January 2022
Happy New Year! As we enter the new year may we all stay close to the newborn Babe we recently celebrated. Thank you to everyone for the thoughtful and generous gifts you showered me with, and thank you for giving of your time and resources to make the Christmas season so fun!
Here's a sneak peak of what kindergarten looks like in the month of January:
Language Arts: Our kindergarten learners will be completing their initial introduction to the consonants and short vowels as they enjoy learning about animals, insects, pond creatures and farm animals. A clear understanding of the alphabet letters and their sounds is a noteworthy goal by this time in the school year. The children are blending sounds more smoothly and reading sentences with inflection and fluency. The sight words, which I sometimes call "camera words" because your eyes take a picture of them, are mostly from List 2. Remember that if you are wondering what sight words the curriculum is on just look at the first page of the reader we are in and it tells you there, as well as on Renweb in my lesson plans. A new link for Renweb access will be soon coming to help you log in successfully.
Reader's Chair Challenge-as the children become more fluent readers they will be more willing to tackle books other than our readers. I encourage you to access the local library, or buy early readers, so that your child can begin feeling the wonderful joy of reading for enjoyment. If your child has a book that he or she can read fluently, he or she is invited to bring it to class and read it to the class from my special chair. Your child is invited to ask questions afterwards and be the teacher for this special time.
Math: It's time to dive into subtraction!! Children love to subtract, and often find it easier than addition. So, have fun at home taking things away and writing out subtraction equations while we work on it at school.
Bible: We will head back into the Old Testament and begin the year with Hannah and Samuel. I am thrilled with the incredible progess the children have made in the Bible memory! Joshua 3:9b is our next memory verse.
Science: One of my favorite parts of winter is reading books about polar animals and learning the beauty of snowflakes. We'll be reading the historical book entitled Snowflake Bentley that teaches the children about the first person to ever photograph real snowflakes. Check it out online. One of my Jan Brett favorites is The Mitten, and we'll enjoy that as well.
The end of the marking period is January 21st, which means that your child's first report card will be posted on Renweb soon after that. Details on dates will come from the office.
NO SCHOOL on January 17th for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Blessings, Mrs. Fiscus
