DATES TO REMEMBER:
-Wed., March 13th—Celebrity Reading Day
-Fri., March 15th—Animal Print Day + Popcorn
-Fri., March 22nd—Dress as Favorite Storybook Character + Popcorn
-Mon., March 25th—First trip to the Book Fair To Shop
-Wed., March 27th—2nd trip to the Book Fair To Purchase Materials
-Thurs., March 28th—Jammies in the Jungle & Report Cards Sent Home
-Fri., March 29—Spring Break Begins
READING FOLDERS:
The students were excited to bring their Reading Folders home over the weekend. Just a reminder that I will be sending Reading Folders home 2-3 times a week. Kindergarten is a great time to develop good reading habits; please spend a few minutes listening to them read, sign their Reading Log, and pack it safely in their backpack for a quick return to school. Students must return their Reading Folders and books in order to check out a new book. :) This reading time counts towards their Book-It Reading time as well, so don’t forget to mark their Book-It Calendars. :)
MATH:
This week we will be working on measuring length using feet, rulers, and measuring tapes. We will also introduce the 3-D solid shape—cylinder and practice identifying flat (2-D) and solid (3-D) shapes by their different attributes. We will practice skip counting by 2’s this week and we will complete a Pet Bar Graph and analyze the data. On Friday, we will incorporate some St. Patrick’s Day activities into our math lesson—reviewing symmetry and also completing a graph using Lucky Charms
cereal.
READING:
Our focus sounds for this week are the digraphs Sh & Ch. Our focus text is On the Go; which will tie in nicely to our new sight words for the week: on & go. For comprehension, we will work on text structure—organizing and classifying things according to groups/categories, which goes nicely with our writing unit on Informational Text. We will continue to practice all of our accuracy strategies during Read-to-Self time, as well as work on building our stamina for reading. This week I will begin assessing the students on many of their Math and Reading skills in preparation for the end of the marking period.
WRITING:
This week we will continue our unit on Informational Text. I will guide the students through writing their first informational booklet using our compiled list of facts on Monkeys. We will go through the process together and on Friday, students will begin brainstorming their own list of topics that they are experts on and could write an informational piece about. Our Post Office is ready to open this week! Students will be writing letters at the writing station, addressing their letters, and then taking them to the class ‘Post Office’ to purchase stamps and mail during free choice time.
SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES:
This week we will wrap up our ‘Me on the Map’ Unit and our study of maps and globes. We will also be reading several books related to Jungle animals. Towards the end of the week we will read some narrative and informational texts related to St. Patrick’s Day.
