Happy New Year!!! Week of Jan. 9th, 2017

Hello Kindergarten Families!

Happy 17th week of Kindergarten! Happy New Year! I hope 2017 is full lots of love and laughter.

I hope each one of you enjoyed the weeks off of school! I missed my amazing students’ smiles and laughter so very much! I am looking forward to hearing about all of the fun things they did over the break. I am so blessed to have such awesome little students!

This month the students will be tested for reading levels as well as re-tested in math and reading on the NWEA. Your child’s report cards will also be available by the end of the month. So……with that said, please be sure your child is completing the January homework assignments on the calendar as well as visiting MobyMax. Prizes are going to be rewarded to the student who has the most minutes/badges on MobyMax. Please be sure visiting this site is part of your child’s daily homework routine. Thank you!

Winter is certainly here and it is cold! Please remember if you send your child to school with winter boots, they need to bring gym shoes to school to change into. Please help your child know how to put their shoes on independently. We have a shoe tying wall of fame for all of the Kindergarten students who can tie their shoes!!!

I hope that each one of our students is able to login and access Clever for awesome learning opportunities with MobyMax and MyON. Please see me if you have questions about Clever.

Homework: Be sure to complete the daily homework assignments on the January calendar.January homework calendar If this was misplaced, you can find it on your teacher’s blog. Practice letters, books, and sight words in your child’s reading bags. Write first name and last name, count to 100, write numbers 1-20.

Spelling: Here are the words for this week. Please be sure to help your child practice EVERYDAY! The test is on FRIDAY! Your child will be tested on three word family words and three sight words. *I will also give your child a “cold word” to spell. This is a word that follows the pattern of the word family. (an ex. is sat) This will be for extra credit on their test this week!

bat
cat
hat
I
see
we

Reading: We are practicing many reading strategies. This week we will practice reading strategies using informational books. We will also spend time learning how to blend the beginning sounds with the rime. We will also practice identifying rhyming words as well as number of syllables in a word. In addition to these strategies, we ask and answer questions about the text. Please practice the following sight words: (These are words your child needs to recognize and read by sight.)

Review: that play did New words: am so be

Math: We will review 2D and 3D shapes. We will compare the shapes by looking at their features such as corners and sides. We will also review computation with adding with objects.

Science: We will review concepts learned about pushes and pulls. We will explore how objects move when pushed or pulled.

Social Studies: We will work on distinguishing between today, tomorrow, and yesterday.

Writing: This week we will practice both informational writing about penguins. It is expected that the children are practicing writing a sentence each day for homework to increase their sentence writing skills.

Thank you for all you do!

So…on my break, I enjoyed time with family, friends, and yes….my super cute dogs! I also got time to finish reading a book I started in the summer. 🙂 It was very nice and relaxing. Happy New Year, everyone! I pray it is one full of love and many blessings!

Mrs. Mehrhof