Weekly Newsletter- March 11-15th

 

Families,

Wow! What a busy week we had! We tapped a maple tree and learned all about making maple syrup. The Cedarburg Lions club also checked our eyes. We visited the library and had a lesson about Dr. Seuss. What a big week!  

Skills: In skills this week, we read a new story about our friend Sam, The Van. In this story, we noticed new punctuation marks, including exclamation points. When we see exclamation points, we have to read them with excitement!  Students learned new tricky words "was" and "from" Continue to have your kindergartner practice our tricky words!  Students should continue to work on reading the decodable readers that have been sent home.  We can tell when the students practice!

Knowledge: This week's story was Monster Trouble. While reading it, we practiced the skills of predicting, retelling, making connections, and answering questions.  Students had the opportunity to learn the new vocabulary words of burst, discovered, and doze.  We also learned about the important skill of perseverance—the character trait of not giving up and trying even when things get hard. Ask your kindergartner how Winifred and the monsters showed perseverance in the story.

Please enjoy the story.

Check out the cute monsters we made to go with our story! They will help remind us to persevere when things get tough!

Math: This week, we played some new games during math! We built addition equations, counted with dimes and pennies, and worked on decomposing numbers! Be sure to ask your child which game was their favorite - Roll, Add and Compare, A Dime and Some Pennies, or Shake Those Beans          

This weekend is the Carnival!  Come to school and have LOTS of fun!  There are lots of games and prizes to be won!  

Wear GREEN on Monday, March 18th, to celebrate St. Patrick's Day!

Have a wonderful weekend!  We hope to see you at the Carnival!

Love,

Mrs. Neuville and Mrs. Rocky