February 25-March 1

There are lots of fun dress up days and activities planned this week for Read Across America!
 It will also be great to see everyone at family night!

It's not too late to sign up to help with Family Night:

Serving Cookie for Feb 26 Family Night: http://signup.com/go/bpmTYNJ
Donate Cookies for Feb 26 Family Night: http://signup.com/go/cDtSDdE

February 25-March 1st is Read Across America Week.
Monday, Feb 25th: Dress Like Your Parents
Tuesday, Feb 26th: Dress Like a Game and Family Night 6-7
Wednesday, Feb 27th: Crazy Hair Day
Thursday, Feb 28th: Dress Like A Book Character
Friday, March 1st: Camp Out Day, Dress in Camping Wear

Reading:We have been loving digging into non-fiction books and showing and sharing our thinking with our reading partners and playdate groups.   We are learning that to remember our thoughts This week we will continue with some non-fiction work and will meet in topic clubs to do more talking about and comparing books.

Writing: Kindergartners begin writing opinion pieces this week! As you may have seen in your child's folder, each student is welcome to bring 4 items from home that they have strong feelings about. For example,  it could be their favorite toy OR a picture of a food that they do NOT like. We will use these items to start discussions and generate ideas for our writing. The goal is for students to start their writing with "I like/do not like_____" and then add reasons to each page of the book. I can't wait to learn more about the opinions in our classroom!

Math: This week a major focus in math will be identifying and quickly recalling partners of a number or two numbers that combine to form a larger numbers.  Students will play a game called Missing Partner where they will have a set number of tools (2-5) and a part of the group will be removed and they will need to say the quantity that remains and then figure out the quantity that is missing.  Ex.  I see 2, 3 are missing, 2 and 3 are partners of 5.

Science: For science this week, students will be wrapping up science centers and learning how to use Seesaw to share our learning. This year we're going to use a new tool to share what we're learning in class called Seesaw. Your child will have his or her own learning journal, and you can get notified when your child adds new items. It's completely private -- only you can see your child's journal outside of class. I will be sending out a link to access Seesaw later this week!