Time-please slow down!! Hard to believe that 2019 is almost finished! WOW!!

I had to be out yesterday and I thought about my kids all day! 2 weeks from them at Christmas is going to be rough for me.

Next week I will be sending home a

Kindergarten Card Marking 2 Study Guide. I will be assessing them the following week (Dec. 16) and hope to catch them all before the break. Look for the STUDY GUIDE.

LETTERS- As of this week , we will finish all 26 letters and sounds. Sounds of each letter are very important! Making the sound at the beginning of a word gets you started in pushing through the word.

READING AND WRITING- We will continue on with our study of Reindeer. We sure are learning a lot about reindeer, also called caribou. Today we read and discussed their feet (2 toes and 1 dewclaw), their nose (covered in fur because their face is in the ice and snow so much), and where they live (on a tundra and in herds). Next week we will start writing our own sentences about Reindeer.

Reindeer are ___________

Reindeer can ___________.

Reindeer have __________.

Ask your child to complete these sentences. I will be keeping their final writing piece for their cum file, which travels with them each year.

MATH-Weight and volume will be our focus.

Also next week will be VISION SCREENING for Kindergarteners.

SOCIAL STUDIES-We will finish up our unit on Goods and Services.

Goods are things we can buy, like books, clothes, food

Services are things that we pay someone to do, like a barber, painter, teacher 🙂 I might also add in TRADE. They seem to get that concept easily.

The excitement is building in here for Santa’s arrival! I am trying hard to keep germs at bay. Lots and lots of coughing this week. Hand washing, drinking water, proper rest, and avoiding others with coughs, colds, or germ areas are helpful things to do to stay healthy.

Enjoy your weekend.

Mrs. Smith