February 24th-28th

Dear Parents,

           We had a yogurt tasting project for the letter “Y’ and we made a classroom graph of our favorite kind.  We had a great valentine’s celebration, and I would like to thank the homeroom parents for all the hard work they do for our class!  Your help is appreciated!  Thanks for all the wonderful gifts and cards for Valentine’s Day, I really appreciated your thoughtful ness.

        The children did a great job with all of the activities for the anti-bully week, and jump rope for heart.

We are beginning something new with our wordlists.  By this time in the kindergarten year, all the children should be blending successfully with little or no assistance.  Some of the children are memorizing the words on the wordlists and not reading the words.  In order to test this accurately we will only be sending the odd numbered lists home with the children, and I will use the even numbered lists for the report card grade.  By doing this you can still see the type of words that the children will be expected to read.

On to the week of Feb. 24^th to the 28th

Phonics- We will be learning the letter “d” as in duck and dog.  Show and tell will be on Friday as usual.  

Reading- We will be starting the week with the story “Bunny Day”.”  The comprehension skill that will be taught throughout this lesson is “sequence”, and the genre is “animal fantasy”.

Science- We will be working on the Foss science lesson Wood and Paper”, and we will be keeping a writing journal about some of the things that we have learned.  We will also be learning about tools, machines, camouflage, and plant and animal characteristics.

  Math- We will be continuing to learn about subtracting.

    We will have our second oral repots revolved around dinosaurs. The “dinosaur” presentations are scheduled for Monday 3^rd, 4^th and 5^th.  I will send a schedule with your child’s day and name of dinosaur.  I will be evaluating the children on knowing the name, a few facts, and a picture of their dinosaur.  Try practicing it at home so that it will be easier for your child to present their report to the class.  I am looking forward to watching your children shine!

Important dates to remember:

April 3-Kindergration pictures

May 20- Kindergarten graduation at the High School.

May 28-Field trip to the Lokie (May 29^th rain date) May 30-Carnival at NSE.

Remember:

No matter how long the winter is, spring is sure to follow.