Kindergarten news for the week of February 25th - March 1st

Kindergarten News for the week of February 25^th – March 1st

This week in phonics we will be learning the letter Jj as in jar.  We will be identifying the vowel sounds heard in words.  They will begin a new take-home reader called Pig’s Jet.  We will begin to discuss what an accent is and how to find it in a word.  I will test word list 16.  For “Jj” show and tell this week your child can bring an item or they can learn a joke.  (Joke begins with “j” and kindergarten children really enjoy telling jokes!)

In math this week we will be making an ABBC pattern with pattern blocks, divide by sharing, comparing numbers through 10, identifying left and right, and beginning to explore tangrams.

In reading this week we will read the story Max Takes the Train. The main character of this book is Max, from Max and Ruby.  This is an animal fantasy book.  We will review the comprehension skill of realism vs. fantasy.   

We will be having a visitor from Bloomsburg University teach us a lesson for Read Across America day! (Dr. Seuss’s Birthday!)  We will also have guest readers.  Ask your child if they remember any of our readers.  In March we will be learning about St. Patrick’s day, reading some leprechaun stories and Irish tall tales. 

The children did a really great job doing their dinosaur projects!  They will hang in the hall for a few more days.  We also did a dinosaur kidwriting story. 

You may notice sentences that the children have been writing on their phonics pages.  They began this by copying sentences from the board.  Next, I dictated sentences and they wrote them the best that they could.  Now, the children choose one of the high frequency words and write their own sentence!  I can really see progress!  In the next few weeks the children will be reading stories and giving their opinions about what they’ve read. 

kindergarten week of February 18th - 22nd

Kindergarten Newsletter for February 19^th – 22^nd   

This week in school we will be learning the letter Vv.  This is easy for the children!  They seem to understand it after Valentine’s Day!  The formation is simple too!  We will count the number of syllables in words.  We will practice the words on word list 14 each day. We will have homework again next week and we will have no show and tell on Thursday due to the dinosaur projects!  When I send oral reading stories home in the yellow folder, you only have to read the most recent one---not all of them!  I’ve had some questions!

In math we will be paying for items up to 50 cents using nickels.  This is difficult if your child can’t count by 5’s to 50!  We practice this every day in class.  If you see your child struggling, you may want to practice at home as well!  We will divide by sharing, identify and order numbers and compare sets of objects.  We will compare numbers up to 10.  Please review skills as they come home each day.

Tuesday will be day number 1.  Remember, we have gym every time it is day 3.  Your child needs sneakers to be able to take gym.

In reading we will finish Unit 4 reading a story called Abuela.  This is a fictional story about a girl and her grandmother going on an adventure flying around the city.  We will again learn the term setting. 

We will celebrate Read Across America day on Friday March 1^st  .  We will have guest students from Bloomsburg University come to teach a lesson using a Dr. Seuss book!  I would like to invite any parent to come in to visit and read at the end of any day except a Wednesday.  (We have reading buddies on a Wednesday at the end of the day!)  This could happen any day after 2:45.  Please let me know if you are interested!  It does not have to be a Dr. Seuss book, but I do have a large collection of them if you would like to choose one!    

Have a wonderful long weekend!  As always, you can call me at school (570-874-3661 ext. 3241) , set up a conference or email (atarantelli@northschuylkill.net) me about your child’s progress!

Kindergarten News for the week of Valentine's day

Kindergarten News for the Week of February 11^th – 15^th   

There is no school for students on Friday- February 15^th or on Monday- February 18^th .

In phonics next week we will be learning the letter Dd.  We will be doing dinosaur projects the following week and your child should have a paper with the dinosaur name they selected and their assigned date.  The index cards I gave them can be used to write facts on each card.  We will not have our regular show and tell.  We only have 6 more alphabet letters to learn.  The girls are anxiously waiting to be queens for a day when we learn the letter Qq!  Unfortunately, it is the last letter we learn!  Don’t forget to study the next word list (#14) that was also in your child’s folder today!

In math we will be learning the following math concepts: identifying nickels, counting by 5’s to 100, counting nickels to 50 cents and paying for objects up to 50 cents, identifying a cylinder and ordering objects by height, and making ABC patterns with sound and movement.

 In reading we will begin reading the story If You Could Go to Antarctica.  This is an earth science story and is considered an informational text.  We will learn to classify and categorize.

Book orders are due to me by Wednesday February 13^th  if you are interested in buying anything.  You may also order them online.  Use my code when entering your order on Scholastic.com .

Next week is anti-bully week!

Monday---wear crazy socks. (Don’t knock it, sock it!

Tuesday---wear crazy hats or crazy hair. 

Wednesday---Jumprope for heart day!  Wear sneakers and gym clothes. (NSE tshirts)

Thursday---Valentine’s Day parties.  Wear red.