Alma Flor Ada and Strega Nona

This week we will complete our Tell Me A Story Planner.  We will be doing an author study on Alma Flor Ada and also read many books from the Strega Nona series.  Some of the activities we will do are...
1) Read Jordi's Star and paint our own pond and star.
2) Read The Gold Coin and write about what we would do with a golden coin.
3) Read The Rooster Who Went to His Uncle's Wedding and sequence the events of the story.
4) Read The Malachite Palace and make a friendship quilt.
5) Read The Three Golden Oranges and make our own orange tree.

This week we are out of LDC so we will pick back up with journal writing.  I sent home some extra journals so that you could practice at home.  If you are monitoring your child when they are writing at home, some things you might point out are spaces between words, using only one capital letter per sentence, and taking time to form letters correctly.  When your child has filled up his or her journal, send it back to school to receive a prize.  This may take a month or more.

Our sight words this week are OR, HAD and UP.

In math we will continue learning about measuring and move in to ordinal numbers.

Other Important Information:
- This week we will have a Positive Works pep rally on Friday.  Please send your child to school in a blue uniform shirt.
- Book Orders are due on Wednesday.  FYI I saw a pack of Sight Word Readers that may be helpful if your child is struggling with memorizing the sight words.  This is the hardest part for those kiddos on level 3 because these words can't be sounded out.
- Fairy Tale Village Home Project---Look for info in the Tuesday folder.
- Here are some dates of interest.  They are not all set in stone, but should be pretty accurate.  I will continue to add to the list as things get scheduled.
       February 1- 100th Day of School
       March 11- Field Day
       March 14-18- Spring Break
       April 5- Zoo Field Trip
       April 20- Kindergarten Singing Program @ 6:30
       May 13- Moody Gardens Field Trip
       May 31- Kindergarten Awards
       June 1- Kindergarten End of Year Party
      

Welcome Back!

Happy New Year!  I hope you all had a wonderful and restful winter break and are ready for an exciting and eventful semester in KINDERGARTEN!
Over the next 2 weeks we will be studying fairy tales.  We will read various versions of the 3's---TheThree Bears, Three Billy Goats Gruff, and The Three Little Pigs.  Some of our activities will be 1) Make a story board for the Three Little Pigs, 2) 3 Pigs listening activity, 3) Too Hot/ Too Cold activity, 4) Make our own Billy Goats book, 4) Make a Goldilocks class book, and 5) Create and describe our own troll.
We will also being going to LDC this week and next.
Our sight words will be AS, ON, UP, YES, OR and ALL.
In math we will focus on geometry (solid and flat figures) and measurement.
REMINDER- Friday is an early dismissal day.
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