Friday, February 18, 2011

WEEK OF FEBRUARY 22-25, 2011

KINDERGARTEN NEWS

HOMEWORK



TUESDAY TO THURSDAY: PRACTICE READING WORD LIST #13 EACH NIGHT; DO HANDWRITING WORKSHEET EACH NIGHT (UPPER-CASE D AND LOWER-CASE d). THERE WILL NOT BE A HALF-SHEET EACH NIGHT DUE TO THE REVIEW AND TESTING OF
UNIT 3 IN THE READING SERIES.

Dd IS THE LETTER OF THE WEEK. THE KEYWORD FOR THIS CONSONANT IS DOG. WE WILL DO SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR THIS LETTER. ON TUESDAY, FEB. 22ND, WE WILL HAVE EACH CHILD PULL A DINOSAUR'S NAME OUT OF A HAT. EACH CHILD WILL BE ASKED TO DO AN ORAL REPORT ON THE DINOSAUR THEY PICKED. A FORM WILL COME HOME WITH YOUR CHILD IN HIS/HER FOLDER (S/HE NEEDS A PICTURE AND AT LEAST TWO FACTS ABOUT THE DINOSAUR). THE REPORTS WON'T BE DUE UNTIL THE FOLLOWING MONDAY, FEB. 28TH DUE TO THE DINOSAUR REPORTS, THERE WILL NOT BE SHOW 'N TELL.

IN MATH WE WILL BE WORKING WITH MEASURING CUPS AND TALKING ABOUT RECIPES. THEY WILL BE IDENTIFYING FULL, HALF-FULL, AND EMPTY CONTAINERS, THEY WILL ALSO IDENTIFY QUARTS. THEN WE WILL SWITCH TO USING PATTERN BLOCKS AGAIN TO COVER A DESIGN IN MORE THAN ONE WAY.

IN READING WE WILL BE REVIEWING UNIT 3'S IMPORTANT CONCEPTS AND WORDS. THEN WE WILL TAKE TWO DAYS TO COMPLETE THE UNIT 3 READING TEST. DURING THE WEEK WE WILL CONTINUE TO READ FROM THE JUNIE B. JONES CHAPTER BOOKS AND FROM OTHER STORY BOOKS AS WELL.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22ND IS DAY 1 AND WE WILL HAVE COMPUTERS. WE WILL ALSO DO THE READING WORD LIST #12 ASSESSMENT ON TUESDAY. WORD LIST #13 WILL COME HOME IN YOUR CHILD'S FOLDER ON TUESDAY NIGHT.

THE CHILDREN REALLY ENJOYED THE "YUMMY YOGURT TASTE TEST" AND THE GRAPHING WE DID SHOULD BE IN YOUR CHILD'S FOLDER. THEY TRIED STRAWBERRY, BLUEBERRY, VANILLA AND PEACH YOGURT. PLEASE TALK WITH HIM/HER ABOUT IT. I HAVE TO SAY ALL CHILDREN WERE WILLING TO TRY ALL FOUR FLAVORS. MOST OF THE CLASS LIKED ALL FOUR FLAVORS-FINALLY A HEALTHY SNACK THEY ALL LIKE!!

HAVE A RESTFUL LONG WEEKEND!!!

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