kindergarten news for the week of March 31st - April 4th

Kindergarten News for the week of March 31^st- April 4^th  

·        Next week we will be learning the letter Qq as in quilt.  The girls will finally get to be Queens for a Day on Friday, April 4th!  The girls may want to dress up for this occasion!  We may have a small queen parade to do the queen wave!  We will learn more about combination “qu” too.  The boys and girls will even be invited to participate in a special wedding ceremony for Q and U!  This celebration will be next Friday ---April 11^th . 

·        In Math, we will be learning how to decompose numbers 11-19.  That means different combinations of numbers to add up to a given number.

·        The physical exams for kindergarteners who need them will be on April 1oth. 

·        Our graduation pictures will be held on Thursday- April 3rd^th.  We ask that the children have a white collared shirt if possible under their gowns because that is all that will show.  The girls should not wear anything in their hair because they will wear caps and the cap will not fit properly over ponytails etc!  All children will have their picture taken for the composite picture even if you are not purchasing a package! 

 

·        We will read the story Abuela next week.  This story has a lot of Spanish words in it!  Abuela is the Spanish word for grandmother. 

·        We will work on word list 20 and report cards will come home on Friday! 

·        We started the PSSA testing in our school today.  We were asked by Mr. Jones to switch our special and lunch times next week to accommodate other grades’ schedules for testing.  This will mean we have our special class in the morning and our snack and recess in the afternoon.   I’m looking forward to recess duty on Monday if it hits 60! 

Kindergarten news for the week of March 24th - 28th

Kindergarten News

 

v Next week we will be finishing the letter Ww and its sound as in wagon and watermelon.  Review identifying and writing letters learned.  Also practice blending letters in three, four, and five letter words.   Our next letter will be Qq which is also our last alphabet letter!

v In reading our story will be If you could go to Antarctica.   This is an informational text. (non-fiction)  We will learn to categorize and classify.

 

v In math we will finish composing the teens using ten frames, review and take a test.  We will also begin the next chapter about decomposing the numbers 11-19.  The focus of our current chapter was to show the children how to divide the teen numbers into tens and ones.  The focus of the next chapter will show the children different ways to make the numbers 11-19. 

 

Please remember that we will have graduation pictures on Thursday- April 3^rd.  Please let me know if you will not be purchasing a package of pictures.  All children will have their pictures taken for a group composite picture.  We ask that you have your child wear a white collared shirt for these pictures.  The children will be wearing caps and gowns for their pictures and the white collared shirt looks best underneath the gown.  All that shows is the collar!  We also ask that the girls wear their hair down and not in a high pony tail or have any large hair accessories or the cap will not fit properly! 

 

v We will be testing for our next report card already!  These will go home on Friday- April 4^th 

Kindergarten news for the week of March 17th - 21st

Kindergarten News

Next week we will be working on finishing the letter Xx as in the end of fox and x-ray.  Students will go on a treasure hunt throughout the building to find the “X” that marks the spot of their hidden treasure! How exciting!!!  There will be NO Show and Tell for X.  Next week we will also be beginning to work on the letter Ww and its sound as in wagon and watermelon.  Review identifying and writing letters learned.  Also practice blending letters in three, four, and five letter words. 

 

The children may wear the new shamrock t-shirts on Monday to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day if you purchased one.  If not, they may want to wear green or white. 

 

In reading our story will be Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

 

Wednesday, March 19^th will be WATERY WEDNESDAY in Kindergarten.  We will be talking about water and completing different experiments involving water throughout the day.  It will be WONDERFUL!

As a theme for the week we will be discussing different kinds of weather.  Maybe we will even have a future meteorologist in our midst!

 

In Math we just took our topic test.  Please sign and return this after you check how your child did.  We will be working with 2 ten frames for the teen numbers and the children will show how to make the teen numbers using the ten frames.

 

 Now we just need some spring weather! 

Kindergarten news for the week of March 10th - 15th

Kindergarten News for the week of March 10^th – 14^th  

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 17 .  For “Jj” show and tell this week your child can bring an item that starts with /j/ or learn a joke to tell the class!  This may be written down or memorized.

In math this week we will be finishing the chapter adding up to 9 and finding all of the ways to make given numbers.  We also emphasized that the sum can be at the beginning of the number sentence or at the end of the number sentence. (for example 4+4=8 or 8=4+4)  Our next unit will about different ways to make the numbers 11-19.

In reading this week we will read the story One Little Mouse.  Our amazing words for this story are: woodland, vale, comfortable, nest, hollow and shadows.  This story is a rhyming concept book.  We will discuss consonant blends and the comprehension skill of sequence. 

We will be learning about St. Patrick’s day, reading some leprechaun stories and Irish tall tales. 

My ad was in the paper this week on Tuesday.  Your child will get a treat if they bring it.

Don’t forget to turn your clocks ahead on Saturday night!