November
Kindergarten
News
Time is flying by in kindergarten. We have finished our first
quarter and are looking forward to
new and exciting things in quarter
two.
The kindergartners are doing a
great job learning poetry. Most
weeks we work on a poem together
as a class. Later in the week we
highlight sight words and illustrate our poem. When they read
poetry, it improves fluency and
confidence in their ability to read.
Please remember that we go
outside each day for recess unless
it’s raining or very cold. As the
weather gets cooler, have your
student dress for the temperature. Please label everything.
Curriculum 2.0 covers
health education for kindergarten students. The children
are learning why it is important
to keep clean and the steps for
proper hand washing.
We look forward to seeing
all of you over the next two
weeks or so during
parent/teacher conferences.
You should have received confirmation of your time and
date. Please arrive on time and
understand that we will adhere
to the schedule. Thank you for
your cooperation and understanding in this matter.
- The Kindergarten Team
What’s Going On In Class?
Reading: Students will identify
major events in a story, identify
characters and setting, define the
role of author and illustrator, substitute initial sounds to make new
words, read common highfrequency words by sight.
November sight words: it, up, go,
you, see, me
Writing: Students will demonstrate command of conventions
(capitalization, punctuation, and
spelling), print upper and lower
case letters, and add drawings to
descriptions for additional detail.
Math: Students will continue to
practice counting from 1 to 100 by
1s and 10s, write numbers from
0—20, when given a number from 1
-20 will count out that many objects, and will describe measureable attributes of objects such as
length or weight.
Science: Students will observe,
describe, and compare the life cycles of different kinds of plants.
Social Studies: Students will describe a globe as a model of the
earth, and identify land forms,
such as mountains and bodies of
water.
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
Important Dates
Nov. 2 work day for
teachers, no school for
students
Nov. 11 and 12:
Early release for
parent/teacher conferences (12:55)
and
Scholastic Book Fair
(Each class will have a
visit day and a purchase
day for the book fair—
more info to follow.)
Early release:
Nov. 25 (12:55)
Nov. 26 and 27—
No school for Thanksgiving holiday