Our Environment

Story of the week: Miss Rumphius  by: Barbara Cooney

Phonics: Ee /e/ Vv /v/

Math: Comparing numbers

Social Studies: Our Environment

HFW: had, have, here, help, helps

Vocabulary: conservatory, sowing, desert, satisfaction, moist, integrity, conserve, reduce, reuse, recycle

Reminders:

·         T-shirt Tuesday is tomorrow. We will wear our shirts at school and then I will wash them at home.

·         Wednesday, we will be having Stevie B’s pizza in the cafeteria. Plan accordingly. J

·         Please send in names, photos, and addresses of any veterans in your family.

·         Practice rainbow words on home. We have started the yellow group together!

·         Send reading group books back to school EVERY DAY.

·         Practice counting to 50!

Dear Parents,

            This week the children will learn about caring for the environment through conservation. They will discover the three Rs of conservation: reduce, reuse, and recycle. They will also meet environmentalists both real and fictional, who did their part to make the world a better place. This week we will:

·        Discuss landforms and our environment

·        Learn about E and V

·        Write about conservation

             Writing has begun to play a much bigger role in class. As you practice rainbow words at home, I encourage you to have your child write them. You may also have them write a sentence to describe a picture they may draw for you. Encourage them to segment, or break apart, the sounds in each word and use a letter for that sound. They will need to use “kid writing” and use their best guess for a sound. Let them spell the words wrong if they are spelling the words correctly according to the sounds (phonetically). After they are finished writing, go back with “adult writing” to put the appropriate spelling. Be sure to never write over their words. Write above, below, or beside their writing. Writing is so important and your Kindergartener needs lots of extra support from you to master this skill this year.

            We will be celebrating our veterans on Friday. We will draw pictures, write “thank you” notes, and learn about the branches of our military. We will do this on Friday to ensure that mail is delivered to these individuals by Monday or Tuesday next week. If you have a veteran in your family, please send their name and address (or a surviving family member’s address) and possibly a picture of them. I would prefer photos to be emailed if possible. Thank you for your help! I am excited to celebrate the service men and women from your families.

            I am looking for some bubble wrap to do a craft. If you have any of the small bubbled bubble wrap on hand, I would love to have it! 

            Sincerely,