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Kindergarten News

Week of January 5-9, 2015

Welcome back!  It was so great to see the kids and hear about their wonderful time with their families.  I have missed them!

The weather will be extra chilly this week!  Please remember to put your child’s name on all jackets and sweaters.  Make sure your child is dressed for recess time each day. 

On Friday, your child will bring home their first report card!  We will also send home the results of their sight word testing.  Please practice any words they did not know.  Sign the envelope and return it Monday.  Keep the report card and sight word information from inside.  Thank you!

For homework this week, please help your child to get back on schedule and read to them at bedtime.  Thank you!

Theme: Winter, Snow, and cold weather

Reading:  This week we will enjoy many winter stories.  We will continue to practice identifying the characters, setting, and problem.  We will retell using story arcs.  We will also predict and make connections while listening to stories.

Writing:  The children continue to make books and develop their writing as they learn to make letter/sound connections and develop their own ideas for writing. This week we are making stories about the winter, focusing on non-fiction attributes.

Word Wall Words:  REVIEW: the, a, in, you, it, on, is, orange, can, green, yellow, like, brown, at, she, said, my, an, of, me, he, she, red, blue, to, purple, and, see, pink, he, black, white, like, can, see

NEW WORDS:  we, of

Word Study: We will review all of the word families we have learned so far. (at, an, ap,) and our new word family is OG

Math: During math workshop, we will explore perimeter (distance around the edge) and area (distance all across the object) by using various non-standard units to measure it. We will continue to practice numeral writing, explore numeracy, and review tally making.  We will also focus on problem solving and problem solving strategies.

Science: Cold Weather and how animals/people adapt! We will also explore movement.

Social Studies:  Landforms and Martin Luther King