Kindergarten Monthly

December 2011

Our monthly newsletter will be posted on our blog, as well as on the Kendall webpage. To access the monthly newsletters on the Kendall webpage, please use this address, http://kendall.ipsd.org/Subpage.aspx?id=722, and then click on the tab “newsletters”.  Please check the blog at the end of the month for the next month’s information!  Your child’s teacher will put a week in review on her own classroom blog that will be written with the children and it will go over what was learned that week.

Look What’s Going on…

Literacy

During the course of the school year, your child will be involved in many language arts projects.  These projects will be both group and individual efforts.  Some will come home and others will stay at school to be used for reading practice.  All the projects are designed to extend literature, expose your child to print, and provide enjoyment. 

The literacy focus skills for December will be sequence, summarize and retell information from a story and create illustrations and/or written response to answer questions about a story.

In December we will be learning one sight word each week. The sight words for December are we and can.  A complete listing of our sight words should have come home with your students in their popcorn tubs.

In December we will be learning about the letters N and D. Please continue to review the Jolly Phonics sounds as well as our “letter of the week”.   

We will be reading books relating to our literacy focuses, such as Dazzle the Dinosaur, a non-fiction book about dinosaurs, How Much is that Doggie in the Window, Arthur Writes a Story, The Napping House, The Mitten & Noisy Nora.  Which story is your child’s favorite? 

 Math

We will continue to work on patterns this week (generating and extending). We will also be introducing the concept of addition and greater than/less than.

This month we will also be working on shapes, “teens” numbers and calculator counting!  Any review of shapes at home is greatly appreciated. 

Social Studies & Science

Throughout the month of December the students will continue to read and discuss books about family, friends and holidays.

We continue working in our Seasons unit, which will extend through December.  You will see small books coming home about each season as well as a culminating season’s activity. 

Reminders…

·        Parents, as winter rolls around and your child(ren) are dressing warmly in boots, coats etc., it is a great time to practice independence with tying shoes, zipping coats, zipping backpacks.  Independence in these skills makes the transitions between school, recess and home much more smoothly.  Thank you for your assistance at home. 

·        Stop, Walk & Talk

We continue to encourage and model the stop, walk and talk method for students. Students are becoming more comfortable using these methods to assist them when they come to a difficult situation with a friend.  They are also doing a great job following the Patriot Guidelines. 

Wanted…

Nothing J

Important Dates…

·        December 23-Jan. 8 – Winter Break

·        January 9 – School Resumes