Weekly Message: February 6

Hello Kindergarten families, 

We continued working hard on our Storytelling Project on Jan Brett's retelling of "The Mitten".  We did our best to incorporate it into all our areas of study. 

 


Our learning from this week: 

Math: 

We completed a math assessment this week, where students made an effort to make sets from 0-10.  We also talked a lot about the size and shape of things.  When creating our simple puppets for our Mitten re-telling, students carefully selected the cut paper to "fit" the size and shape of their animals.  (ie.  small card for the mouse, big card for the bear.)  We also experimented with rectangles, noticing that they could be long and short or tall and skinny. We talked about how we could "rotate" the card to help our animals fit (long and short for a fox, but tall and skinny for the owl.) The students really got a chance to work on their fine motor skills ripping masking tape to attach their puppet handles.  We also decorated our mittens with a repeating pattern on each side.  

 

 

Literacy: 

We have learned letters Aa, Mm, Ss, Tt, Pp, Ff, Ii, Nn and were working on CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words. A handout for CVC and sight words was sent home this week. Be sure to put them in your blue At-Home Folders. We are getting better at recognizing our "heart" words (irregular words) and have been practicing reading these words. So far we have learned: The, I, a, is, & and. We still need lots of practice seeing these words and recognizing them in print.We discussed story organization, including the relevant things that are introduced in the beginning: Who are the Characters?  Where does the story take place? And When does the story take place?  We paid close attention to how the animals moved and the descriptive verbs used.    

We also practiced making CVC words and making connected sentences, using our heart words.  

 

Social/Science: 

We have been investigating the concept of tracks and pathways and how animals move.  

 


Physical Education: 

We are wrapping up our volleyball unit and we have gotten much better at "volleying/setting" and "bumping" with small beach balls. We have shown what it looks like to be a good partner in sports and training. We like to play the game "No Junk In My Yard" where students throw/pass/hit beachballs over the net to clean up their "yard" or side of the court.   

 


Hopefully you found our Valentine's Day note in your child's folder.  Remember, we will hand out cards on Wednesday.  It can take a long time for your child to write their name on 16 cards, so start early if you choose to hand out cards!  It is Teacher's Convention this week, so Wednesday is the last day of school.  

Have a great weekend, 

 

Mrs. Wacker and Mrs. Kinnear 


Reminder:

We sent a note home that specified how to address Valentine's card. If your child would like to, bring them in on Wednesday, Feb. 11. Cards are optional but if you choose to send them, we request that there is enough for every student in their class. If you are wanting to give cards to the other class as well, that is fine. There are 16 students in each class of kindergarten. Please only have your child sign the cards and leave the "who it is for" portion blank. This makes it easier to hand out cards and reduces some of the chaos of finding each classmate's folder. 

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