Weeks of December 2 through 13, 2019 

Kindergarten  Scholars 
 
 

Upcoming important dates 

12/9 - No School (staff PD) 
12/16 - Open School House; Beauty Boutique and Literacy 5:30-7:30 
12/17 - Holiday Store 4-7:30pm 
12/23 - 1/5 - Winter Break 
Food Pantry open - ​Every Tuesday 2:30-5:30pm and Thursday 1-3pm 
Early release at 1:15 - ​Every Monday 

Birthdays 
William 12/19 (Wocelka) Malaysia 12/17 (Kuecker) 
Devonte 12/20 (Wocelka) Alieu 12/2 (Braun) 

 
Learning links - What we’re doing these weeks 
Reading  Writing  Phonics  Math   Science / 
Social Studies 
We are reading the  -We continue to  We are learning  We will be learning  We are learning 
texts:  work on writing  these words: big,  ordering and  about:  
-Me on the Map  letters of the  little, we, look,  comparing  -Ourselves, 
-I’ve Got the  alphabet. We will be  and, very  numbers (more  Families and 
Rhythm  writing about    than/greater than,  community 
  ourselves and our  Letter sounds:  less than), counting  -How we fit into 
Skills:  families.  /f/, /p/.  forwards and  communities and 
-Identifying Look  -We will soon begin    backwards from  how we contribute 
and Say words  to learn about  Letters Names:  any number up to  to them  
(sight words) within  writers and authors -  Vv, Jj   20, ordinal  -Identifying our 
a text  why do they write,    positions (first,  feelings and getting 
-Making  what do they write  Previous words:  second, third, etc.),  back to the “green 
connections  about and what is  the, see, a, I, on,  counting “5 and  zone” for learning 
between ideas  their process for  happy, my, is, cat  some more” (I know  -Nutrition with Ms. 
within the text  writing something.    I have a group of  Venkata 
-Telling what the  We will then become  Previous sounds:  five so I can say “5 - 
author is trying to  writers and authors  /a/, /t/, /m/,  6, 7, 8 rather than 
teach me/what is  ourselves!  /s/.   counting from 1), 
the main idea  and addition to 5. 
-Identifying the  We will also talk 
characters and  about positional 
setting in a text  words (above, 
  below, next to, 
inside, etc.). 

 
 Home​ ​connections 
 

Important word to know:  What it means: 

Look and Say word (AKA:  A word that Scholars should know just by looking at it. 
sight word)  They do not need to sound these words out. Example: the, 
see, a 

Community  1. a place where people live, work, learn and play 

2. a group of people living in the same place or having a 
particular characteristic in common. 
3. a feeling of fellowship with others, as a result of 
sharing common attitudes, interests, and goals. 

Characters  Who the story is about - people, animals, objects, creatures 

Setting  Where the characters are in the story ie. farm, city, home, 
school 
 
 
Literacy connections: ​When you read with your Scholar, be sure to have 
them read the words that we have been learning if you see them in your 
texts/books. Some of the words we have learned so far: the, see, a, happy, 
on, I, my, is. Scholars can follow along with your reading by pointing to the 
words as you read them. Make sure they point from left to right and move 
down the page. You can also point out other text features, such as 
punctuation marks. Think about how you would read something that has a 
question mark or an exclamation point compared to a period. You can also 
figure out who the character is and where the character is in the story. 
 
Math connections: ​You can work with your Scholar on using positional 
words. Make it an I spy game! I spy something that is on top of the 
refrigerator. I spy something that is inside the closet. You could add 2D and 
3D shapes to your clues. I spy something rectangular next to the couch. I 
spy a sphere that is under the table. So much fun! 
 
Use these flashcards to help your Scholar learn Look and Say words: 

the  see  my 

on  is  happy 

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