Newsletter for Friday, January 13, 2012.

Dear Kindergarten Families –

It’s our last week of phonograms! We only have 2 left, which we will cover Tuesday and Wednesday. On Thursday there will be a test on phonograms 27 – 55 (all multiple letter phonograms). On the following Monday we will begin spelling words! Students are very excited about this, and so am I. Homework sheets will look a little different. Students will learn this in class and I will go over it in next Friday’s newsletter and with student in class.

 

You will notice on the Upcoming Events list that Heritage Fair is just around the corner. On Tuesday students will be sent home with a family tree to complete with you. It will be due Thursday 1/19/12. (No worries it is short and sweet.) I will check off the family tree paper and send it back home to help with a short weekend homework assignment (over weekend January 20th – 22nd). On Tuesday the 24th we will be making our 3-dimensional family trees in class. I will need parent volunteers from 10 – 11. Please let me know if you can come help out. We would really appreciate any help we can get.

 

HOMEWORK for January 17th - January 19th

  • Monday: NO SCHOOL for MLK Day

 

Tuesday:

  • Health: Complete family tree paper. Due by Thursday 1/19/12
  • RIGGS: On Riggs paper recite and write 4 times: wh.
  • MATH: Saxon worksheet 65B (2-sided).
  • Read aloud with your kindergartner for at least 15 minutes.

 

Wednesday:

  • Health: Complete family tree paper. Due TOMORROW 1/19/12
  • RIGGS: On Riggs paper recite and write: ‘ui: ?? – ? - ?’(sounds like fruit – guide – build).Practice missed phonograms 5 times.
  • MATH: Saxon worksheet 66B (2-sided).
  • Read aloud with your kindergartner for at least 15 minutes.

 

Thursday:

  • Health: Use family tree paper to transfer grandparent, parent, and child names onto green leaves (sent home Thursday in ziploc baggie). This replaces 2nd Riggs assignment usually given on weekends. Please recite phonogram sound while writing. Due Monday.
  • RIGGS: Test on phonograms 27 - 55.Practice missed phonograms 5 times.
  • MATH: Saxon worksheet 67B (2-sided).
  • Read aloud with your kindergartner for at least 15 minutes.

 

Coming for the Week of January 9th - January 12th in Kindergarten: 

 

Riggs: This week in Riggs we will learn ui, wh, phonogram test on 27 – 55 (all multiple letter phonograms).

 

Saxon: Students struggle some with the concept of “pairs” in lesson 64. We will review that this week. Lesson 65-1: Mid-unit assessment; Lesson 65-2: Identifying Ordinal Position t0 26th; Lesson 66: Adding dimes and pennies and writing the money amounts using the cent symbol; Lesson 67: Dividing a square into halves.

 

Social Studies: MLK 

 

Science: Wright Brothers and Flight

 

Character Education: Orderliness: Arranging myself and my surroundings for the greatest efficiency.

 

Great Body Shop: The Family Team (with Heritage Fair)

 

CK Literature: Chosen stories from Aesop's Fables

 

CK Poetry: This Little Pig; Humpty Dumpty 

 

Saying and Phrases: Where there’s a will there’s a way.

 

Upcoming Field Trips and Events:

  • January 20th: All School Winter Concert

 

  • January 24th: Making Heritage Fair Family Trees in class. Volunteers needed 10am – 11am. Please email Mrs. Fisher if you are available to help.

 

  • January 26th: All School Heritage Fair at MITCH.

 

  • February 1st: ALL school spelling bee @ 8am. Kinder is invited to participate. We will hold a spelling bee in our room, using list 1 of Riggs spelling. The 2 students who spell the most words correctly will be invited to participate. The 3rd student who spells the most correctly will be an alternate.