KINDERGARTEN
NEWS:
Miss Jenni LaMar
M arch 7, 2014
Vol u me 24
W e l ove ki n d erg ar t en!
Only 10 mor e weeks… .
Miss Jenni’s Classroom Newsletter
In Math……………….
Literacy Skills:
Our math concepts for the 3rd nine weeks are:
Each day we will be working and learning the
following literacy skills during the 3rd nine
weeks: SEE the complete list on your reference
guides. MANY MORE learning goals not listed!
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Rhyming Words
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Syllables within words
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Beginning-medial-ending Sounds
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Upper-Case letters
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Lower-case letters
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Letters vs. words
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Write a letter to match letter sounds
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Write and spell CVC
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Change a letter to make a new word family word. Hat but
change the h to a m and make mat.
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What is a Statement/question
Write using beginning-middle-end
Sight Words
Naming punctuation Marks
Parts of book
Comprehension Questions
Making Connections
Level B reader
Write using complete sentences
Capitalizes the word I
Literacy for the week:
Our Big Books of the week will be “Mrs. Wishy-Washy.
And Farm Books.” We will be focusing on parts of a
book and how we read a book. NO LETTER of the
week! Our focus will be comprehension question and
making reading connections: Self to self, self to text
and text to world
SIGHT WORDS: Each week we will have four words to learn
to recognize and read. Then on Friday we will take a sight
word assessment. Each week we add to the word list for
assessments. NO NEW SIGHT WORDS!
REVIEW!!!
We will keep these words too…… Red-Blue-I-A-greenyellow-the-at –Purple-Orange-See-To-black-white-heyou- PINK-BROWN-IT-OF-in-was-said-his That-SheFor-an they-but-had-stop him-with-up-all-look-is-herthere-some-out-as-be then-little-can-do- Downcould-when-did-what-so-saw-not-were-get-themlike-me-will-yes-big-not-if-from-one-this-mywould-went- are-come-an-now
ANY QUESTIONS…need suggestions for any concept?
Count to 100 by ones
Count to 100 by tens
Counting forward from any number
Recognize and writing numbers 0-20
Counting objects 0-20
Comparing attributes of 2 objects
More-Less-Equal
Addition
Subtraction
Compose and Decompose numbers (tens and ones)
Add a number plus another number to = 10
Identifying Shapes: cubes-sphere-cones-cylinders
PLEASE remember to GRAPH your child’s ASSESSMENT for
DMR each week! We are starting the 3rd nine weeks…new sheets.
SEE the complete list on your reference guides for the
learning targets for the 3rd nine weeks. ASK US WHAT
OUR LEARNING goals are for the 9 weeks. Also ask us
why we are learning a skill as I want them to become self
learners!
Important things about Kindergarten:
We are ½ way through kindergarten…please take
a good look at your child’s progress report card
and let me know what questions you have. Also
it is VERY important that I have 100%
participation for Parent Teacher conferences, so
please sign up.
Graphing DMR and DLR……it is amazing to see
how QUICKLY they learn and reach the 80%
mastery. We have some areas to work on to
make sure we are 80% or above.
Any questions……1 more week in this grading
period……
NWEA, DLR and DRM, Letters and Sounds, sight words,
and so much more coming home in your child’s
binders……..PLEASE REVIEW so you can see where your
child’s current level of performance is at
Continue working on addition and subtraction. Use
the number lines that were sent home this week. We
talk about addition is moving forward and our number
is getting bigger. Subtraction is going backwards and
our number is getting smaller.
Miss Jenni’s Classroom Newsletter Page 2
Special Area Classes:
Science Lab:
We will be working on hands on
experiments using a variety of topics. We
will rapping up oceans and moving towards
FARM!!! This is when we gather as a
Kindergarten team to learn and do
experiments together. Be sure to ask us
questions about schoolJ! Are you
enjoying the daily pictures? Hopefully,
your child is sharing what we are learning
each day!
Monday
Music
Tuesday
P. E. – TENNIS shoes are required
Wednesday
Computer Lab
Thursday
Art
Friday
Media – Books are due.
Reminders to Students:
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Find Box Tops and soup labels…ask neighbors and
family members to help KINDERGARTEN WIN! Keep
Looking!
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Can you write your first and LAST name
with ONLY one capital letter at the
beginning?
Naming tens and ones of a given number
Describe and name all the shapes including
a hexagon, cube, sphere, & cylinder.
Read your books for Book-It club and Miss
Linda’s 100 book club! Only a few students
so far! Ellah Sweet and Emmett have
reached the goal for 100 book club!!
Anyone else?
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Upcoming Events:
Thanks for a GREAT V-Day celebration!
3/13: End of 3rd nine weeks…….
3/7: SPECIAL GUEST DAY reservations and criminal
background forms are DUE!!!
3/17: GREEN EGGS AND HAM our classroom!
THANKS for the DONATIONS!
Can I get the items by 3-14?
3/19: Special Guest Day for us! 11:00-1:30
4/3: Spring Party!
Please review the Indiana COMMON CORE for
Kindergarten! http://www.doe.in.gov/
Contact Information:
Reminders to Parents:
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Reading and Poem Homework!
Word Family HOMEWORK will continue!
Review sight wordsJ Need to be able to
read 46+ words to be MASTERY on report
card for 3rd nine weeks
Do you have ANY questions?
Practice addition and subtraction!
Keep reviewing learning targets…we are ¾
way through the school year
Perry-Worth’s Word of the month is Problem
Solving. It means ….To create solutions in
different situations and everyday problems.
If you have any questions or concerns please
feel free to give me a call or send me an email. Is your child excited about school?
317-769-3286 extension: 14011
lamarj@leb.k12.in.us
By working together will have a VERY
productive kindergarten journey. I look
forward to a FANTASTIC 2013-2014 school
year.