Kindergarten Corner
January 28, 2013
IMPORTANT
INFORMATION!
A Peek At Our Week!
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Finn Sheeley
:
SUPER STAR
OF THE WEEK
“My favorite part of
Kindergarten is free
choice!”
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READING THEME: Outside My Door
FOCUS BOOKS: How Many Stars in the Sky?, What a Beautiful Sky!,
and What Will the Weather Be Like? (science link)
SKILLS:
 Visualizing the story
 Asking questions about the story
 Reading leveled stories.
FOCUS KINDERGARTEN WORD(s): review
WORDS WE SHOULD KNOW: yes, no, I, like, the, and, see, we, a, to
come, me, with, my, you, what, are, now
Our Valentine’s Day party will
be on Friday, February 15th.
The students may bring
valentines, but please do not
write names on them. Please
let me know if you have any
other questions.
There is NO SCHOOL on
Monday, February 18th and
Tuesday, February 19th.
LOOKING AHEAD...
March Conferences are
Thursday, March 7th.
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PHONICS & PRINTING FOCUS: Rr
Ask your child who the alpha friend is for this week!
SKILLS:
 Identify the letter “r” and listen for words that begin with /r/
 Reading and writing words with the short vowel sounds.
 Sorting picture cards according to their ending sound
 Writing in our journals and writing a class book about our field trip.
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MATH
SKILLS and ACTIVITIES:
 This week, we will explore measuring! We will
measure with our body and different measuring
tools. We will also read a story called “How Big is
A Foot?”
 Games: Save the Bears! (works on tens and ones)
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GOLDFISH, GUPPIES AND GROUNDHOGS
This week, we will continue learning about fish! We will observe a new
kind of fish (guppies), and then we will compare and contrast goldfish
and guppies. We will also complete our fish circle map and write a book
of fish facts! On Friday, we will read a book about Groundhog’s day and
make cute groundhog pop-ups.
STATION VOLUNTEERS
Fridays from 2:15-3:15
Feb. 1
Jay Stracke
Rachel Christian
Feb. 8 Kristi Zentner
Allen Pofahl
Feb. 22 Kara Heinle
Volunteer Needed!
March 1 Jay Stracke
Volunteer Needed!
SPECIALS
Monday: Music and
Computer Lab
Tuesday: Gym
Wednesday: Music
Thursday: Gym
Friday: Art and Library