Kindergarten News: February15th - February 19th

What we’re      

Workin’ on this week..

Language Arts

We will review what we have learned about vowels and consonants as well as our rules for writing: start with a capital letter, use finger spaces between words, and end with a period.  We will learn three new words: "look"  "they" and "you."  We will continue to practice writing Once Upon A Time Stories in our journals and using SeeSaw to share our work with you! Book Bags will come home Tuesday! :)
 

Math

We will be finishing our unit on shapes! Thank you to everyone who sent in an email for the fun activity that is focusing on finding shapes (2D and 3D) within the world! I love how the kids were so excited for me to watch their videos. I will be compiling all of the videos into one video per shape and putting it on my website under math vocabulary. Check out our math vocabulary that we have used this year! ( The kids have been making videos and examples for each of the words!)
https://sites.google.com/a/g.coppellisd.com/mrs-mckinney-s-site/pictures/math-vocabulary

We will be starting our studies on measurement!We will be focusing on measuring length with nonstandard units this upcoming week!  In kindergarten, it is all about nonstandard units of measurement ( no rulers ).

 

Science / Social Studies 

In Science we will be finishing our Penguin Unit.  We used the website Britannica, with the help of Mrs. Montgomery, to research facts about penguins.  We will finish writing facts from our research, and creating our penguin to display in the hallway.  We will build penguin habitats on Thursday.  

In Social Studies we are going to continue our study on Presidents.  We will learn many interesting facts about our past and present leaders and how they impacted our Country.  We will learn how to draw George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.  Can't wait to see how cute they turn out!

Every Friday, we are participating in Mind Missions! This is a time that the students are able to collaborate within a group to problem solve challenges given. Next week our Mind Mission will be "Loud Liberty" The students will have to create a Bell.

Important Dates... 

February 15th - No School for students- Presidents Day

February 19th- Six Flags Reading Logs Due
February 22nd - Spring Picture Day
February 26th - Jump Rope for Heart during specials @ 1:20

Six Flags Reading Logs:
 

 Reading Logs are due February 19th! If your child would like to participate please keep the log and fill it out and when your 6 hours are complete you can return it to school!  Remember the hours logged can be your child reading to your or YOU reading to your child!  Either one counts!  If you need an additional log let us know and we can send one home!  If you do not know about this program your child can earn a free ticket to 6 Flags for participating! 

Field Trip:

We are excited to announce that we will be going to the Heard Natural Science Museum and Wildlife Preserve! We have sent home the BLUE permission slip with your child. Please return the permission slip as well as the amount asked for admission and fare for the school bus there. If you do not have the permission slip any longer, we will be happy to send another one home!


Texans of the Week:
k1- Ananya

K2- Haylie

K3- Beckham