kindergarten
Hawthorne Scholastic Academy
Authors work in partnerships
to revise our writing!
Synonyms/Antonyms
MRS KIECKHEFER
MRS BICE
FEBRUARY 3, 2017
Author’s Celebration
We loved celebrating our writing! Our
Aut hor Celebration was a huge
success!
Writers received their first
piece of writing they did in
Kindergarten and compared that to the
true story they published for the
Author’s Celebration! My, oh my, have
we grown! Most students did not even
put any letters or words down! Now,
we ’r e w r i t i n g t r u e s t o r i e s w i t h
beginnings, middles, and endings! We
read our writing to the guests who
were able to make it, and received
compliments on our writing.
If you
were not able to make it to this
celebration, don’t worry, there will
more more opportunities to come in!
There were plenty of adults, teachers,
and all 3 administrators there
supporting and listening to all of our
kinder writers! I hope you were able to
spend some time looking over your
child’s work, final piece, and the
compliment page! Some things we’ve
been working on are writing true
stories with a beginning, middle and
end, using lowercase letters, spelling
heart words correctly, spaces between
words, and end marks. Thank you for
supporting your published author!
Overheard
in Kindergarten
This week, we learned about synonyms
and ant onyms! We lear ned t he
difference by singing along to a song
called Synonym Stomp! We made
mini-books to showcase our learning
about synonyms and antonyms and
practiced using t hat word in a
sentence.
Anytime you see an
opportunity to talk about synonyms
and antonyms with your child, please
do so!
days smarter! Please read the letter
that was sent home yesterday, or see
the link on our website blog that gives
you information regarding your child’s
100 Day Project. This should be a fun
activity that your child enjoys. He/she
should be able to count up to 100 and
help sort the 100 objects into 10
groups of 10. Practice counting by 5s
and by 10s, too!
Projects will be
displayed in the hallway for the school
to view, and are due on Thursday,
February 16. Please do not send them
in early, as we are limited on storage
space!
Special Request: toys
We have had a lot of students bring
to ys, lip gloss, stuffe d an imals,
Hatchimals, keychains, etc. to school.
We know how much our kiddos love
these toys, but please encourage them
to keep them safe at home.
Thank
you for keeping an extra eye out for
these toys and making sure they don’t
sneak into backpacks!
Q2 Wrap-up
Author Celebration!
European Celebration
Thank you to the families who already
signed up to bring items for the
European Celebration. If you’d still like
to sign up, please do so on our google
doc by Tuesday morning, so we can
get everything ready for Friday’s
event.
100th Day Celebration
So many celebrations!! We have
another celebration coming up, and
this one celebrates how we are 100
Can you believe the year is 1/2 over!?
You will receive your child’s report
card, current BAS level, Scholastic
book order forms, and MAP data next
week. Please keep an eye out for a
manila envelope. We look forward to
seeing you again for parent-teacher
conferences at the end of Q3! If we
feel we need to meet with your family
regarding your child’s progress, we will
reach out to you!
Important words
we learned:
Heart Words
this week:
Revise
up, down
Editing Checklist
synonym
antonym
Heart Words
next week:
out, of
SEL theme next week: Honesty
Toasts from the Author’s Celebration:
“I am proud of how much we’ve grown as writers since the first day of school!”
“I am proud of our words!”
“To our families!”
“I just want everyone to be happy and glad that they did it. We’re writers!”
If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact us at [email protected] or [email protected]