Kindergarten News
Mrs. Schutz's Class
Writing
During writing workshop, we learned about adding fancy words to our beginning, middle, and end. Some of our stories now start with, "One snowy day," or "On a winter night." We also continued to use tools such as checklists, personal word walls, and vowel charts. We learned that every word contains a vowel. The students have had fun adding titles to their stories. We will finish our personal narrative unit next week.
Math
In math, we continue counting by twos, fives, and tens. We have also been working on the concept of before and after and filling in missing numbers in a sequence to 20. In number corner, we are working on identifying the pattern and making number bonds with the numbers four, five, and six.
Reading
We have been reading many different winter stories including The Mitten, Sneezy The Snowman, and The Snowman. We talked about all of the characters in The Mitten and practiced retelling the story in sequence. We enjoyed a shared reading of The Big Hit and worked on the it word family, reading with expression, and visualizing. In reading workshop, the students have been learning about "pattern power." They have been pattern detectives, looking for how patterns change from page to page. They also learned a game called, "Guess What's Next," and have enjoyed playing that while partner reading.
Reminders:
-Check your child's folder each night
-Please send a hat and gloves with your child each day
-Parent teacher conferences are coming soon
-Please send a hat and gloves with your child each day
-Parent teacher conferences are coming soon
Ask your child...
- to count by 2's and 5's
-to retell The MItten
-to identify a pattern in their Baggy Book
-find the vowels in their names
-to retell The MItten
-to identify a pattern in their Baggy Book
-find the vowels in their names
Email: aschutz@district30.org
Phone: 847-498-1090
Twitter: @willowbrookks
Upcoming Dates To Remember...
Friday, February 12- Valentine's Day Party -No Candy Please
Friday, February 12- Early Dismissal @ 11:30
Tuesday, February 16th- 100th Day of School
Friday, February 12- Early Dismissal @ 11:30
Tuesday, February 16th- 100th Day of School