happy new year, everyone!
I hope you all had a restful holiday. We are back in full swing in room 4. January is a busy month with lots of transitions with curriculum. We will be doing a lot more reading and writing, and I will be encouraging the kids to work more and more independently as we head toward spring.
Here is what we have coming up:
Important dates
Tuesdays 1/12 through 2/9, 9:00: Phoebe Hearst school tours. If you know anyone with children who are entering kindergarten or looking to transfer schools next year, please encourage them to attend one of our tours.
Friday January 15: field trip to see the Sacramento Theater Company production of James and the Giant Peach. Our bus will leave at 9:45 am and we will return at about 12:45pm. Because we will miss our usual lunchtime, I am asking parents to send a big snack for kids to eat before we leave. I will provide a small snack during intermission. If your child goes to 4th R after school, please send a lunch for him or her to eat after school.
Monday 1/18: MLK holiday; no school
Friday, 1/29: free dress
Language arts
Letter/sound focus:/n/, /s/
New sight words: not
After this week we will have practiced all of the kinder sight words. I will test kids on these words and for those who are ready I will send home the list of 1st grade words. We will practice these in class, and I encourage kids to practice them at home as well.
This week we will begin "board blending": This is explicit instruction in sounding out words on the board. We will begin with simple words and move to more complex words as the year progresses. It is now more important than ever to have your child read to you nightly. Please let me know if you have questions about this.
This week we are finishing up writing paragraphs about our New Year's resolutions. Be sure to come check them out early next week!
Math
We will finish topic 8 on subtraction and take our test on Friday morning before our field trip.
Thanks for reading, everyone! Have a fantastic weekend.
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