WE Grow Here!
Welcome to Mrs. Dancy and Mrs. Parkers Kindergarten Smore!
Welcome to January!
We are SO thankful to have you as part of our family. January is a month full of relearning routines, mastering skills, and learning new ones. In January we will move on to learn numbers 6-10, refine our decoding and blending skills, and begin reading decodable sentences. We look forward to a fun and busy month that includes learning about Winter, Hibernation, Martin Luther King, Jr, Addition and Subtraction to 10, expanding our writing skills, and blending sounds to read words, and much more!!! :)
Week of January 16th to January 20th
Important Reminders
~There is NO SCHOOL on Monday, January 23rd. It is a Required Teacher Workday.
~Order forms have gone home for our yearbook sale. If you would like to purchase a school yearbook, they are $25.00. Please return the order envelope-with payment so we can turn those in to the office. (Even if you purchase online-we need to have the envelope with the "paid online" checked so we know who ordered).
~Great job on Spelling assignments! The students are doing amazing and have been doing very well on their spelling tests! Keep up the great work! Remember to also do their weekly words and baggie books.
~Don't forget to send a healthy snack and water bottle each day with your child.
~Please make sure we know how your child will go home each day. If you have changes in transportation, please call the office and send me a Dojo message.
Important Dates! Mark Your Calendars :)
Important Upcoming Dates:
*January 23rd- No School-Required Teacher Workday
*March 1st - Yearbook Order Deadline ~ for more info, click here
What Are We Learning This Week?
Reading
I can tell the sounds for the letters of the alphabet fluently.
I can name all sounds heard in words.
I can write uppercase and lowercase letters.
I can segment and blend sounds in words (cvc words).
Math
I can add and subtract with numbers to 10.
I can recognize, count with, and write numbers 0-10.
Science
I can tell characteristics of Winter.
I can explain hibernation, migration, and adaptation.
Spelling Homework Routine! *keeping here as a reference if you need it!*
We will be adding a short spelling assignment to our homework routine. The front sheet includes the week's spelling words and explains each night's assignment while the second sheet is for your child's nightly written work. Spelling assignments (second page only) need to be completed by Friday and returned in your child's homework folder to be graded for completion. On four day weeks, tests will be on the last day we will be at school that week. Students who complete the week's assignments and have it in their folder on the last morning of the week will receive a prize. The purpose of the spelling assignment is to help our students with decoding and encoding word family words which helps them in reading fluency and to prepare for 1st grade next year. Each night's assignments should only take 5-10 minutes to complete. Along with the baggie book, "homework" should take no longer than 15-20 minutes. Spelling tests will be given on Fridays on those words. Thank you for your help!
Nightly "Homework"
~~Spelling Practice with Word Families - SEE ABOVE FOR DETAILS!!!
~We will have new "Weekly Words" each week. We will send home 5-6 sight words each week for recognition only. Students will need to practice recognizing/reading their Weekly Words each night. High-Frequency word recognition is very important - 90% of texts students read use these "high-frequency words".
This Week's High Frequency Words and Spelling Words
little
make
one
find
red
Ways to help your child with these words:
- Cheer the words (for example: Give me an M, Give me an E, what does that spell? ME!
- Chant the words
- Find the words around your house
- Sound out the words
- Help your child write the words
- Come up with rhymes to remember the words.
Spelling Words:
- bin
- fin
- pin
- tin
- win
- did
- hid
- kid
- lid
- rid
CVC Word Videos to Help Your Child at Home
~Paper Towels *****
~Extra Snacks
~Lysol Wipes *****
~Disinfecting Spray
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If You Need to Get In Touch With Mrs. Dancy...
Email: jenkinsel@wilkes.k12.nc.us
Website: https://wes.wilkescountyschools.org/
Location: 1248 School Street, Wilkesboro, NC, USA
Phone: (336) 838-4261