Fast February!

This week is conferences and I am super excited for you all to come back to school with your kindergartener so we can talk about all of the amazing things we are learning and doing during the school day! If you can’t make it to your schedule time please let me know so we can figure out a time to meet! Also I am hoping that my long term substitute will be able to make it to some of the conferences this week so you will get a chance to meet her. She is planning on coming in to observe and get to know the students before Baby Woita comes!

In writing this week we will continue to work on our 3 part stories and make sure that our sentence flow together well and will be learning about the writing trait of fluency! I really am excited to show you your child’s writing! 

 

In math we will continue to learn more about number partners and math mountains (we will practice drawing those tiny tumblers – we have found out that they sure are tiny)! We will also be learning more about addition equations and how to solve them! We will focus a lot on teen numbers as well in preparation for our unit 4 test - it is my goal to get the test taken this week but we will see how it goes!

During unit studies we will start our health unit, body basics, and learn all about our body and what things we need to do to keep our bodies healthy and happy! I think that we will enjoy this unit very much!

In Literacy we will be talking about where animals live. Our vocabulary words are habitat, wild, complain, join, and stubborn. We are going to read a super fun book called “Bear Snores On” and also “Anansi, An African Tale” and “Animal Homes”. In our crabby book we will be reading “A Vet in a Van” and during guided reading your child will either read “We Want Water” or “A New Home”. We will continue to work on the strategy of making, confirming, and revising our predictions, but will also talk about the plot of the story and cause and effect. We will also be learning the words “said” and “want” and focusing on the letters X and V.

Boy oh boy it will be another fast fun week in kindergarten! Remember Tuesday is a PLC day so it is early dismissal! Also next Wednesday is the Book Parade and children are encouraged to come to school dressed up as their favorite book character - this is always a fun event and parents are encouraged to come and line the hallways to watch the children of Meadow Lane parade around school. Parents are then invited to come into our classroom and read with us until 10 if your schedule allows you to come. Please make sue your child has appropriate clothes to wear the rest of the day. Please let me know if you have any questions! Here are a few pictures of me the last couple years during the book parade...