Weeks of January 27 and Feb 3, 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 
1/27 - Start of 3rd quarter 
2/3 - Black Lives Matter in School Week kick off 
2/6 - Read Your Heart Out 
2/7 - No school 
2/20 - Report cards go home (look in your Scholar’s backpack) 

Birthdays 
Akira Young 1/29 (Cashin)​ ᐧ ​Zayden - 7/29 (half birthday) (Braun) 
Edrease 8/2 (half birthday) (Kuecker)​ ᐧ​ Lea-Rosalie - 2/4 (Braun)   
Scarlett 2/5 (Wocelka)​ ᐧ ​Mattison 2/7 (Wocelka) ​ᐧ​ Abby 2/9 (Wocelka​) 

 
Learning links - What we’re doing these weeks 
Reading  Writing  Phonics  Math   Science / 
Social Studies 
We are reading the  -We are focusing  We are learning  We will be learning  We are learning in 
texts:  on writing basics  these words: put,  about shapes,  two different 
-We March  such as spaces,  you, come  including the names  content areas: 
-The Undefeated  writing a word to    of shapes, shape  science and social 
  represent an idea,  Letters Yy, Qq, Xx,  attributes (number of  studies.  
Skills:  and making our  and Zz, and all  sides that are curved   
-Describing the  pictures match  others as review.  and straight, number  Science: Animals 
characters of a  our words    of corners/vertices,  and what it means to 
story  -We are spending    number of faces), and  observe 
-identifying what  time thinking  Previous words:  what the shapes have   
the text is mostly  about our writing  the, see, a, I, on,  in common with  Social studies: What 
about  and planning it  happy, my, is, cat,  other shapes.   it means to be a 
-Identifying themes  before beginning  look, and, very.  citizen and how to 
of citizenship and  to write  this, can, here,  make our 
activism     like, are, to  community stronger 
-Identifying and  by being an activist 
defining new  and working to 
vocabulary  make positive 
changes 

 
  

Home​ ​connections 
 

Important word to know:  What it means: 

Civics  The time when we learn about how to be members of our 

community, we learn our shared history, and we learn how 
to make our community more equitable 

Needs  Things you have to have to survive (Water, food, 

shelter/clothing/protection, air) 

Want  Things you would like to have 

Right  Things you get to have in order to thrive and be your best 
you: education, peace, justice (equality), freedom (to and 
from others infringing upon your rights), belonging 
(acceptance), happiness 

Responsibility  Things you have to do to give other people ​their ​rights  

Citizen  A member of a community who contributes to and receives 

benefits from the community 

Activism  Speaking and acting for someone else or yourself to make 

positive change- using your voice to stand up for 
someone’s rights/needs 
 
 
Literacy connections: ​When you read with your 
Scholar, be sure to ask them what the main idea in 
the text is. As critical readers we have to identify 
what the author’s message is so that we can 
determine what the purpose of the text is. This skill 
has been especially helpful when reading texts to 
prepare for Black Lives Matter at School Week. We 
have learned a lot of American history from texts in 
order to understand the historical basis for this 
important week.  
 
Math connections: ​Ask your Scholar to name the 
shapes to the right, identify the number of corners 
they have, and count the number of sides they have. 
You can also practice spotting them in real life in 
both 2D and 3D shapes. Some 2D shapes will show 
up as parts of 3D shapes (for example, a rectangular 
prism might have a square on two ends). 

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