Weeks of February 24 and March 2, 2020 

Kindergarten  Scholars 
 
 

Upcoming important dates 

Early release at 1:15 - ​Every Monday 
Food Pantry open - ​Every Tuesday 2:30-5:30pm and Thursday 1-3pm 
2/24 - Kindergarten Field trip to Overture Center 
2/28-No School 
3/5- Meal Pack in the evening 
3/6- Silent Auction 6-8pm at Warner Park. 
3/20- No school 
3/30-4/3-No school, Spring Break 

Birthdays 
Jovadius - 3/6 (Braun) Lawrence - 3/12 ​(Braun)   
Elijah- 3/5 (Cashin) 
Kymani 3/1 (Kuecker) ​Evelin 3/7 (Kuecker) 
Payton 3/28​ (Wocelka) 

 
Learning links - What we’re doing these weeks 
Reading  Writing  Phonics  Math   Science / 
Social Studies 
We are reading:  -We are taking  We are learning  We will continue our  We are learning in 
-The Snowy Day to  time to do  these words:, they,  work with shapes in  two different 
prepare for our  non-fiction  has, were, from,  the content area of 3  content areas: 
visit to the  writing and talk  does, any.  dimensional shapes.  science and social 
Overture Center  about the idea of    Scholars will be  studies.  
-What Comes First  what research is.  Letter sounds  looking at the   
-The first week in  We are discussing  /h/, /e/, /b/,  characteristics of 3D  Science: Animals or 
March is Dr. Suess  words like fact  /u/.  shapes and how to  Wood and Paper. 
week. We will be  and what a fact is    describe them and   
reading several Dr.  and finding  Previous words:  build them.   Social studies: We 
Suess books.  important facts  the, see, a, I, on,    are finalizing our 
Skills:  about a given  happy, my, is, cat,  We will also be  work in the area of 
-Tell what the story  topic. We are  look, and, very, big,  working on counting  civics and what it 
is mostly about.  using graphic  little, we, this, can,  “five and some more”  means to be a 
-Ask and answer  organizers to  here, like, are, to,  using nickels and  citizen and how to 
questions about key  gather our  put, you, come,  pennies. We will also  make our 
details in a text..  information. We  want, do, with,  be looking at groups  community stronger 
-ask questions  are discussing  down, said, play  of 10 and some more.   by being an activist 
about unknown  ways to present    and the 13 Black 
words in a text  our information.  Previous letter  Lives Matter 
- I can tell if a text     sounds: /a/, /t/,  Principles. 
is fiction or  /m/, /s/, /f/, 
nonfiction and why.  /p/, /i/, /n/. 

Home​ ​connections 
 

Important word or phrase to  What it means: 

know: 

Triangular Prism, Rectangular  New 3D shapes students will be introduced to 

Prism, and Pyramid 

Counting on  Starting with the big number and counting on. Like 6+3=9. Start at 6 
and cout on 3 more. 

Addition and Subtraction   

 
Literacy connections: ​When you read with your Scholar, be sure to use the pictures to help 
figure out unknown words. In addition to using pictures, ask your scholar to double check 
that the letters/sounds in the word match what they are reading. You can also ask, “does 
this make sense?” Have scholars find words in the text they know before they start 
reading. 
 
Math connections: ​Ask your Scholar to count some nickels and pennies with you as you 
put them into your piggy bank! Start with the nickel and say “5” and then count on using 
the pennies (ie. “5...6, 7, 8, 9!). Work on 3-D shapes. Help them understand the difference 
between addition and subtraction. 
 

 
Practice these shapes 
 

 
 
 

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