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Mrs. Mary Beier
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WELCOME TO MRS. BEIER'S KINDERGARTEN
I hope you had a peaceful and restful Christmas vacation enjoying the time with your family and friends. A huge thank you to our class parents, Mrs. Fini and Mrs. Nocella who provided bagels, cookies, and gifts for the children for our Christmas party. I hope you liked your Christmas present, the snowman ornament. The children loved making
them for you!
Catholic Schools Week
Join us in prayer at the 9 AM Mass - Monday, January27.
Open House - Tuesday, January 30.
9:30-10:45 AM
7:00- 8:00 PM
Wednesday is Sports Day— Students will wear their Gym Cloths.
Saint Rose Heart to Heart Auction is Sat., February 1.
JANUARY TOPICS
Martin Luther King Jr.
The Weather -Winter
Backyard Birds in Winter - Migration
Animals Get Ready For Winter-Hibernation
People and Animals of the Polar Region
Penguins
Maps and Globes-Help locate places
Review Needed Skills
Children should be able to identify all letter sounds. We have covered letters m, t, a, s, p, c, i, b, and n. We will be covering r, d, k, f, o and h this month. Please continue to practice blending letter sounds into words and using rhyming words from the word families by changing the beginning letter. (ad, ab, ag, ar, at, am, ap, an, id, ig, in, im, it, ip, ob, op, ot, og ) Please review nightly, the word ring with popcorn words, numbers, number words and color words that were sent home on orientation day.
Mastery of the following skills is essential to insure success for the beginning reader.
Kindergarten READING GOALS:
* Accurate recall of letter sounds with particular attention to the five short and long vowel sounds.
* Quick association of letter sound, name and formation.
* Can identify first, middle and last sounds. (s a d)
* Can read CVC words. (Consonant, vowel, consonant)
* Can write a sentence. (Start with capital letter, use spaces between words and end
with punctuation.)
* Can recognize and produce rhymes. (mat, sat)
* Can read all sight words.
* Smooth blending of three or more sounds without pausing between sounds.
* The ability to attack a new word by sounding it out, rather than guessing.
***WORD FAMILIES AND RHYMING WORDS. Give your child a word from the word families list and have them write all the words they can make using the two letters. Play rhyming games or I Spy games with them. Help your child everyday to connect letters and sounds by making sure that he or she has plenty of easy books for reading practice to build vocabulary.
Mastery of the following skills is essential to insure success in Math.
Kindergarten MATH GOALS:
*Can tell which group has more or has less.
*Can count any number of objects 1-20.
*Can count to 100 by 1’s and 10’s.
*Can solve addition and subtraction problems within 20.
*Can write numbers 0-20.
*Can add more objects to make numbers 1-20 from any given number.
*Can fluently add and subtract within 10. (2+3=5, 4-1=3)
*Can identify 2D Shapes.
*Can identify 3D Shapes.
Math: In Chapter 5, we will be learning how to show addition by acting out addition word problems. For example, ask your child to show you four socks, and add two more socks, and then tell you the addition sentence. Continue to review Math Vocabulary. We will start Chapter 6, learning how to show subtraction. Invite your child to act out subtraction word problems. For example, your child can show you five spoons, take away two spoons, and then tell you the subtraction sentence. Please continue to review calendar math, 1-to-1 correspondence up to 10, practice writing numbers 1-30, counting by 1's,and 10's up to 100 and sorting and graphing objects around the house.
In Religion, we will be starting our unit on "Sharing God's Love." The children will learn to have a greater love for God and seek to share God's love with others through acts of kindness. We will also discuss God's gift of the family. Thank you for your beautiful family pictures. They will be on display in the classroom. I will return them back to you. Please continue to pray the "Hail Mary, "Our Father, and "The Glory Be".
Jan. - Extra Practice Writing At Home·
Many of these exercises say "draw and write". Let the children experiment with writing. Let them sound out words to spell. If the children do any extra credit work at home, please have them bring it to school for a surprise or special recognition stickers.
1.Write and illustrate a sentence using the popcorn word "with.”.
2.Write and illustrate a sentence using the popcorn word "she".
3.Write and illustrate a sentence using the popcorn word "look".
4.Write and illustrate a sentence using the popcorn word “they”.
5.Write and draw 3 words from the "og" word family.
6.Write and draw 3 words from the "op" word family.
7.Write and draw 3 words from the "ot" word family.
8.Write and draw about the "weather".
9.Write a thank you note to someone that gave you a gift.
10.Draw and label 2 things that weight less than you, and 2 things that weight more than you.
11.Read with your family the library book you check out this month. Write and draw about it.
12.Write and draw about one thing you want to learn to do or learned this year.
13.Practice your popcorn words. How many do you know? Write them.
14.If you could fly, where would you go? Write a sentence about it.
15.Write a telling sentence: I said, "_______________."
16.Draw a picture that shows "25".
SECRET MESSAGE- HAPPY NEW YEAR
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~ Winter Books ~
A Little Bit of Winter by Paul Stewart
A Snowman Named Just Bob by Mark Kimball
A Winter Day by Douglas Florian
Ahoy There, Little Polar Bear by Hans de Beer
Arctic Fives Arrive by Elinor Pinczes
Bob the Snowman by Sylvia Loretan and Jan Lenica
Brave Irene by William Steig
Dear Rebecca, Winter Is Here by Jean Craighead George
Flowers for the Snowman by Gerda Marie Scheidl
Froggy Gets Dressed by Jonathan London
Frozen Noses by Jan Carr
Geraldine's Big Snow by Holly Keller
Grandmother Winter by Phyllis Root
I Am Snow by Jean Marzollo
In the Snow by Huy Voun Lee
In the Snow: Who's Been Here by Lindsay Barrett George
Is That You, Winter? by Stephen Gammell
Katy and the Big Snow by Virginia Lee Burton
Little Penguin's Tale by Audrey Wood
Little Polar Bear Finds A Friend by Hans de Beer
Manatee Winter by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld
Old Winter by Judith Benet Richardson
Red Fox in Winter, a Troll First Start Science Book
Red Wolf Country by Jonathon London
Sheepdog in the Snow by Martin Hall
Snow! by Uri Shulevitz
Snowballs by Lois Elhert
Snow Bear by Jean Craighead George
Snow Bear by Miriam Moss
Snow Dance by Lezlie Evans
Snow Day by Betsy Maestro
Snow Inside the House by Sean Diviny
Snow on Bear's Nose by Jennifer Bartoli
Snow Ponies by Cynthia Cotten
Snow Riders by Constance W. McGeorge
Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
Snowmen at Night by Caralyn Buehner
Something is Going to Happen by Charlotte Zolotow
Stella: Queen of the Snow by Marie-Louise Gay
Stranger in the Woods by Carl R. Sams II & Jean Stoick
The Big Snow by Berta & Elmer Hader
The Biggest, Best Snowman by Margery Cuyler
The Biggest Snowball Ever by John Rogan
The First Snow by David Christiana
The Hat by Jan Brett
The Mitten by Jan Brett
The Mousehole Cat by Antonia Barber
The Night the Moon Blew Kisses by Lynn Manuel
The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde
The Snow Lambs by Debi Gliori
The Snowman by Raymond Briggs
The Snowman's Path by Helena Clare Pittman
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
The Snow Speaks by Nancy White Carlstrom
The Snow Whale by Caroline Pitcher
The Tomten by Astrid Lindgren
What Will I Do Without You? by Sally Grindley
When It Snows by JoAnne Nelson
When It Starts to Snow by Phillis Gershator -
USEFUL LINKS
- ABC PRACTICE, WORD FAMILIES AND READING STORIES
- LETTER SOUNDS, SHORT AND LONG VOWELS AND PICTURE MATCHING GAMES
- MATH GAMES-PROBLEM SOLVING AND ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION PRACTICE
- MATH, READING AND WRITING PRACTICE
- MATH AND LANGUAGE ARTS RESOURCES- CLICK ON THE MATH LINK WHEN YOU ACCESS THE PAGE
- MY MATH
- PRACTICE HIGH FREQUENCY WORDS
- SCHOLASTIC ACTIVITIES AND GAMES
- SIGHT WORD BINGO
- SIGHT WORD - SUN ATTACK
- SIGHT WORD - CLOUD CATCHER
- UNIT 1 - SIGHT WORD PRACTICE- READING STREET
- UNIT 2 - SIGHT WORD PRACTICE- READING STREET
- UNIT 3 - SIGHT WORD PRACTICE- READING STREET
- UNIT 4 - SIGHT WORD PRACTICE- READING STREET
- UNIT 5 - SIGHT WORD PRACTICE - READING STREET
- UNIT 6 - SIGHT WORD PRACTICE - READING STREET
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