WINTER IS Teachers: Mrs. Kurfees and Mrs. Reynolds HERE! Januar y Newsletter Kindergarten Newsletter A Glance at the Weeks Ahead Leadership Habit: Put First Things First (Decide what is most important and focus on that – Work First, Then Play) Themes: New Year, Winter, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Notes and Reminders Coats ~Please have your child wear a coat to school when the temperature is 50 degrees or lower. Also, write your child’s name inside it so we can identify lost items. Country: Eygpt ELA: I can use words & phrases that I hear, learn & read. I can categorize common objects into categories. I can identify opposites of verbs / adjectives in speaking. I can make real life connections between words and their use. I can act out meanings of verbs. I can create a new word by changing 1 sound: first, middle, or last. Math: I can count to 100. I can compare two numbers (more, less, greater, equal). I can compare measurement and size of objects (tall-short-long, thin-thick, big-little). I can add and subtract numbers. I can show how a number can be broken into two or more sets (5 can be 1 and 4 or 2 and 3). Writing: I can write what I think about a book. I will be writing complete sentences using capital letters, space between words and punctuation marks. Upcoming Events January 18 – Martin Luther King Day /No School January 19 – 20 Teacher Workdays January 22 – Wear Sports Team Apparel January 28 – Class Pictures & Report Cards February 11 – Family Night February 12 – Wear Red Pink & White Day February 17 – ERPD February 26 – Teacher Workday Class Needs Pink Erasers Extra snacks ***Every child in our class reading words or stories every night with an adult.*** .