Announcements

January 19-23

• No School on Monday, January 19th

• Instructional Topics:  

  • Review all letters of the alphabet

  • Differentiate between vowels and consonants

  • Write and identify cvc words and sight words (see cards)

  • Digraphs--ch, sh, th, wh

  • Sight words:  what, can, are, was, have, the, I, and, a, is, as, said, to do, of, see, he, be, me, from, look, book, go--(We have been working on these words for the past few weeks during whole and small group instruction)

  • Counting up to 75, counting backwards from 20

  • Composing and decomposing numbers 1-20 (using hands on manipulatives)

  • Winter and Hibernation

January 12-16

• Tuesday, January 13th  Greenfield Family STEM Night 6:30-Come enjoy an evening of hands on stations and activities that highlight science, technology, engineering, and math with your families.  Prior to the STEM Night, there will be a PTA meeting for anyone to attend to discuss the budget and upcoming PTA events.  This meeting will take place at 5:30 in the art room at Greenfield Elementary.

• Wednesday, January 14th--All Kindergarten students will enjoy an in classroom visit from the Mountain Castle Soil and Water Conservation program.

Upcoming Date:  No School on Monday, January 19th for students or teachers due to a holiday.

• Instructional Topics:  

  • Review all letters of the alphabet

  • Differentiate between vowels and consonants

  • Write and identify cvc words and sight words (see cards)

  • Digraphs--ch, sh, th, wh

  • Sight words:  what, can, are, was, have, the, I, and, a, is, as, said, to do, of, see, he, be, me, from, look, book, go--(We have been working on these words for the past few weeks during whole and small group instruction)

  • Counting up to 75, counting backwards from 20

  • Composing and decomposing numbers 1-20 (using hands on manipulatives)

  • Winter and Hibernation

January 5-9

• Welcome back from winter break!  We have no evening activites or PTA things to share for this week.  We will start back with normal classroom routines with the dragon folder communication and the nightly reading bag coming home each afternoon.  In the bag your child will come home with a book, sight word flash cards, and sometimes a quick/simple reading game.  While we focus a lot on reading, please also make counting a priority while driving from point A to B or sitting at the dinner table.  Students should be counting to 50 by now, 75 by the end of the 3rd quarter, and 100 by the end of the year.

• Instructional Topics:  

  • Review all letters of the alphabet

  • Differentiate between vowels and consonants

  • Write and identify cvc words and sight words (see cards)

  • Digraphs--ch, sh, th, wh

  • Sight words:  what, can, are, was, have (these 5 are new), the, I, and, a, is, as, said, to do, of, see, he, be, me, from, look, book, go--(We have been working on these words for the past few weeks during whole and small group instruction)

  • Counting up to 75, counting backwards from 20

  • Composing and decomposing numbers 1-20 (using hands on manipulatives)

  • Winter and Hibernation

December 15-19

• Thursday, December 18th:  Class Winter Party  8:15-10:15.

  • Students will enjoy a light breakfast, then make four different holiday ornaments in each Kindergarten classroom.  Parents from our class that attend the party will help our class first, then remain in our classroom to help the other three classes make their ornaments.  Will rotate about every 20 minutes give or take depending on the crafting.

• Friday, December 19th:  Two Hour Early Dismissal

• School will be closed December 22nd-January 2nd.  School resumes from winter break on Monday, January 5th.