Kindergarten News – 1/16/17
Letters and Sounds of the Week:
Kk – Keely Kangaroo
Ii – Iggy Iguana
Themes of the Week: Snow
Wordsof the Week: you, are
Dear Kindergarten Families:
We had some good discussions last week about fairness and the peace movement of Dr. King, and how we can be peacemakers. We have been practicing kindness and using “I can” statements in our learning targets, such as “I can be kind.”
Language Arts: This week we practice beginning /k/ sounds, introduce short and long /i/ sounds, and the words you, are. We continue sounding out words and sentences.
Letters to review at home: Ss, Mm, Rr, Tt, Bb, Nn, Hh, Vv, Aa, Cc, Pp, Gg, Ff, Ll, Kk, Ii
Sight Words: I, see, am, a, the, by, my, like, to, can, go, an, and, we, look, no, not, love, at, here, on, this, is, it, you, are
Making Meaning book: Cookie’s Week - “Juicy” vocabulary words: amusing, upset, grin, stuck
Reading Logs: I hope the reading logs will create a little excitement about reading. I explained that this is not a race; reading is at their own pace – no due dates. They do, however, collect stickers on the front, and a full log results in a trip to the Prize Jar and a new log. Directions are inside the front cover.
Math: We continue learning the numbers 11 through 20. We are using “10 frames” to “add on” to make a number higher than 10. Partners will play “Add to the Top” as they add two dice together and mark a graph. They are enjoying the new Math Stations format in the morning in their new math groups.
Science: Last week wedescribed some of the properties of water as it pertains to our 5 senses. This week we will learn about adhesion and how water can defy gravity and climb up!!
Coin Collection – Kindergarteners are collecting coins to reinforce counting, adding, and kindness as we hope to adopt an endangered penguin at the Detroit Zoo. Children can bring in coins to add to our collection jar now through February 10.
Upcoming Dates to Remember:
-Thu. Jan 19 – Kindergarten Information Night – for any families of NEW Kindergarteners coming in the Fall of 2017. Let your friends and neighbors know!
-Jan. 23-26 - Kindness Week – culminates with assembly on Jan. 26
-Fri. Jan. 27 – NO School – Professional Development Day
-Fri. Feb. 10 – Monteith’s TasteFest - 6:30 – 8pm - Food, dancing, art. Sponsored by our Culture Club and PTO.
-Feb. 20-24 – NO School - Mid-Winter Break
-Tue. Mar. 14 – AM School Only, dismissal at 11:36. PM records day
-Wed, Mar. 29 – Conferences 5-8pm
-Thu, Mar. 30 – NO School – Conferences 8am to 8pm
BUCKET FILLER OF THE WEEK: Bella Myers
At Home Practice (Homework) – the calendar and project went home before the break:
-Family Project Due 1/23/17 – Endangered animal information and paper plate craft
-Ongoing – Reading Logs
Have a great week!Mrs. Richards