Dec 16-20

I hope you have a wonderful break full of family, friends, rest, and laughs.

See you next year!

Important Updates:

December 16: Culver's Night

December 16: Celebrating a 1/2 Birthday!

December 17: Celebrating a 1/2 Birthday!

December 20: Celebrating a 1/2 Birthday!

December 20: PJ and stuffed animal day

December 23-January 2: No School

Here's what's happening in K this week: 

Reading: As I have been meeting with readers this past week, I am amazed at how they are able to figure out their patterns and solve unknown words--they really are turning into readers! As their books become less patterned, they will need to amp up some of their strategies! Readers will learn to go back to fix up their reading if it doesn't make sense. They can search the entire picture to figure out tricky words and rely on snap words--even when they have endings! We call these snap words in disguise! Search through the books your child brings home for snap words in disguise. For example, seeing, looked,.

Writing: Writers will celebrate the end of writing true stories next week. They will use checklists to make sure their writing includes all the ways we learned about elaborating and revising their books. Students will get time to "fancy up", or illustrate, their pieces, and they will share their story with a partner from the other kindergarten classroom. 

Snap words: I would encourage students to keep practicing their snap words so that they can read and write them automatically. Dry erase markers, with a spoon in the snow, or with paint and a Q-tip are fun ways to practice writing these words! Here are the words we have learned so far: 

the, I, to, a, is, my, go, me, like, on, in, so, we, up, and, it, at, see, he, do, you, an, can, no, am 

Math: We will work on teen numbers this week. As mathematicians, the most efficient way to see teen numbers is to see the group of ten and the extras. We will create teen number books to practice building ten and the extras. We will also work on finding the partners of the numbers 2-6. This letter explains how we introduce and use partners in Kindergarten. Finally, mathematicians will use math tools to solve both addition and subtraction problems within 5.

Researcher's Workshop: To wrap up our Holiday study, Kindergartners will chose a holiday to study and create a poster to share their learning. Ask your child about a holiday we learned about! You could encourage them to use their hand, putting the main topic (holiday) on their palm and sharing key details (the things they learned) on each finger. This is a fun way to organize our thinking about nonfiction!