UCS Kindergarten Newsletter
December 19, 2025
December 19, 2025
We had our first annual Food Chain this week! The children had a great time passing food items down the hallway that families donated for the UCS Food Drive. All of the students lined the halls and passed boxes and cans one by one from the main office to the library doors. We were amazed at how much food we collected to help families in need!
Important Dates
Dec 24th - Jan 2nd ~ Winter Break
Jan 14th ~ Early Release Day
Jan 19th ~ No School
Learning Highlights from the Week
This week the children worked on accurately measuring how long objects were using cubes. They practice snapping cubes together, counting the total, and recording it to show length. They did their best to accurately show numbers without reversing digits or transposing them (writing 51 instead of 15). They also worked on counting larger collections of objects to figure out the total.
The children learned about amphibians and fish this week. They listened to nonfiction books to learn fun facts about different animals and compared/contrasted them. They noticed differences between reptiles and amphibians and shared prior knowledge. We will finish our unit on Zoology after break and begin a new unit on Ecology.
During reading time, the kindergarten friends worked on:
learning new power words (he, she, me, we, be)
reviewing letters/sounds
sounding out CVC (consonant vowel consonant) words and some words with blends and digraphs
discussing information about reptiles, amphibians, and fish
During writing time, the children worked on:
writing about animals
rereading their work
adding labels to pictures
using power words to help them write
using digraph cards to help them spell (th, sh, ch)
using spaces when writing sentences
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