1. A Peek At What We Are Learning
Kindergarten News
February
What’s Happening
This Month
Weather
It is very cold outside. Please make sure your child has a winter coat, gloves and hats. We will be going outside unless it is below 0. If students have no snow pants and boots they can not play in the snow.
Feb. 8th: 100th Day of School
Feb. 12th & 14th: Conferences
Feb. 13th: Classroom Valentine Celebration
Feb. 14th & 15th: NO SCHOOL
Feb. 28th: Black History Program TBA
March 7th: Grandparents & Granola 8:00 AM
March 18th-22nd: NO SCHOOL – Spring Break
A Peek At What We Are Learning
Reading
Writing
We are still continuing to work on our unit of reading bigger and longer books. Students will still be using their reading super powers: pointer power, snap word power and sound power.
Our focus for writing is learning how to write how-to books. Students are learning that step 1 means first. Step 2 means next. Step 3 means then. Step 4 means last. The How-to unit is about how to teach someone how to do something with detailed steps. Students are continuing to learn about our how to segment words by taping out the sounds and writing the sounds they hear.
Math
We are still learning about measuring in Unit 4. Students will learn the vocabulary long and short and be able to compare lengths. Students will have the opportunity to measure lots of different things.
Social Studies
We will begin learning about Black History. We will be learning more about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. , Rosa Parks, Ruby Bridges, Barrack Obama and Jackie Robinson.
Weekly Words
OUR SCHOOL DAY
Kids can enter the room at 7:35.
Students are dismissed at 2:40. PLEASE wait outside for your child.

2. February News Reminders Weekly Letters & Words Other Information
Please remember to work with your child at home on letter sounds. Please also work on segmenting words. Segmenting is when students will stretch out the sounds of a word and then blend them together. For example: c/a/t – cat.
Please also be working with your child on the 50 kindergarten sight words that we send home with homework.
We hope to see you at conferences in a couple of weeks. We are hoping to get 100% attendance. If the time scheduled does not work, please let your child’s teacher know so they can reschedule. Thank you!
Our main focus for the rest of the school year is sight words. Students will be tested on this at the end of the year. Other things they will be tested on is segmenting, letter sounds and nonsense words. We will be finishing up the DRA 2 reading test which indicates which level your child is reading at. This information will be shared during conferences.
Reminders
Homework folders are sent home on Monday and due back on Thursday. Please make sure students are doing their OWN homework. Students need to make sure their name is written on each page of their homework. Please make sure homework is done in pencil unless otherwise asked to color.
Our dress code only allows solid color jackets if they will be worn inside. As it is getting colder, please make sure your child brings a jacket to school.
It is very important that you inform the school/teacher if your child’s normal transportation has changed for the day. Please don’t wait till the end of the day to inform us of changes.
When you are picking up your child at the end of the day please stay outside of the doors, as it can cause congestion for classes trying to get outside.
Please continue to collect Hy-Vee receipts. Please ask family members and your church to save them for your child. Have your child give receipts to their teacher. Please save box tops also.
Feel free to call or us at any time if you have any questions or concerns. Our work hours are from 7:30 until 3:00. The school phone number is Thank you for all of your support!
Spelling Words
Type your weekly spelling words here.