Hello Families,

Hope everyone is keeping warm!  Here is what you need to know for this week in our kindergarten class:

• Spelling Words-  our district is starting a new spelling program for kindergarten.  Each Monday your child will receive spelling words in his/her spelling notebook.  They will practice these words in school and at home.  They will be tested on these words in class on Friday.  Your child will need to always keep this small  spelling notebook in his/her book bag. Some of the spelling words will be from a word family.  For this week, there are four “hot” words on the list:  at   cat  mat  sat.  Your child will need to know how to read them and write them.  Also, your child will be given a “cold” word.  A “cold” word is a word not on the list but follows the same word pattern.  This shows if your child can apply the pattern to a new word.  Examples for this week:  bat  hat  pat.  Another component to the spelling program is that your child will be given individual words that they will need to practice.  These words will be taken from the Dolch word list, or commonly used words.  I will not start this component of spelling until next week.  Good luck !
• Letter of the Week:  O    Letter books were sent home today and need to be returned by Friday.  Make sure that your child is writing down all the sounds they hear in the word.  It does not need to be spelled perfectly.
• Mad Science at 1:00 on Wednesday!  If you are interested in volunteering, let me know.
• Assessments are completed!!!  Your child will receive his/her report card soon.  There will be a progress report stapled to the report card.  This is just to give you additional information that I thought you might be interested in.
• Your child’s book bag should feel a little lighter today.  We went through each bag since your child will be placed in a new group based on their progress.  It was interesting, many students didn’t want to give the books back!  🙂  Until that book bag fills up again, please use Raz-Kids.  If you need the username or directions, please email me.
• Nightly Reading sheets will need to be returned on Monday.  If your child returns it, they will receive a new charm for their necklace.  Please have them bring in the necklace too.

Save the Date:

Please mark your calendar for Wednesday, March 12th from 6:30-7:30 for Lindbergh’s Science Fair Boot Camp.  Every student K-5 will be participating in this event.  If you are interested in helping me organize it, please email me!  There will be hundreds of science display boards as well as exciting hands-on science experiments and demonstrations.  I can’t wait!  🙂

Until next time…

Ms. Wright