1/31/16

Dear Kindergarten Parents,

It's hard to believe we are almost done with January and ready to begin another exciting month at school.  February is really going to fly by even with an extra day at the end of the month added this year.

Here are some highlights from our week:

In Reading we learned about the letter Ii. We continued our work blending CVC words with /i/ being the center letter and phoneme sound.  We reviewed our vowels aeiou and I demonstrated together making the sounds.  Next, mid-week I gave the students simple CVC words aloud and they identified what vowel they heard.  They are really starting to learn the sound differences!  You can practice this at home too. 😃

In Math, we are starting simple subtraction problems using objects.  I demonstrated subtraction problems using several students in my word problems and having them "go away."  They loved the interactive word problems especially when it was about them.

In science, we are continuing our study of weather.  Last week we talked about how wind forms.  I also expanded our study of weather to include different states of water with pictures- ice, icicles, snow, hail and steam. 

Reminders:

We have had a lot of illness going around our school lately.  If your child has a runny nose, fever, or has vomitted the night before school, please keep your child home so we don't spread this to others in our classrooms.  Thanks so much!  We'll continue to use hand sanitizer in the classroom and monitor closely hand washing here too.

Valentine's Day and 100th day of School Party will take place on Friday, February 12th.  If you have any creative ideas to share or would like to volunteer that day please let Mrs. Lee or Mrs. Palmer know.  We would love to have you!  

Please make sure each child receives a Valentine's Day Card if you are participating.  Because some of our students can't read yet, I am asking that you NOT put each student's name on the Valentine cards but simply put who the card is from.  This makes it way easier for the students to pass out.  For example:  To: Friend From:  Mrs. Palmer.  We have 15 students in our room.❤️❤️❤️

February 15-19. Winter Break.  No School that week.

Thanks for having amazing kids and letting us be a part of their lives!

Blessings,

Mrs. Palmer and Mrs. Lee

Daily 5 time

Zealand participating in "Read to Self."  He is doing an awesome job!!

After Math lessons, Addison and Amara are doing a Math app together during our rotating Math stations.

Friday Fun day.  Students can pick a puzzle instead of doing morning work.  Of course they love it!!

More Friday Fun!