During the week we will be focusing on the letter K. We will read the story
about King Midas as well as some stories that have a similiar theme. We will
compare these stories and make predicitons based on the pattern of the story. It
will be fun to think about what we would do if everything we touched turned
into______! Our sight words for the week will be the word come and one and we will talk
about the word family 'ing.
In
math we will discuss simple addition problems and continue to learn about the
number grid. I hope you got a chance to check out the new number grid link in
the Great Links to Learning section of this blog. It may be difficult at first,
but with practice I know everyone will be able to catch on! Be sure to be asking your children how they know the answers to their math problems....we really want to develop this skill early on!
On Thursday we will celebrate Valentine's Day in Kindergarten. On Thursday, the
students should bring in a Valentine for each
child in our class. If you child is able to read the names of our
friends, they may write names on their cards. If they find this task to be
difficult, then they should just write "my friend". It is important that you do
not attach any items to the Valentine. Mr. LeCrone has stated that any Valentines
with food items on them will not be allowed to be passed out. Please respect
this rule. We will have a Valentine party in class at the end of the day on
Tuesday. I am sure our party volunteers have some fun activities planned.
Hopefully by now your child has transitioned to using ONLY LOWER CASE letters
after the initial letter in their name (and also in words in sentences). If not,
please practice and focus on this important writing skill at home. At this time
of year, they should also be working on writing their last name correctly. Check
and see if your child is able to do this...if not, it is a good time to start
working on it. Check out the link (to the right in the Great Links for
Learning section) called Handwriting Practice...you
can create easy worksheets for your child to practice their names or anything
you want!
Hope you had a relaxing weekend!
