Kindergarten Newsletter
March 15th - 19th
What we're learning this week...
Phonics: R controlled vowels (ar, er, ir, or, ur)
Book: Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potato by Tomie de Paola
Reading Strategies: Making a connection, retelling the story making a prediction, sharing our opinion
Math: Addition and subtraction word problems, numbers to 100, number handwriting practice, fluency of addition and subtraction within 10, partners of 10 (how to make 10)
Writing: Using a graphic organizer to organize our thinking, writing our opinions, letter formation (handwriting practice), 5 star writing rubric (finger spaces, proper punctuation, capital letters at the beginning of the sentence, spelling sight words correctly, does my writing make sense?)
Social Studies: Earth, our world
Science: Mystery Science – Force Olympics - How Can You Knock Down the Most Bowling Pins?
Religion: The Story of Easter, Stations of the Cross, Jesus forgives our sins and saves us, Church Year: Lent, Reconciliation, forgiving, praying with others, Prayer of Sorrow
Social Skills: Following directions and having a conversation
Virtue: Service
Social and Emotional Learning: Being assertive: children discuss the importance of speaking up in a respectful way and practice speaking up, speaking kindly.

Learning practice at home
Seesaw This is updated weekly and can be used for daily review at home. Every subject is available on this app for Kindergarten. There is so much to practice on this app and will reinforce your child's learning from school at home. | BOOM Cards Fun, self - checking card decks to practice important ELA skills - also updated regularly. Password is the ladybug icon and butterfly icon. Click here! | Headsprout/RAZ KidsClick here! RAZ Kids: hundreds of digital books at your child's reading level! |
Seesaw
BOOM Cards
Headsprout/RAZ Kids
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RAZ Kids: hundreds of digital books at your child's reading level!
IXL Math and ELA practice at your child's learning level. Click here! | Splash Learn Math Interactive, fun games for Kindergarten math standards. Click here! Enter class code TKHWKD and find your child's profile. | ABC Mouse Take advantage of this free year of ABC Mouse! Engaging, interactive, and educational learning activities for your child. Click here! |