January

Welcome back! I hope you all had a relaxing holiday. We are ready
to work hard and learn a lot! Here are some of the things we will be
learning about this month:

Literacy Writing, recognizing, and knowing the sounds to all the uppercase and
lowercase letters (they must know all to pass the assessment this time). Reading the
Kindergarten Sight Words (keep working on them at home) Knowing beginning, middle
and ending sounds of words (ask your child to “tap” words for you) Writing our last
name with uppercase at the beginning and lowercase for the rest.

Math Counting to 60, recognizing and writing numbers to 20. Patterns, classifying and
sorting. Counting the calendar in Spanish.

Social Studies Winter, bears, penguins, Antarctica.

Writing Using our best penmanship –“Seatwork equals neatwork” (thanks Sara!)
Starting every letter at theTOP. Using the lines on paper to define where letters go.

Other important information:

Check out our blog at jonesjems.blogspot.com you can find the newsletter,
pictures, and leave comments there.
Remember news days
Library is on Mondays
Students need a jacket or coat to go out to recess. It is winter now!
If your child is absent call the office and have them excused. 586-2840
Reading folders are due back on Mondays
PE is on Thursday s. Make sure your child is dressed appropriately.
There will be no school on Monday, January 17. It is MLK holiday.
Our 2nd Kindergarten assessment and Dibels test will be mid January. Help your
child be prepared by working on the skills sheet, practicing the Kindergarten sight
words, and reading with your child daily.
Remember to return reading calendars, golden sneaker calendars, and skills

sheets. They are all part of homework.

If you have any questions please call me or email merilee.jones@ironmail.org
Thank you for all you do to support me and your children.