Kindergarten News

Jan. 9-13

Upcoming Events

Monday, Jan. 9--Fluoride

Tuesday, Jan. 10—Library

Thursday, Jan. 12—Computers  )

Friday, Jan. 13—Music/P.E.

Weekly Theme:

PENGUINS

Early Literacy Idea

Encourage your child to write the names of the people in your family.  Drawing pictures to go along with the names is fun too!

NEWS

We had a great week back in school and the students are adjusting well after the long break.  January is a good learning time and I am excited to see the continued progress of your wonderful children.  Each one is making progress!

This week is a big one for us—each student will be evaluated on DIBELS (Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills), the Kindergarten Assessment and Benchmarking for reading ability.  I will let you know the results after each student has been tested. 

We will continue to work hard at school and I appreciate the time and dedication you are putting into your child’s education at home too!  We started guided reading groups this week.  It is exciting that the students are ready for this!

We will continue to talk about winter, Antarctica and penguins. We will discuss the characteristics of wintertime, fascinating facts about Antarctica, and learn about penguins and how to categorize animals according to similarities and differences.  We will conclude that there are many different types of animals found around the world.

A big thank you to those helping with centers.  I couldn’t do it without you!  Also, again THANKS to all of you for your help and support at home! Please let me know of any questions or concerns.    

ginger.ekker@ironmail.org

586-2850