Mrs. Bower’s “Beary”
Important News
Week of February
23rd-February 27th
Dear Kindergarten Parents,
I hope you are all enjoying your weekend and
staying warm by a fire! It is hard to believe this is
our last week in February. With our shortened
week last week due to inclement weather days,
we will be continuing to “catch up” with our
learning in kindergarten! There are lots of five
year olds that are still hoping and praying for
some “real snow” before the winter ends!
SOCIAL STUDIES
Our class will continue to learn “Where We Live
on Earth”. In order to receive a “3” on the next
report card, your child will need to kno his/her
address, the name of the continent we live on,
the
name of our country, the name of our state,
name of our city (Marietta or Roswell) and name
of our county. We will be singing our “The World
Family” song each week to help us with these
concepts.
As an incentive and reward for your child
knowing his/her street address (street #, street
name, city, state, zip), we will keep giving out
“rainbow bellies” this week. I find that making up
an “address song” seems to help the children
remember their addresses best!
This week If your child knows his/her home
address, we will to look up your street address
and show the class your house on our class
Active Board! The kids really love to be able to
see where he/she lives on Google Earth and be
able to show their classmates where they live!
WRITING WORKSHOP
We will be putting the finishing touches on our
informational books on Abraham Lincoln. What
great writers we are becoming!
Our class will be celebrating the life of George
Washington, our 1st president of the United
States! The children will be learning important
facts about George and learning why he was so
important to our country. Our class will be
comparing and contrasting the lives of George
Washington and Abraham Lincoln this week using
a Venn Diagram. We will create a class graph
and write an “opinion story” stating which
president we think is BEST.
Letter and Sound Study/Phonics/Handwriting
We will continue to practice consistently naming
all 5 long and short vowel sounds During Daily 5.
This week we will work with words ending with
“Magic e” (cake, hope, bike) along with words
containing 2 vowels “walking together”.
Math
Our class will work on solving subtraction facts to
10, subtraction word problems, number words
and practice counting sets in a line, circle and
rectangular array. We will also practice counting
teen numbers up to 20 using ten frames.
STEM/Health
This week our class will be learning about Dental
Health! We will learn how to keep our teeth
healthy and discuss regular visits to the dentist!
Our class will be writing stories about the Tooth
Fairy, writing about how to take care of our
teeth, creating models of our top and bottom
teeth and much more! Last FRIDAY, our class
had fun using “The Engineering Process” to
create a hand-made toothbrush. The children
imagined and planned how they wanted to
design their toothbrush and then used a variety
of materials to create a homemade toothbrush.
Each child was given a hard-boiled egg which
will had been previously soaked in Coca Cola--the goal was to build a toothbrush tool that
would clean the stain off the egg and return it
back to its original eggshell color! The tools the
children designed were really awesome! Some
worked great and some needed improvements
to make them stronger which is all part of the
learning process of STEM.
This week we will begin a new STEM Challenge as
we build U.S. Monuments!
Science
During the 3rd quarter in Science Lab, we will sort
materials into categories based on composition
(clay, cloth, paper, plastic, etc.) and physical
attributes (color, size, shape, weight, texture,
buoyancy, flexibility). We will also describe
groups of rocks according to their physical
attributes (large/small, heavy/light,
smooth/rough, dark/light, etc.)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!
Bailee-2/18
Jack-2/18
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OUR WEEK IN KINDERGARTEN:
*Innovation Lab-with Mrs. Dean will be on
Wednesday!
*Media Center- will be on Friday. Please help
your child remember to return his/her library
book.
*February
Homework
Calendar-Please
encourage your child to complete at least 3
activities per week!
Homework Notebooks
should be returned every Friday to be checked.
*February Reading Logs-Read! Read! Read!
Please have your child read and record books he
or she has read for the month of February.
February Reading Logs will be due on Friday,
February, 27th.
*SUNSHINE BOOK ENVELOPES We
encourage your child to read at least 2 to 3
books a week.
Sunshine Books will be sent home MondayThursday but not sent home on Fridays.
*DR. SEUSS WEEK-is coming the week of March
2nd! Be on the lookout for information coming
home this week!
*Math Night-Tritt will sponsor a Math Night at
Walmart on Tuesday, February 24th. 5pm-8pm.
Papa John’s will also be outside Wal-Mart selling
pizza if you want a quick and easy dinner. If you
go to this event, you will get a “Free Homework
Pass” for that night.
Where: Walmart, 3100 Johnson Ferry Road,
Marietta, GA
Time: 5 pm to 8 pm
What is Math Night?: Math Night is a fun learning
opportunity for kids in elementary school and
their parents. It lets kids show off their math skills
and introduces them to mathematical topics
beyond their everyday schoolwork. Meanwhile,
parents get a first-hand look at how their kids
apply math in a real-world situation. They may
even learn something new about mathematics
themselves.
What happens during Math Night?: During Math
Night, meet the teachers in the front area of
Walmart and pick up a grade-level question
sheet, clipboard and pencil. Kids and their
parents will then go on a scavenger hunt in
Walmart to try to answer questions related to
their curriculum. The answer sheet acts as a
homework pass for the following day. Parents -be
sure to download a QR Code Reader app so
that kids can check to see if their answers to
questions are correct.
How Can My Child Practice Reading
at Home?
1. Guided Reading Books-these are books your
child has read with Mrs. Bower during Daily 5
and we have worked on a particular skill
2. Raz Kids-visit www.raz-kids.com to find books
your child can read on his/her reading level
3. Library Books-you and your child can read
these stories TOGETHER. 
4. Sunshine Books-These are books on your
child’s reading level that you can check-out
daily from Mrs. Bower Monday-Thursday.
4th Quarter Dolch Sight Words 
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If your child has mastered all
100 words, please practice the
spelling of each word.
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Have a Paws-it-tively
Great Week!
Mrs. Bower
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