Kindergarten News
~This week in Phonics we will be learning the letter Bb and its sound as in boys and balloon. Start looking for your Show & Tell! Word List #8 will be tested on Friday, January 13th. Practice daily!!!
~We will begin the Reading story, farfallina and marcel. In this book we will talk about the comprehension strategy “plot” and how friendships are formed and change. We will also review the letter Ff.
~In Math we will be working on matching numbers to a set using dot cubes (dice), counting by 10’s to 100, sharing a whole by separating it into two equal parts, and copying and extending AB and ABB patterns. Boys and girls should practice writing numbers from 0-10 correctly.
~The second marking period will be ending on the 17th and we will begin testing for report cards next week. ***Students will be asked to write correctly their first and last names, numbers 0-10, and capital and lowercase letters learned (a, f, g, h, i, k, l, m, n, o, p, r, s, and t). They will need to identify letter sounds, numbers 0-20, count orally to 100, basic shapes, tell time to the hour, and rhyming words. Students will be asked to blend 2, 3, and 4 letter words and read some learned high frequency sight words ***(a, I, the, is, to, am, little, have, for, my, he, like, we, of, one, was, love, you, do, are, me, she, with, into, and from). Please review these skills with your child. Report cards will be tentatively sent home on Friday, January 20th.
~DIBELS testing will continue this week throughout the grade levels. Kindergarten is scheduled for either Thursday or Friday, January 12th or January 13th. Be sure your child gets a good night’s sleep on Wednesday and Thursday!
~FYI: There will be NO SCHOOL for students next Monday, January 16th due to a scheduled teacher In-Service Day.
~January Scholastic book orders and money for anyone interested in ordering this month are due on Wednesday, January 18th.
Monday, January 9th is to be Day 4 –library class. Don’t forget library books on Monday! Sneakers and gym attire are needed for gym on Thursday, January 12th!
