Mrs. Masloski’s Newsletter
The students did a great job last week of getting back into the
swing of school and learning! Thank you for continuing to read
at home and practicing flashcards 
What’s Happening in Kindergarten:
Reading: This week we will continue to focus on analyzing
story elements: character(s), setting, problem and solution.
We will also make predictions about stories before reading and
practice retelling stories in order of events after reading. I will
introduce the concept of synonyms: words that have almost
the same meaning such as enormous and gigantic.
Writing: This week we will answer the question “Where?” for
our stories. This is another way of adding more detail and
extending our stories. Example: Last night I went to dinner at
Applebee’s. Soon we will be able to add another sentence to
our stories 
Phonics: Our poem this week is “A Chubby Little Snowman”.
Our word wall words will be: that, will, your. Be sure to add
these words to the flashcards your child is practicing at home.
We will create a list of words for the –in family such as win.
Math: We will continue number sense activities with the 100
chart. We will continue to identify partners for the numbers 1
– 10 (example: 4 and 2 make 6). We will also introduce teen
numbers and identify 10-groups in the teen numbers such as
10 and 2 make 12.
Theme: This week we will begin Project Lead The Way
(PLTW), a program that includes science, technology,
engineering, and math. Our students will become engineers by
designing their own structures to answer scientific questions.
We will use the following design process: ask, explore, model,
evaluate, and explain. We will be focusing on PLTW for the
next couple months. The students will love the hands on
approach to learning!
Reminders:
*Winter field trip to the National Wildlife Refuge on February 2
from 9:00 – 12:00.
*Friday, March 4 Kindergarten music program @ 2:00
If you have any questions or concerns please email me at
smaslosk@shakopee.k12.mn.us or call (952)496-5802.
Thank you,
Mrs. Masloski
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