January 8-12

MLK DAY of SERVICE

January 15th-MLK Day of Service (Kindergarten is in charge of bringing in brushes, combs and hairties.  Please bring these in as soon as possible.

Spanish Expo Performance Schedule - January 25th

Kindergarten will perform 5 short songs on the stage from 5:00pm-5:20pm

1st grade will perform 3 short songs on the stage from 5:30pm-5:50pm

2nd grade will perform 2 longer songs on the stage from 6:00pm-6:20pm

3rd grade will perform 2 longer songs on the stage from 6:30pm-6:50pm

MATH

Math Interim Week--Please make sure your child is getting enough sleep so they are ready for testing!

During the months of November, December, and January students will work on the following skills:

• ·   numbers 0-20 (ordering, identifying, representing, and writing)
• ·   tally marks
• ·  matching and sorting: shapes
• ·  reviewing 2 -dimensional shapes
• ·  patterns :ABC and ABB
• ·  comparing, ordering, and  measuring using non-standard units of measurement and with a ruler in inches

We are reviewing this week for Math on above standards.  Our Math Interim is next week-January 8-12th.

LITERATURE

Focus: Problem and Solution

King Bidgood's In the Bathtub

Miss Nelson is Missing

MLK Books

We are also going over classroom and school rules this week, along with how we solve problems, and how to use the Emotional ABC's.  

CORE KNOWLEDGE

Native Americans--This unit introduces students to the concept that indigenous people lived on the continents of North and South America long before European explorers visited and settled in this area.  Students will learn that there were many, many different tribes of Native Americans, and that each tribe had its own way of eating, dressing, and living, depending on where they lived.  Students will learn abou three tribes in particular:  the Lakota Sioux of the Great Plains region, and the Wampanoag and the Lenape, both of the Eastern Woodlands region.  They will begin to understand how different geographical regions influenced different lifestyles.  Students will learn that each Native American group has its own distinctive culture.  

January 3-5

Welcome Back

and

Happy New Year!!!

MATH

During the months of November, December, and January students will work on the following skills:

• ·   numbers 0-20 (ordering, identifying, representing, and writing)
• ·   tally marks
• ·  matching and sorting: shapes
• ·  reviewing 2 -dimensional shapes
• ·  patterns :ABC and ABB
• ·  comparing, ordering, and  measuring using non-standard units of measurement and with a ruler in inches

We are reviewing this week for Math on above standards.  Our Math Interim is next week-January 8-12th.

HANDWRITING/WRITING

What did you do over Winter Break? writing prompt.

We are also going over classroom and school rules this week, along with how we solve problems, and how to use the Emotional ABC's.  

December 18-22

Polar Express Pajama Day

When:  Thursday, December 21st

Time:  In the morning we will be reading The Polar Express and complete fun learning activities.  Then in the afternoon, we will be watching the movie while snacking on popcorn and hot chocolate.

Attire:  Pajamas!

RSVP: Please send in your blue permission slips as soon as possible.

On another note, we are looking for a few items to be donated to the classroom to help us with our learning activities this week. If you are able to donate any of the items below, we would greatly appreciate it!  Please check with your child's teacher to see what needs to be donated still.  

·        Hershey kisses (milk chocolate - any wrapper color)
·        Brown paper bags, lunch bag size
·        Tootie Frooties or Fruit Loops
·        Mini marshmallows
·        Mini candy canes
·        Styrofoam cups

Friday, December 22nd is College T-Shirt Day and our December OSA. If you would like to attend our OSA and are planning to take your kinder home with you after the OSA, please let me know by noon on Friday.

•   NO SCHOOL from December 25th - January 2nd. 
•   School will resume on Wednesday, January 3rd.
•   No Field trip in January
•   Watch for information regarding February's field trip to the Children's Museum.

LITERATURE

Holiday Books!

MATH

During the months of November and December students will work on the following skills:

·   numbers 0-20 (ordering, identifying, representing, and writing)

·   tally marks

·  matching and sorting: shapes

·  reviewing 2 -dimensional shapes, shapes in pictures

·  reviewing left and right

·  patterns :ABC and ABB

·  comparing, ordering, and  measuring using non-standard units of measurement and with a ruler in inches

Throughout the year students will explore math through open-ended- problem solving journals, math stations, ipads/ipods, IXL, rekenreks, and a variety of math manipulatives.

HANDWRITING/WRITING

Pen Pal Letters

CORE KNOWLEDGE

Native Americans--This unit introduces students to the concept that indigenous people lived on the continents of North and South America long before European explorers visited and settled in this area.  Students will learn that there were many, many different tribes of Native Americans, and that each tribe had its own way of eating, dressing, and living, depending on where they lived.  Students will learn abou three tribes in particular:  the Lakota Sioux of the Great Plains region, and the Wampanoag and the Lenape, both of the Eastern Woodlands region.  They will begin to understand how different geographical regions influenced different lifestyles.  Students will learn that each Native American group has its own distinctive culture.