December 5th ~ Fine Arts Winter Showcase, 5-7pm

December 5th ~Harvest Moon Fun Farm Field Trip Fees Due

December 12th ~ STEAM Dreams

December 13th ~ Field Trip to Harvest Moon Fun Farm

December 16th-20th ~ Dress Up Days (optional)

December 20th ~ Kindergarten Author's Celebration

December 23rd-January3rd ~ No School/Winter Break

Kindergarten has a field trip coming up! We will be going to Harvest Moon Fun Farm on December 13th, 2024. Field Trip letters and permission slips went home in Take Home folders the week of November 4th.

Important dates to remember:

November 22nd ~ Lunch Form & Chaperone Info Due

December 5th ~ Field Trip Fees Due

December 13th ~ Field Trip Day - Loading Buses @9:30am

Here is the link to pay: www.studentquickpay.com/pasco/

Here is a PDF of the Harvest Moon Fun Farm field trip letter.

A copy of the Quarter 2 Kindergarten Expectation Letter was sent home in Take Home Folders the week of October 28th.

Here is a PDF of the Quarter 2 K Expectation Letter:

Please make sure your child is independently engaging in Lexia Core 5 and Zearn at home. Both are on MyPascoConnect. The username is your child's student number/lunch number. Teachers will send you their passwords.

In our current task, Wanted: Young Authors, students are grasping the concept of opposites. They will be writing stories that include opposites to share with other kindergarteners.

"Traditions Around the World" is our next task. Students will be learning about how people of different cultural backgrounds celebrate holidays. We will travel around the world to see how these traditions are the same and different to the traditions we celebrate. Students will also learn how they can show respect and spread kindness to others even when our traditions are different. "Traditions Around the World" will launch the week of December 9th.

A great way for your child to love reading is to see their role models loving to read, so don't be afraid to spend lots of time reading to them.

Review:

Here are the letters we have been reading and spelling words with this year.

Short Aa, Mm, Ss, Tt, Pp, Ff, Short Ii, Nn, Short Oo, Dd, Cc, Short Uu, Gg, Bb & Short Ee

Here are the heart words we have been reading and writing with so far this year.

the, I, and, a, is, as, said, to, do, of & see

Here are some of the foundational skills we will be working on each week:

Week of December 2nd

Reading & Spelling Words With: -s /s/ & -s /z/

Heart Words: review

Week of December 9th

Reading & Spelling Words With: k /k/

Heart Words: review

Week of December 16th

Reading & Spelling Words With: h /h/ & r /r/ (part 1)

Heart Words: be & me

This year kindergarten is using the UFLI Foundations program. Home practice will be sent home after each lesson starting with lesson 5. A Weekly Reading and Spelling Practice Guide was sent home earlier this school year in Take Home Folders to help explain how you can review at home with your student.

Above you will find a video that explains how you can support your reader at home. Below is a PDF of both the Weekly Reading and Spelling Home Practice Guide & printable letter tiles and mat. Please let your teacher know if you need a copy of the letter tiles and mat sent home.

We want students to be excited about expressing themselves through writing. Students will be working on drawing detailed pictures and writing multiple sentences on topic. Sentences may have the same sentence stem. An example might be: "I like pumpkins. I like bats." They have such great stories to share and are continuing to build their writing stamina.

Math module 3 focuses on measurement and comparison. We are starting this module the week of November 18th.

Below you will find the Family Math for Module 3 Topics A, B, C and D for you to understand more about the hands-on learning happening in the classroom during math.

1. Students First
2. Learners Have Voice & Choice
3. Positive Relationships Lead to Positive Outcomes
4. Failing Forward
5. Changing the World Through Design

Parent-Teacher Communication is Imperative to your child's success.

Ways to Stay Connected:

• myStudent App
• School Website
• Kindergarten Digital Newsletter
• Take-home Folders

Please visit the school website often!