Kindergarten Happenings Week of March 28 – April 1, 2011

This week we in math we will be using tangrams and also continuing to work on patterns, money, and graphing.
In reading, we will be reading a story called “If You Could Go to Antarctica”. This an informational story to teach the children about this cold place. Our focus skill is classifying and categorizing.
In phonics, we will be learning the letter q and its sound as in queen. We will be learning that q is always written with the letter u. We will be having a “wedding” of the letters as a fun way to help us remember the two letters being together. A separate letter has been sent home explaining this. The wedding will be taking place on Friday, April 1. On Thursday, March 31 we will have “Queen for a Day”. The girls of the class may wear a dress and crown for the day if they wish. The boys will have to make a special effort to treat all the girls royally for this day. There will not be show and tell this week. Word list 18 has been sent home. The test for this list will be Thursday, March 31. This will be the last week that I send home the word lists. Starting with word list 19, I will be assessing the students ability to decode and blend the words using their phonics skills with no home preparation.
Report card testing is being completed and report cards will be sent home soon. Please review the report card and sign and return it the following week. A copy of the results of the third quarter test will also be sent home for you to review. Most children have done a fantastic job and are showing all signs of readiness for first grade.