January 24-30 Newsletter

Mrs. Morgan’s Newsletter
Week of January 24-30
These are the skills we will be focusing on this week:
*We will be reading the story One Little Mouse together and will focus on the comprehension skill of sequence (the order in which things happen).
*We will focus on: reading and writing words with consonant blends (A consonant blend is when two consonants make a blended sound. For example, the word “frog” has the consonant blend “fr”. The students would sound out the word like this: /fr/ /o/ /g/. More examples of consonant blends include “sled’, “clap”, and “plug”.
*We will be able to read and spell the high-frequency words: zero, one, two, three, four, five (Your child brought home a Ziploc bag with the number words zero-ten. Please add these to your flashcard collection and practice daily. We will be covering the number words six, seven, eight, nine, and ten next week in class.)
*Our Amazing Words this week: woodland, nest, vale, hollow, comfortable, shadows
*Math: This week we will continue our geometry unit. Students should be able to identify 2D shapes (circle, oval, square, rectangle, triangle, heart, star, trapezoid, parallelogram, pentagon, hexagon, octagon, and diamond/rhombus) and 3D shapes (cylinder, cube, cone, pyramid, rectangular prism). Students will also be learning about fractions. They will be able to identify shapes that are whole objects, that show equal parts, that show unequal parts, and that show ½ .
*We will continue learning about economics. Students will be learning about jobs, spending/saving money, making choices, wants and needs, goods and services, scarcity, and opportunity cost.
*Friday Spelling Test: zero, one, two, three, four, five
*Friday Addition Facts Test: doubles through 10 (1+1, 2+2, 3+3, 4+4, 5+5, 6+6, 7+7, 8+8, 9+9, 10+10)

News & Reminders:
*Don’t forget to continue working on your 100th Day of School projects. The 100th Day of School will be Thursday, January 28. Please have your project in by that day. (If at all possible, bring it in THAT day.) I have reprinted the 100th day of school letter on the back of this newsletter. (It is the exact same letter that was on last week’s newsletter.)
*Please practice tying shoes at home. Thank you!!!

Upcoming Dates:
1. Friday, February 12, 8-9 a.m. – Jump Rope for the Heart
2. Friday, February 12, 1-2 p.m. – Valentine’s Party
3. Monday, February 15 – No School (President’s Day)

Have a great week,
Mrs. Morgan amy.morgan@glasgow.kyschools.us
Class Blog: http://highlandkindergarten.blogspot.com