Dates to remember:

3/13/17 - 3/24/17 - K-Wrap Online Registration For K-Wrap FAQs and more info visit: http://K-Wrap-Program.WayneSchools.com/

4/14/17 - 4/21/17 - No School / Good Friday-Spring Recess

5/29/17 - No School / Memorial Day

6/21/17 - Early Dismissal Day

6/22/17 - Early Dismissal Day - Last Day of School

In case of emergency closings or delayed openings, information will be available as follows: *Wayne Township Public Schools switchboard @ 973 633-3000 *District website: www.wayneschools.com *Cable: Channel 77 *Media Outlets for School Closing/Delayed Opening Information: WGHT Radio, WOR 710 Radio, WCBS 880/1010 WINS Radio, Fox 5 TV, News 12 TV, Local Cable Channel 77

Early Dismissal/Minimal Day Schedule *AM KWrap 8:55am - 11:35am *PM KWrap 10:35am - 1:15pm

Delayed Openings *AM K Wrap 10:25am - 1:05pm /PM Kindergarten 12:40pm - 3:20pm *AM Kindergarten 10:25am - 1:05pm / PM KWrap 12:40pm- 3:20pm

Emergency Dismissal AM KWrap 8:55am - 11:35am / PM Kindergarten is cancelled AM Kindergarten 8:55am - 11:35am / PM KWrap is cancelled

FEBRUARY 2017 Edition #5 [email protected]

Randall Carter AM Class Pines Lake PM CLass Feb 2017 Instructional Highlights Feb 2017 Instructional Highlights

The students predicted an early Students practiced site words using spring.Play-dough However, and magnetic Punxsutawney letters. Site words (such as ‘the’, ‘in’, ‘you’, ‘I’, ‘and’, ‘sad’, Phil saw his shadow predicting 6 ‘yes’, ‘no’, ‘red’, ‘sad’ and ‘see’) were reinforced in the Language Arts Center with the game Roll more weeks of winter! and Read. The Randall Carter AM With passports in hand, the PM Pines Lake K-Wrap class travelled around the K-Wrap students take turns world in 5 days. Using their Reading, Writing and Social Studies skills they using the whiteboard during went from Mount Olympus to the Great Wall of China. These explorers arrived morning activities. back home safely on Friday afternoon with minimal jet lag.

Addition skills are practiced by ‘matching’ equation mittens to the correct ‘sum’ mittens.

3/13/17 - 3/24/17 - K-Wrap Online Registration Details @ http://K-Wrap-Program.WayneSchools.com/

Theunis Dey AM Class Lafayette PM CLass Feb 2017 Instructional Highlights Feb 2017 Instructional Highlights

SOCIAL STUDIES *Discussed and wrote family vocabulary *Graphed and tallied the number of people in our families *Talked about traditional Thanksgiving foods *Wrote and illustrated a Thanksgiving foods Lafayette PM K-Wrap students practiced book recognizing their site words while playing Sight *Discussed what we are thankful for Word Bingo. *Colors of Thanksgiving *Discussed the story of Thanksgiving: Students play games on the smart table to -Why do we eat turkey? Theunis Dey AM K-Wrap students did word reinforce Site word learning., -Why is it a feast? problems to practice their subtraction skills. December themed books covered They matched their answers to their drawings. -Who started MATHWinter, Weather, HIbernation, Snowmen, Reindeer, Holidays Thanksgiving? and *Identified, counted and wrote numbers Family. 1 to 10 numerically and in word form Students used magnets to spell

*Molded numbers in playdough and While Consonant Vowel Consonant (CVC) wrote out on dry erase boards learning words. *Classroom number hunt Site words, *Played number orderREADING game, mixing up students practiced number cards and* puttingThe Story in correctof the Pilgrims order writing *Thanksgiving Treat capital *Arranged manipulatives into groups, *10 Fat Turkeys letters. matched with number cards and identified larger and*The smaller Best Thanksgivingnumbers Book *Played math games*The - 10 Plump Frame and Flash, Perky Turkey 10 Frame Dice Game*Caps and for Shake Sale ‘n Spill - In Science, the Lafayette K-Wrap students studied weather use counters to identify -Discussed ways to makeFolktales 5 by identifying and cutting out pictures from magazines to -Counted/sequenced color order of caps represent each season.. -Wrote about favorite part of story *Duck for President -What does it mean to vote? December3/13/17 2016 - 3/24/17 K Wrap Newsletter - K-Wrap Online Registration Edition #4Details @ http://K-Wrap-Program.WayneSchools.com/ www.WayneSchools.com -Created voter registration cards *The Best Weather Book

James Fallon AM Class Lafayette AM CLass Feb 2017 Instructional Highlights Feb 2017 Instructional Highlights

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SOCIAL STUDIES *Discussed and wrote family vocabulary *Graphed and tallied the number of people in our families *Talked about traditional Thanksgiving foods *Wrote and illustrated a Thanksgiving foods book *Discussed what we are thankful for The Lafayette AM K-Wrap class paired up with 4th *Colors of Thanksgiving graders for a shared Science day. During their *Discussed the story of Thanksgiving: lesson on electricity, the students tested different -Why do we eat turkey? items to see if they would conduct electricity and 100 -Why is it a feast? then recorded their results. December themed books covered 100 -Who started MATHWinter, Weather, HIbernation, days Snowmen, Reindeer, Holidays Thanksgiving? and *Identified, counted and wrote numbers days Family. 1 to 10 numerically and in word form smarter! *Molded numbers in playdough and smarter! wrote out on dry erase boards *Classroom number hunt *Played number orderREADING game, mixing up number cards and* puttingThe Story in correctof the Pilgrims order *Thanksgiving Treat *Arranged manipulatives into groups, *10 Fat Turkeys matched with number cards and The 100th day of school is always exciting! The James identified larger and*The smaller Best Thanksgivingnumbers Book Fallon K-Wrap class colored and cut their own 100 day *Played math games*The - 10 Plump Frame and Flash, Perky Turkey , hats as part of the celebration. Fruit loops were counted 10 Frame Dice Game*Caps and for Shake Sale ‘n Spill - The Snowy Day and sorted by color into groups of ten and then used to Students practiced their Site words and CVC words After reading use counters to identify -Discussed ways to makeFolktales 5 make necklaces. After making more groups of tens with Addition and subtraction skills using the class smart table: have, he, no, for, with, on, -Counted/sequenced color order of caps students wrote and illustrated were practiced in math centers. all, said, up, us, with, in as, you, the, my. Q-tips, the students painted colorful 100 day pictures. -Wrote about favorite part of story what they like to do in the snow.

*Duck for President

-What does it mean to vote? 3/13/17 - 3/24/17 - K-Wrap Online Registration Details @ http://K-Wrap-Program.WayneSchools.com/ -Created voter registration cards *The Best Weather Book

Pines Lake AM Class Randall Carter PM CLass Feb 2017 Instructional Highlights Feb 2017 Instructional Highlights

Foundation Letter Activities done in class

S What would you do if you were trapped in a SNOW GLOBE? Students did short responses and made a snow globe craft project

E What would you do if you saw an ELEPHANT on the playground? Students wrote short responses and drew pictures.

P & J PEANUT BUTTER & JELLY! Students madeSOCIAL sequencing STUDIES books and did letter*Discussed matching and wrote family vocabulary *Graphed and tallied the number of people in our families *Talked about traditional Thanksgiving foods Pines Lake AM K-Wrap students had a lesson on Valentine’s Day and the *Wrote and illustrated a Thanksgiving foods importance of loving and respecting others. Hearts and V’s were cut to book practice cutting skills and symmetry and then turned into cards. *Discussed what we are thankful for *Colors of Thanksgiving *Discussed the story of Thanksgiving: -Why do we eat turkey? -Why is it a feast? December themed books covered -Who started MATHWinter, Weather, HIbernation, Snowmen, Reindeer, Holidays Thanksgiving? and *Identified, counted and wrote numbers Family. 1 to 10 numerically and in word form

*Molded numbers in playdough and Students practiced their math skills by creating wrote out on dry erase boards “spinners” and then recording a set of numbers. *Classroom number hunt Then they used manipulatives to calculate the *Played number orderREADING game, mixing up sum. number cards and* puttingThe Story in correctof the Pilgrims order *Thanksgiving Treat *Arranged manipulatives into groups, *10 Fat Turkeys Students studied different cultures around the world. Using matched withNumbers number 1 to cards 10 were and reviewed by matching everyday materials, the students created their own maracas, identified largercolorful and circle*The smaller dotsBest to Thanksgivingnumbers the corresponding Book number. The Randall Carter PM K-Wrap class harmonicas, Chinese drums and didgeridoos! One of the students’ favorite activities is *Played math games*The - 10 Plump Frame and Flash, Perky Turkey “brainstormed” what to wear when the weather *Caps for Sale “Complete the Word Family”. Using a bucket is cold. Students drew self portraits and labeled 10 Frame Dice Game and Shake ‘n Spill - filled with cool letters, students choose a letter -Discussed Folktales their winter clothing. use counters to identify ways to make 5 to fill in the blank and create a word. They -Counted/sequenced color order of caps then discuss and compare their findings. -Wrote about favorite part of story *Duck for President -What does it mean to vote? 3/13/17 - 3/24/17 - K-Wrap Online Registration Details @ http://K-Wrap-Program.WayneSchools.com/ -Created voter registration cards *The Best Weather Book

K-Wrap Theme Highlights

NAME CALLING

Site Words

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