Kindergarten News
February 1-February 11
Literacy
We continue our study of nonfiction. We learned that authors
do things to help us figure out
new and important words, and we
spent time reviewing non-fiction
text features (Table of
Contents, Index, Glossary). We
talked about ways that these
features can help us as readers.
We know that not all non-fiction
books have all of these features,
but may have other features
such as headings, captions, and
labels.
Math
-We worked on
identifying and sorting
3D objects, and we also
spent some time
reviewing 2D shapes.
The rhombus and the
trapezoid seem to be
the most challenging
for many friends, so
we will continue to work
on those!
-We continue to work
on identifying and
building teen numbers.
Our goal for the second
trimester is to identify
all of the numbers from
1-20 or higher.
Writing
-We continue to learn more about “How-To” writing. The
kindergartners are working on their own “how-to” books. We
learned that “how-to” books teach us how to do something, have
steps in order, and use words and pictures to give the directions.
-This week, we made cards for special people. Valentine’s Day
was a great opportunity to put our writing skills to work in a
meaningful way. The cards and envelopes are always popular
choices for our kindergarten writers!
Science and Social Studies
We continued to learn about animals in winter, finishing up with
Groundhog Day! We read some fun non-fiction books about
shadows and were happy to hear that the groundhog did not
see his shadow. Hopefully that means spring is coming soon! 
Looking Ahead…
*Due to a schedule conflict, we will need to reschedule our Reading Circles for the
month of May. The original date was Thursday May 19th…the new date will be Friday
May 13th at 10:30 and 2:15. Please let me know if you can join us for this or any of our
other upcoming dates. The dates and sign-up sheet can be found on our website here:
http://www.lz95.org/assets/1/6/Reading_Circles.pdf
*Seth Paine field day will take place on Thursday June 3rd. The whole school will be going
to the high school for the morning and returning around noon. More information will be
forthcoming as the date draws nearer, but there will be NO AFTERNOON KINDERGARTEN
on this day, and morning kindergartners will be coming home later than usual.
Valentine’s Day
Thank you for working with your
child to prepare Valentines for our
classmates. They enjoyed passing
them out, and had a great time at
our party today. Thank you to
everyone who helped with planning
and putting the parties together,
particularly our wonderful room
parents. 
100th Day of School
Thank you for helping to create a
collection of 100 things with your
child. We enjoyed seeing each
other’s collections! We had fun
stacking 100 cups, looking around
the room for 100 numbers, and
writing about things we would (and
would not) want 100 of. The most
popular activity of the day was
stringing 100 fruit loops to make a
necklace. We are experts at
counting to 100 by 10s!
Read to Succeed
For those families participating in
the Six Flags Read to Succeed
program, the deadline for
submitting your child’s reading log is
Monday February 22. Six Flags
tickets earned through this
program usually arrive at school
some time in the spring. If you
need a new copy of the reading log,
please let me know. The log can also
be found here:
http://static.sixflags.com/readtosu
cceed/Y20132014/ReadToSucceed_St
udent_Reading_Log_20132014.pdf
Healthy Snacks
This is just a reminder to please send a small, healthy snack if your child would
like to have a snack at school. Some friends choose not to have a snack some
days, and that is perfectly fine.  Please avoid things such as chips, cookies,
and sweets. Please read labels carefully and avoid anything containing nuts.
Thank you!