Kindergarten News
January 2016
Burnt Mills Elementary School
Ms. Arango ~ Ms. Bolden ~ Ms. Miller ~ Ms. Powell ~ Ms. White
Happy New Year!
A special thank you to all of the parents who
were chaperones on our field trip to Imagination
Stage (December 22)
Jan. 18 - No School Dr. Martin Luther King Day
Jan. 25 - No School, Professional Day for
Teachers
February 3 - Report Card sent home
Remember to. . .
Return library books and homework each week.
Label your child’s winter coat.
In Reading. . .
In Math. . .
We will review the job of authors and illustrators. We
We are counting up to 50 and beyond and to 100 by
will read informational text that we will use to
10’s.
We are modeling addition and subtraction word
determine the main topic, ask and answer questions
problems. We are comparing two groups of objects to
about a topic, as well as, pick out key details. We
determine which group has more. Finally, we are
continue to practice letter sounds and sight words.
breaking
a group of objects (up to 10) into two parts
Remember to read at home every night and record
and recording the amount in each part and the total.
the book on your January reading log.
In Social Studies. . .
We are studying how maps can be used to locate
places. We will also discuss how people have to
adapt to and modify the environment around them,
for example building a bridge to cross a river.
In Science. . .
We are studying the life cycle of different animals.
We will learn firsthand about mealworms; we will have
some in our classroom. Our mealworms should arrive
this week. We will make and record observations
about our mealworms
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For more parent information…
In Writing. . .
We will write to inform. We will use a combination of
drawing, dictating, and writing to write about a topic.
We will do some research to help us learn more
about selected topics. We will discuss what nouns
are. We are also work on spelling sight words and
recording the sounds that we hear in words.
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For online resources for your child…
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www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/burntmillses
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then click on Online Resources
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activities.