Kindergarten News
March 2016
Reading
In reading this month
we will focus on the
letter sound
relationships of the
consonant blends bl,
cl, fl, gl, pl, and sl
at the beginning of
words.
We will also
concentrate of the
short o sound found in
words such as dog,
top, and hot.
We will continue
Math to
learn to read and
In math we will
write new words by
decompose numbers up
combining initial
to 10 in more than one
sounds with ending
way. For example, ten
patterns also known as
can be seen as 6 and 4
chunks. By adding
or ten can be seen as
beginning letters to
8 and 2.
chunks the word
changes. In March we
We will also represent
will learn to make new
addition and
words using –ot, -op,
subtraction with
-og.
objects, fingers and
drawings.
Try This At Home
Ask your child to tell
you how to make 5.
Allow Social
them Studies
to use
objects
In social such
studiesaswe will
pennies or buttons to
learn about:
show how they
 natural5.
resources
decomposed
Help
that
arethis
used to
them to
use
sentence
frame
to tell
make
products
how they
made
5.
situations where
“5 is ____ and ____.”
people make
economic choices
about goods,
services and leisure
 how goods are
acquired.
Mark Your
Calendar
Thursday, March 24h
No School for Students:
Professional Day for Teachers
March 25, 28, 29, 30, 31, April 1
Spring Break:
No school for
Science
students and teachers
In science we are
learning about the
external features of
animal and plants. We
will talk about the
similarities between
Writing
humans.
We will continue to
write informative
texts where students
need to supply
information about a
topic they have
learned about
through shared
research.
We will also learn
how to write an
opinion. Students
will name the topic,
state their opinion
about the topic and
recall information
from
Kindergarten
experiences.
Orientation for
incoming
We
willKindergarten
emphasize
students
will of
be held
the use
theon
rd
Tuesday, May 3 and
conventions
of a
Wednesday, MayThis
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sentence.
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for our
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beginning of
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sentences and using
child
will be five by September
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