Mrs. Vaughn's Kindergarten

Events of the Week:  

• Math—We continued working with number bonds.  We practiced using the numbers 6, 7, and 8 and breaking the numbers into different parts.  A math homework paper is coming home today.  Be sure to sit with your child and help him/her complete the page together.  Please return the page on Monday.  

• Language Workshop— We started our research project on seals.  We read a variety of books and used many resources to help us find facts (PebbleGO, Kids World Book Online, National Geographic Kids, various websites, etc.).  As we gathered information on seals, we wrote a list of facts about them.  Next week, we’ll use these facts to write an informational paper as a class about seals.
• Writing Workshop— We used our seal facts to practice writing in a complete sentence.   Your child should be able to tell you the components of a good sentence:  It is a complete thought, begins with a capital letter, ends with a punctuation mark, includes finger spacing between words, and unknown words are “stretched out” (spelled phonetically.  For example, “boat” = “bot”).
• Reading Workshop—Students are working daily in Literacy Centers.  While students are working independently, I am meeting with small groups to focus on different reading skills.  
• Word Study— We focused on syllable segmenting and blending this week.  We practiced by counting the number of syllables in our names, food items from the kitchen center, and by sorting  pictures on the smartboard.  We also practiced blending the syllables to make a word (ex. /jel/ /ly/ /fish/).  

Important Dates:

• Jan. 29:  100th Day of School (dress like a 100 year-old)
• Jan. 30:  101st Day of School (dress in black & white)
• Feb. 9:  Valentine Party (be watching for more details)
• Feb. 15:  Jump Rope for Heart form and money due
• Feb. 22:  Jump Rope for Heart (during our P.E. time)

Valentine Party Information was sent home this week.  Remember, please let your child write the Valentine’s.

Have fun creating the box together!

Library Books:  Remember to please take care of the library books while they are at your house.  A good idea is to keep the library book in your child’s backpack when it is not being read.  Library books are due back each Friday, so your child can check out a new book.  :)

Next Week:

• We will continue our class research project about penguins.
• We will continue to work on number bonds and begin addition.
• Our sight word will be “are” and bonus words “
• We will learn about segmenting the sounds in words and blending sounds together to form words.
• We will celebrate the 100th and 101st days of school!!!

Have a great weekend!!

Mrs. Vaughn