January
Kindergarten News
Happy New Year!!! We hope
everyone had a healthy and happy
winter break.
Please make sure your student
comes to school prepared for outside play. Unless it’s raining,
snowing, or uncomfortably cold, we
go out for snack and recess. The
students really need that opportunity to run around and get some
fresh air, but they need coats,
gloves, and hats. Label everything! Stop by the school lost-and
-found—it’s overflowing.
Thank you for notifying us
and/or the office when your child
is going to be absent. Due to
MCPS policy, you will still receive
an automated call.
A reminder that our school
day starts at 9:00 (first bell
is at 8:50). The whole class
is disrupted by tardy arrivals,
so it is important that your student arrive on time to participate in his or her classroom
routine. If you arrive after
9:00, please stop by the office
for a tardy slip, and allow your
child to come downstairs to the
classroom independently. Thank
you for your cooperation in this
matter.
Somerset
Elementary
Phone: (301) 657-4985
erin_c_crowley
@mcpsmd.org
antoinette_d_davidov
@mcpsmd.org
mary_j_janniello
@mcpsmd.org
paula_traywick
@mcpsmd.org
-The Kindergarten Team
Important Dates
What’s Going On In Class?
Reading: Students continue to identify the main topic and retell key details of a text, and compare and contrast experiences of characters in
familiar stories.
Science: Students identify similarities and differences between animal
babies and their parents, and observe, describe, and compare the life
cycle of a mealworm.
Writing: Students add details to
strengthen writing, and demonstrate
command of conventions of standard
English capitalization, punctuation,
and spelling.
Social Studies: Students identify
and describe physical and human–
made features in the environment,
and identify ways people adapt to
conditions in the environment.
Math: Students continue to count to
100 by ones and tens, count one
more—one less, and model addition
and subtraction word problems.
January sight words: do, got, had,
has, he, his
Jan. 18—no school
Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr. Day
Jan. 25—no school for
students, work day for
teachers