The Week Ahead.....

Hi Families,

I hope you had a nice 3 day weekend!  Here’s what’s happening in kindergarten during this 4 day week at Whittier.

***If you haven't signed up for FindOutFirst it is an excellent way to be notified of closing and cancellations. Also, the GROW WITH SNOW site offers some fun activities to do on snow days.***

 

In Language Arts we will: 

-continue to grow our sight word knowledge as we focus on: an, here, go

-read and locate rhyming words, sight words, ending/medial sounds, syllables, etc. in the poem Little Polar Bear

-read Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs without using the illustrations.  As we read we will stop and have students visualize the page using the author’s descriptive words and their imagination.

(Example: “Across an ocean, over lots of huge bumpy mountains, across three hot deserts, and one smaller ocean...there lay the tiny town of Chewandswallow).  We will sketch our visualizations.  This is a super fun lesson!!

-re-read Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and identify the story elements: Characters, setting, problem, solution, major events. 

 

In Science we will:

-develop reasonable explanations for observations made, investigations completed and information gained by sharing ideas and listening to others’ ideas.

-grow and observe crystals

-keep journals describing our crystals

 

In Writing we will:  

- produce writing that is legible.

-complete our informational books about an Arctic Animal using effective details, words, and figurative language.

-create a winter word wall

-share our writing and celebrate all our hard work!!

 

In Math we will: 

-solve and represent addition and subtraction problems using manipulatives, our fingers, drawings, sounds, acting out situations, mental images, and equations. 

-use math vocabulary such as "plus", "minus", "adding to" and "taking from".

-solve math word problems. 

-write math equations using "+", "-" and "=" signs. 

-play Shake and Spill with a partner…ask your student how to play this game!

-generate many ways to make 10.

-play Magic Beans…it is a lot like Shake and Spill.  All you need is kidney beans and spray paint.  Paint one side of the bean…ask your student how to play!

 

***Library***

Our next library book exchange (and lesson) will be Tuesday, January 20th. Please ensure your child returns their library book Friday morning.

 

***Book Swap***

Whittier will be holding its annual book swap. If you have any books your family no longer enjoys or has out grown please consider donating them so that another child can enjoy these stories!

***Finding Nemo***

Our Warm Fuzzy Reward was approved!  We will watch the movie Finding Nemo and have a popcorn snack on Friday, January 30th.  Please send your student's permission slip back to school as soon as possible.  Thank you in advance!

 

Dates to Remember: 

1/19- No School (Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday)

1/23- Last day of Quarter Two

1/22- Cici's Pizza Night

1/26- No School (Teacher Work Day)

1/30- January Scholastic Orders Due and FINDING NEMO day!!!!

 

Another BIG THANK YOU for participating in your child’s education!  I am literally blown away by the growth in your students’ reading/writing skills!  Keep up the good work : )

Ms. Grimes