week of Feb. 9, 2015

This week in class: (We will be continuing the lessons from the previous week)

Math:  Our topic is still: Topic 7, Addition.  We will have: stories about joining, joining groups, using the plus sign, find sums, and making addition sentences.  We hope to finish the chapter next week in order to take our assessment.  In Math Meeting, we have been counting by ones, fives, tens, tens, and been counting from one number to another (like starting at 65 and counting to 83).

Reading/Phonics:  Our new story is called: “The Lion and the Mouse” and the skill we will be focusing on is: main idea.  We are also working on Oo in the beginning of words and middle of words. We will be working on listening to: poems and sentences.   Our amazing words for this story are: jungle, nibbling, trembling, beast, snarled, entangled.

Science:  We started: Chapter 7, Matter and Mixtures.  We will: identify and measure solid objects, observe how liquids take the shape of their containers, tell that gases fill their containers, tell how water changes by freezing/melting/boiling, and tell what is in some mixtures.  
Reminders:
Sight Words: I, am, the, little, have, is, to, a, my, we, like, he, with she, look, see, they, you, of, are, do, that, one, two, three, four, five, here, go, from, what

Please sign and return both the report card envelope and the Kindergarten rubrics as soon as possible please.

If you have any assessments that are at home that were not signed and returned, please do so as soon as possible.  Thank you!

Thank you to those who participated in Jeans For A Cause Day and sent in their dollar.

The 100th Day celebration was a great success!  We counted to 100, counted 100 objects, did fun things with 100, shared our 100 collection, dressed up and did some writings.






  Important Dates:

*Monday is Day 3, Music

*Tuesday  is Day 4, Please wear sneakers

*Wednesday is Jump Rope for Heart (Gym clothes and sneakers please) *ducks are not distributed to those who made donations until the end of the donation period*

*Thurday is Valentine’s Parties, class note went home yesterday

*Thursday is also Yearbook photos, please send in the note with the activities circled that your child participated in

*Friday (Feb. 13)and Monday (Feb. 16)- No school for students

Please see the February calendar for more information.  If you need another copy or have questions about activities, please contact us for further information.  Thanks!