Next week we will celebrate winter and all the fun activites available to us during the season. We will start off the week by working together to build a cooperative snowman out of paper and other small items brought in from home (hopefully you read the note about this). Students will have to listen to each other's ideas and come to an agreed upon form for their snow person to take. Sometimes it is hard to work cooperatively as a group! The students will also go on a winter wonderland walk outside to check for signs of winter....hopefully we will see a lot of them even though we will be bundled up. During read aloud, the class will hear a lot of fiction stories about winter and even a non-fiction story about a school that is in Alaska. It will be interesting to see how recess in Alaska is different from ours!
In math we will review symmetry when we make symmetric snowflakes. Students will also practice reading and writing large numbers and continue to explore calculators. We will be introduced to new math centers next week that practice graphing, counting to 100, and comparing numbers.
On Friday your child will bring home their first report card. There will be lots of information inside that gives you a glimpse of your child's performance at school and some handouts to read. Over the last few weeks, your child has been given several assessments which have been combined with my knowledge of your child, to form a snapshot of how your child is doing in Kindergarten. Please remember that all children develop at different rates and that success comes in small steps as well as in big leaps! Celebrate your child's accomplishments! I am proud of all my students and the progress they are making. It will be exciting to watch them continue to grow as learners during the coming months.
Please sign and return the report card ENVELOPE only! Thanks!
