Kindergarten
News
Week
of Dec 7th-11th, 2015
Remember to keep all library books at home until after we are
back in the new building. The library is packed! If your child brings a
jacket/sweatshirt, please make sure his or her name is inside it. Also, NEXT
week we have three early dismissal days on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Our
class party is on Thursday of next week at 10:00. We hope to see you
there! J
Theme: Happy Holidays!!
Reading: Shared reading and
Interactive read-alouds about holiday themes, making predictions, re-telling
the story, recalling the sequence of events and discussing the characters, the
rising action in a story that forms a story arc.
Writing: Writers Workshop! Shared, Interactive and
Modeled writing and Independent writing. We will be continuing to use a book
format to write our own stories.
Word Wall Words: REVIEW: red, green, yellow,
orange, purple, blue, white, pink, brown, black, my, is, like, see, in, and,
can, I, the, you, for, it, go, to, was, on, if, that, into, said, me
We are testing the
children on their sight words. Please review the word. They need to
be able to read them quickly by sight (not sounding them out). J
Word Family: This we will explore
the word family of AG.
Math: Review: tally marks, graphing, counting
aloud, counting sets, counting objects with one to one correspondence, and
determining more/less (Focus is numeracy to 20).
Science: Continuing Weather
Social Studies: Holiday Traditions
Homework: Read 20
minutes every night.
Optional Activities:
·
Monday:
Ask your family what their favorite holiday symbol is: dreidel, Christmas
tree, or a candy cane? Record their answers with tally marks!
· Tuesday: Write a sentence
using the word SAID and a sentence using the word into.
· Wednesday: Put five toys
in a line. Practice describing them using your
ordinal numbers (first,
second, etc.)
· Friday: Enjoy
family time, read a story, and/or play outside!
