January 12th - January 16th

What We Are Learning

Reading:  This week we learned a new reading strategy to solve tricky words.  Flippy Dolphin reminds us to flip the vowel sounds when a word doesn’t sound right.

Alphabet: We focused on vowel sounds this week. We reviewed long and short sounds the letters Ii, Oo, & Uu make. We also reviewed that vowels are glue that stick words together.  Ask your child to sing you the Sticky Letters song!

Writing:  This week we continued writing “How To” stories.  We practiced together how to create a title and describe three steps on how to do something.  Ask your child about their “How to Build a Snowman” story.

Math: We continued our geometry unit this week. We moved on from 2D shapes and started learning about 3D shapes. We learned how to recognize cones, spheres, cubes, and cylinders in real world items.

Theme: During theme this week, we learned about Martin Luther King Jr.  We read several books to learn about his life and how he helped people.  We used the information we learned to create a sentence describing him. Ask your child about the craft we created once our sentence and research were complete.

Report Cards

Report cards went home on Monday. I attached a paper describing your child’s strengths and areas they need to work on in reading, writing, alphabet and math.  Remember, many of these skills do not have to be mastered until the end of kindergarten. Feel free to ask me any questions you might have!

100th Day of School

Can you believe the 100th day of school is January 23rd?  This day is a HUGE day in kindergarten.  That day we will be doing several fun activities to help us understand what exactly the number 100 is. To make this day special, I need your help! I would appreciate any of the following items donated before Thursday, January 22nd:

Fruit Loops    

M&Ms      

Pretzel Sticks

Small Marshmallows              

Goldfish Crackers       

Teddy Grahams   

Chocolate Chips

Cheerios 

Raisins

Thank you all for making the 100th day so special!

Popcorn Words

Please practice reading, writing, and spelling our Popcorn Words.

This week’s words:

you & come

Previous words:

here, have, said, are, got, get, it, on, had, has, he, do, look, in, like, and, a, up, at, I, see, am, we, to, the, is, my, can, me, & go

Dates to Remember

January 19th: No School

January 23rd: The 100th Day of School

February 6th: Spring Pictures

February 13th: No School

February 16^th: No School