DATES TO REMEMBER:
-Friday, Jan. 24th—Report Cards Home
-Thursday, Feb. 13th—Valentine’s Parties,(Jump Rope for Heart—1st-4th Grades), & Parent Teacher Conferences 4:00-7:00
-Friday, Feb.14th—No School/PD for Teachers
-Mon., Feb. 17th—No School/Presidents Day
STUDENT OF THE WEEK:
Our student of the week is Cyle Torry. Cyle enjoys playing with his trucks and his puppies. He also likes to run fast (Mileage Club) and ride his bike super fast! Cyle’s favorite place to go is to the Pumpkin Patch and when he grows up, he aspires to become a Hockey Player. Congratulations to Cyle on being our Student of the Week!
REPORT CARDS & SURVEYS:
Report cards will be coming home with students this Friday. As indicated on the report card, a √ means they ‘meet the standard’ and any skills that your child receives a — or a √— are skills they need to work on. It is absolutely amazing to see their progress thus far and so exciting to look ahead to all we have yet to learn in Kindergarten! Also, with report cards you will find a pink Parent Survey to fill out, with a note explaining the purpose:) Please take a few minutes and fill it out; you may send it back in a sealed envelope if you wish to remain anonymous! :)
READING:
Our focus text for this week is The Three Little Kittens which we will use to practice summarizing. Our focus letter for this week is Kk and our new sight words are little & have. We have two new beanie babies to meet this week, both for Comprehension: Repair Bear is a strategy that reminds us to monitor our comprehension as we read; if we realize that we aren’t understanding what we are reading, we need to stop, go back, and re-read to try to figure it out. Digger the Dog reminds us to dig for the ‘big idea,’ most important details, and the author’s purpose in the texts that we read. We will practice both of these strategies this week during whole group reading and read-to-self time.
WRITING:
We will finish up our I like . . . pattern books this week and read some mentor texts that make a see-saw pattern. We will also take some time to write about something in the world we would like to change (I have a dream), and complete a journal page about fun things to do on a snow day.
MATH:
This week we will reinforce 2-D/plane shapes and work with a new manipulative—tangrams, before introducing 3-D shapes next week. We will continue to practice writing our numbers and identifying missing numbers 1-20.
SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES:
We will continue our study of Winter this week—as we learn about the different things animals do during the Winter months. We will also continue to learn about ways to keep our bodies clean and healthy and the importance of good nutrition and healthy choices. We will take some time to learn about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his commitment to promote equality, fairness, & justice—values that we embrace today!
