Kindergarten Newsletter
January 4th - 8th
What we're learning this week...
Book: Snowmen at Night by Caralyn Buehner
Reading Strategies: Visualizing the text, remembering important details from the story, making a connection
Math: Comparing numbers to 20, addition and subtraction within 5, teen numbers as a group of ten and extra ones
Writing: Opinion Writing, using the sound we know to write words, practicing CVC words, spelling sight words correctly in our writing
Religion: We learn about God with our friends, God chooses Mary, Reconciliation, God sent Jesus, forgiving and asking for God's help
Social Studies: Where are you? (address, phone number, directional words)
Science: Weather Watching: how could you warm up a frozen playground?
Social and Emotional Learning: Understanding stereotypes about people - students discuss how not everyone in a group is the same, and practice a way to respond to differences.
Virtue: Celebration
Social Skills: Following directions and using a nice voice tone