Learning about so much!

Last Friday we got to spend a lot of time discussing and learning about Dr. King, we read a few books about him and his life. We learned that he had a dream for peace in the world and we even got to write down one dream that we have for the world. We also got to make a colorful world with our hands and a freedom bell! Our projects will soon be up in the hallways so if you are in the building you will have to stop by and check them out!

This week in Literacy we are starting Unit 6 “Weather for All Seasons “and will be talking about how weather and seasons affect us which ties in very nicely with our Unit Studies book we are making about the weather this week! Our essential question this week is “How are the seasons different?” and our vocabulary words are weather, seasons, migrate, active, and spot. We will be reading “Mama, Is It Summer Yet?”, “A Tour of the Seasons”, and some poems about the seasons. In our crabby book we will read “Is it Hot?” and during guided reading your child will read either “Is It Hot?” or “Little Bear”. Again this week we will be learning two new words and focusing on two letters they are “is” and “little” and B and L, we sure are moving right along! We will reading three different genres of books this week and will be comparing them to see if we can make any connections between them. We will also be using the “visualize” strategy this week while we read our stories and of course blending sounds together and listening for certain sounds.

In writing we will be continuing to work on stories that have a beginning, a middle, and an end and remembering all the things that good writers do! We have also been learning about pronouns – yes that is what I said pronouns! We know that a pronoun replaces a noun in a sentence and we are getting really good at finding them. Our favorite pronouns are he, she, we, and I!

In Math we will be reviewing and getting ready for our Unit 3 math test which focuses a lot on teen numbers and comparing numbers – I just know that all my friends are going to do great! Also in Math this week we will be getting ready for the 100^th day of school – we enjoy counting by 1’s, 5’s, and 10’s during daily math routines and we can’t wait until we make a new group of 10 and finally 1 group of one hundred. Remember next Monday, Jan. 26^th, we will be celebrating our 100^th day of school and I would love for you to do a project at home using 100 objects –and then bring your projects to school so your child can show all of their friends and explain what they did. Also your child can dress up like they are 100 years old! It is going to be a super fun memorable day! If you are able to donate some items for our snack please let me know also thank you to the parents who have already volunteered to bring some – I will be making my list this week of the things we need and will be letting you know what we need!

It is going to be another fun week in kindergarten!