Thursday January 18

Thank you to everyone who is working on home reading each night!  We have very excited learners each day wanting to trade for new books to bring home and share with you. 

A friendly reminder about library:  going forward Library book exchange will happen in the first 15 mins of each school day.  Kindergarten learners will no longer have a regular scheduled book exchange on Wednesdays.  Learners will be allowed to exchange their library book any day of the week.  

We continued to work on our "Winter Winter What Do You See" book.  We are working on copying print, using a capital letter to start the sentence and a period to end the sentence.  We will work on creating a cover for our book in the next coming days.  We are getting excited to share our books with our families.

We focused on the letter R this week.  We learned the R song, practiced printing R, and drew pictures that start with R.  We have learned the following letters and letter sounds at school this fall and your child should be familiar with them all: S, M, T, I, P, N, D, C, P, O, A, B,G,E &R.

We practiced our rhyming skills this week through our morning messages, playing games and reading stories. 

In Math we have begun to explore 3D shapes.  At school we will focus on sphere, cone, pyramid and cone.  We are working on learning the names of the 3D shapes.  We will learn about what the shapes can do, such as stack, roll or slide.  Please help your child to look for real life examples of 3D shapes at home.

3D Shape song 

We continue to work in our personal journals during Writing Wednesday.  Learners are encouraged to add many details to their drawings and use their letter sound knowledge to label beginning sounds that they hear in words of the pictures they have drawn.  This week we worked on rhyming words in our journals.

Please remember to send snowpants, mitts/gloves, and a hat with your child each day.  We are watching the forecast and want to take advantage of a nice day to get out for some fresh air and to explore with the snow.

Upcoming Dates

Friday January 19: AM Kindergarten attends

Friday January 26: PM Kindergarten attends











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