DATES TO REMEMBER:
-Thursday, January 15th—Early Dismissal (11:55)
-Friday, January 16th—Early Dismissal (11:55)
-Monday, January 19th—Delayed Start
-Friday, January 23rd—Report Cards Home
STUDENT OF THE WEEK:
Our student of the week is Jack Gilde. Jack enjoys riding his bike, jumping on the trampoline, & hugging his blanket. His favorite colors are black & blue and his favorite place to go is to Grandma’s House—of course! When he grows up, Jack would like to be an EMT and drive an ambulance. Congratulations to Jack on being Student of the Week!
SLEDDING PARTY:
We are planning a sledding party for this Friday, January 16th, BUT I am not telling the students until the day before in case the weather doesn’t cooperate:) We will go outside around 10:50, sled for a half hour with the other Kindergarten classes, and then come back inside for hot chocolate before going home @ 11:55. I am looking for a couple of parents, or grandparents, who would be willing to come in around 10:30 and help. I could use a couple of people willing to go outside and push kids down the hill AND at least 1 person to stay inside and prepare our hot chocolate. Please let me know if you are willing and available to help out!
READING:
We will wrap up the letter O on Monday & Tuesday, then begin the letter D on Wednesday:)
This week, our class will be reading about different cultures that make up the communities around the world. Your child is learning how to appreciate the different customs that people share.
Here are some activities that you can do with your child to help reinforce the skills we will be practicing.
Vocabulary: cultures, appreciate Visit a library and read stories about children from different cultures. Initiate a discussion about how your culture is similar to other cultures.
High-Frequency Word: do & up. Have your child practice writing the word do. Think of things your child likes and doesn’t like, and ask simple questions. Encourage your child to respond with the words I do or I do not.
Category Words: kinds of foods Use sticky notes to make labels for different foods in your kitchen. Help your child sound out each word and write it. Then affix the label on the food.
Phonics: d Search for objects that begin or end with the letter d. Make a list of the words. Encourage your child to read each word and then underline the letter d.
Beanie Babies—This week we will introduce 2 new Beanie Babies for Accuracy—Flippy the Dolphin & Peekin’ Poodle. Flippy reminds us that vowels have both a long and a short sound and if we come to a tricky word, while we are reading, we can ‘flip’ the vowel sound and try both the long and short sounds to see which one makes sense. Peekin’ Poodle combines several of the strategies that we’ve learned so far. When we come to a word we don’t know we . . .”Check the picture, check the word, does it look right, does it sound right, does it make sense, keep trying!”
WRITING:
We will continue to work on writing our I Can Pattern Books. We will work on following directions as we ‘Draw a Rhyme Snowman’ together and discuss the importance of details. We will also complete a journal about snowmen.
MATH:
We will complete some lessons we didn’t get to last week THEN we will work on comparing numbers as we play a new game called Top-it (a.k.a War). We will also continue to work on patterning, as we create ABC patterns using patterning blocks and stencils.
SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES:
We have some lessons on Winter & Winter Dress to complete from last week, THEN we will begin reading some narrative stories about snowmen. We will also read several informational texts related to freedom & equality in anticipation of Martin Luther King Jr. Day next week.
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