November 8th

This week we started a  new reading unit learning all about plants!  So far we have learned that plants are living things that need water, air, sunlight and food to grow.  We learned that a plants leaves have a very important job called photosynthesis.  The leaves create food for the plant.  We also learned how the roots supply water and nutrients to the rest of the plant.  Today we learned about the life cycle of a plant and compared it to the life cycle of people.  The conversations your kindergartners have around the topic of plants has been exciting to listen to!  

Dates for your calendar!  

                                          December 10th--9:45-1:30pm  Field Trip to the Grand Rapids Public Museum

                                          December 12th--2:30pm  Kindergarten/1st grade Christmas Concert

                                          December 20th -- Polar Express Day Fun! 

                                          March 12th--9:30-11:30am  Field Trip to the Grand Rapids Children's                                                                                                   Museum

More information on the specifics of each field trip will be coming home.  I will be sending out a Sign Up Genius for each field trip for volunteers.  Parent volunteers must have a volunteer consent form filled out and on file with the office prior to attending/volunteering on any field trip.  You can find that form here if you need to complete that yet:  

Volunteer Consent Form

New Vocabulary this week:  soil, mature, photosynthesis, germination 

Phonics/Foundational Skills:  We finished up unit 3 and started unit 4 this week.  Your child brought home their unit 3 skills book.  Pages not completed are extra practice for at home if you'd like.  Next week I will begin assessments for report cards as we are finishing up the first trimester of school already.  Please practice the first nine sight words:  the, I, at, and, a, if, it, is, in

These are the letters your child should be able to identify and give the correct sound for this week:  a, i, o, m, t, d, g, c and n

We are also learning to print these lowercase letters and build words with all the letters we have learned.

Here are the sight words "heart words" we should know:   the     a     I    one   two   three

Here are the decodable words they should know and be able to read:  at   it  got  it   in  and   if  am  on

  

Home Activities:  Any from our skills 3 books

Math:  This week finished up shapes and moved on to discussing what it means to add.  The kids were eager to work in groups to solve problems and discover what happens when you put multiple objects together and them compare quantities.  

Take a Peek at our Week...

Our first official reading book!