Week 14- November 12-15

Happy Friday KB families! I hope you all had a great week and are looking forward to the long weekend. Remember there is no school Monday. Don't forget to order from Scholastic if' you'd like! Go to http://clubs.scholastic.com/home and use our class code QDR6N. I will submit book orders on Tuesday November 12^th. 

Ellie Grace is 3 months old this week!!

Here is a look at next week! Don't forget to scroll down to see photos from our week!

Spalding: Last week we learned the Er’s (er, ir, ur, wor, ear). In order to tell these phonograms apart we use our cues and this sentence “Her first nurse works early.” We will spend this week reviewing the er’s.

Sight Words: We will introduce list 5, that brings us to 50 sight words!  The words are: an, each, which, she, do, how, there, if, use, their

Literature: We will explore King Midas and the Golden Touch in Literature this week.  We will read the story and discuss the characters, setting, and plot.  It’s a good idea to ask these questions of your child while reading their books at home, too.  We will discuss the consequences of being greedy by comparing King Midas and the book “The Magic Fish.” Old King Cole will be our poem.

Math: We will continue our unit on size.  We will be measuring items, using vocabulary like “bigger, smaller, longer, shorter”.  On Friday, we will have an assessment on length and size.

History: This week we will introduce the kiddos to the Wright Brothers and how they contributed to history and science. Each child will get to make their own paper airplane and see how far it can fly. We will discuss the virtue of perseverance and how the two brothers practiced this virtue during their lifetimes. Later in the week, we will begin a unit that will lead up to the First Thanksgiving. Students will learn about Christopher Columbus and his travels.

Exploring with magnets

How long is your name?

Working on sight words!

Building castles while learning about Europe!

Week 13- November 4- November 8

Happy Friday families!

What a fun week we had together in kindergarten! It was the BEST first week back for me! The kiddos welcomed me back with so many sweet hugs and kind words. You should be so proud to have such loving children. 

If you missed the opportunity to buy books at the book fair this week, have to fear! We are having our very first Scholastic Book Order in November. Your child came home this week with a magazine to flip through. If you'd like to order please do so at 

https://clubs.scholastic.com/home, 

enter our class code when prompted, QDR6N 

Orders will be due Tuesday November 12.

Happy Birthday Christian!

Happy Birthday Cambree!

   

Don't forget to scroll down to see pictures from our week! Here's a look at next week:

Spalding: We will continue to learn our double letter phonograms this week by adding 5 new phonograms. When saying phonograms with cues you will say the sound, have your child repeat it, then give them the cue, your child will not repeat the cue. 

Cues are:

er (her)

ir (first)

ur (nurse)

wor(works)

ear(early)

 If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to ask. 

Sight Words: This week we will begin reviewing list 4 and adding it to your child’s sight word ring soon.

Literature: This week our story will be another African trickster tale, “The Great Tug-of-War.” Our poem will be, “There Once was a Little Girl.”  Please continue to read nightly with your child as well as practice their sight words. They are off to a great start! 

This week we will use part of our literature time to give our students an opportunity to complete their first service project.We would love to show our students the satisfaction of giving back and helping others. For November students will write thank you letters to the troops for Veterans Day. Our kindergarten goal is to write 200 letters! If your family would like to participate you are more than welcome to send letters in your child’s green folder and I will turn them in. 

Math: Our unit for this week will be covering length and size. We will begin by using every day items to measure school supplies and ourselves! These items will include unifix cubes, paper clips, yarn, and various body parts. We will use the language of shorter, longer, tallest, smallest. 

Science: We are exploring magnets this week! Students will learn that magnets have 2 poles and that they can attract and repel other magnetic things. Scholars will get to experiment with magnets around the classroom. They will predict what things a magnet will attract and what it will not.

History: We will be learning about the continent of Europe. Scholars will become familiar with the names of a few countries in Europe as well as their famous landmarks. We will learn more about European castles and why castles were important in medieval times. 

Week 12: October 28th to November 1st

Hello KB families!

I enjoyed meeting with all of you this week.  It's wonderful to share the pride we have in our children. They have worked hard and accomplished so much already.

Please remember that we have an academic break on Monday and there is no school!  Mrs. Woinarowicz will be back to greet your children on Tuesday, the 29th!

I want to thank Mrs. Zavala and Mrs. Santana for sharing the responsibility of supporting and guiding your children over the last few weeks and months.  I feel blessed to work alongside such intelligent and compassionate people!

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Congratulations to the Prep football team for making the playoffs! Due to AIA regulations and the scheduled playoff game this Friday, Movie Night is moved to Friday, November 22nd. Details can be found in the school newsletter.

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Please read this announcement from Miss Weddle.

Our Winter Concert is quickly approaching! It will be at Higley Center for the Performing Arts on November 20 ^th.  Students’ attire for our performances is NOT school uniform. Gentlemen are expected to wear a plain white dress shirt, black pants, black socks and black closed toed shoes. Solid dark colored vests and ties are optional for gentlemen. Ladies are expected to wear a white top, black skirt, black tights and black closed toed shoes. Please have your kindergartners at Higley Center for the Performing Arts by 4:45pm.

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Here is what we will be learning this week.

Math:  Students will work through different patterns. They will identify shapes that can be used to make patterns. They will also use colors and orientation to extend patterns.

Spalding: This week we will continue to learn two letter phonograms adding new phonograms to the nightly homework. We will introduce two partner phonograms and we will also learn our first cues to differentiate the phonograms with the same sound. Our phonograms will be ai (cue: not used), ay, oi (cue: not used), oy.  We will practice recognizing these phonograms in words and continue to review

the first 30 phonograms. 

Sight Words: This week we will introduce list 4:but, not, what, all, were, we, when, your, can, word

 Literature: This week will explore two more of Aesop’s Fables, “The Lion and the Mouse,” and “The Stork and the Fox.”  We will dive into the morals of each story and identify the story elements. Our poem will be Diddle Diddle Dumpling.

Science:  Students will be able to share facts about Louis Braille.  They will make a craft using Braille writing.

Week of October 21 - October 25th

Hello KB Families!

Our first week back was terrific.  It was great to see all those beautiful faces again!

We had our second trip to the school library.  The children are always so excited to look through the books and make their next selection!

Thanks to the Weigle family for donating a pumpkin to the kindergarten classes.  The students had the opportunity to use their five senses to explore, then describe the pumpkin.

Ask your children what they discovered.  How many lines or seeds did the pumpkin have?  Did you taste the pumpkin?  If so, what did it taste like?  Did our small pumpkin sink or float?

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Due to parent-teacher conferences, we will have half days for the entire week.  NO LUNCHES WILL BE SERVED!  Please make sure your children have extras snacks.  Thank you!

Release times are:

11:45 - ALL kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade students without siblings; (this includes half day
            kindergarten).

12:05 - student(s) with sibling(s) grades 3 to 5

12:25 - student(s) with prep siblings


Mrs. Zavala and I look forward to meeting with you!

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Parents, thank you for partnering with us in your child's learning.  We believe that homework, while important, needs to be carefully balanced with a child's full family and extra-curricular life.  With that in mind, please reflect on your child's experience with homework in the first quarter by responding to a short survey.

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Here is what we will be learning this week.

Spalding: This week we will continue to learn two letter phonograms adding more double letter phonograms on each night of homework. We will introduce ou, oo, ch, ar. We will practice recognizing these phonograms in words and continue to review the first 30 phonograms.

Sight Words: This week we will review list 3 and test over these words by the end of the week. A fun way to practice is to put the sight word somewhere around your house, when your child sees it, they have to give it a high five and say the word.  

Literature: We will be reading the African Trickster tale, "How Many Spots Does a Leopard Have?

This is a fun story about animals guessing how many spots the leopard really has. We will also explore two other African Tales, “Anansi the Spider,” and “How the Leopard got his Spots.” Our Poem will be "Ride a Cockhorse.” We will also practice reading the leveled readers your child will bring home in the near future. We will practice good book handling skills and practice blending sounds into words. 

 Math:  We are continuing our lesson on shapes.  We will introduce 3D shapes:  cone, rectangular block, cylinder, cube, and sphere.  We will find every day items that look like these shapes, and an assessment will be taken on Friday.