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Mrs. Hendershot’s Class

Friday, January 10, 2014

Dates:

   January 22^nd -Early Dismissal

   February 5^th  - Early Dismissal

   February 17^th – Snow Make Up Day!  We have School!

   February 19^th 0 Early Dismissal

Daily 5:

We have been very busy in our reading groups reading new, harder books.  Many of the boys and girls now have a new reading level.  They are so proud of their accomplishments.  We have also been working very hard on our Word Wall Words.  They are even working on spelling them correctly.  We have also spent some of our time working on the story elements.  These would be the characters, setting, problem, and solution.  Now while reading with your child please ask these questions as they are very important to their comprehension.

Math:

In math we have been busy working on the 3 dimensional shapes and fractions.  The shapes we learned are cone, cylinder, sphere, and cube.  They found these all over and talked about objects that are these shapes.  This coming week we will be working on halves and fourths.  Our main focus will be on equal parts!  Ask your child about the new shapes as we are really working on their names!

Health:

We previously have worked very hard on learning the character traits.  We discussed the last 3 before Christmas break.  Those were citizenship, fairness, and caring.  Now since we have been back we are working on the 5 senses.  We have done a variety of activities to help us understand the senses that we have.  Ask your child to tell you about all 5 of them!

Writing:

Helpful Hints:

·      Have your child sequence the numbers to 30. 

·      Work on counting to 100.

·      Practice our Kindergarten Word Wall Words.

·      Have your child start writing sentences.