Kindergarten News
February 2016
Burnt Mills Elementary School
Ms. Arango – Ms. Bolden – Ms. Miller – Ms. Powell – Ms. White
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Dates to remember…
A special thank you to all the parents that have
 Feb. 1-8 Kindergarten assessments
agreed to help us on the Valentine’s Day
 Feb. 2nd In School Field Trip- send your
celebration! We appreciate your support.
permission and $1.00 by Feb. 5.
Remember to return homework and library
 Feb. 12th. Valentine’s Day parties 2:30books, and to label your child’s coats.
3:30pm. If your child can not celebrate
Feb. 1-8 Kindergarten is assessment period.
in the Valentine’s Day party, please tell
Please make sure children are rested and on time
your child’s teacher by Feb. 5.
to school.
 Feb. 15th Presidents Day- No School
February is Black History month. Look for special
 Feb. 19- Six Flags book log
events all this month!
In Reading we will read informational text. We In Math we are counting to 75. We are learning
will work on asking and answering questions to get
information. We will continue identifying
illustrators and authors in books, taking
opportunities to learn new vocabulary and looking
for real-life connections between words and
their use. Remember to read every night, record
your book in your reading log and Six Flags log
with 6 hours of reading, for a free ticket!
about 2D and 3D shapes, describing their
attributes and making comparisons.
We are going to learn directional and positional
words to describe where shapes are in our
environment.
In Social Studies we are learning about goods, In Science we are having fun observing the
workers who do services and make goods. We are metamorphosis of our Darkling Beetles. We will
continue learning about external features of
going to learn how trade is used to get goods.
plants and animals.
Teams will research specific animal features for
a group project.
In Writing we will narrate single events in order, Fun Website…
name topics, and state our opinions. We are going
Learn with me about goods and services at
to work hard on using end punctuation (.?) and http://youtu.be/wy0TrDCiqLw
capitalization. We are going to sound out words Lear how pencils are made. Como se fabrican los
and write letters for those sounds.
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