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Kindergarten News

Week of February 6 - 10, 2017

February 13^th – Picture day  We will take our class group photo and spring pictures.  Order forms for group pictures will come home in the blue folder. 

February 14^th – Valentine’s Day  Please send valentine cards on this day.  We’ll pass them out in the morning before the party.  Thanks to all who have sent in cereal boxes.  We have more than enough to make our mailboxes.  We would love to see you at our Valentine Party!  It will start at 1:00 pm in the classroom.  We have 19 friends in our class.  

February 20^th – President’s Day  No school

Theme: Friendship and Presidents

Reading:  We are working hard to improve our reading skills in literacy stations and guided reading groups

Writing:  Writing a Friendly Letter- Date, Greeting, Body, Closing, and Signature

Word Wall Words REVIEW: red, green, yellow, orange, purple, blue, white, pink, brown, black, my, is, to, like, can, see, go, the, in, it, all, me, and, big, has, on, we, but, look, at, little, for, he, said, was, not, she, this, come, you, are, get, some

NEW WORDS: with, will

Word Study: -EN Word Family 

Math: This week, our number sense work continues as we work on combinations of 6.  We’ll practice counting on from the higher number to add, recognizing different configurations of 6 (like dots on a dice or tally marks) and exploring ways to make 6.

Science: Rocks and Soil

Social Studies:  Presidents Abraham Lincoln and George Washington

Homework: Read 20 minutes every night.

Optional Activities:

• Monday: Make a list of 10 -EN words.
• Tuesday:  Write a letter to someone in your family.
• Wednesday:   Make a list of things that come in groups of 5.  How many can you think of?

• Thursday:  Read a valentine book.  What is the problem in the story?  How did it get solved?
• Friday:  Pack up your library books and practice your home reader!  Return the home reader bag on Monday!!