Kindergarten Newsletter
Week Of March 18th
Highlights from last week....
In ELA, we learned about how to take care of pets. We learned the letters G and W and the sight words they and of.
In Math, we worked on number bonds and number sentences. Our focus was on decomposing the numbers 9 and 10.
A peek at our learning this week....
This week our class will be reading stories about different kinds of animals and the habitats in which they live. Children will discover that animals live in caves, dens, burrows, trees, forest, deserts, and oceans.
Here are some activities that you can do with your child to help reinforce the skills we will be practicing.
Word Workout
- Vocabulary: habitat, wild Brainstorm a list of wild animals and the habitats, or homes, in which they live.
- My Words to Know
High-Frequency Words: said, want Gently write the words said and want with your finger on your child’s arm. Then have your child to use each word in a sentence as you record the sentences on paper.
Category Words: animal homes Read a poem to your child about animals and their habitats. Then, have your child draw pictures of animal homes.
Phonics: x, v Play a rhyming game. Say, I’m thinking of an animal that rhymes with box. (fox) Then write the word fox. Have your child circle the letter x. Repeat the activity with letter v.
In Math, we will be working on number bonds and number sentences. We will be focusing on adding or "composing" this week. We will focus on number stories and work on acting them out, writing the sentence and creating a number bond to match the sentence. It is amazing to see our friends in math, they are doing great!
A note from Ms. Berube
Third graders are collecting change to help donate to American Red Cross for the tornadoes in Alabama. We have a change box in our classroom if anyone wants to bring in spare change to donate to the cause.
Spring pictures are Wednesday, March 27th.
Report cards will be sent home on Friday. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact me.
Friday we have a special visit from Mount Grace staff with their turtles that we saw in January. We will meausre the growth of the turtles since we last saw them. This will be so exciting.
Thank you for all that you do and have a great week!
A note from Mrs. Maillet
Thank you for working with your child on their traps, they looked awesome!! Hopefully, we can catch that tricky little guy!
Please continue practicing letters sounds, blending cvc words (big, dog, rip, etc), and sight words. These are the big skills needed for reading.
A note from Mrs. Webb
Report cards for the second term will be sent home on Friday. I just want to explain that we have just recently introduced subtraction to the students. We are just beginning to understand this concept and using the skill with direct support. If you have any questions regarding your child's report card please do not hesitate to email me or call me.
We will have our second visit from the staff of Mount Grace Land Conservation on Friday. They will bring back the tow blanding's turtles that we met in January. We will measure their growth and record the data on a graph.
Spring Pictures are Wednesday, March 27th.
Scholastic book orders for March come in and were sent home on Friday. I will be sending home the April orders forms this week.
Thank you so much for the many donations for our classroom that came in last week. You are very thoughtful and your donations are very much appreciated.
The third graders are collecting change to donate to the American Red Cross for the disaster in Alabama. They will be collecting this money through this week. If you would like to send in your coins to help this cause please do so this week. Thank you!
Please remember to send in a small snack and drink for your child. We have a quick snack every afternoon at 1:15. I do not always have many extra snacks available and my snacks are not always what they like. Thank you!
We would like to welcome a new friend to our classroom!!! Chris Davis is joining our awesome class this week! We are so excited to have him! Welcome Chris!!
Have a great week!
A note from Mrs. Marcoux
The third grade students are collecting change to donate to the American Red Cross for the tornado disaster that happened in Alabama. This will be the last week for collections. Some of your children found change in their backpacks and put it right in the box, it was so sweet.
Please remember to send in a snack and a drink for your child every day. My supplies are running low. We have snack time every day around 1:15 and they are ravenous.
Several of our classmates were very sick last week. If your child has a fever, please keep them home so they can get well.
Have a great week!
A note from Mrs. Goldthwaite
We have had some great conversations this week on how we need to continue to be great learners. We have 60 days of school left. We have so much to do. The kids will be getting that spring fever. (when it gets here). April we will be creating our own classroom story book also in April we will begin our nursery rhyme practices for Junes production. In May we will have our fundraiser ( Walk a thon) this will take place during school. More information to come. June we have our production of nursery and fairy tales, field trip and field day. Many more fun things to come our way.
I will be sending out next months book orders this week. Hope this month you will consider ordering.
Thanks to Rockland's Gram. She brought in cupcakes for a nice sweat treat. Thanks Cathy
PTO has their Toy BINGO this Friday, March 22 at 6 pm to 7:30 pm. I hope you can make it.
Thank you for all your support! Have a great week.