Mill Creek Towne
Kindergarten News
It is important that you check your child’s green home folder, complete
any information, and repack it in his/her backpack. Please remember to
return the homework journal on Thursdays. Please remember to dress
warmly for outside weather.
Reading for Literary
Experience
This month we will
continue to discuss
concepts about print
to prepare for the
county reading test
next month. Please
work with your child
on discussing the title
page of a book, pointing to each word, and
where to begin reading. We will review
identifying characters,
setting, and beginning,
middle, and end of the
story. Also, we will be
reviewing how to retell
a story.
Foundational Skills
We have continued to
work with letters and
letter sounds. Next
month we will measure
reading progress using
the county reading assessment. Please work
with your child on recognizing all upper and
lower case letters. We
will continue to practice our high frequency
words. We learned how
to count syllables in
words and how to segment words.
Math
Writer’s Workshop
We continue to write
in our journals everyday. Students should
be able to read and
write the 31 word
wall words. This will
help their writing. We
are working on spacing and punctuation
marks.
Please help us by
helping your child to
sound out unknown
words, identifying the
31 word wall words,
and rereading to
make sure that the
sentence makes
sense.
This month our focus is on measurement. We will use cubes to
measure certain objects around our room. We will also discuss ten
frames. Students will develop visual images for quantities up to 10.
Students will count and compare quantities throughout this unit.
These activities will support students as they make connections
between counting and combining, which helps them begin to add and
subtract small numbers.
Volume , Issue
December 11, 2015
Dates to Remember
Dec. 1: Picture retake
Dec. 14: Choral Music
Concert @ 2:00 & 7:00
p.m.
Dec. 22-Jan. 4 Winter
Break
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Mill Creek Towne Kindergarten News
Ways to help your child
These are some ways you can help your child to be successful
this marking period:
 Make sure that your child has plenty of rest
 Make sure that your child has eaten breakfast
 Practice the upper and lowercase letters of the alphabet
 Practice the beginning sounds (don’t forget the vowels make
two sounds!)
 Review and practice the 31 kindergarten word wall words
 Return the homework journals every Thursday
 Make sure that your child comes to school every day and on
time
 Count to 31 and beyond everyday
 Discuss more/less/ equal sets
 Practice writing their numbers
Our Science Unit and Social Studies Unit
Our Science unit is on living things
this month. The students are learning what makes an animal or plant a
living thing. The students will ask
questions and seek answers about
how animals change and grow. We will
discuss the life cycles of animals.
We will also answer the question:
How do animals including humans
grow and change over time?
Our Social Studies unit is on human
made features. We will look at pictures to identify and describe ways
people adapt to their environment.
We will also learn about how people
change the environment to satisfy
their wants and needs.
Mill Creek Towne Elementary School
Vision and Mission Statements
The Mill Creek Towne Elementary School vision is to ensure the successful academic, social and personal development
of all students. Our mission is for the staff, students, and community to:
 Set high expectations based on the belief that all students can learn and succeed regardless of race, disability,
language, gender, ethnicity, and previous performance.
 Foster a positive, risk-free, safe learning environment of mutual respect.
 Promote open communication among stakeholders through PTA meetings, grade level newsletters, volunteer opportunities, the school website, and parent/teacher conferences.
 Support differentiated instruction for various learning styles