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Knob Noster Elementary April
2017
Good Afternoon KNE Families, I hope everyone is well rested after a nice long and relaxing spring break. I hope you were indeed able to spend time with your family. We are well into 4th quarter, it doesn’t seem possible, does it? Can you believe we have just a few short weeks left of school? I wanted to share exciting news regarding summer school this year! Summer School Dates will be, May 30th- June 23rd. Student hours 8-3:45 with bus transportation provided. Students will receive $100 for perfect attendance. We are also excited to share, free breakfast & lunch for all students, they also earn a Big Scoops $2 gift card and are entered for the Sonic $5 weekly drawings now! We have weekly field trips and giveaways, and creative curriculum delivered by brilliant KNE Teachers & it’s only 19 days!!!! Parents, when you drop off in the morning, please pull up to paw numbers, similar to dismissal. We are seeing a lot of congestion in the morning and delays. Plus, safety is always our top priority! Thank you! As always, you are welcome at KNE to have lunch, volunteer or visit. We ask that you always sign in, grab an ID badge or sticker and please wear that while in the building. If you do not have a badge or sticker visible you will be asked to go back to the office and get one. Thank you for your ongoing cooperation.
April Dates:
Mon, April 3-7BOGO Book fair
(Buy one, get one free)
Wed, April 5th2nd grade field trip Paradise
Park
Thurs, April 6th Kindergarten Screening
Fri, April 7th Character Assembly- March
Integrity
Mon, April 10th PTO Meeting 5 pm KNE
Cafeteria
April 10th-13th
Military Child Month
Monday 10th- Wear Red
Tuesday 11th- Wear White
Wed 12th- Wear Blue
Thurs 13th- Wear Purple
Mon, Apr 10th – 21st
Field Day T-shirts for sale
Wed, April 12th Board Meeting 6pm
KNE Cafeteria
Fri, April 14th No School-
Good Friday
Mon, April 17th No School-
Staff PD/Work Day
Mon, April 24th
Mentoring BBQ4-5 State Park
Wed, April 27th
Kindergarten Field TripKaleidoscope
Fri, April 28th
Character Assembly- AprilResiliency
I encourage feedback! Anything I can do to improve communication or family involvement please let me know! My email is [email protected] or you can call 660-563-3019 Ext 2501.Have a wonderful day & thanks for all you do! Sincerely, Principal Mellon
KindergartenApril
MATHAddition and subtraction will be the focus this month. This includes story problems, ways to make 10 and different strategies we can use to add and subtract. We will also be counting to 100 from any given number.
ELAWe will continue to practice writing sentences this month and creating words using the long a, e, i, o, and u sounds. We will also be doing several activities reviewing all 40 of our sight words, including reading and writing them. In addition, during our reading selections we will continue to practice asking and answering questions and making predictions as we read. We will also be discussing sequence, main topic, and key details in the stories we are reading. Vocabulary strategies this month will include: sentence clues, antonyms, and word parts.Science/Social StudiesA big THANK YOU to PTO for funding our chicks. We will be getting an up close look at the lifecycle of a chick as we watch our chicks hatch and grow.
April Dates:
Mon, April 3-7BOGO Book fair
(Buy one, get one free)
Wed, April 5th2nd grade field trip Paradise
Park
Thurs, April 6th Kindergarten Screening
Fri, April 7th Character Assembly- March
Integrity
Mon, April 10th PTO Meeting 5 pm KNE
Cafeteria
April 10th-13th
Military Child Month
Monday 10th- Wear Red
Tuesday 11th- Wear White
Wed 12th- Wear Blue
Thurs 13th- Wear Purple
Mon, Apr 10th – 21st
Field Day T-shirts for sale
Wed, April 12th Board Meeting 6pm
KNE Cafeteria
Fri, April 14th No School-
Good Friday
Mon, April 17th No School-
Staff PD/Work Day
Mon, April 24th
Mentoring BBQ4-5 State Park
Wed, April 27th
Kindergarten Field TripKaleidoscope
Fri, April 28th
Character Assembly- AprilResiliency
First Grade April NewsletterDuring math, students will focus on using mental math strategies to
solve addition and subtraction problems with numbers to 40. Students will learn to regroup numbers in order to solve two digit addition and subtraction problems. Students will also work on reading and using calendars as well as telling time to the hour and half hour.
Students will be studying a variety of Language Arts skills during reading time. Students will learn to read diphthongs and controlled “r” words with or, er, ir, ur, and ar spellings. Students will be using multiple meaning words in different contexts. Students will also learn to identify the theme,
plot, audience, and voice used in various stories.During writing, students will begin responding to questions and
suggestions from peers to strengthen their writings. “Peer Editing” will be used to teach students to think more analytically about their mechanics and overall message used in student writings. Students will also be introduced to using digital tools to publish their own writings. The students lap top rooms will be utilized to teach students the computer skills to incorporate technology into the writing process.
Over the month of April, students will be learning about ways to keep our planet safe. In honor of Earth Day, students will study how pollution and litter can cause negative effects to our environment. First graders will also be doing a 2 week Author’s Study. By studying authors like Leo Lioni, Kevin Henke, Laura Numeroff, and more, students will focus on making connection from text to text, text to self, and text to world. Students will learn to identify the theme and point of view used by different authors.
-First Grade Teachers
Second Grade .
April
2nd grade field trip to Paradise Park Wednesday, April 5 Math: Students are learning to read and draw picture graphs. Students are studying plane shapes, solid shapes, and patterns. Students are showing amounts and counting money using coins and bills to $20. Students are reading, writing, and identifying unit fractions for halves, thirds,
and fourths. Communication Arts (ELA): Students will be reading and writing expository texts in April. Students will use graphic organizers to summarize and compare stories. Students will increase their vocabulary strategies for understanding multiple meaning words. Students will explain the cause and effect in events. Students will practice using commas in a series, correct capitalization and
punctuation in their writing. Students will write a paragraph for a given topic.
********Scholastic Book Fair
(Buy one get one free)Interactive Movie Night
Silent Auction******************
No school April 14 & 17
In April, here is what we will be learning about:
Math: We will be double-dipping and teaching both fractions and measurement. We will continue to review things we have learned throughout the school year, such as:
addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, number sense, etc.
ELA: We are going to keep working on using different strategies to help us comprehend what we read (i.e. summarizing, asking and answering questions, re-
reading, referring back to the text, using context clues, etc.) We will continue learning new words to expand our vocabulary.
We are still focusing our RTI time on preparing our students for the MAP test in May. It is just around the corner! We have been working on ELA in RTI for a few months,
and will be switching to math for this month.
Upcoming Dates:
April 3rd-April 7th: KNE Book FairApril 6th: Interactive Movie Night
April 14th: No School-Easter Break/Good FridayApril 17th: No School- Teacher Work Day
Your 3rd Grade Teachers,Miss GrayMrs. NelsonMrs. SmithMrs. Stehle
4th Grade Monthly Newsletter
APRILPlease make sure your child is reading every night and also practicing their math facts
for increased fluency.
Important Dates:April 14th: No School
April 17th: No School, Teacher In-ServiceHere are a few lessons and activities going on during the month of April.
Communication Arts Genres:
Expository Texts, Fantasy, Informational Articles, Non-Fiction, Historical Non-Fiction
Comprehension Strategies:Sequence, Summary, Compare and Contrast, Antonyms
Essential Questions:What can you discover when you look closely at something?
How can learning about the past help you understand the present?
MathChapter 9: Angles
Chapter 10: Perpendicular and Parallel Line SegmentsChapter 11: Squares and Rectangles
WritingResearch: Westward Expansion and the Oregon Trail
Please feel free to contact us with any questions:[email protected] [email protected]@knobnoster.k12.mo.us [email protected]
Happy April!
4th grade is learning about the Blues genre. We’ll talk about the origin of the blues and listen to some blues songs, both old and new. We will also experiment with creating our own
blues song with an online blues generator, writing our own blues lyrics with a Mad Libs-type sheet, and learn a blues song we can sing and play mallets and ukuleles along with.
3rd and 2nd grades are beginning their piano unit. We will learn a total of 10 very short songs (right hand only), and each student will choose their favorite to practice and perform for me as a quick test.
1st grade will be learning a jazz song for Jazz Appreciation Month called “Mary Had a Little Jazz”, which is a take on the more traditional “Mary Had a Little Lamb”. We will be singing and playing Boom whackers along with the new version.
The circus is here! Kindergarten is beginning to work on songs for their circus-themed program. The program will be Tuesday, May 2, 2017 at 6:00 pm in our gym. Students need to be in their classrooms that evening by 5:30. More info will be sent out closer to the date.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS:Kindergarten concert – May 2, 2017 at 6:00 pm (students in their classrooms by 5:40 pm)
April Physical Education
2nd, 3rd and 4th: Volleyball, Frisbee lead-up and tennis lead-up games as well as reviewing skills previously covered.
Kindergarten and 1st Grade: Volleyball lead-up games as well as reviewing skills previously covered.
NEWS FROM THE LMC
Congratulations to the Readers of the Month
Vivienne Murphy, Taylor Knaus, Cole Larimore and Chloe Brown
KNE Students Reach Reading Goal
Once again, the kids of KNE met and exceeded our original reading challenge of 10,000 books by the end of the school year. At the present time our students have read over 11,600 books. Great job KNE! Keep reading!
MASL Readers Awards
Each year the Missouri Association of School Librarians nominates 10 books for the Show Me Readers Award and 12 books for the Mark Twain Award. The Show Me Readers Award is selected by students in first, second and third grade across the state of Missouri while the Mark Twain Award winner is selected by students in fourth, fifth and sixth grade. On Monday, March 29, 2017 the winners were announced at the MASL conference. AND the winners are….
Show Me Readers Award
1st Place: Strongheart: The World’s First Movie Star Dog, Written and illustrated by Emily Arnold McCully
2nd Place: The Tooth Fairy WarsBy Kate Coombs and illustrated by Jake Parker
3rd Place: Yoda: The Story of a Cat and His KittensBy Beth Stern and illustrated by Devin Crane
Mark Twain Award
1st Place: A Million Ways Home By Dianna Dorisi-Winget
2nd Place: Space CaseBy Stuart Gibbs
3rd Place: Rain, Reign By Ann M. Martin
ARTIn the Art Room
"Imagination is more important than knowledge." – Albert Einstein KINDERGARTEN students will be learning about molding with clay and preparing for their art show at the beginning of May. FIRST GRADE students will be taking a deeper look into drawing from observation and making clay pinch-pots. SECOND GRADE students will be learning about weaving and combining paint mediums in one art work. THIRD GRADE students will be learning about warm vs. cool colors and shapes vs. forms in an experimental relief project. FOURTH GRADE student will be learning about painting and mixing tints vs. shades and intermediate colors. **Artsonia Tip of the Month** Adding Comments to Your Student’s Work Artsonia gives parents and relatives the opportunity to leave positive feedback for your student. Log on to your parent account, through your Apple or Android device. You will see your student, or students listed with their latest art upload. Under the comments column it will give a link for you to add comments, “enter new comments”. Click this link and select the artwork to leave a comment on. All comments will have to be approved before they are uploaded to the gallery. Fans can also add comments, and you can share the artwork through social media with even more friends and family.
Thank you for your continued support! Biz Boston, Art Teacher
Title Math I sent a Title I Math survey home the week before spring break. If you have not had an opportunity to complete and return your survey, please do so. It is very important for us to receive this feedback. If you have misplaced your copy of the survey, please have your child pick up another copy from me. Thanks so much!
Also, don't forget to stop by the Title Math table at our family movie night on April 6th. I would like to have you review our Title I Building Plan and make suggestions/give feedback as we develop our plan for the upcoming school year. Students will also have the opportunity to put their math skills to the test with my candy estimation jars. It should be a fun night for all!
As we head into the final quarter of school, Title Math students continue to make excellent progress. The kindergartners are working on identifying and understanding teen numbers, what comes before and after #1-10, and academic vocabulary (more/less, greater/fewer). My first-grade groups are learning Touch Math to help them add numbers quickly and accurately. We will also begin working on place value concepts. I have a variety of other groups of second through fourth-graders working on developing number sense, addition and subtraction strategies, as well as 4-digit subtraction with regrouping. It is exciting to see these concepts being internalized and students experiencing greater success in these areas!
I want to remind you that Title Math progress reports are not sent home quarterly but when your child passes the summative assessment, thus testing out of his/her skill group. As always, please contact me if I can be of assistance to you. I can be reached at school at (660)563-3019 or by email at [email protected].
What’s Up with Mrs. Wheeler?Hello KNE Parents:April is the Month of the Military Child. KNE will have special recognition of our military students April 10-13th. We invite our military parents to please come and have lunch with your child during that week and fill out a candy gram for them. This April we will be discussing our character word of the month Resiliency and Study Skills. Our counseling lessons will include discussions and activities focusing on these two major topics.
Here is a list of what we have shared so far for the month of March.March K-1Week 1Topic Discussion/IntegrityVideo Clip-The Honesty Test (www.youtube.com)Video Clip- Integrity School Project (www.youtube.com)Poem- The Voice by Shel Silverstein
Week 1 2-4Topic Discussion/IntegrityVideo Clip-The Honesty Test (www.youtube.com)Video Clip- Integrity School Project (www.youtube.com)Poem- The Voice by Shel SilversteinActivity- Integrity Self-AssessmentWe discussed the importance of Integrity and to always remember:
Week 2 K-4Topic Discussion/Community Helpers and CareersActivity- Find Someone Who Is An Expert on......We will be recognizing our character students for the month of March on Friday,
April 7th at 8:00 in the gym. Parents are always welcome to attend!
Please do not hesitate to call or email if you have any questions or concerns.
660-563-3019 ext. [email protected]
Upcoming Events @ KNE!
May 1st-5th/ 8th-12th MAP Testing
May 1st -5th Teacher Appreciation Week
May 2nd- Kindergarten Musical 6 pm
May 6th- Wellness Run, 5K
May 8th- PTO Meeting 5 pm
May 18th- 3rd Grade Field Trip
May 19th- 1st Grade Field Trip
May 21st- High School Graduation
May 22nd- 4th Grade Field Trip
May 23rd- Field Day (Rain make-up Thurs. 5/25, if needed)
May 26th- Last Day of School- 1 pm dismissal
June 30th- First day of Summer School
