Happy Thanksgiving!

News from Mrs. Straw’s Kindergarten

Week of November 22-24

Upcoming Events:

J November 25-26 No School (Happy Thanksgiving)

Notes:

J As the season of winter approaches I encourage you to send your child with their own stocking cap.  If your child doesn’t have one, remind them that they can’t borrow another student’s hat because of the possibility of head lice.  Here are a few things you can do to help prevent them: 1) Conduct weekly inspections of your child’s hair for at least 10-15 minutes in good light.  2) Remind your child not to share combs, brushes, headbands, barrettes, helmets, or hats. 

Things to Work on:

JI have started checking to see who knows their address.  We do have a few students in our class that know their address.  Please work with your child at home.  

What we have been up to:

Reading: We read the story Gregory the Terrible Eater  and talked about new vocabulary words: average and revolting.  This week the letters O and G were introduced.  Students were able to practice sorting pictures that started with O and G, and the review letters C and N. 

Math:  This week in math we practiced writing our numbers.  Please work with your child at home on this.   By the end of the year students need to be able to write to 20.  We also practiced some subtraction problem solving problems with apples.

Social Studies: We have been busy learning about Thanksgiving.  On Monday we made Indian hats to wear to our Thanksgiving Feast on Wednesday afternoon.  Tuesday, students made a picture of themselves as a pilgrim and then we talked about who the Pilgrims were.   On Wednesday we learned about what we eat for traditional Thanksgiving dinner.

Please contact me if you have any questions (712) 732-8074 or email sstraw@slcsd.org.

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News from Mrs. Straw’s Kindergarten

Week of November 15-19

Upcoming Events:

J November 25-26 No School (Thanksgiving)

Notes:

J Winter is here.  Please send your child with snow pants, boots, hats, gloves, and a winter coat every day. 

Things to Work on:

JBirthdays: About half our class know when their birthday is! When everyone knows their birthday we will have a special celebration. 

J We have also started working on spelling our last names. 

What we have been up to:

Reading: We read the story Caps for Sale and talked about new vocabulary words: ordinary, disturb, imitate, upset, refreshed, and satisfied.  This week we introduced the letters C, H, and W.  With each letter students practiced the sounds by using hand gestures.  Ask them to show you.

Math:  On Monday in math we continued our study on the number 5.  On Tuesday we learned a new game that reinforced counting.  Students rolled a die and counted out the corresponding pennies.  When the pennies were all drawn they counted all their pennies and decided who had the most and who had the least.  This week we also had math centers.  We worked on problem solving, created a turkey drawing by rolling a die, and recorded how many pattern blocks it took to fill a scarecrow.

Science: During our science time this week we finished our study on the food pyramid.  We discussed that last of the food groups: oils, dairy, and meat and beans.  We read these books: The Milk Group, The Milk Makers, The Meat and Bean Group, The Life Cycle of a Bean, Drinking Water, and Healthy Snacks. We ended our study on the food pyramid with a game of My Pyramid Go Fish.

Please contact me if you have any questions (712) 732-8074 or email sstraw@slcsd.org.