Dear Kindergarten Families,

March 2nd is Read Across America Day and Dr. Seuss Day!  Therefore, we'll be celebrating our love for reading this week by listening to a variety of Dr. Seuss books as we focus on the concept of rhyming as well as comparing characters, settings and story plots of these classic stories. We'll be doing a variety of fun Seuss-themed art/writing projects this week, which includes wearing our own hats and ties inspired by the Cat in the Hat.

Word of the Week:  "this"

In Math, we will continue reviewing addition and subtraction word problems.  The students have been working on word problems and are doing a great job figuring out how to solve problems using a variety of strategies.   The number sets are more challenging on the back page of our CGI work sheets.  It  would benefit your child if you could work through these problems at home.  Review our math strategies such as number bonds, number lines, ten-frames, pictures, part-part-whole, counting on and number sentences.

Last week in Writer's Workshop,  the class finished their "How To "narratives with covers and author's pages- they turned out awesome! They celebrated by having a P. J. party and a yummy treat while reading their stories to their stuffed animals and later to their reading buddies.  The books will come home next week. Please have your child read their story to you.  I'm sure you'll enjoy it! We also be discussing persuasive writing and, next week, we will write our first opinion piece. Then we will eventually be writing persuasive letters to our parents and later to  Mrs. Dorney.

Special thanks to Jen Christensen for providing a delicious treat for our P.J. party! The children really enjoyed it!

Our new round of "Star of the Day" is something about Spring or something green. They love trying to guess what each object is, so please have your child attach 3 clues to a bag describing their green object.

 As a reminder, our class is responsible for a Playdoh themed Auction basket.  So far we only have kinetic sand, 2 Playdoh kits, sidewalk chalk and some Playdoh. If you would like to add to our basket, please send in any donations by Thursday, March 1st. The money raised in the auction goes directly to our school! Please buy your auction tickets in the park after school Wednesday. :)

Reminders:
Spring Auction on March 10th so buy your tickets!


Have a great week,
Cathy Werner