• January 16- NO SCHOOL
• January 25- EARLY RELEASE
• January 26- NO SCHOOL
• January 27- NO SCHOOL

   

• 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.

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?”

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?

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.

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.

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?”

 

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

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.