January 13, 2023

   Kindergarten Announcements

ELA

We continued to read The Enormous Watermelon listening to the reader’s use of expression to determine how a character is feeling.  We also wrote a Thank You note from Old Mother Hubbard to her friends for helping her with her watermelon.  We learned about the letter O, read a decodable called Pop and practiced spelling: nap, fit, on, pot

Math 

In our new unit, students develop their understanding of addition and subtraction as they represent and solve story problems.  They are understanding addition as putting together and

subtraction as taking away from.

Writing

We began our unit on Narrative writing this week.  We learned to first “Think” about our story, “Picture” our story in our minds, and then “Say” our story to a friend before writing words on paper.  

Social Studies

We learned that there is something bigger than the United States.  The United States is a part of our Earth and the earth is made up of many different countries.  We used Google Earth to watch the earth spin in space and used it’s function visit green/brown areas (land) and blue areas (water)  

Science

Students discover that there are pushes and pulls involved in any kind of work, including the work done by machines. In the activity, we pretended to be a Digging Machine. Students pretended to use shovels and excavators to dig a hole for a swimming pool.

P2: Love of Learning

A love of learning helps you experience new things, make discoveries, and better understand the world around you.  

LIbrary books:  

This week’s library books are staying at school in book boxes. Please look for any Lincoln School books left at home and send them back to school please.  

Calendar links: 

Hartfield January Calendar

Classroom needs: 

Napkins Please!!  

Upcoming events:

January 16:  No school

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