This Week in Kindergarten
February 12, 2015
Valentine's Day Party
Thank you so much to all of the families who joined us for our Valentine's Day Parties! We had so much fun celebrating together.
What are we learning in Kindergarten this week?
Math: In math we will explore balance and find the missing parts of a balance equation. We will review 3 dimensional shapes.
What can we work on at home?
-Identifying numbers 1-10
-Counting to 100 by 1's 5's and 10's
-Writing Numbers 1-20
Language Arts/ Social Studies: In writer's workshop, we will write procedural, or how-to writing pieces using the language "first, next, then, last." In reader's workshop, we will learn text features of expository texts so that we can gain information.
What can we work on at home?
-Review letter names and sounds for all letters of the alphabet.
-Writing first name correctly on lined paper with only the first letter capitalized
-Correctly identifying and writing letters
-Stretching out sounds to write simple words
-Reading and writing sight words
-Writing sentences that start with a capital letter and end with punctuation.
Science: In science, we will continue to observe, describe, compare, and sort rocks.
Kindergarten Contact Information
Kristen Abernathy: kabernathy@nisdtx.org
Claire Baker: cbaker02@nisdtx.org
Katy Beazley: kbeazley@nisdtx.org
Diane Koestler: dkoestler@nisdtx.org
Nancy Shuster: nshuster@nisdtx.org
Alyssa Stas: astas@nisdtx.org
Location: Samuel Beck Elementary School, Parkview Drive, Trophy Club, TX, United States
Phone: 817-215-4750
Twitter: @abernathykinder
Important Reminders:
-Please be sure that your child's personal belongings are labeled with his or her name. These items include jackets, hats, gloves, lunchboxes, etc. This is an important step in returning your child's items if they are misplaced. Thank you so much for your help with this.
-Guided Reading books are due back to school on Friday of each week.