First Grade at Kaechele — Go Global KES!

Looking for a daily schedule to follow with recommended academic activities?  Check this out!

Daily Schedule

Morning meeting:  Choice board contains activities called buddy up and coping skills. You could also plan the day’s schedule together.

Language Arts:  (45 to 60 Min.): Possible activities would include the Edflix performance task and choice board options; Clever Links: Epic, Seesaw, ABCYA, Storyline Online, Suessville; Word Wall, Words Their Way and writing practice – don’t forget COPS; Practice identifying story elements: characters, setting, problem, solution, beginning-middle-end.

P.E., Art, or Music: (30 to 45 Min.): The Edflix choice board contains several options.    Mr. Runk and Mr. Krauss have all added activities to their blogs too.

http://blogs.henrico.k12.va.us/jbrunk/

http://blogs.henrico.k12.va.us/gekrauss/

Lunch (30 to 45 Min.)

D.E.A.R. – Drop Everything And Read: (30 Min.)  Preferably a real book, not an online book

Social Studies/Science: (30 to 45 Min.): The Edflix choice board contains several options.  Alternatively, on Clever, your student could research topics of interest in SS and Science with BrainPop Jr. and/or PebbleGo.

Recess (30 to 45 Min.)

Math: (45 Min.) Possible activities would include the Edflix choice board options – including Dreambox;  our classroom Clever page Links: Addition, Telling Time and Subtratcion, Seesaw math activities; utilize a white board to call out math equations (+ and – to 20) and have your student write the answer as quickly as possible; practice mental math – example: bounce a ball two times and ask, “How many more bounces to get to ten?” – answer: eight

http://blogs.henrico.k12.va.us/hlp/virtual-learning/

Salute

This is a fun game to help practice math facts. You need at least three to play. Here is what you do:

1. Sort a deck of cards and remove all non-number cards.
2. All “players” sit facing each other. The “dealer” passes out one card to each “player” face down.  No PEEKING at the card!
3. When the “dealer” says “Salute”, both “players” raise their card to their forehead without looking. The “dealer” then gives the “players” the sum of the two numbers.
4. When told the sum and then looking at the other “player’s” card, the “players” must figure out the MISSING ADDEND – in other words, what card they have on their forehead. The first player to figure out the missing addend and yell out the answer wins both cards!
5. The game continues until the cards are all gone. Then, switch “players” and “dealers”and play again!

We officially changed seasons from winter to spring on Saturday, March 21^st!  What have you noticed about the weather?  In your packet from Henrico County, you will find a page to record your observations for five days making a weather graph, using tally marks, or both.  Use your observations to make a prediction about the weather each day.  Then refer to the page entitled “What’s the Weather” and choose one way to show your learning.  Take a picture of your work and send it to your teacher.  If you decided to be a meteorologist and make a video, send that to your teacher.  We want to see your wonderful creativity!

Extension Activity – Record in your Homework Notebook

*What do you observe happening to the trees and plants?

*What are the animals doing?

*Have you seen any insects?

Please help us in celebrating Random Acts of Kindness month.  We are asking that our coyotes show their kindness by participating in the following ways:

February 3-28 Donate gently used or new books  Books will be given to  needy Henrico students for their summer reading.

February 10-14 Bottle Brigade Collection of Plastics to Recycle  Please send in any plastics for our school recycling bin.

February 24-28 Change for Children  Donate spare change for Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU.

Please join us for International Night this Friday, January 31st from 6:30-8:00 pm in the gym.  Come see how many countries are represented by students and their families at KES!

Help Support Our Military!

Our Veterans Day Assembly will be held on Friday, November 8^th beginning at 9:00 a.m.  At our assembly we will honor, recognize and celebrate all those served and sacrificed for the cause of liberty.  On Friday, please have your child wear red, white, and blue.

Please help let our soldiers know we are thinking of them every day, and especially during the holiday season.  This can be a very lonely time for a soldier who has been deployed away from family and friends.  Please consider purchasing some of the items listed below which will be packaged in boxes.  These boxes of “goodies” will be shipped after Veterans Day to arrive in time for the holidays.  We are collecting these items through Friday, November 8^th.   Items needed are:

Personal Items (travel size)

Shampoo, conditioner

Hand/body lotion

Deodorant/Antiperspirant

Toothbrush/Toothpaste

Dental floss

“Wisps” (dental cleaners)

Gold Bond foot powder

Hand sanitizer

Q-tips

Snacks

Powdered drink mixes like Gatorade, coffee, Kool-Aid, and Crystal Light

Healthy individual snack packs – nuts, dried fruit, beef jerky, fruit snacks, trail mix

Power bars and granola bars

Instant oatmeal

Pop tarts, crackers, cookies

Tuna/chicken in foil packages

Reading material

Crossword puzzle books

Hey, Coyotes! Are you ready for the Scholastic Book Fair?! We are partnering with our awesome PTA for the 2019 KES Scholastic Book Fair on Tuesday, October 15th to Friday, October 18th! Hours on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday are 2:30-5:00. Hours on Thursday, 10/18 are 4:00-6:30 to align with our Fall Festival. Literacy is a priority at KES, and book fairs are a terrific source for affordable, high interest books for our children. The money raised will benefit our KES Library Learning Commons to purchase more books, processing supplies, and instructional materials for our students. Get ALL the information by clicking HERE for the full PARENT GUIDE.

 If not, then don’t delay!   http://www.pjcheese.com/kaechele
The KES Staff will deliver Papa John’s pizzas on WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2nd. *Pick up is also available at the Lauderdale store. Order on-line by midnight on Monday, September 30th.  

20% of sales and 100% of tips are donated to the school!  Thank you for supporting KES in our first spirit night of the year!  Tag photos on Instagram with #saycheeseKES & show us who comes to your door!

PTA Back to School Night at Kaechele Thurs., September 19th  6:30-8:00 pm

The first grade teachers will share details regarding your child’s classroom procedures,  curriculum and information. Parents have the opportunity to be in classrooms for approximately 25 minutes and there will be 2 sessions. Information shared during each session will be the same.  This event is for parents only.  All events and activities begin in the gym.