We will be celebrating Valentine’s Day on Wednesday, February 14th. We will be having treats this day (an ice cream treat), parents gave permission for kindergarteners to have these foods at the beginning of the school year. If anything has changed with your child’s food needs contact me and we can update your preferences.
Students can bring a store-bought treat/candy for their peers on Valentine’s Day. These Valentine’s Day treats will be sent home to be consumed under parental supervision. Please complete the following form to indicate if you give permission or not for your child to receive Valentine’s Day treats from other students and to participate in our class party. Valentine Party Permission and Treat Acceptance Form
Valentine’s Helpful Hints:
1- We have 22 students in our class.
2- Only write who the Valentine is FROM. Do NOT address Valentine’s to each student (this will help the students distribute their Valentines more orderly).
3- We will be making Valentine’s bags (and providing the supplies to do so) in class for the students to collect their Valentine’s. No need to make a Valentine’s box this year.
We are now beginning Unit 6 in Language Arts. Here are the power (sight) words, oral vocabulary words, letters, and sounds we will be mastering during the next 3 weeks. Note: We are learning two letters and two power words each week (instead of one letter and one word each week). Your support and encouragement at home will be beneficial as we increase the learning rate.
In math, we are adding and subtracting. We are learning to be watchful for the + and – signs. We are also practicing our math fact fluency. We have started with +0 and -0 within 10. We have been counting the days we are in school and looking forward to celebrating our 100th day of Kindergarten on February 9.
In science and STEM, we are comparing weather patterns throughout the year. We are answering fun questions related to seasons. For example, we discovered which season our birthday occurs in and we will explore why birds lay eggs in the spring.
