Kindergarten Newsletter Room 1
January 11, 2016
Mrs. Dowdell and Mrs. Copani
Ed Smith Vision Statement :
To be the most improved school in the district where every child learns and grows.
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Classroom News
Last week was a busy week! We had fun
reviewing skills we have been working on all
year. We learned how to use a balance
scale and weigh things. In ELA Language
and Learning we have started a new unit on
Native Americans. We are learning about 3
different North American tribes; how
they lived, what they ate and some of
their customs.
Last week we started naming the alphabet
letters. Your child should know all letter
sounds and names by the end of January.
We are sending home a paper for your
child to write a few sentences on by
trying to sound out words. We are also
sending home a yellow paper with the
mixed up alphabet on it (Alphabet Dash).
We would like you to have your child
practice the alphabet dash each night
using this paper. They should go across the
paper, pointing at each letter and say it’s
sound the first time through. The second
time through they should name the letter
name. See if he/she can get faster each
day.
Monday there will be no school due to the
birthday observance of Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr. We have been learning
about Dr. King in school. We are learning
that Dr. M.L. King, Jr. encouraged people
to solve problems by using their words to
talk things through. He encouraged us to
be kind to each other and not to judge
each other by the way we look on the
outside.
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Reminders
Thank you to all of the families who did
their snowperson project! They look
awesome! If you have not made your’s
yet, please do so ASAP! We’d love to
have 100% participation!
Please read to, count orally to 100,
practice the alphabet dash (once with
letter names and once with letter
sounds- see Classroom News section)
and number recognition to 20 daily!
Practicing builds fluency in both
reading and math!
No School next Monday (Jan. 18) –
Dr. M.L. King, Jr. Birthday
Observance.
This Week’s Specials
Monday – art
Tuesday – music
Wednesday – library
Thursday – gym
Friday – music
Standards
In addition to the standards that we have been
working on so far this year, students are now working
on counting “how many in a set (group)” and writing
numbers up to 20. They should be able to count items
and write numbers accurately at least to 20. They are
working on orally counting forward from any given
number to at least 20. We are practicing counting
orally to 100. We are working on a unit on measuring
length and weight.
It is important that your child practice writing at
home. Encourage them to sound words out as best
they can. Review with them “who, what, where, when”
and “how” questions when you read stories to them.
After you read with your child ask them whether they
liked the book or not and why.
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