Last week before vacation!

It is so crazy that the first half of Kindergarten is almost over!  The kids are just taking off on their reading!  I usually see huge gains on writing after Christmas break too!  I am sending home a holiday packet Wednesday to keep their brains thinking and when they think they are bored.  Hopefully they get bored and are ready to come back on Jan. 4!

We had a great day Friday learning about other jobs!  See the pictures below of the parents who were able to share about their jobs.  Thank you to all that took off of work to inform us!  The class did great listening and had great questions for the parents!

Soft G for Gingerbread week!  This week we are doing some fun activities with Gingerbread Man, Gingerbread Girl, and Gingerbread Kid books!  We compared and contrasted the Gingerbread Man and Gingerbread Girl books.  We looked for same and different characters and refrains or the phrase that each Gingerbread said in the book.

Wednesday we are going to do another activity finding Gingerbread men around school.  Shh!  Please keep it a secret from your child!

Christmas Break!  Please keep reading with your child and filling out the book-it calendar!  Also, don't forget to review those sight words and work on 3rd quarter sight words a few times over break. I sure don't want anyone to forget what they knew!

Sight words this week:  but, not, am
letter of the week:  soft Gg

Math this week!
We are on Topic 15.  Position and location of shapes.
We will quickly buzz through this topic as they all know position.  When we come back, we will go to backward to Topic 6.  Numbers to 100!  I am amazed at how many can write to 100 already!  Yahoo!

Coming Up!
Tues. Dec. 13  Winter Party
Thurs. Dec. 15  No School KDG, 1/2 day for 1st-5th

Dec. 19-Jan. 3   Christmas vacation

Jan. 4                 Back to School!

Nurse Amanda

Mr. Mike, Fingerprint Analyst

Mr. Brandon, Technology Specialist

Mr. Scott, Attorney

Ms. Heather, High School Biology Teacher in prior years

The week of Dec. 5-9.

I'm looking forward to a fun week in Kindergarten!

This week we are finishing up our Economics, Social Studies Unit talking about community helpers and those who do a service!  We will read nonfiction books on police officers, firefighters, doctors/nurses, and bakers.  Then we will make a "bubble map" giving details about each person.  Since we have our own school nurse here, we will get to hear about what Mrs. McGlasson's job is here at school and when she was a nurse in the hospital.  Finally, we will top off our week on Friday with Job Day!  It will be awesome to hear what some of our parents do at their job.

If your child hasn't turned in their book-it calendar, please do so by Wednesday!  It would be great to get a 100% participation this month!

Look for 3rd quarter sight words tomorrow or Wednesday!  I will retest over 2nd quarter words this Friday!  Is your child ready?

Sight words this week are:  by, word
Letter of the week:  Hard g (we pat our legs to make a gallop noise)  I also have them touch their throat when saying it to feel their Adam's apple move.  When we say the "soft g", you don't feel it move.

Math this week!
We took our Topic 14 math test on 2D Flat Shapes today, and began Topic 16 on 3D Solid Shapes.  It is fun to play with Geoboards, making shapes with rubberbands on a square pegboard.  We will also use pattern blocks to make compose bigger shapes.  

With the 3D shapes, we will learn which ones roll, slide, and stack.

Coming up!
Fri. Dec. 9    Job Day
Tues. Dec. 13  Winter Party
Thurs. Dec. 15  No School KDG, 1/2 day for 1st-5th
Dec. 19-Jan. 3   Christmas vacation