Welcome back! I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving week off with your families. I am so excited to be back at school. This is such a fun, yet busy time of the year in kindergarten with so much going on. Please take a moment to read through our news and upcoming events so that you don't miss out on anything. Thank you!
Our kindergarten classes are doing a Christmas play this year! We will be putting on "The Tale of the Gingerbread Man". Every student should have received his or her CD before break. Each student will receive a special part this week!!! Our kindergarten classes will be doing two performances in the evening on Thursday, December 15th. Mrs. Marion and Mrs. Bobrink's classes will perform at 6:00 and Mrs. Bess and Mrs. Stanley's classes will perform at 6:45. Please mark your calendars now. This is an event you will not want to miss! We will give more information about costumes, help, and times to be there as it gets closer.
Upcoming Events:
Monday, December 12: Grandparent's Day (more info coming soon!)
Thursday, December 15: "The Tale of the Gingerbread Man" 6:00
Friday, December 16: Holiday Centers (more info coming soon!)
Thursday, December 15: "The Tale of the Gingerbread Man" 6:00
Friday, December 16: Holiday Centers (more info coming soon!)
If you are at the store and happen to think of us, our classroom would love:
Christmas Stickers and Prizes/Trinkets
What Are We Learning This Week?:
Sight Words: AS, NO, KNOW, ABOUT, BY.
Letter Team: KN (the K is silent, like in KNOW and KNIGHT), and EW (like in NEW and STEW).
Reading: We are reading a variety of books about the Gingerbread Man this week. We are also learning about landforms (mountains, valleys, deserts, and plains) and bodies of water (rivers, oceans, lakes, and ponds). We will be taking home leveled Reading A to Z books and continue taking home library books in our book bags this week. Students will be taking home fluency passages this week. Please practice reading these sheets every night at home, sending them back to school every day in your book bag.
Writing: We will continue to work on our writing goals as we strive to write three to five sentences every day. Some students will be writing topic sentences, three details, and a conclusion sentence.
Math: This week we will learn addition "DOUBLES" in our fun DOUBLES SONG. You can help at home by asking your child doubles addition questions (2+2, 7+7, 10+10, etc.) We will start working on fun Christmas story problems and playing fun addition games.
Leadership: Don't forget to ROAR everyday to keep earning those ROAR tickets!
Homework:November 28-December 2
Flashcards: Make flashcards for our new sight words (AS, NO, KNOW, ABOUT, BY), and letter teams (KN and EW). Study flashcards every day.
Phonemic Awareness: Please work with your child on the following Phonemic Awareness skills - rhyming, blending, segmenting, syllables, and beginning/middle/ending sounds. Please check your child's report card from first trimester and see the Foundational Skills areas where they may still need support.
Reading: Play Smarty Ants for 10-15 minutes each night. Read on RAZ-Kids. Read books from your book bag! Read your fluency passage from your book bag! Read books from your at-home book box! Read to your child every day and have your child read to you every day. Find sight words and letter teams in books, in the car as you are driving - just READ, READ, READ!
Writing: Practice writing every day! Our expectation at this point of the year is for students to write three sentences every day! Please make sure your three sentences are on the same topic with details, focusing on neatness, punctuation, and capitalization as we discussed at conferences.
Math: Play Dreambox for 10-15 minutes each night. Continue to practice counting, identify numbers out of order (make number flashcards!), practice number writing, practice drawing shapes, identifying shapes, or even creating shapes out of play-dough and sticks. Please check your child's report card from first trimester and see the Counting and Cardinality and Geometry areas where they may still need support. Keep going over those Daily Math worksheets that go home each day to see if your child needs help with a particular skill.
QR Codes: Download and print the QR Code practice pages on ParentSquare. Work on these pages together.
Turn-In Homework: Our turn-in homework will be to write three or more sentences, instead of just one. At this point of the year, please have your child write the sentences instead of dictating it for them. This week, please write three sentences about what you did over break. We are practicing writing a topic sentence then details to go with it. For example, "I had a great Thanksgiving break. First, I went to Disneyland. Next, I had a Thanksgiving feast with my family. Last, I went to the Christmas tree farm." Draw a picture to go with your sentences. Here is a link to our Sharing Paper.
