December 14-18

I can't believe this is the last full week of school before our winter break! Times flies when you're having fun and learning lots:)

 There will be a sub in our room on Tuesday morning since the teachers have a full day of collaboration meetings. 

Upcoming events:

• December 15th: Half Day 
• December 24-January 1: No School--Enjoy your break! 

What’s happening in Kindergarten this week?

Reading: Kindergarten readers have gained so many skills and so much confidence when reading their books. This week, readers will talk more about their books by "adding a pinch of you". This could mean commenting on the pictures or making other connections with the book. The Kindergartners will be reminded to 'warm up a book' by looking closely at the pictures to help figure out tricky words and searching for sight words to help you read them quickly!


*Your child may have brought home a special book to read to a special someone! In order to celebrate our reading growth, we talked about sharing the gift of reading with others. Enjoy:) 

Writing: As students learn more and more about writing stories and revising, they will go back to add more to old stories. We are beginning to add “flaps” when we run out of room to write on the original page. Students will explore familiar books to notice how the authors put a lead, or beginning, in their stories. Then they will try it. Finally, partners will work together to find gaps in their stories and fill them to get ready for publishing next week! 

Math:

We will continue to work with teen numbers, partner numbers, and 10 groups.

• Students will create a book showing all the partners of each number. (i.e. the partners of 2 are 1+1 and 2+0)  
• Mathematicians will use marbles and break apart sticks to explore partner numbers 1-10.
• At a listening center, students will hear “what if” adding and subtraction problems. They will use manipulatives to solve the problem. For example, there are 5 snowmen outside. What if the sun melts 2 of them? 
• We will practice adding and subtracting fluently within 5. 

Word Study:  Students will learn the words one, two, & three this week! Students will continue to learn these sight words as you search for them in books, or wherever else they might find them! 

Here are our sight words: http://kindergartenroom82.blogspot.com/p/our-sight-words.html

Science: The Kindergartners have learned so much about mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and birds. We will work on different culminating activities to wrap up the unit! Scientists will match body coverings to the correct animal, create their own animals, and explore animal body coverings with magnifying glasses. 

Kindergartners from Room 82!

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On Friday afternoon we played a game called Spiders and Flies with the other Kindergarten class. It was such a fun brain break!