1. Mrs. Hake’s
Friday, Dec. 2nd
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Week in Review:
at Next Week
This week we met O and Q. During groups, we worked hard on sounding out to write words. We read an amazing book, Cookie Count, by Robert Sabuda and practiced matching objects to numbers using cookies and adding and subtracting within 5.We even worked on addition problems with missing numbers! YUM! We wrote our wish list at the art center and discussed being generous this time of year and all year long. We completed a giant elf project and an elf application. We also explored sound and the fact that it is made by vibration. Our classroom elf arrived and we are working hard to have him send a good report about us.
Theme for the Week: Gifts and Santa
Letter: G/S
Math: Adding, making ten, missing addends
Science/Social Studies: Customs, traditions, and family celebrations
Popcorn Word: go/on
Upcoming Events:
Friday, December 16th – Pretzel Day
Tuesday, December 20th – Christmas Party
December 21st – January 2nd Christmas Break (No School)
Tuesday, January 3rd – First day back in 2017
Contact info:
Kari Hake

2. Ways to prepare for the holidays and practice kindergarten skills:
Party
The next big celebration in Kindergarten is our Holiday Party. The party will be on Tuesday, December 20th at 10:00. As always, parents are welcome, but not obligated to attend our celebration. Our homeroom mom will be contacting families to donate items or time as needed. There is NO gift exchange in Kindergarten!
Things to Practice
Writing 0– 10 correctly
Write letters and numbers in the snow
Use a frosty window as a place to practice shapes, numbers, letters, name writing, sight words, addition and subtraction…
Match objects to numbers – use ornaments or candy canes. Then try adding and subtracting!
Keep Reading!
Ways to prepare for the holidays and practice kindergarten skills:
Have children sound out to write holiday/new year cards.
Have children sign their own name to Holiday cards.
Have them sound out and help write thank you notes.
Sort ornaments by color and create a pattern. Try adding and subtracting.
Count presents.
Have children zip their own coat before heading out.
Keep moving over the holidays to stay warm – try hopping, skipping, jumping, throwing, and catching.
Rhyme with holiday words.
Look for target letter and sight words in holiday books.
Rainbow WORDS
Trace, cut, practice:
out go on