Happy Friday!

We worked really hard today! :)
We began the day with gym class, snacks and morning circle time.
Then we had the Show and Tell presentations. Everyone did a great job!
In language arts we worked on beginning sounds. For this activity JKs learn to isolate the beginning sounds and practice letter recognition skills. Students use the pictures as a visual reference to identify the words and the sound it starts with.
After that we practiced our phonics songs - Abeka and Jolly Phonics.
Right after lunch and recess, we read the book The Very Hungry Caterpillar. We tied the story with our UOI and did some language and math activities. For math JKs practiced 1:1 correspondence and for language we played alphabet bingo.
After second lunch and recess we had our math activity on sorting and graphing using goldfish crackers.

Have a fantastic weekend everyone!
*Your child is taking home the summative assessment letter. Please let me know if you have any questions. Take a look at the rubric I'm using to assess students:

Who We Are

Summative Assessment: Keeping Healthy

Student:___________________

	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4
Content	Content was incomplete or did not follow expectations.	Content sometimes showed thought and made sense.	Content showed thought and often made sense.	Content showed consistency thought and always made sense.
Spoken presentation	Voice is low and was not heard by the class.	Voice is low and hard to hear at times.	Uses a clear voice so all students can hear.	Uses a loud clear voice so all students can hear.

Additional Comments:

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This is the letter I sent in your child's agenda:

Who We Are

Summative Assessment: Keeping Healthy

In this Unit of Inquiry, Amazing Bodies, students have been learning about healthy foods that give the body energy and help it grow. They have also been exploring ways to be physically active every day.

For this summative assessment, students are required bring in 1 example of a healthy food, 1 example of an unhealthy food and explain their impact on the body. They will also need to choose one exercise activity to demonstrate to the class and explain its importance to a healthy lifestyle.
The summative assignment should include:

-          one healthy food (picture/actual food)

-          one unhealthy food (picture/actual food)

-          one exercise activity (picture/sport equipment/demonstration)

-          explanation of their choices and their impact on keeping healthy

This task will be assessed using a rubric with the following criteria:

-          Content

-          Spoken presentation

Students will be presenting their project the week of November 6^th – 9^th.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Mrs. Padovan