Character Counts

News from Mrs. Straw’s Kindergarten

Week of January 17-21

Upcoming Events:

JJanuary 18 Karissa’s Birthday

J January 20 Buena Vista County Naturalist talks to us about Hibernation

J January 25 100^th Day of School

Notes:

J On Monday we had an assembly that introduced Character Counts.  Character Counts focuses on six pillars of character: Trustworthiness, Respect, Responsibility, Fairness, Caring, and Citizenship.  Students will learn more about each pillar of character throughout the year.

Things to Work on:

JThis week the number six sight word was introduced.  I can really tell who has been practicing words at home, keep up the good work! J

J We have about half of the class knowing their phone number, please continue to work on phone numbers and address at home.

JA new skill for third quarter is saying the months of the year.  Many students are able to do this with a song that we have learned.  Help them remember them by asking them to sing you the song.

What we have been up to:

Reading: This week we read about Martin Luther King and were able to make a picture of him.  On Monday we also had a service learning project where we created placemats to give to Methodist Manor.  Three new word families were also introduced: -it, -in, and -ip.  On Friday we practiced sorting words into these word families.  This week we have started to write sentences about our PWIM poster.

Math:  In math this week had centers which involved a new game with beads.  We practiced writing addition number sentences with beads in a bag.  We also were able to complete a dot-to-dot of the Statue of Liberty.

Social Studies: We have started a new unit of study on winter.  We began by reading about winter and learning about what happens to plants and animals during winter.

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

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