Dear Kindergarten Parents,

Amazingly, we are almost in the middle of January!  This Thursday we have an assembly at 11:00. Kindergarten students will put on a simple performance reciting Christina Rossetti’s poem, What Can I Give Him.   If your schedule permits, please come see us!

Free dress on Wednesday – cost $1.00 for our mission efforts

Our field trip to Coronado Butterfly Preserve with first and second grade is next Tuesday.  Outdoor science connection includes migration, habitats and life cycles of the monarch. Please sign and return the permission slip this week.

This week our religion lesson is centered on the protective love Jesus has for each of us as your students learn the parable of the Good Shepherd.

We are wrapping up Theme 3 in series. Theme test will be on Thursday.  Initial sounds for this week are /n/ and /h/. Our reading strategies include organizing and summarizing as we respond in our practice books.  Small reading groups begin on Wednesday.

Sight word testing will review starting with list 1.  It is important to re-check to see if all words are memorized.  This week sight word envelopes will come home.

Everyday Math unit 3 lesson 4 we will be exploring the pan balance. Measuring items with the balance will be our hands-on work this week.  Adding objects by telling number stories and using numerals to find sums 1-10 are in another component of our rotational groups.

Social studies finds us learning about Martin Luther King and the importance of treating all people equal.   SLE focus:  C.3 ‘Follow the Golden Rule’, and C. 5 ‘Are Good Leaders’.

Science on Tuesday will continue with our natural resources, water movement is the lab.

Please remember to return library books by Thursday so your child may check out a new book.

Have a great week!

Mrs. Carol Brown