Dear Parents,
This
week we are going to be working with the letter Nn. The vocabulary words that
we are going to be focusing on are: nail, necklace, noodles, nest,
napkin, nine, newspaper, numbers, nuts, nurse, net, neck, needle, noise, and nose.
If you have any items at home that begin with this
letter, send them over with your child and we will be discussing them in class,
we will display them on a table and we will return them back on Friday. The
kids get excited to bring things from home.
Some stories that we are going to be reading with the
children are:
Nate is the nicest newt in the neighborhood. We will
find out what happens when he decides to be naughty!!!
It's
a rainy afternoon and Granny is snoring on the bed in a cozy room. A child
crawls on top of her and dreams. Gradually, the pile increases with a dozing
dog, a snoozing cat, a slumbering mouse and finally a wakeful flea who, by
biting the mouse, sets off a chain of events which results in a broken pile and
even a broken bed.
This is a wonderful little
story about two birds who decide that they no longer like their old house and
go on a quest to find a new house. However every house they find is either
occupied or has hidden traps.
The sight words that we are going to continue working with this week
are: an, look, play, said, up.
Please take 15 minutes every day to practice them at home with your child. It
is very important for all of them to recognize all the sight words we have
covered in class so far. Once they can recognize sight words it is going to be
a lot easier for them to read books.
In Math we will continue
to work with Addition. We are also going to be introducing the concept of AFTER. We are going to work
with addition problems to 10 and reading a bar graph.
Please practice the
following skills at home:
Addition
I.3 Addition sentences - sums up to 5
This
week we are starting with a new theme. We will be talking about ANIMALS. We will focus on brainstorming
different kinds of animals the kids know, we will talk about their favorite
animal and we will be discussing the basic needs of them. If you happen to have
any books, posters, toys about animals, we would appreciate it if you would let
us borrow them.
SECOND QUARTER REPORT CARDS AND CONFERENCES – Report Cards for the second quarter will be
issued on Friday, January 16th. Conferences for this quarter are on
a need basis. If you do not receive a notice from us but would like to meet for
a conference, please contact us to set up a time for the afternoon of Friday,
January 16th. Students will be dismissed at 11:45 a.m, and
conferences will be held from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m.
The
children in charge of donating the materials for Kindergarten Kafe this week
are Tammy Rodriguez and Vilma Bertrand. Thank you in advance!!
It is hard to believe that the 100th day of
school is quickly approaching and so it is time for us to start planning the
festivities. This exciting day is going to be on Friday, January 23rd.
For this, we would like for you to help your child come up with a “100 day of
school project.” For this, they need to build up a project with 100 items. They
can display their project in any creative way. They can use any item. Please
avoid edible items. This project should be in school on THURSDAY, JANUARY 22nd.
These projects will be displayed as a 100th day Museum for other
children to come and visit. Some items that you may want to use are pennies,
cotton balls, q-tips, dot stickers, legos, popsicle sticks, wiggly eyes,
buttons, etc. The following pictures are just examples of what you can come up
with:
Children will be graded on
their project. We will be using the following rubric:
Please
take note of the very important information:
1. A note will be sent on Monday asking for a
conference if one is necessary for the second quarter report cards. If one is
not requested but you would like to meet with a teacher, please do not hesitate
to make an appointment.
2. Wednesday is an early dismissal (11:45
a.m.) and we will follow AM schedule. Our teachers will receive technology
training in the afternoon.
3. Friday is an early dismissal(11:45
a.m.) and we will follow PM schedule. Report Cards will be issued this day, and
the afternoon is set aside for conferences. If you did not receive a notice, but would like to meet with a teacher,
please do not hesitate to contact the school to set an appointment for the
afternoon of that day.
HOLIDAY – There will be no school on Monday, January 19th in recognition of the contributions of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
No comments:
Post a Comment