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Reminders

January 16^th- No School

January 23^rd – Late Start

February 6^th – Late Start

February 14^th – Valentine’s Day

February 17^th – End of 2^nd Tri

Parent Tips

·      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.

Reading

We have finished up working with PALS; which is our Peer Assisted Learning System that we used August thru December.  The students have been partnering up and working on sounds, words, and reading skills.  They were very excited about the work we did.  Also we are continuing to work on our Kindergarten words and reading skills. 

Math

We have been very busy working on time in our math unit.  We started out working on the days of the week, months, and seasons.  Then we moved to the actual telling of time to the hour.  This was a lot of fun!  They are very excited to tell you the time.  Ask them some time problems!

Science/SS

In Science the students have been working on trees again.  They are starting to prepare for some experiments.  In Social Studies we have been busy talking about the Earth and our land formations.  This led us into the discussion of a globe.  We loved to see the globe and work with it. 

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Reminders/Tips:

·      December 22^nd – 2:00 Dismissal

·      December 23^rd – January 2- No School

·      January 3^rd – School Resumes

·      January 9^th – 2 hour late start

·      Please work on reading at least 1 book each day during break!

·      Practice numbers (reading and writing) as far as your child can go!  Try for 100! 

Reading

We all are working very hard on our book club books.  We will re-test our levels in January.  Please be sure to read the take home books at home they will help!  We are spending a lot of our time on the story elements.  Ask your child questions about their stories!

Math

We have been super busy in our math this month of December!  We just finished up our Chapter 6 on Measurement.  We spent the last few days before break reviewing a numbers to 30.  Our chapter on measurement was a lot of fun and the students did excellent on it.  We were able to play some games about taller/shorter, using a balance to weight objects in our room, and even working on capacity.  We will be ready for the new unit in January!

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Reminders

December 12^th – 2 Hours Late

December 22^nd – 2:00 Dismissal

December 23^rd – January 2- No School

January 3^rd – School Resumes

January 9^th – 2 hour late start

Tips

·        Start working on telling time to the hour.

·        Begin working on the number words zero through ten.

Math

We have been very busy starting our new unit on Measurement.  We have been measuring all sorts of things with cubes and paper clips.  We also spent some time this week working on capacity.  They are really doing a nice job in this area.  Keep working at home!

Reading

We are continuing our work in our Daily 5 routine.  The students have really made some tremendous improvements in their work on writing.  They write in a journal daily.  We are really working on making nice sentences.

SS/Science/Health

In Social Studies we are discussing maps and states.  Science has started a new unit on weather.  They are learning about the different types.  In Health they are busy talking about emotions.

The Holiday Season is in our classroom!

We have been very busy preparing for the holiday season.  In our classroom we each created our own stockings to hang on the "fireplace" and are hoping that Santa makes a stop in our classroom. 

 Next we spent a lot of time creating some one of a kind "reindeer" to hang in our hallway.  It has been so much fun!  Hope you enjoy looking at these photos!

Read to Someone....reading our own books!

Here are some pictures of us reading to our friends and many of us are reading our own books that we can actually read!!!

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Dates/Tips

November 22^nd – 2:00 Dismissal

November 23-25 – No School

November 28^th – 2 hour late start

December 12^th – 2 hour late start

December 22^nd – 2:00 Dismissal

December 23- January 2^nd – No School

* Have your child count to you and see how far they can count.

*  Begin having your child spell you some two and three letter words.

Reading

We are close to having our first 25 word wall words all introduced in our classroom.  Some students have already passed these and are working on challenge words.  Keep up all the hard work on these words.  We will be working on our last half of the words after Christmas.  Please practice these papers as they come home!

Other Areas

In math we have been busy working on our numbers to 30.  This has been a challenge for many of our students.  We even took last week to review them by doing a variety of activities.  We took our Chapter 5 test on the numbers on Monday.  Keep working on these at home.  In Social Studies we have been spending some time talking about the Indians, Pilgrims, and the First Thanksgiving.  The students have been making a variety of things like the Indians and Pilgrims did at the First Thanksgiving.  Ask them about it!

 

 

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Important Dates

November 14^th – 2 hour late start

November 22^nd – 2:00 Dismissal

November 23-25 – No School

November 28^th – 2 hour late start

December 12^th – 2 hour late start

December 22^nd – 2:00 Dismissal

December 23- January 2^nd – No School

Tips

·      Work on counting, writing, and sequencing numbers to 30.

·      Read a book each night with your child.

·      Ask your child something they did in their Daily each evening.

Reading

During our reading time we are still doing our Daily’s and meeting with the teacher to work on a variety of skills.  We have been working very hard on the ending sounds in words, writing words how they sound, and talking about the concepts of print.  We are going to continue this plus add more to what we already have been doing.  Please keep reading and practicing reading at home.

 

Math

In math we have been busy working on our numbers to 30.  This is a tough concept for all the students to understand.  We have counted items to 30, wrote the numbers to 30, and sequenced the numbers to 30.  Please work on this at home as this is a goal we have for Kindergarten.

 

Social Studies

This month we are going to spend our time discussing the Pilgrims, Indians, and the First Thanksgiving.  The kids are very excited to learn about all of the interesting things that happened during this time.  So watch as your child brings home some items that might have been at the First Thanksgiving.