January 3-7

Welcome back! I hope you all had a nice holiday break. It went by really fast! It was fun to see the kids back today, excited to learn! Here's what's going on this week!

Literacy
We are talking about the letter Ff. Our alphafriend is Fifi Fish. The kids are doing great on recognizing all the letters and knowing what sound they make. What we really need some help on from home is forming the letters with the correct strokes. Those lowercase f's can be tricky! We will also be working on reading and writing simple words like: fan, pan, cat, tap, etc. They are going to get to build some of these words and choose one to draw a picture of!
Our word wall words this week are: you, love. Again, the kids are doing great with the sight words. Keep working on them in your homework bags!
In writing we will be reviewing a lot of the things we've learned this quarter including periods, spaces, draw details in pictures, and where capital letters go.

Math
We will continue our number unit. We focused on the numbers 21-30 today and will be doing some more with those numbers tomorrow. The rest of the week we will be reviewing all the numbers by playing some games and doing some fun activities!

Library
We go to the library every Friday. Some of your children have books that are overdue. There will be a note in their blue folder if they have a book that needs to be returned.

Show and Tell
Remember that show and tell is on Friday. Your child may bring an item that fits in their backpack to share with their friends.

Club Sign Up
In their blue folders there is also the club sign up pamphlet for next quarter. If you would like to sign your child up for a club be sure to return the form as soon as possible.

Schedule Change
We have made a small change in our schedule. Recess used to be in the morning between work station time and we teachers felt like stopping to take them out and bring them back in was losing a lot of instructional time. Therefore, we moved recess to after lunch. So here is the new kindergarten schedule:
9:00-9:15 Opening
9:15-9:45 Whole Group Reading
9:45-10:45 Work Stations
10:45-11:05 Teacher Discretion
11:05-11:40 Lunch
11:40-12:00 Recess
12:00-1:05 Math/Calendar
1:05-1:45 Specials
1:45-2:00 Recess
2:00-2:40 Writer’s Workshop
2:40-3:00 Integrated
3:00-3:25 Choice Time
3:25-3:35 Closing
3:35-3:38 Dismissal