Reading: Students will be exposed to a biography and informational text. We will use text features to gain information. We will also identify the author's purpose for writing a text.

Writing: During writing, we will be drafting, revising, editing, and sharing a narrative.

Foundational Skills: Students will focus on concepts of a sentence. We will notice how sentences start with an uppercase letter and end with a punctuation mark. Our focus is also on beginning blends( cl- fl-) and ending blends (-st -nd).

High Frequency Word List: HFW List Introduced by Module

During the next few weeks, we will be in Unit 5 for math learning about 2D and 3D shapes. We will look closely at the following 2D shapes and identify their attributes (how many sides, how many corners, etc) : square, circle, triangle, rectangle.

We will also explore the following 3D shapes with their attributes: sphere, cylinder, cube, and cone. We will be identifying 3D shapes from our real world (soda cans= cylinder, balls= sphere, etc.)

Students have been learning about objects in the sky and how events have repeating patterns, including seasons and day/night. We will begin looking at light and light sources on Earth.

1. Friendship Party: Wednesday, February 14th at 1:15.

Sign-up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0F44ABA62FA3FC1-46514717-kinder#/

2. No School on February 19 & February 20.

3. Class Picture Day is February 22.

4. No parents in the building due to testing on the following days:

February 27, 28, 29 & March 4, 5, 7.

5. Open House is Thursday, March 7 (tentatively set for 5:30-7pm).

6. Penny Wars: The award for the grade level that has the most money from Penny's & paper currency will win an amazing award! (TBD) The classroom goal is $200 (average $10 per student- whether its penny's, quarters, nickels, dimes or paper money)

1. Snack:

We ask that you please send a DRY snack with your child each day. We often are doing work while eating snack, therefore it is helpful that they have a dry snack so things do not spill on their work. This means no yogurt, jello, applesauce, milk products, etc.

2. Absences:

If your child is going to be absent, please email diana.ruiz@pisd.edu and your teacher to let us know he/she will be out. When your child returns to school, please send in a handwritten note that includes the following: child's first and last name; date of absence; reason for absence; your name and signature, with a phone number.

3. PTA:

Join our PTA! Your participation in our parent teacher organization is as important as ever!

Please join at: Joinpta.org.

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Principal: M'Cheyl Herrera

Assistant Principal: Amanda Hudson

Team Leader: Mrs. O’Connor

Maggie.OConnor@pisd.edu

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Mrs. Christensen

Suzy.christensen@pisd.edu

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Mrs. Herman

natalie.herman@pisd.edu

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Mr. Rosario- Bilingual Kindergarten Teacher

Amaury.rosario@pisd.edu

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