January 18-21

Welcome back! It seems like we've had so many days off lately. I think we're all having a hard time adjusting to being at school! Here's what we're learning this week:

Literacy
We are talking about the letter Ii and our letter friend Iggy Iguana. We are focusing in the short i sound as in igloo or iguana. Feel free to talk to your child about the long i sound as in ice, but we will really only be talking about the short sound in kindergarten.
Our word wall words this week are: in, it, is
Our word family is: -it
We will be doing activities with our word wall words and word family to help the kids continue to sound out words. When practicing at home, you can have your child sound out all three sounds in the word (c-a-t) or sound it out by the first sound and the word family (c-at). Either way will help your child learn how to read!
In writing we are starting a new unit. We will still be writing stories from our lives, but we will now start writing 3 page booklets with a beginning, middle, and end. This week we won't be doing a whole lot of physical writing but practicing orally telling stories that have a beginning, middle, and end. Therefore, any practice doing this at home would be beneficial for your child!

Math
We are starting chapter 7, which focuses on the hundreds chart. We will be looking at the hundreds chart and seeing what patterns we can identify by looking at the rows and columns and how we can find a number quickly by seeing those patterns. We will also start learning how to count by 10's!

MLK
In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. day, we read a story today about why he is an important American hero. It was an interactive story that hopefully the kids got something out of. We focused on how unfair the laws were in America back in MLK's time and what he did to change that. We discussed how he fought for fairness, equality, and peace. We will read the story again tomorrow and finish up an activity with it. Stay tuned for pictures! :-)

Kindergarten Lunch
Your child should have come home with a note today about an "Eat with Your Kindergarten Student" lunch. In case your note got lost, here are the details about it:

It is time for our second annual "Eat With Your Kindergarten Student" lunches. On January 28th, please come join us in the lunchroom at 10:45. Your child's class will go through the line first at 11:00. The cost of lunch is $2.90 for adults and $2.00 for children. You can pay when you go through the lunch line. We are looking forward to having you join us for lunch. The day will be scheduled in the following way:
10:45-11:00 Meet with Mrs. Honeycutt in lunchroom
11:00-11:35 Eat with your child's class and teacher
11:35-11:55 Join your child and their class for recess
11:55-12:15 Join your child in their class for an enrichment activity