Every month I say "
Wow! I can't believe we are on to a new month already!" And here we go...it's really
December. We only have a couple of weeks to get through all the great things we are going to learn about this month.
Literacy: We are working hard in Power 1/2 Hour learning all the letters, sounds, blends, digraphs, and blending and segmenting words. We will also bring home sight word list 4 to learn.
Math: We are counting past 60 and learning to count by 5's and 10's. We're learning a lot about patterns, and even about place value. We are practicing writing numbers to 10 (and will soon need to know to 20 and even 30!)
Writing: We are working hard in our "Drawing and Writing" Books. I'm seeing some great story telling and I am impressed with where we are headed in Writer's Workshop. We are starting to label the pictures in our stories and will soon add more text to help the reader better understand our 'writing'.
Social Studies: We will talk about Christmas, holidays, and winter. We will work towards "hibernation" and "bears" in January.
Our last day of school in December is
Friday, December 16. We will resume school on
Monday, January 2. Have a great, safe holiday break!
Our next Dibels (reading assessment) is the week after we come back from Christmas break. We will need to work hard on letter naming, oral blending, segmenting and nonsense words.
Our next Kindergarten assessment will be two weeks after the break-whew! We have a lot to practice before then. Some of the test items are: recognizing and writing all the uppercase and lowercase letters, and know their sounds. Writing last names; writing a sentence with uppercase at the beginning, spaces between the words and punctuation at the end; writing numbers to 20; simple addition; read 10 sight words; beginning sounds of words. We will also retest any items not passed on the preassessment. Remember to keep reading during the vacation so we don't lose any of our skills!
Remember to send back the
reading calendar. Students can earn a personal pizza from Pizza Hut if they meet the reading goal.
We are making a special secret Christmas gift. Each student needs to earn $1.50 (due by Thur. Dec. 8). Please give your child a small job to earn the money they need.Please send backpacks and folders daily.
Remember jackets now the weather is colder (If your child is missing one we have about 8 in our classroom no one will claim).
Library is on Wednesday, classroom take-home books need to come in on Mondays.
We are still welcoming any volunteers that can come to our room for about 30 minutes on Mon, Tue, and Fri, at 10:45 or 2:45.
Finally, at this time of thanksgiving I am so grateful to you as parents. Thank you for all you do to help your children, and support them in and out of the classroom. I am grateful to know you and your darling Kindergartners. I love that I can spend every day with them. I smile when I think of them, I miss them when we are not together, and I look forward to each new day. Thank you for blessing my life by sharing them with me. I have the best job in the world!
PS, thank you for the VAST improvement in homework. I am impressed!
I teased my classes when we came back from Thanksgiving. I think they ate some kind of magic turkey. They came back nicer, smarter, and harder working than I've ever seen. I told them they might have to skip on to 1st grade, but then I would miss them too much so I guess I'll keep them til summer!
As always, please be sure to call or email if you have questions or concerns.
