At the beginning of each month we will send home a monthly Newsletter to update you on what we have been learning, as well as upcoming events. Please see the attached monthly Newsletters! Thanks!
March Newsletter:
Dear Parents,
We had a great 100th Day of School celebration. Thanks for helping your children with the 100th day projects. They were really fun to share and we loved all the creativity.
Thank you to all the families who joined us at Student-Led Conferences. Our students really enjoyed sharing what they have been learning and working on in class.
What we have been working on in the classroom:
Reading Workshop: We have been exploring poetry and will begin looking at the features of nonfiction texts.
Writing Workshop: We are finishing our Poetry unit and will begin our non-fiction unit next.
Skills Block: We are continuing to work our way through the alphabet, stretching and writing words as we go, and testing on sight words. Keep practicing with your child; they are doing great on their spelling tests.
Math: We have been learning about composing and decomposing numbers through 10. We have also been learning about coins; (ie. identifying, exchanging, and counting coins). This is quite a challenge for kindergarteners, so practice this whenever you can. We are also working on adding and subtracting within our fact families. Please begin to work on math flash cards with your child.
Social Studies: We are learning about American history and those who have influenced it. We just finished learning about African American History and some of our presidents. Next, we will be learning about democratic processes.
Important Dates
March 4th: No School
March 5th-8th: Read Across America Spirit Week
Tuesday-“Fox in Socks” (Crazy Sock Day)
Wednesday- “Wacky Wednesday” (Crazy hair/hat day)
Thursday: “Oh the Places You’ll Go” (College/Career day)
Friday: “I am not Going to Get up Today” (PJ Day)
March 10th: Daylight Savings Time
March 15th: Leprechaun traps are due (More Info to Come)
March 21th: Class Picture & Individual Picture Day
March 21st- Culture and Passion Day
March 21st- Culture and Passion Night (5:00pm-7:00pm)
March 25th-March 29th: Spring Break
-Addition Flash Cards: Please practice the addition facts flashcards with your child at home. The goal is to be able to add through 5 quickly and without using fingers. (If your child can already do this, practice adding fluently through 10, then subtracting fluently through 5, then subtracting fluently through 10.)
-Reading Logs: Please continue to read daily and fill out the reading log that runs from Monday to Friday. Keep a tally of the number of books read.
- Handwriting Practice: Please help your child to form the letters correctly and neatly on their handwriting practice sheets sent home weekly.
-Math: Most weeks there will be math homework attached to the special helpers and reading log. Please have your child complete it and return it when the reading log is due.
- Letter Recognition and Sounds: By now, your child should be able to identify all of the letters and produce all of the sounds. If your student does not yet know all of their letters and sounds, please prioritize this over practicing sight words.
-Sight Words: Please remember to practice sight words regularly with your child. By this time, they should know 50 or more sight words.
-Sight Word Spelling Tests:
We appreciate all your work to help your child learn their sight words. Please continue to help your child read and spell their sight words each week.
Please let us know if you have questions or would like help with anything school related. You may email us, or if it’s quick, we can usually take care of it when you come to pick up your child. But sometimes it is better to make an appointment, so we can have a focused talk in private. Please let us know anytime you would like to do this.
Email Addresses:
Jackie_Novak@dpsk12.org
Leigh_Mcsherry@dpsk12.org
Aylene_Knight@dpsk12.org
Kaylee_Case@dpsk12.org
Emily_Pitman@dpsk12.org
March Newsletter:
Dear Parents,
We had a great 100th Day of School celebration. Thanks for helping your children with the 100th day projects. They were really fun to share and we loved all the creativity.
Thank you to all the families who joined us at Student-Led Conferences. Our students really enjoyed sharing what they have been learning and working on in class.
What we have been working on in the classroom:
Reading Workshop: We have been exploring poetry and will begin looking at the features of nonfiction texts.
Writing Workshop: We are finishing our Poetry unit and will begin our non-fiction unit next.
Skills Block: We are continuing to work our way through the alphabet, stretching and writing words as we go, and testing on sight words. Keep practicing with your child; they are doing great on their spelling tests.
Math: We have been learning about composing and decomposing numbers through 10. We have also been learning about coins; (ie. identifying, exchanging, and counting coins). This is quite a challenge for kindergarteners, so practice this whenever you can. We are also working on adding and subtracting within our fact families. Please begin to work on math flash cards with your child.
Social Studies: We are learning about American history and those who have influenced it. We just finished learning about African American History and some of our presidents. Next, we will be learning about democratic processes.
Important Dates
March 4th: No School
March 5th-8th: Read Across America Spirit Week
Tuesday-“Fox in Socks” (Crazy Sock Day)
Wednesday- “Wacky Wednesday” (Crazy hair/hat day)
Thursday: “Oh the Places You’ll Go” (College/Career day)
Friday: “I am not Going to Get up Today” (PJ Day)
March 10th: Daylight Savings Time
March 15th: Leprechaun traps are due (More Info to Come)
March 21th: Class Picture & Individual Picture Day
March 21st- Culture and Passion Day
March 21st- Culture and Passion Night (5:00pm-7:00pm)
March 25th-March 29th: Spring Break
-Addition Flash Cards: Please practice the addition facts flashcards with your child at home. The goal is to be able to add through 5 quickly and without using fingers. (If your child can already do this, practice adding fluently through 10, then subtracting fluently through 5, then subtracting fluently through 10.)
-Reading Logs: Please continue to read daily and fill out the reading log that runs from Monday to Friday. Keep a tally of the number of books read.
- Handwriting Practice: Please help your child to form the letters correctly and neatly on their handwriting practice sheets sent home weekly.
-Math: Most weeks there will be math homework attached to the special helpers and reading log. Please have your child complete it and return it when the reading log is due.
- Letter Recognition and Sounds: By now, your child should be able to identify all of the letters and produce all of the sounds. If your student does not yet know all of their letters and sounds, please prioritize this over practicing sight words.
-Sight Words: Please remember to practice sight words regularly with your child. By this time, they should know 50 or more sight words.
-Sight Word Spelling Tests:
We appreciate all your work to help your child learn their sight words. Please continue to help your child read and spell their sight words each week.
Please let us know if you have questions or would like help with anything school related. You may email us, or if it’s quick, we can usually take care of it when you come to pick up your child. But sometimes it is better to make an appointment, so we can have a focused talk in private. Please let us know anytime you would like to do this.
Email Addresses:
Jackie_Novak@dpsk12.org
Leigh_Mcsherry@dpsk12.org
Aylene_Knight@dpsk12.org
Kaylee_Case@dpsk12.org
Emily_Pitman@dpsk12.org
