Kindergaten Monthly Newsletters
What are our Kindergarteners up to? Take a look to find out!
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Important Dates & Reminders
Important Dates
- January 16- NO SCHOOL
- January 25- EARLY RELEASE
- January 26- NO SCHOOL
- January 27- NO SCHOOL
Reminders
- If you have any questions or concerns please reach out to your child's teacher via email or talking points
- If your child is in need of a winter coat, please let their teacher know.
See what our Kindergarteners are learning.
January
Language Arts
WHAT ARE WE LEARNING
- Learning to read and recognize high frequency words.
- Phonetically sounding out words when spelling.
- The difference between fiction and nonfiction texts.
- Make predictions about stories.
- Identify the beginning, middle and end of a story.
- Adding details to writing.
HOME PRACTICES
- Practice sounding out words that are unknown.
- Practice writing first and last names.
- Practice writing a story about something they experienced.
- Ask child questions about a story they read or you read
- “What was your favorite part?”
- “What was the main idea of the story?”
Math
WHAT ARE WE LEARNING
- Counting forward to 31
- Read/write numbers 0-20
- Count how many are in a set up to 20.
- Understanding Part Whole relationships.
- Composing and decomposing numbers to 5.
HOME PRACTICES
- Practice counting toys.
- Practice writing their numbers.
- Practice putting together two sets of numbers.
- 2 socks and 3 shirts, how many pieces of clothing?
Science & Social Studies
WHAT ARE WE LEARNING
- Community Helpers, different jobs that make up a community.
- Identifying places and objects on a map.
- Living vs. NonLiving things–what does a living thing need to survive?
- Studying daily weather patterns.
- Learn about seasons and the changes in weather.
HOME PRACTICES
- Ask your child about a community job they learned in school.
- Have your child look or listen to the daily weather forecast.
- Ask them if they will need a jacket, raincoat or an umbrella that day.
- Have your child keep a weather chart or journal at home.
AAP Curriculum & Strategies
A few of the AAP curriculum and strategies that kindergarten students have engaged in this month are: Plus, Minus, Interesting. Ask your child more about which strategies they engaged within their classroom in this month.
1st Quarter (November, October, & September)
Lanuage Arts
November
WHAT ARE WE LEARNING
- Building letter and sound knowledge of p, ch,u, b, r, f, w, r, e, and n
- Building Routines and Procedures for Word Study
- Listening and comprehension
- Understanding the connection between letters and their sounds
- Practicing drawing pictures about real life
HOME PRACTICES
- Identify letters in their names
- Ask beginning sounds of things around the house
- Ask questions about their day
- Read books to your child
- Ask them about what you just read.
- For example: “What happened in the story?”
October
WHAT ARE WE LEARNING
- Build letter and sound knowledge of g,m,l,ht,i,j,k
- Building Routines and Procedures for Word Study
- Listening and comprehension
- Begin to understand that letters make sounds
- Practice drawing pictures about real life
HOME PRACTICES
- Practice identify letters in their names
- Ask beginning sounds of things around the house
- Ask questions about their day
- Read books to your child
- Ask them about what you just read.
- For example: “What happened in the story?”
September
WHAT ARE WE LEARNING
- Letter Learning with Names
- Building Routines and Procedures for Word Study
- Listening and comprehension
- Begin to understand that letters make sounds
HOME PRACTICES
- Practice identify letters in their names
- Ask beginning sounds of things around the house
- Ask questions about their day
- Read books to your child
- Ask them about what you just read.
- For example: “What happened in the story?”
Math
November
WHAT ARE WE LEARNING
- Creating and extending patterns
- Read and write numbers 0-20
- Identify the number before and after a given number
- Counting to 30
- Count backwards from 10
- Explaining our thinking mathematically
HOME PRACTICES
- Practice counting
- Count items around the house or toys
- Identify patterns in the real world
- Practice writing numbers
October
WHAT ARE WE LEARNING
- Exploring math tools
- Read and Write Numbers 0-10
- Identify the number before and after a given number
- Counting to 20
- Count backwards from 10
- Explaining our thinking mathematically
HOME PRACTICES
- Practice counting
- Count items around the house or toys
- Identify patterns in the real world
- Practice writing numbers
September
WHAT ARE WE LEARNING
- Exploring math tools
- Sorting by size, shape, color
- Patterns
- Counting
- Explaining our thinking mathematically
HOME PRACTICES
- Practice counting
- Sort laundry or toys
- Identify patterns in the real world
Social Studies & Science
November
WHAT ARE WE LEARNING
- 3 R’s: Respect self, others and property
- Making Choices
- Change over time
- Holidays & traditions
- Maps & globes
- Making observations
- Living & non-living
- Weather
- Animal needs
October
WHAT ARE WE LEARNING
- Good Citizenship
- 3 R’s: Respect self, others and property
- Making Choices
- Change Over TIme
- Be able to describe locations of people, places and things
- Making Observations
- Squirrels
- Ants
- Pumpkins
HOME PRACTICES
- Practice respect self, others and property
- Give your child tasks to do around the household.
- Practice independency
- Go on a nature walk.
- Talk about what you observed.
- What senses did you use?
- Discuss making good choices.
September
WHAT ARE WE LEARNING
- Good Citizenship
- 3 R’s: Respect self, others and property
- Making Choices
- Change Over TIme
- Be able to describe locations of people, places and things
- Making Observations
- 5 senses
- Shadows
- Pumpkins
HOME PRACTICES
- Practice respect self, others and property
- Give your child tasks to do around the household.
- Practice independency
- Go on a nature walk.
- Talk about what you observed.
- What senses did you use?
- Discuss making good choices.