Kindergarten Newsletter
February 7th - 11th
What we're learning this week...
Phonics: -ang ending
Book: Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin
Reading Strategies: Making a prediction, cause and effect, making a connection, writing about our favorite part of the book
Math: Numbers to 100, number handwriting practice, fluency of addition and subtraction within 5, partners of 10, teen numbers as a group of ten and extra ones
Writing: Writing our opinions, letter formation (handwriting practice)
Social Studies: Life long ago - jobs and school
Science: Properties - weight and shape
Religion: Jesus wants us to love
Social Skill: Following directions and getting the teacher's attention
Virtue: Cooperation
Social and Emotional Learning: Understanding that people can change: children discuss the potential for growth, learning, and change in themselves and others and identify how they have changed.
Testing Results
How to help your child with writing at home
- Let your child pick out a notebook and pick out some fun pencils, crayons, smelly markers, etc.
- Work on our "5 Star Writing" rubric. These are the things I look for in all of our Writing Workshop lessons:
1. Are there spaces between your words?
2. Is there a capital letter at the beginning of the sentence (with the rest of the letters lowercase)?
3. Did you use proper punctuation at the end of each sentence? (period, question mark, or exclamation mark)
4. Did you spell sight words correctly?
5. Does your writing make sense?
*Important to remember: DO NOT spell out words for your child. Let them "stretch" the sounds they hear in words and spell words phonetically (the way they sound).*