Kindergarten News Jan. 30- Feb. 3

Monday DAY 100 Literacy: Word Work: see, an, like, my, to, a, I Read Aloud:  Day 100 stories Day 100 activities in the kindergarten and K Prep classrooms in the morning. Math:  Practice leg exemplar Homework: Count to 100 by 1’s, 5’s and 10’s.	Tuesday Literacy: Assessment 4-2 Word Work: like, to, see, I Phonemic Awareness:  1)Ground Hog poem for poetry notebook Independent Practice: My Family book Homework:  Do poetry notebook together and return tomorrow We will watch “101 Dalmatians” and make a snack for 100th day.
Wednesday  Early out 1:35 Word Work:  like, to, see, I Phonemic Awareness: Humpty Dumpty blending and  segmenting onset and rime using words from poem Read Aloud: Stone Soup Concepts:  Cause and effect Writing: Write and draw the ingredients that the man put in the soup. Math:  Practice leg exemplar. Homework: write 2 I like sentences using actions words/verbs For example:  I like to jump.	Thursday    Word Work:  to, see, like Read Aloud:  Cat/Sat “at” words Independent Practice: Word wheel page with “at words” Math: Practice leg examplar. Homework:  Find out the total number of legs in the following picture: Total number of legs:____________
Friday  Literacy:  Assessment units 1-4 Read Aloud:  Creatures of the Night Independent Practice: Animals at night book Math:  Assess leg exemplar	Notes from the Teacher: *We are no longer tying shoes.  Please continue to practice this skill with your child if they are still unable to tie. *Now that there is snow on the ground, your child needs to bring snow pants, boots, and mittens/gloves.  We have three recesses a day unless the temperature or winds chill is below zero.  Please remember to send shoes in your child’s backpack so he/she doesn’t have to wear boots all day. *Please continue to work on number recognition with your child.  They will be expected to know 1-30 this quarter.  If you need another set of flashcards, please let your child’s teacher know. *1:35 Dismissal on Wednesday, February 1st. Mrs. Jenison, Mrs. Guerrero, and  Ms. Markwardt

Kindergarten News Jan. 16-20

Monday  Literacy: Word Work:  I, see, my like Phonemic Awareness:  My Teddy Bear poem blending and segmenting onsets and rimes from the poem Read Aloud:  Friends at School Concepts:  Text organization and summarizing Math:  6-8 How Many Cups? Partner Practice:  use baby food jars, paint cups, and plastic cups to compare volume Homework:  Use different size containers at home to see which ones hold MORE and which ones hold LESS of an item. Happy Bear coming to visit our classroom. *Mrs. Jenison’s class needs to return library books today!!!	Tuesday Word Work: I, see, my, like Phonemic Awareness:  Chubby Little Snowman poetry notebook Read Aloud:  All to Build a Snowman Math:  6-9 and 6-10 Which Weighs More or Less? and How Much Does it Weigh? Group practice:  Each group needs to find an item that weighs more than a shoe, the same as a shoe, and less than a shoe.  Use a scale to check our answers. Homework:  Do poetry notebook together and return tomorrow.
Wednesday Early Out:  1:35 Word Work:  I, see, my, like Phonemic Awareness: Humpty Dumpty blending and  segmenting onset and rime using words from poem Read Aloud:  Aaron and Gayla’s Alphabet Book Concepts:  Text organization and summarizing Math:  6-11 Hot and Cold  discuss hot and cold temperatures and then graph favorite weather Homework:  Draw one thing you can do in hot weather and one thing you can do in cold weather.  Write a sentence to go with each.	Thursday    Word Work:  I, see, my, like, a Phonemic Awareness:  Blending Onset and Rime Read Aloud:  We Read Together Concepts:  Text summarization, organization, and concepts of print Math:  Chapter 6 test Homework:  Write 1 I like sentence and 1 I see sentence.  (Examples:  I see my ______.  I like my _____.)
Friday Literacy:  Assess Theme 4, Week 1 Read Aloud:  Frosty’s New Friends Math:  Play Roll-A-Snowman Homework:  Play Roll-A-Snowman at home with mom, dad, brother, or sister.	Notes from the Teacher: *We are no longer tying shoes.  Please continue to practice this skill with your child if they are still unable to tie. *In addition to snow pants, boots, and mittens/gloves, please remember to send shoes in your child’s backpack so he/she doesn’t have to wear boots all day. *Please continue to work on number recognition with your child.  They will be expected to know 1-30 this quarter.  If you need another set of flashcards, please let your child’s teacher know. *1:35 Dismissal on Wednesday, January 18th. Mrs. Jenison, Mrs. Guerrero, and  Ms. Markwardt

Kindergarten News Jan. 9-13

Monday  Literacy:  Assess Theme 3, Week 2:  Drawing Conclusions and Initial Consonant B Math:  Reassess Chapter 5:  Teen Numbers	Tuesday Word Work: I, see, my, like Phonemic Awareness:  Blending Onset and Rime, read poem Oodles of Noodles Read Aloud:  The Amazing Little Porridge Pot Concepts:  Summarize/ Drawing Conclusions Math:  6-4  measuring with unifix cubes Independent practice:  Snake Lengths worksheet Homework:  Write 2 I like my …. sentences
Wednesday Word Work:  I, see, my, like Phonemic Awareness: Blending Onset and Rime using picture cards Read Aloud:  Families Concepts:  Drawing Conclusions, evaluate, concepts of print Math:  6-5  Measuring with paper clips Independent practice:  Measure my Crop worksheet Homework:  Measure household items using paper clips (ie. fork, spoon, piece of paper)	Thursday    Word Work:  I, see, my, like Phonemic Awareness:  Blending Onset and Rime using school words Read Aloud:  Which Would You Choose? Math:  6-6  Try, check, and revise Independent practice:  estimation worksheet Homework:  Grab a handful of items (noodles, buttons, etc.) and have your child estimate how many there are.  Have them count and check their answers.
Friday Literacy:  Assess Theme 3, Week 3 Read Aloud:  All You Need For a Snowman Independent work:  Melting Snowman poem Math:  Read Strega Nona, use pasta to decide which cup has more and which cup has fewer Independent practice:  worksheet page 62	Notes from the Teacher: *Mrs. Jenison’s class would like to welcome Mrs. Guerrero, our student teacher, for the next seven weeks.  We are excited to have her. *We are no longer tying shoes.  Please continue to practice this skill with your child if they are still unable to tie. *In addition to snowpants, boots, and mittens/gloves, please remember to send shoes in your child’s backpack so he/she doesn’t have to wear boots all day. *1:35 Dismissal on Wednesday, January 18th. Mrs. Jenison and Ms. Markwardt

January Snacks and Specials Calendar

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
1	2 No School Teacher Inservice	3 Art/CCC Poetry Notebook	4 Cristina PE/Music	5 Chloe Art/CCC	6 Saul PE/Music/TAG	7 Happy Birthday Saul!
8	9 Kayleigh Library Check-Out Art	10 Joe Poetry Notebook PE/Music/CCC	11 Zander Art	12 Colin PE/Music/CCC/ TAG	13 Madisyn Art	14 Happy Birthday Madisyn!
15	16 Happy Bear coming to visit Ella Library Check-Out PE/Music	17 Lenaya Art/CCC Poetry Notebook	18 Early Out 1:35 PE/Music/TAG	19 Evelyn Art/CCC	20 Alexis PE/Music	21
22	23 Ian Library Check-Out Art	24 Alex Luca Poetry Notebook PE/Music/CCC/TAG	25 Allie Art	26 Cejay PE/Music/CCC	27 Jackson Art	28
29	30 Margaret Library Check-Out PE/Music/TAG	31 Kyla Art/CCC Poetry Notebook CCC

January 3-6

Monday  No Classess Teacher Inservice	Tuesday Word Work: I, see, my Phonemic Awareness:  Blending Onset and Rime Read Aloud:  Goldilocks and the Three Bears Concepts:  Predict/Infer Math:  Revisit Chapter 5 Concepts Concept:  Ten Frames and Writing Numbers in the Teens and Twenties. Homework:  Practice writing the teen numbers.
Wednesday Word Work:  I, see, my Phonemic Awareness: Blending Onset and Rime Read Aloud:  Shoes From Grandpa Concepts:  Predict/Infer Math:  Revisit Chapter 5 Concepts Activity:  Identify Missing Numbers on a Number Line (Teens and Twenties) Identify Numbers Before and After Homework:  Play a guessing game:  What number comes before __?  What number comes after___?	Thursday    Word Work:  I, see, my, like Phonemic Awareness:  Segmenting Onset and Rime Read Aloud:  Review books from this week Writing:  Introduce Lists (Create a grocery list) Math:  Revisit Chapter 5 Concepts Activity:  Work with math boxes identifying how many (Teens and Twenties). Homework:  Have your child count items at home and write the number.  Try and have it a number in the teens.
Friday Word Work:  I, see, my, like Phonemic Awareness: Blending and Segmenting Onset and Rime with Clothing Words Read Aloud:  Which Would You Choose? Concept:  Predict/Infer/Drawing Conclusions Math:  Review Chapter 5 Concepts for Assessment on Monday Homework:  Have mom or dad write a number in the teens and have your child tell you what it is.	Notes from the Teacher: *Thank you to all of our room parents who hosted and prepared for our holiday parties.  We appreciate all that you did!! *We will no longer be tying shoes after our winter break.  Please continue to practice this skill with your child. *In addition to snowpants, boots, and mittens/gloves, please remember to send shoes in your child’s backpack so he/she doesn’t have to wear boots all day. *1:35 Dismissal on Wednesday, January 18th. *Mrs. Jenison’s class needs to return their library books. *There was one cowboy boot left in Mrs. Jenison’s class.  Please call her if you are missing one. Have a happy holiday! Mrs. Jenison and Ms. Markwardt