I want to take a moment to wish you a happy holiday season! I am excited to have some time off to recharge and spend with my family, but I will miss your children!
We had a fun week this week. We loved making our gingerbread houses. Some of the candy didn't make it on the houses, I am not sure what happened. . .
In Reader's Workshop, we learned that books with patterns help us to predict what is going to happen next. "Predict" is a new word for us that you could reinforce at home. You can use that word during movies or television shows or to talk about what the weather will be like.
In math, we continue to work on measurement and comparing sets. We have used linker cubes to measure our feet. We compared the lengths of our names. We are also comparing the number of vowels and consonants in our names.
We have been talking a lot about vowels. We know that every word needs at least one vowel. Some kinders have realized that words with more syllables may have more vowels. One of our friends taught us a song about vowels. We have also talked about how y is a vowel when it sounds like i or e, but not when it makes the sound in yogurt.
On Friday, we made journals to write about our vacation. Encourage your child to sound out words to spell. In kindergarten, our spelling doesn't have to be perfect. Instead, we try to write a sound for each sound we hear in a word.
A great math activity for vacation is to set up a calendar with your child for the new year. You can fill in family birthdays, vacations, days off from school, etc..
In the new year, we could use more glue sticks, dry erase markers, and envelopes. Thank you for your support!
