Kindergarten News for the week of March 3rd- 7th

Kindergarten Newsletter for March 3^rd- 7^th   

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!  Plus we have Vivian and Vinny!  The formation is simple too!  We will count the number of syllables in words.  We will practice the words on word list 16 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 folder, you only have to read the most recent one---not all of them! 

In math we will be discovering many number combinations for the numbers 8, 9 and 10.  You will also see the sum in different ways. (8=4+4 or 4+4=8)   Please review skills as they come home each day.

Monday will be day number 1.  (Tuesday if we have a snow day!)  Remember, we have gym every time it is day 3.  Your child needs sneakers to be able to take gym.  We exchange library books on a day 2.

In reading we will read the story My Lucky Day.  This is an animal fantasy story.  The animals act like people!  We will focus on the comprehension skill of cause and effect! 

We celebrated Read Across America day today.  We had 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 weekend!  As always, you can call us at school (570-874-3661 ext. 3241), set up a conference or email (atarantelli@northschuylkill.net) me about your child’s progress!

Kindergarten registration begins on Monday!

 

Kindergarten News for the Week of February 24th - 28th

Kindergarten Week of February 24^th – February 28^th

This week in kindergarten we will be super busy.  The dinosaur reports will begin on Wednesday.  We will celebrate Dr. Seuss day on Friday.  We will finish the letter Dd in phonics this week and begin the letter Vv as in vest.  We will not have show and tell this week for the letter Dd.  We will do the dinosaur reports for the letter Dd.  You may use the template I sent or just do your own.  We will finish the dinosaur reports on Monday and Tuesday.  I’m sending home a copy of the sight words that should be known by the end of the year.  I will not be sending home all of the word lists for practice from now on.  We want to see how the children do on a “cold read” of a word list to see if they can really apply what they’ve learned and not just read what they’ve memorized.

In math we will be learning more about addition and subtraction by composing and decomposing numbers to 10.  This means finding all the combinations to add to get a number.  They can be called fact families. 

In reading we will begin a new book this week.  It is called Bunny Days. On Friday we will have students from Bloomsburg University come and teach a one hour lesson about a book.  Read Across America Day is March 2^nd, but we will celebrate on Friday.  This is sometimes called Dr. Seuss’ Birthday!

Important dates!

April 3^rd- Kindergarten Graduation pictures.

May 20^th – Kindergarten Graduation

 

Monday will be day 1 on our rotation schedule.

Kindergarten news for February 10th - 14th

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

We will have our Valentine Party on Friday- Feb 14^th.  Please note this change!  Please send in your party money if you have not yet sent it!  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 next week we will continue to work on subtraction.  We will take the test on subtraction toward the end of the week.  We will also complete a unit test that will test all concepts learned so far this year.  This way we can see who is retaining what’s been taught!

In phonics we will learn the letter Yy as yarn.  The sound for this letter is difficult.  Many children think the sound is /w/ not/y/ .  They confuse the sound with the pronunciation of the letter name. 

In reading next week we will continue reading the story Hide, Clyde!  We will also do some writing assignments connected with this story.

Monday is day 1 on our rotation week!  We will have the Jump Rope for heart day on Wednesday!  Children may wear gym clothes.  We have gym on Thursday!!  Please wear or bring sneakers!

These will be a PTO meeting on Monday (Feb. 10^th) in our school cafeteria at 6:30 pm. 

We really enjoyed celebrating the 100^th day!  It’s all down hill now!                                                                                

 

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.