Kindergarten News - Week of January 12th

 

We have had 80 days of school!

Announcements/Reminders:

• NO School: Monday, January 19th - Martin Luther King Jr. Day

• NEXT SHOW and Tell: Olivia and Iron on Monday, January 26th

• Bloomz: Please check our latest photos in the “January 2026” album.

•    Practice at home: 

• Letters I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P

• Tapping out three letter words

• Math “Adding Pennies”

• Word Wall review: this, like, to, too, she, he, said

Show and Tell:

It was so much fun to resume Show and Tell this week! First Nylah presented her Robokitty. As usual, Nylah spoke very seriously about this special toy, but then surprised everyone when the kitty started to do some tricks! It walked backwards, danced a little, rushed towards them and even tried to do a flip! Needless to say it made quite an impression. Next up was Leith with his T-Rex toy. It looked so real with his sharp teeth and claws! When someone asked "What does it do?" Leith said "Nothing", but then demonstrated that when you use your imagination, it can do just about anything you want it to. Great job to both. They got the next round of Show and Tell off to a great start!

MATH: Fives & Ones With Money:

On your next shopping trip
your Kindergartner will be able to help you count the change! At least all the pennies and Nickels! This week we practiced counting by 5’s and 1’s using Nickels and Pennies. As usual we practiced through fun math games. In “Money March” we used a spinner which had combinations of Pennies and Nickels to determine how many spaces we could move forward. At the end of the week we introduced the last Work Place for Unit 4 “Race You To 15¢”, where we practiced counting up to five by 1’s and then by 5’s to 15 using Penny and Nickel coins.

SEL (Social Emotional Learning):

This months lesson reviewed how to manage conflict. Ms. Bird reminded the class about the meaning of conflict and they discussed how to manage different situations where there is a conflict. Then she read the book "Up the Creek" by Nicholas Oldman, which followed a moose, a bear, and a beaver trying to solve conflicts. To conclude the lesson, everyone had the opportunity to act out a conflict and then how it could be solved. For example, two friends get to the swing at the same time and argue about who should get to use it. One friend then decides to use the monkey bars for now and the other friend follows up by saying they could switch in a bit, giving both a turn on the swings. Once again, great acting Kindergarten!

Social Studies/ART: 

With the upcoming MLK holiday, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was our main focus this week. The class as a whole engaged well in our discussion. Aside from the coloring sheet, we will be creating a "peace tree". Everyone should be thinking about things they promise to do to be peaceful citizens. The idea came from a Sesame Street video(Sesame Street: Martin Luther King Jr. Day). I encourage all family members to add a leaf to our tree when it's ready.

Our Families:

Kinnick brought his family picture to add to our family section of the classroom. He did a wonderful job of introducing his family members and talking about the exciting family vacation in Arizona!