December 7-11

We have exciting news! A new student will be joining our class on Tuesday. We look forward to welcoming him into our room. The rest of the bunch is eager to help out and learn more about our new friend!

Upcoming events:

• December 10th: Family Night 5:30-7:00
• December 15th: Half Day 

What’s happening in Kindergarten this week?

Reading:The kindergartners LOVE to bring their books home! As you may have noticed in many of the books that are being sent home, there is a pattern that is carried throughout the book. When reading with your child, give them the pattern by reading the first page, then ask them to continue the pattern through the rest of the book. Remember to encourage using pointer power, snap word power, and picture power as they read!

**Please send the book bag back to school every day to exchange the books!

Writing: This week, writers will continue to work on adding sounds to words, creating detailed pictures, and adding beginnings to stories. As students write, they are working so hard to stretch out words focusing on the vowels in the middle, put sight words down quickly, and remember spaces. This is some hard work! We are excited to share it with you this week at Family Night. If you are unable to attend, I will send their work home for you to see! 

Math:

We begin Unit 3 this week, which focuses on identifying 10 groups in teen numbers, finding partners of a number (i.e. partners of 5 are 3+2 and 4+1), and addition and subtraction. Students will learn about identifying 10 groups with a ten bug (ladybug)

• Identify groups of objects and state the partner numbers
• Students will have 10 buttons and a box. They will remove or add buttons to tell an addition or subtraction story. Then, they can write the equation.  
• Create a ten bug & do a hunt around the room for 10 groups in teen numbers 
• Foam 10 frame teen number building

Word Study:  We will continue to work with the words come, look, like, my, & to. It is helpful to draw the words in the air, describe the shape of the word (look has two tall letters and two short letters), and search for them in print. This helps the words stick! 

Here is an ongoing list of our sight words: http://kindergartenroom82.blogspot.com/p/our-sight-words.html

Science: Scientists will investigate reptiles, scales, and amphibians! We will read books about snakes, toads, frogs, and more. Scientists will create charts to compare the animals and discuss the purpose of the different body coverings.