Kindergarten News March 26-30

Monday  No Classes	Tuesday Word Work: to, and, here Phonemic Awareness:  Blending Phonemes To Market, To Market Read Aloud:  Wheels Around Concepts:  Summarize Math:  8-6 and 8-7 Sides, Flips, and Turns Activity:  Practice 8-6 Homework:  Poetry Notebook
Wednesday Phonemic Awareness:  Blending Phonemes with Picture Cards Word Work:  to, and, go, for Read Aloud:  Wheels on the Bus Concept:  Summarizing and Text Organization Math:  8-8 Match the Parts   Activity:  Practice 8-8 Homework:  Explain to an adult what a “matching part” is.	Thursday Word Work:  for, see, and, to, go Phonemic Awareness:  Blending Phonemes Hey, Diddle Diddle Read Aloud:  Big Rig (phonics reader) Concept:  Making ig Words Math:  8-9 and 8-10 Equal Parts of One Whole Activity:  Practice 8-9 Homework:  Show an adult how to write 4 ig words.
Friday Word Work: to, and, dig Phonemic Awareness:  Blending Phonemes Stop and Go Read Aloud:  Look for Wheels (Science Link) Concepts:  Organization and Concepts of Print Math:  Chapter 8 Assessment	Notes from the Teacher: *There are no classes on Monday, March 26th!! *Thank you to all of you who attended Parent/Teacher Conferences.  We are very proud of our youngsters and all of the progress they have made this year. *20 Basic Kindergarten Words:  of, the, was, he, it, is, with, be, as, they, for, a, on, at, and, that, in, to, are, you.  Please practice these words at home with your child and encourage him/her to use them when writing. Mrs. Jenison and Ms. Markwardt

Kindergarten News March 19-22

Monday  Word Work:  I, see, my, like, a, to, and, go, is Phonemic Awareness:  Blending Phonemes Read Aloud:  Me on the Map Concept: Groups we are citizens of Activity:  Writing Activity/I am a citizen of…. Math: Lining Up Exemplar Read:  Rules Concept:  Why do we have rules? Homework:  Name 1 rule you follow at home.  Explain to an adult how rules help us.	Tuesday Word Work: and, I, is, go, here Phonemic Awareness:  Blending Phonemes with Picture Cards Read Aloud:  Too Many Toys Concepts:  Responsibilities Activity:  Name one responsibility you have at home and one that you have at school Math:  Lining Up Exemplar 1:30 Dismissal Parent/Teacher Conferences 2-6pm
Wednesday Phonemic Awareness:  Blending Phonemes Word Work:  and, go, is, I, like, to Read Aloud:  Recycling Concept:  ways we help our world Activity:  Create a 3 window foldable/Show ways we help the world Math:  Lining Up Exemplar   Homework:  Brainstorm ways your family helps our world.  Example:  recycling, planting trees, picking up trash, etc.	Thursday Word Work:  here, go, I, see, is, a, to Phonemic Awareness:  Blending Phonemes Read Aloud:  The Pledge of Allegiance Concept:  Why do we say the pledge? Math:  Lining up Assessment Social Studies:  Citizenship Assessment Homework:  Explain to an adult what our countries flag looks like. Parent/Teacher Conferences 4-8pm
Friday No Classes	Notes from the Teacher: *There are no classes on Monday, March 26th!! *Parent/Teacher Conferences will be held on Tuesday, March 20 (2-6pm), and Thursday, March 22 (4-8pm). *Jacobson Elementary will be hosting a book fair during conferences! *20 Basic Kindergarten Words:  of, the, was, he, it, is, with, be, as, they, for, a, on, at, and, that, in, to, are, you.  Please practice these words at home with your child and encourage him/her to use them when writing. Mrs. Jenison and Ms. Markwardt

March 5-9

Monday  Word Work:  and, go Phonemic Awareness:  Blending Phonemes Read Aloud:  Chicken Soup With Rice Concept:  Fantasy/Realism Activity:  Descriptive Words Math: 7-12  Dime Read:  Dimes Activity:  Value Bingo Homework:  Get a handful of change from an adult at your house.  Sort dimes and count by 10’s.	Tuesday Word Work: a, like Phonemic Awareness:  Blending Phonemes Read Aloud:  What Will the Weather Be Like Today? Concepts:  Fantasy/Realism Activity:  Weather Word Work Math:  7-13 Quarter Read:  Quarters Independent Practice: Hop to the Shop worksheet and penny rubbings Homework:  Tell an adult the name of the president found on the front of the quarter.
Wednesday Phonemic Awareness:  Blending Phonemes Word Work:  is, it, and Read Aloud:  Can It Fix? Concept:  it words Activity:  it word work Math:  7-13 Quarter  Read:  Quarters Independent Practice:  Matching Coins Homework:  How many it words can you make?	Thursday Word Work:  a, and, go, like, my Phonemic Awareness:  Blending Phonemes Read Aloud:  Checking the Weather Concept:  Fantasy/Realism Math:  7-14 Dollar Read:  Dollars Independent Practice:  Enrichment 7-14 Homework:  Show an adult how to make 6, 8, and 9 cents using nickels and pennies.
Friday Independent Work:  Weather Reader Assessment:  6-1 Math:  Chapter 7 Assessment Homework:  Get another handful of change from an adult.  Sort out pennies, nickels, and dimes.  Explain how each coin is different from the others.	Notes from the Teacher: *1:30 dismissal on Wednesday, March 14 and Tuesday, March 20. *Parent/Teacher Conferences will be held on Tuesday, March 20 (2-6pm), and Thursday, March 22 (4-8pm). *Jacobson Elementary will be hosting a book fair during conferences! *20 Basic Kindergarten Words:  of, the, was, he, it, is, with, be, as, they, for, a, on, at, and, that, in, to, are, you.  Please practice these words at home with your child and encourage him/her to use them when writing. Mrs. Jenison and Ms. Markwardt

March Snacks and Specials Calendar

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
				1 PE/Music Saul	2 Art Cristina	3
4	5 PE/Music/TAG LIBRARY CHECK-OUT Jackson	6 Fine Arts Program in Jacobson Gym 1:00 Art/CCC/Poetry Notebook Margaret	7 PE/Music Kyla	8 Art/CCC Drew	9 PE/Music/TAG Quinn	10
11	12 Art/ LIBRARY CHECK-OUT Chloe H	13 PE/Music/ CCC/Poetry Notebook Happy Birthday Kayleigh	14 Early Out 1:35 Art Cloe B	15 PE/Music/TAG/CCC Joe	16 Art Megan	17
18	19 PE/Music/ LIBRARY CHECK-OUT Colin	20 Parent/Teacher Confernces 2-6 Art/ CCC/Poetry Notebook	21 PE/Music/TAG Ella	22 Parent/Teacher Confernces 4-8 Art/CCC Alexis	23 No School	24
25 Happy Birthday Alexis	26 No School (Possible Snow Make-Up) Happy Birthday Cejay	27 PE/Music/ CCC/Poetry Notebook Cejay	28 Art Han	29 PE/Music/TAG/CCC Lenaya	30 Art Happy Birthday Emmanuel and Zander	31