UCS Kindergarten Newsletter
December 12, 2025
December 12, 2025
Kindergarten friends enjoyed singing songs with Buddy Dubay this week. He is a local musician who was a Poker Hill School teacher for many years. He volunteers at UCS to lead sing alongs a few times a year. We love it when Buddy visits UCS! You can sing along to some of his songs if you click this link.
Important Dates
Dec 24th - Jan 2nd ~ Winter Break
Jan 14th ~ Early Release Day
Jan 19th ~ No School
Learning Highlights from the Week
We started Unit 4: Collect, Count and Measure. Please notice the family letters in your child’s folder describing the skills and concepts in this unit. This week the children measured the length of their shoes using cubes. They brainstormed ways to measure accurately. They traced their shoes on paper and practiced measuring the length of other shoes too. We also continue to practice counting forward making sure to say all numbers in sequence.
The children learned about reptiles and amphibians this week. They listened to nonfiction books to learn fun facts about different animals and compared/contrasted them. They also looked through books to learn about life cycles. Next week we will continue learning about amphibians and begin learning about fish.
The kindergarten friends worked on:
learning new power words (do, are, go, no, want)
reviewing letters/sounds
sounding out CVC (consonant vowel consonant) words
discussing information during nonfiction read alouds
During Writing Workshop, the children wrote about birds and reptiles. They also made snowy day scenes for the hallyway. They worked on:
making sure they made time for drawing and writing
adding labels to pictures
using power words to help them write
stretching words to write many sounds
writing sentences on some pages
Reminders
The last student day before break will be Tuesday, December 23rd. Please let me know if your child will miss any days next week. Thank you!
Please remember the Food Drive continues until Wednesday, December 17th.
Email: kathleen.cowan@mmuusd.org
Location: 6 Irish Settlement Rd, Underhill, VT 05489
Phone: 802.899.4676