Wow! It is hard to believe that the school year is halfway over. Yesterday was the 90th day! What progress the students have made.


Upcoming events:
Sunday: Open House for new students. This open house is for families who are new to the area, or have heard about Samsula and are interested in enrolling their children for the next school year. Your attendance is welcome, but not necessary.


We have been working hard in reading learning our first word families. We know know –at and –ap family words, and have been practicing finding those words in our stories. We have also started concentrating on story comprehension. When you read a story at home, see if your child can tell you about the characters, the setting and the plot.


In math we have been working on solid shapes, as well as gearing up for day 100. You can help your child get ready by practicing counting to 100 by 1s, 5s, and 10s.


In Science and social studies, we have been talking about MLK and how to be a good friend to everyone. We are starting a unit on night/day and shadows in preparation for Groundhog’s Day.


Brandon was our terrific kid last week, so he got to write our blog today. (there was no terrific kid for this short week) Here is what we have been up to in kindergarten:
We learned about Martin Luther King Jr. He changed the law and helped people. We stayed on green at lunch every day. We made shapes in art. We learned how to do a new book report. Caroline brought a toy turtle. We are watching it hatch. We got to use calculators. We did an obstacle course in P.E. In music, we played instruments and sang about Jack and the Beanstalk. This week was fun!





Enjoy the video we made for open house!

Brrrr! What a cold week! Your children have been doing a great job with their jackets. We have been working hard on independently putting on jackets, and zipping or snapping them. Have your child show you what a great job he/she can do!

Reminders:
We still need our mid-year supplies for our class! If you have not sent in your twist up crayons, 2 glue sticks and 1 glue bottle, please do so as soon as possible.

By now your child should know all of his/her letter sounds. Please continue to practice and review them at home. This week we started learning about word families. This week we talked all about –at words (like cat, hat, etc.) See what –at words your child can think of! In math we reviewed our numbers, and are getting ready to learn all about 3-d shapes. In science and social studies we have been talking about pets and how to take care of them. Next week we will learn about Martin Luther King Jr.

Here is a link to our –at wall wisher
http://wallwisher.com/wall/-atwords
see if you and your child can think of some more –at words. (If you want to add a picture a good idea is to use Google images and just search clip art)

Greyson was our terrific kid this week. Here is what he had to say about our week.
We got 10 panther paws, then we got extra recess. We got to go on the big playground every day because it is after Christmas. We are learning new songs in music. We watched a karate movie with Coach because it was too cold to go outside! Mrs. T. came today. Brandon brought his hamster to school. We are learning about pets. This week was fantastic!

Greyson and Brandon talking earlier in the year.