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 also remember to check your child’s lunch
account regularly and make sure that there is enough money in their lunch account.
Reading for Literary
Experience
Students will read
informational text.
Students will ask
and answer questions about key
details in a text.
Students will continue to define the
roles of the author
and illustrator.
Students will identify the main topic
and retell key details in the text.
Foundational Skills
We will continue to
work with letters
and letter sounds.
We will continue to
practice our high
frequency words.
It is important
that your child
knows the 31 Kindergarten words.
The students
should be able to
recognize and read
the words.
Writer’s Workshop
Volume , Issue
Students will
begin informational writing for
the first time.
We will work together to research and write
informational
text. Students
will collaboratively work together
to identify a class
topic, pose questions about the
topic, and gather
information.
January 8, 2016
Dates to Remember
Jan. 1: No school
Jan. 4: County reading test
begins
Jan. 15: PTA movie night
Jan. 18: Holiday—No school
Jan. 22: End of 2nd marking
period
Jan. 25: Professional DayNo school for students
Jan. 26: 3rd marking period
begins
Jan. 29: 5th grade Living
History Presentations 9:30-11
Math
Students will begin to compose (making) quantities and decompose numbers less than 10 into pairs. Decomposing a
number means to break down numbers into their sub-parts.
Students will work with the teacher to solve word problems. Students will develop their understanding of counting
by tens to 100. We will also review the following items for
the end of the marking period: counting to 31 without a
mistake, writing our numbers correctly, 1:1 correspondence, one more or one less up to 10, and using different
counting strategies.
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Mill Creek Towne Kindergarten News
County Reading Test
The month of January is a busy month for Kindergarten students. The students will be tested in reading
and in math. The students will take the county reading test from January 4th-January 29th. It is very
important that your child comes to school everyday
and on time. Your child should eat a good breakfast in
the morning and have a good night’s sleep the night
before. Your child will be asked to perform several
tasks and we do not want anything to hamper their
performance. Please review letter sounds, letter
recognition, and high frequency words with them.
The students will also be asked to answer several
questions like retelling a story and blending sounds
together. If your child will be absent please let your
child’s teacher know.
Our Science Unit and Social Studies Unit
The students are very excited about our new science
unit this month. The students will be observing
mealworms and watching
them change into darkling
beetle. The students will be
able to identify the life cycle. We will continue to discuss living things.
In Social Studies we will
continue to discuss maps
and globes. We will identify
a location using terms such
as near –far, above-below,
here-there, etc.
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.
 Collaborate from all directions with all stakeholders is key to success.
 Support differentiated instruction for various learning styles by using practices that engage and motivate students to learn.