Would you like a 2019-2020 English Landing Yearbook? Orders will be accepted until April 3, 2020! To order an English Landing Yearbook:    ·         Lifetouch: ybpay.lifetouch.com ·         English Landing Yearbook ID Code: 2280620 Next Week's Schedule Monday - Kindergarten Musical During Specials (1:40) - (PJ Day) Tuesday - B Day (Star Wars Day) Wednesday - C Day (Orange Day) Thursday - D Day (EL Spirit Day) Friday - A Day ..read more

We've had another great week in kindergarten!  Raffle tickets for the themed baskets and tickets to be chosen as a player, cheerleader, mascot or announcer for the Student/Staff Basketball Game are still on sale! As a reminder, the Student/Staff Basketball game is March 12th at 6:30 (Doors open at 6:00) at Lakeview Middle School. This week we continued to focus on "All About" books.  We are working to write a beginning to our story to inform our readers what our topic is about, three to five facts about our topic, and an ending to summarize our book. It has been challenging to remember that ..read more

Tell Jokes... Sing.. Dance...Perform a Skit...Play an Instrument....Juggle... Recite an Original Poem... Amaze with Gymnastic Moves!  The 2020 PTA Variety Show is coming SOON!  Information Link: PTA Variety Show 2020.pdf  In Writer's Workshop, students have began writing All About Books.  It has been fun to learn how to focus on People, Places, and Things as our writing topic.  In Math Workshop, students are learning how to navigate between addition and subtraction.  We are currently working towards earning our Green Ribbon by fluently adding and subtracting within 5. In Re ..read more

English Landing is gearing up for student-led conferences on Tuesday, February 11th.  During this time, your child will be able to show off their "How To" writing, let you check out their AVID desk, and review the 75 Kindergarten sight words. Please remember that these conferences are led by your STUDENT!  Kindergarten kids enjoy taking charge and showing off all they have learned this year! Be sure to check out our Quarterly SMART Goals Ribbon Board. We can't wait to SHOW YOU WHAT WE KNOW!  Please click on the sign up genius link found in your Kindergarten Update to sign up for a conference ..read more

We have been busy working hard in Kindergarten this week!  Our students have been creating "how-to" stories giving detailed descriptions for how to complete a task.  We are working hard to use transition words like first, next, then, and last when we are writing our directions.  In addition, we are working to remember writing conventions and use proper capitalization, punctuation, and spelling for our Kindergarten words.  We are having a lot of fun writing these books! In math, we have been working very hard to learn how to solve addition and subtraction problems.  We are having fun solving m ..read more

Welcome to Kindergarten in 2020!  We have been spending a lot of time practicing and remembering our classroom and school rules.   Rules keep us safe and help us learn! Our SMART goal for third quarter is for 100 percent of our Kindergarten students to earn the sight word (orange) ribbon.  If your child has not yet met this goal, PLEASE practice the kindergarten sight words with your child each night! The sight words are listed to the right of the blog.  Please use the link for reference. Our schedule for next week is: Monday: D Day Tuesday-A Day Wednesday-B DayThursday-C Day Friday-D Day ..read more

Math Workshop-we worked hard this week analyzing and comparing 2D and 3D shapes!  In doing so, we have worked hard to identify the attributes of both 2D and 3D shapes (vertices, lines, edges, faces, etc.). Reader's Workshop-we continue to read using the "super powers"  This week, we focused on Pattern Power - recognizing patterns in books.  In addition, we practiced going on picture hunts and word hunts in our books.  These would be great skills to practice at home! Writer's Workshop-we practiced adding more words to our story.  It is important to add words and make sure our books are able t ..read more

Our reading interventionist, Ms. Walker, sent us these apps for English Language Arts.  These are just a few suggestions of good apps to help your child with different skills.  We hope that this gives you so new ideas if you're using apps to practice at home! Week After Thanksgiving Break Schedule: Monday-A Day Tuesday- B Day Wednesday-C Day Thursday-D Day Friday-A Day Have a great Thanksgiving break ..read more

Wow!  We have had a busy week of learning.  Please read to discover what we have been up to! Reader's Workshop:  We are learning to read with the "Reader's Super Powers".  Here is an overview of the "Powers" we will be learning throughout this unit. 1. Pointing Power-using our index finger to touch each word as we read. 2. Picture Power- using the picture to help us with clues about what we might be reading. 3. Sound Power- using the beginning sound of words to help us sound out words (then stretching words out to read EVERY sound). 4. Word Power- read the sight words to "zip through words ..read more

English Landing is excited to host Mystery Guest this year!  We would love to have each child represented by one family member sometime throughout the school year.  You will be able to choose a book to bring and read to our class.  We will then focus on asking you questions about how you use reading, writing, math, technology (kindergarten skills) in your daily life.  If you are interested in signing up, please reach out to your child's teacher.  We are excited about this opportunity and look forward to having you all in our classroom! Next Week's Schedule Monday - A Day Tuesday - B Day ..read more