Welcome December!

It's hard to believe that winter break is just around the corner.  In kindergarten we have a lot of fun and exciting activities planned.  Last week we sponge painted Santa decorations that are now hanging in our hallway.  Tomorrow we will be making reindeer for the hallway in preparation for Santa's visit later in the month!

This month in Science we will begin Unit 2 which is all about the five Senses.  In this Unit we will be doing several experiments where the students will have to use one of their five senses.  When the Science activity sheets come home please ask your child to talk about what he/she is learning in school.  

In Language Arts we will continue working on setting, character, main idea, compare and contrast, realism and fantasy, and sequence. We will also continue to review all letters and sounds. Please continue to practice all of the Unit 1 and 2 sight words. Once your child knows all of the words please return them in a labeled bag or envelope so we can test your child in school. We will continue to work on decoding new words. Here is a list of some words you can practice at home (tip, sip, pat, cat, rug, map, tin, man, can, tub, bit, bam, nap, mom, Tom, Bim, Pam, cabs, Nan, bats, ram, ribs, rim). Please also remember to have your child read the little booklets that are sent home each week.


Many students are writing independently now! Some are even writing 2 or 3 sentences in their journals. Please encourage your child to write at home. Remind them to make the first letter capital and the rest lowercase. They should be leaving spacemen between words and they should be using correct punctuation at the end of the sentence.

In Math we are starting Chapter 5.  We will learn about shapes and solid figures.  Remember to check out the back of the math worksheets for "At Home Activities" to work on with your child at home.  Please review patterns, spatial relationships, numbers 0-10, before and after on the number line, and graphing (including the terms more and fewer).  These are all skills your child will be expected to know for the next report card.

Just a few reminders--

1. We will be attending the Book Fair Tuesday morning, December 4th. If you want to send money in with your child please send it in an envelope or bag marked with your child's name and "Book Fair Money" on it.

2. Santa gifts are due by December 12th. Please send it to the office with your child's name and teachers name on it. Gifts should cost no more than $10. Santa will deliver the gifts on December 20th during our party!  If you would like to join us for the party please contact me so I can let you know the time our party will begin.

3. We will be attending the holiday band concert on Tuesday, December 11th during the school day.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or concerns!