Weeks of November 4 & November 11, 2019 

Kindergarten  Scholars 
 
 

Upcoming important dates 

11/12 - Open House and Flu Shot Clinic 

11/15- Half Day 

11/21- ​No School For Scholars​; Parent Teacher Conferences and Mendota Job Fair 

Food Pantry open - ​Every Tuesday 2:30-5:30pm and Thursday 1-3pm 

Early release at 1:15 - ​Every Monday 

Birthdays 
 

Learning links - What we’re doing these weeks 

Reading  Writing  Phonics  Math   Science / 
Social Studies 
We are reading  We are  We are learning  We are  We are learning 
the texts:  continuing to  these sight  continuing to  about: 
-I Eat Leaves  work on writing  words: see, the, a,  learn about  -How we are 
-The Family Book  the letters we  I, on and happy.   patterns and also  similar and 
  have learned. We  We are also  using it to help us  different from our 
Skills:  are focusing on  reviewing the  learn to count by  classmates (what 
-Text Genres  writing the letters  sounds that the  2.   makes us unique) 
(Fiction,  correctly on a line  letters a, t and m    -Different types 
nonfiction,  and from left to  make.  Next week, we  of families  
song/poem)  right.    will start to learn  -Understanding 
-Telling what  We are working  about adding and  feelings in 
happened in the  on listening for  subtracting ones.   ourselves and 
text after reading  the first sound in  others 
it.  a word. We are  -Zones of 
also working on  Regulation 
putting sounds   
together to make 
a word. 

 
 Home​ ​connections  

Important word to know:  What it means: 

Genre  Types of texts. In kindergarten we will focus on fiction 

(fake), nonfiction (real) and songs/poems. 

Pattern  Something that repeats itself over and over. 

 
Literacy connections: ​When you read with your Scholar, be sure to ask them 
what kind of book they are reading. 
1. Is it fiction, nonfiction or a song/poem? 
2. How do they know? 
a. Is it made up? 
b. Is it about something they have seen in their life? 
c. Talk about the illustrations. Are they photographs or drawings?  
3. Have scholars tell you about what they read after you’ve finished the 
book. 
4. Remind your scholars to ask questions when they don’t understand 
something. 
 
Math connections: ​You can work with your Scholar on counting and 
comparing numbers at home. Ask your scholar to count how many slices of 
apples they have (or something you have on hand) and compare that to the 
number of fingers you are holding up. Which is more or greater than? 
Which is less or less than? Are they the same or equal to each other? You 
may also ask your scholar what one more or one less than the number is. 
   

 
 

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