heights of two children and describe one child as taller/shorter.
Continuing to Classify objects into given categories; count the numbers in each category and sort the categories by count.

Q2 Standards for Social StudiesRecognize who Veterans are and why we celebrate them on Veterans Day.
Identify the bald eagle as an American Symbol.
Explain positive character traits of veterans.
Learn how American culture celebrates Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day and how others celebrate in their cultures.
Students will be introduced to historical events and figures within a given holiday.
Students will learn about needs and wants.

Q2 Standards for Science

Motion, students will:
-Understand that things move in different ways and that gravity affects objects. 
-Activities in a unit on motion and gravity should give them context for the two concepts and stepping stones for additional knowledge and understanding in subsequent years. Simple concrete explanations of gravity and motion are appropriate, and may be addressed with the specific examples in the standards.

Day and Night Sky, students will: 
-Examine the characteristics of day and night sky and how one changes into the other in a 24 hour cycle. 
-Focus on the simple changes from night to day and day to night, as well as the main objects in the sky – the sun and moon. 

Friday, October 4th is Addison's STEM day.  

Please have your student wear their red Addison Stem shirt.

Thursday is school pictures.  Remember to dress up.

Help Needed for Stem Day

Our next STEM  day is October 4th.  We will be creating roller coasters.

We are in need of supplies in order to do this great project.

Please consider donating by Thursday, October 3rd.

• Pool Noodles ( We would not return as they will be cut up)
• Foam pipe insulation (pictured below) which can be found at home improvement stores
• Empty paper towel rolls
• Empty wrapping paper tube
  

     Field Trip Tomorrow

Please have students wear their red Addison t-shirts, shorts and tennis shoes.   They may wear a cap. You might want to put sunscreen on them at home.  We are not allowed to put it on at school.  They may bring a disposable water bottle with their name on it.  Remember if they bring a lunch from home it must be in a zip-lock or paper bag.  It's going to be a fun filled day!

Dear Parents, 

We have just under 2 weeks left of AESF's funding drive to support the Science Lab. Addison families have raised just over $22,000 so far but we are only at 20% participation. 

If you haven't donated yet, please consider making a donation. All the students benefit and no amount is too small. Help us be the class with the highest participation and reach the goal of $38,000 so you child can see Mrs. Hallmark and Mr. Cohen get Yucky!!! Also, if you donate $500 or more you are automatically entered in a drawing to win 6 Disney tickets, a reserved year around parking spot, and two reserved seats for Gator Gala and Awards Day.  

Thank you for your continued support, 

Kindergarten does not send home progress reports in the first quarter. We require a bit more time to assess their skills and help them acclimate to school. If you have any concerns or questions about your child's progress, please let us know. We are looking forward to meeting with you for conferences in October to discuss specifics for your child!

Grandparent's Breakfast

Grandparent's breakfast is Friday, August 30th.  Please come from 7:15 until 7:45 and have breakfast with your grandchildren.  We look forward to seeing you.

           Kindergarten Sink and Float

We had out first STEM lesson today.  The kids were working on a sink and float experiment.  Students worked in cooperative groups to design and build a boat.  Then they tested to see how many bears their boat would hold.  We were discovering the engineering process of  brainstorming ideas, making a design, planning for materials, creating an object, testing it and then evaluating and improving their design.  What a wonderful day!  Check out the photos.