"'WOW" What a week!!

Next week we will be focusing on the letter W. Where the Wild Things Are, Mrs. Wishy Washy, and Wacky Wednesday will be just some of the great books we will read during the week. Students will work on prediciting and retelling stories as they pick out details from the beginning, middle, and end of our stories. It is important for your child to be able to identify the characters, setting, and details from each story we read. It would be beneficial to ask them about these things while reading to them at home. We want to eventually have the kindergarten students able to write their own stories with a beginning, middle, and end. Having conversations with your child DURING reading will help them to "notice" important details and become better at comprehending what they read. You can ask them if the story reminds them of any experiences they have had, or any other book they have read. Making connections while they read is an important skill.


In writer's workshop we will continue to focus spacing and conventions (capital letters where needed and punctuation at the end). I will also talk to them about revisiting stories and adding details to make them longer. When your child brings home books or papers they have written during writer's workshop, please ask them to read them to you. It gives you a great opportunity to celebrate their writing and encourage them to take more writing risks. At this time in the year we expect to see more writing, than drawing. If your child's work seems to be more drawing, try to encourage them to add details to their writing at home.


In math this week we will begin to learn about measurement. Students will compare objects. We will discuss which items are longer, shorter, or about the same length. Students will get a chance to explore height, weight, area, and capacity over the course of this unit. Report cards are right around the corner...we will spend some time assessing math skills this week and next as well.