Hello Kindergarten Families! Happy 27th week of Kindergarten! Please help your child login to Clever to access MyOn. Here they have so many online books to choose from for reading. Many of the books are read aloud to them as they follow along! This is a super awesome resource to get your child reading more books. s spent at home on MyOn!

Thursday, March 30th, our Superintendent, Dr. Maleyko, will be at Miller for a community talk with the Miller Families!!! Please consider coming to the event at 5:30!  community talk

School will be closed from April 3rd through April 7th for Spring Break! Your child will be bringing home a Spring Break homework pack. We are also expecting our students to stay active on MobyMax and myOn.

If you would like to nominate your child’s favorite teacher for the Alberta Muirhead Teacher of the Year award, please visit the following website.  Click on the red. Teacher of the Year Nomination Form. Nominations are due by April 6th.

Spelling: Here are the words for this week. Please be sure to help your child practice EVERYDAY! The test is on Thursday!!!! Your child will be tested on three word family words and three sight words. * We 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 tug)

1. bug
2. hug
3. mug
4. am
5. be
6. if

Reading: We are practicing many reading strategies. This week we will practice informational reading strategies. We will practice identifying the main idea and supporting facts. We will also practice flipping the vowel sound with “super e”. (ex. kite, hope) In addition, we will also practice identifying unknown words in the text. Please practice the following sight words: (These are words your child needs to recognize and read by sight.)  

Review: went    want   good                                            New words:  say    eat    little

Math: We will begin to talk about measurement. We will look at ways to measure objects.

Science: We will begin a new unit for Earth Science. We will look at the non-living materials that make up earth. (rocks, soil, sand, water)

Social Studies: We will start a new unit on public discourse. We will look at how to identify a problem and brainstorm ways to solve that problem. We will talk about recycling!

Writing: This week we will practice opinion writing. We will practice adding details to our writing as well as our illustrations. We will write our opinions including two reasons why we have that opinion!  Please practice stretching for the sounds and using finger spaces between words with your child each day for homework. These writing skills are very important for moving into first grade.

Thank you for all you do!