January 14, 2016
Mrs. Ahne’s Kindergarten News
Math
Reading
When we returned from winter break, we
read the traditional tale, The Mitten, and
other winter books. We used these stories
to sequence the order of events, infer
characters’ feelings, make predictions, and
describe details n the illustrations. Also, we
began our Non-Fiction unit in our
Schoolwide curriculum by activating our
background knowledge and thinking about
different topics.
-We wrote addition
sentences, which include two
addends and a total.
(___ add ___ makes ___.)
-Using a number track, we
“jumped” one or two from a
given number to add.
-We continued to practice
recognizing the “teen”
numbers and putting them in
correct order.
-We counted by 10’s to
100.
Penguin Fun
The snowy weather has inspired us to learn about penguins! We
read many non-fiction texts to help us gather information about
these cute, black and white animals. The children did an excellent
job creating penguin crafts, writing sentences about penguins, and
discussing what penguins are, have, and can do.
Science & Social Studies
Our big idea questions in science have been, “How are day and
night different?” and “What can you observe about the
weather?” As we continue our Earth Science unit, we will
continue to learn more about the seasons and temperature.
Popcorn Words
Popcorn words (sight words) are the words that should “pop” into our heads quickly as we read!
I am
an go
Please review the words that we’ve already learned:
the little
see a
like
can
be look on no and
to
here
me
my
you for in said is was it do
Field Trip
Yesterday, your child brought home a
permission slip for our field trip to
watch “Honk, Jr.” at Lake Zurich High
School in February. Please sign and
return it (with the fee) to school as
soon as possible. If you have any
questions, feel free to contact me or
our school office.
January 15th – No School
(Institute Day)
Reading Circles
The children have really been enjoying our
monthly reading circles. If you didn’t
already know, during reading circles, parents
and other special adults are invited to come
read to a small group in our classroom.
There are some dates that we would love
for more of you to join us! They are:
February 29, March 22, April 27, and
May 19. Please e-mail me if you’d like to
sign up for any of those dates!
January 18th – No School
(Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day)
January 22nd – Reading Circles
Contact Mrs. Ahne
Phone Number: 847-540-4792 E-mail: anna.ahne@lz95.org
Website: http://www.lz95.org/classes/mrsahneskindergartenclass_aahne/