Kindergarten news for the week of February 3rd - 7th

Kindergarten News for the week of February 3^rd – 7^th  

We will have our Valentine Party on Thursday- Feb 13^th .  Your child should make sure they have a valentine for everybody in our class and bring them on Monday morning.  Just in case you haven’t done the Valentine cards yet, it’s easier if you would please PRINT all names.  The children cannot read cursive writing! 

In math this week we will continue to work on subtraction.  We will take about comparisons, using the minus sign and writing subtraction sentences to find differences.

In phonics we will learn the letter Ee as in elephant and equal.  Some of the concepts that will be reviewed this week are same/different words, rhyming, alphabetizing words and recognizing the /e/ when heard in words.  The sound is difficult for the letter /e/!  We will practice.   This is our last of the 5 vowels.                                                                                            In reading next week we will be reading a story Hide, Clyde!!  We will discuss camouflage and the concept of main idea. 

We learned how to make predictions this week for Groundhog day and the Super Bowl!!

Monday is day 3 on our rotation week!  We have gym!  Please wear or bring sneakers!

I’m sure you’ve seen that our PTO is having a theme basket auction on April 12^th and 13^th .  They are asking each homeroom to create a basket to be used as a prize.  Our theme is “I want candy!”  I am asking that each child send in a donation.  It can be as big as a bag or box of candy or as small as a pack of gum or tic tacs.  We will fill the basket and you will see it at the auction. 

Computers in education booklets will come home soon.  Please fill these out completely and return asap for a small prize.

Kindergarten news for the week of January 27th - 31st

Kindergarten News for the week of January 27^th – 31^st  

Next week in Phonics we will be learning the consonant letter Cc as in cat.  Show & Tell will continue next week on Thursday.   You will notice that in Phonics on your child’s spelling sound test they will now write k,c for any word beginning with /k/.  It could really be either letter so we write k, which we learned first, and then c.  We will also learn a rule that I will send home to help your child figure out which letter (k or c) a particular word starts with.  Your child should have brought home word list 10 today in their folder.  Please let me know if you didn’t get one!

·        Our 100^th day is just a few school days away!!!  Please practice counting from 0-100.  We will have a great day celebrating the 100^th day!

·        Report cards will be sent home on Monday.  Please sign and return as soon as possible.  If you have any questions or concerns please contact us. (570-874-3661 ext.3241)

·        Please try to keep up with our rotation days for the gym schedule.  Monday will be day 3 and we will have gym!  Children may wear boots and change into sneakers when they arrive.

·        The children really did a great job on their state reports!  I hope to finish all of them by Monday.  We all learned a lot!  The reports are on display on our bulletin board and will come home next week!

·        This week in math we will be learning about the new concept of subtraction.

·        Our next reading book will be called Seeds.  This is a nonfiction book.

·        Another event we will be learning about this week is Groundhog Day.  We will discuss making a prediction. 

Please continue to read the paper books I send home for evening reading.  These are yours to keep.  I have been noticing that some of the children need a little more practice with oral reading.  Those that don’t need practice are proud of what they can do!  Have a great weekend!    

Your child should have brought home their Valentine list today!  Let me know if you didn’t get one! 

Kindergarten news for the week of January 20th - 24th

Kindergarten News for the week of January 21^st – 24^th  

·        Next week in Phonics we will be learning the consonant letter Zz as in zebra and zoo.  Show & Tell will be the state reports this week.  There will not be any show and tell for the letter Zz.  We will practice identifying the vowel sounds heard in words and counting the number of words heard in dictated sentences.  Please practice word list 10.

·        Our 100^th day is just 10 school days away!!!  Please practice counting from 0-100 and watch for a 100^th day newsletter with more information about our celebration.

Report cards are being sent home on Friday- January 24^th .  Please sign and return as soon as possible.  If you have any questions or concerns please contact us.  (874-3661 ext. 3241) Keep in mind that some of the report card standards are expected to be met by the end of the year!  Don’t get upset if your child doesn’t know everything yet!  They still have half of the year to go!  This gives you an idea of what they still need to work on! 

·        Please try to keep up with our rotation days for the gym schedule.  Gym is on day 3.  Since there is no school on Monday due to a teacher inservice day, Tuesday will be day 5.  If your child wears boots to school on gym day, they may change into sneakers before gym.

·        I am really looking forward to the state reports!  We will begin our reports on Tuesday!  The reports will be on display on our bulletin board and will come home in two weeks!

·        This week in math we will be learning about addition terms, symbols and how to add numbers and sets.

·        Our next reading book will be called Farfallina and Marcel.  This story is about how animals can change.

 

 

Kindergarten News for the week of January 13th - 17th

Kindergarten News for the week of January 13^th – 17^th

In phonics this week we will be learning about the letter Uu as in umbrella and unicorn (underwear too)!  On Monday I will let the children pick a state for our United States report.  These will not be due until the following week (20^th -24^th) and more information will follow. 

In reading we will continue with the story See How We Grow! 

In math we will continue learning the process of addition.

We will be doing testing for the report cards through this week.  The children also took the dibels test yesterday and today.  It’s good to see the growth and progress the children are making!

We will have a guidance lesson on January 15^th. 

Snow Days!  I did put this tip on my blog.  When we have a day of school off for an in-service day or snow, we don’t skip that day.  Let’s say it is day 1 on Monday, when we have school, and we’re off Tues. and Wed. for snow, it is still day 2 on Thursday.  They do this so the children don’t miss the same special class all of the time. 

Book orders will come home next week.

Monday will be day 5 on our rotation schedule.  We will continue to have book exchange on day 2 and gym on day 3!

Please call or email us with any questions or concerns. (570) 874-3661 ext. 3241.