Weekly News and Homework

Language Arts: We will learn about and practice writing U words, sing songs, read many books, recite our Umbrella poem (maybe it will finally rain!?), stamp our sight words (she, three, are) and practice spelling them every day, write upper and lower case letters, write in our journals, sing about letter sounds, make and learn to read U books, continue our literacy center rotations, and more!!

Math:  This week we will continue to learn about measurement.  We will also count by 1s, 5s, and10s (to 100!), work with our number of the day (Spanish, tally marks, addition and subtraction problems, etc), and graph the weather.  We will also continue working on addition facts. 

Bible: This week we will learn about Elisha the Prophet.  We will read the Bible, sing along with Wee Sing Bible Songs and Wee Sing More Bible Songs, recite and discuss Deuteronomy 31:1in its entirety (Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you), and pray together every day.   

Science, Social Studies, Art, and Misc: This month’s themes are winter animals, seasons, and weather.  In addition, we will celebrate the New Year and learn about Martin Luther King Jr.  We will also continue to do our team jobs, attend art class, music class, library, computer lab, and PE, explore the classroom during choice time, and more!!!

Sharing: We have a sharing time every Friday during our afternoon meeting.

 

Upcoming Events:

Monday, January 27^th:  Character Trait Chapel, 2:25-2:55.  Join us!

Friday, January 31^st: 100^th Day Project Due

Tuesday, February 4^th: 100^th Day of School!

Monday, February 10^th:  Chapel, 2:25-2:55.  Join us!

Monday, February 17^th:  No School

Thursday, February 27^th: Minimum Day, out at 12

 

This Week’s Homework:

In lieu of the regular weekly homework for the weeks of 1/21 (last week) and 1/27, I would like you to help your child create a work of art using 100 objects. If you haven’t seen the examples on our blog yet, please check them out: http://mrsvomvolakiskindergarten.blogspot.com/

Pinterest has many, many more ideas... http://www.pinterest.com/liberty825/100-day-projects/

I would love to have the art projects displayed on the 100th day, so they will be due Friday, January 31st (THIS FRIDAY).

Thanks! You're the best!!