Week of December 21

For the next three days we will be reviewing the letters that we have been working on and their sounds . We will also review sight words and Word List 6.

In math we will finish up ten frames and review using manipulates.

We are creating snowmen for our bulletin board and writing about them as part of our snow unit. In the next month we will be doing science experiments, writings, and reading books about snow! We are very excited.

Don't forget your Pajamas Tuesday for the Polar Express! We will be reading the book Monday and watching the movie on Tuesday with cookies and hot chocolate!

Our Christmas party will be Wednesday afternoon.

Have a wonderful Christmas!

Week of December 14

Homework

Continue to practice identifying letters, sounds, word lists and sight words.

Wednesday- Bring B show and tell

Thursday - B Handwriting due

This week in phonics we will learn about letter Bb as in balloon and baby. We will separate words into compound words and develop an awareness that sentences are composed of individual words.

In reading we will begin a new story Whose Garden Is It? We will talk about where animals live.

In math we will continue to work with ten frames and counting to 30.

December 7

Kindergarten News
This week in phonics we will be learning the consonant Rr as is rabbit and rainbow. Show and Tell will be on Wednesday, December 9th. Please continue to practice identifying letters, sounds, sight words and word lists.
In Reading, we will read A Bed for the Winter. We will talk about the kinds of homes animals need for the winter.
In Math we will begin Chapter 6, Numbers 10 – 30. In this chapter we will use ten frames to count by 10’s.
Our Christmas concert will be held December 10th at 9:30 a.m. The concert will be in the high school auditorium. Grades K-2 will perform in this concert. Grades 3-6 will perform on December 11th at 9:30 a.m.
Our last day to shop at Santa’s workshop will be on Tuesday, December 8. If your child did not have the opportunity to show yet, please make sure their money is in by Tuesday.

Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Borden and Mrs. Jones

Week of December 1

Kindergarten News

Continue to practice identifying letters, sounds and sight words.

** Next week in Phonics, we will continue working on the letter Ss, as in snake and sun. Please review all the letters and sounds we have learned so far (Ll, Oo, Gg, Hh, Tt, Pp, Aa, Nn, Mm, Ii)! Show and Tell will be Wednesday, December 2.

** In Math, we will continue to work on Chapter 5: Geometry and Fractions. We will talk about 3D shapes likes cubes, cylinders, spheres, and cones and discuss how they move. We will also learn how to divide something in half.

** We will continue our new story in Reading, Bear Snores On. The story is about a bear who gets a winter visit from some friends, but he sleeps through all the fun! We will be discussing the difference between real and fantasy.

** There will be no school on Monday, November 30. We will return on Tuesday, December 1.

Week of November 23

This week in phonics we will be working on consonant s as in sun. Show and Tell will be on Wednesday. Continue to practice recognizing all letters and their sounds.

Word list 4 will come home Monday.

In Reading we will begin Bear Snores On. We will talk about Fantasy and Realism.

We will continue to work on Chapter 5. This week we are working on Symmetry and Fractions!

Wednesday will be our Charlie Brown Thanksgiving!

No school Thursday, Friday and Monday.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Week of November 16

Homework

Monday - Color p pictures, read words, count to 50

Tuesday - Last name practice

Wednesday - Ii Handwriting Sheet, practice counting to 50, rhyming

Thursday - Color pictures that end in p, trace letters

**This week in Phonics we will be learning the vowel letter Ii and its short sound as in igloo and inch and its long sound as in ice.

**Please review sounds and writing of a ll letters learned so far.

**Get ready for another tough week of Show and Tell. It will be on Wednesday.

**In Math we will begin Chapter 5 Geometry and Fractions. This is one of my favorite chapters. We will have a lot of fun!

** We are starting our new story in reading, Animal Babies in Grasslands. This is a nonfiction story about animal babies and their mothers. We will be reading about elephants, lions, and zebras to name a few.

Week of November 9

Kindergarten Newsletter for the week of November 9th – 13th
This week we will be having our parent-teacher conferences. Please contact me asap if you returned a form and didn’t receive a conference date. I sent these time confirmation notes home on Thursday. You can call me at any time to schedule a conference. It doesn’t have to be held this week. (874-3661 ext. 3241)
Please return your child’s report card in their folder after you sign it. Thank you!
In math we’ll be working on sets of ten, more filling in missing numbers on number lines and in ascending and descending lines of numbers. We will work with the numbers up to 10.
In phonics we’ll be learning more about the letter Mm. Show and tell will be on Wednesday. We’ll be working on hearing and identifying the initial and final sounds heard in words. Also we will play a game to rhyme words. We will unblend words and count the sounds. Lastly, we will begin a new take home story. It is called Hop on the Mop! Look for it at the end of the week.
We will begin a new book this week in Reading. It is called Armadillo’s Orange. It is an animal fantasy book about what lives in an orange grove. We will be working with the letter Ss in this story. Many children are familiar with this sound, but confuse it with Cc. We will discuss proper nouns, setting and sequence. Please continue to practice the high frequency words that were sent home on fish.
It’s hard to believe that the first marking period is over and it is less than 3 weeks until Thanksgiving. We will be learning about The Pilgrims and Native Americans until Thanksgiving.