Weekly Update 1/13-1/17

This Week:

• We focused on the letter Rr.
• We learned the words white, of, and you.
• We learned words in the -ig word family.
• We read a story called The Mitten and practiced retelling it.
• We worked on composing and decomposing numbers.
• We learned about Martin Luther King, Jr.

Next Week:

• We will focus on the letter Dd.
• We will learn the words and, said, and zero.
• We will read some stories about winter.
• We will work on teen numbers and finding numbers that are one more and one less than a number.

What to Ask Your Kindergartener:

• To point to different objects around your house and tell you what letter they start with.
• To count as high as they can.
• To rubber band (stretch out to hear all sounds) the words: frog, sing, ten, chip, wait, get, tree, stack, and win.
• To tell you what sound they hear at the end of: bike, fell, fox, run, and pig.
• To write their numbers to 20 with no reversals.

Reminders and Other News

• There is no school on Monday 1/20.
• We have been learning and spelling all the color words.  We will have a color week in our classroom the week of 1/27 and 2/3.  The schedule of what color to wear each day is below. A paper copy will be in the cheetah binder next week.

1/27- blue
1/28- purple
1/29- green
1/30- orange
1/31- yellow
2/3- black/gray/brown
2/4- pink/red/white