Weekly Newsletter November 28-December 2

 

 Dear Families,

This week we talked about the word families op & og.  We also learned the sight words "up" and "do". We reviewed these words in the stories, poems, and writing we did this week.  We continue to review all words and assess through the year! Please continue to work on these words with your child.

The story this week was Those Shoes by Maribeth Boelts.  In Those Shoes by Maribeth Boelts, Jeremy struggles with a dilemma at school. Jeremy's Grandma tells him they can't afford the expensive high-top tennis shoes he wants, but they can get the warm winter boots he needs. All Jeremy wants are the shoes that "everyone" else has at school. When Jeremy's old shoes break, and he is forced to wear Velcro cartoon character shoes provided by the guidance counselor, he finds out who his real friends are and what he truly needs and not wants.

Here is a video link to the story to enjoy!

This week we worked on the poem Little Ole Elf.  Ask your kindergartner to sing it to you!  While working on this poem, we looked for words that started with the same letter and rhyming words.

We labeled a large elf during our community writing time.  We will be able to go back later and practice reading the words.

During writing time, we are working on narrative stories.  As a class, we wrote about 50's Day.  We wrote how we celebrated the 50th Day of school, how our teachers wore poodle skirts, and how we did fun centers that Day.  We ended our story by writing how we felt about the day.

In math, we continue to work on equations to 5.  Students need to know what number goes with 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 to make the number 5.  We played the game Fives Up to practice this game.  You can play this game with your kindergartner on the Bridges Website.  Please click the following link to play.

https://student-activities.mathlearningcenter.org/?4d7c59dc

We continue to learn about the weather and the seasons during our science time.  Ask your kindergartner what his/her favorite season is.

Reminders:

Tomorrow if you bring $1, your child can wear a hat or bring a stuffed animal to school.  Can't decide which one you want to do?  Bring $2!  All money will be used to purchase more toys for the Kids to Kids toy drive.

Please do so if you haven't turned in the permission slip for your child to watch the new animated version of The Grinch!

Thank you for all of your support!