Friday, January 31, 2014

February 3-7

Important News:
  • Please remember to sign and return your report card envelope.
  • We are in need of a few supplies for our classrooms.  If you would like to donate LARGE ziploc bags, tissues or baby wipes we would greatly appreciate your generosity!  Thank you!
  • Please remember that we will go outside if the temperature is above 20 degrees so please make sure your child is prepared for the weather!  Gloves, hats, boots and snowpants!!
Language Arts:  We will continue with our Ocean unit.

Math:  We will be doing math centers that relate to the 100th day of Kindergarten!

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Valentine Information

The Valentine information will be coming home next week.  Please note that we are asking that you cut out and glue the picture of the student on the valentine.  This will make it easier for the students to deliver the valentines to their classmates.  We will be making bags at school for all of our valentines.  Please note: our Valentine party is on Thursday, February 13.

Sunday, January 19, 2014

January 20-31

Homework
  • 100th day of school project--send to school on Friday, January 31.
  • Please practice writing the numbers 1-20.
Important News
  • 100th Day of Kindergarten Celebration will be on Friday, January 31.    We will be sharing our projects and enjoying a 100th day snack.  Please click on the link to the right under Topics "100s day Projects" for some examples of past student projects and the specific assignment.
  • Report cards will be coming home on Friday, January 24.  
  • We are in need of a few supplies for our classrooms.  If you would like to donate LARGE ziploc bags, tissues or baby wipes we would greatly appreciate your generosity!  Thank you!
Language Arts
  • For the next three weeks, we will be learning about the ocean through several fiction and non-fiction books.  We will be focusing on the comprehension skills setting, compare and contrast and main idea.  When reading with your child at home, try asking them these types of comprehension questions.
  • Writing--We are working on informational writing.  The class is continuing to practice writing using the developmental conventions (spacing, punctuation, beginning a sentence with a capital, spelling sight words correctly) and stretching out words to hear all the sounds (beginning, middles, end). 
Math
  • We will continue working on becoming fluent within 5 (knowing what numbers go together to make 5).  We will begin working toward 10.