Tuesday, January 16th-

Friday, January 19th

*Please send your child’s school iPad back to

school, fully charged next Monday morning.
• CKLA: Students continued to review the 25 lowercase *Please continue to have your child practice
letter (20 consonant sounds and 5 short vowel sounds) putting their coat on, zipping, buttoning, snapping,
sounds that we have worked on by doing more practice and tying their shoes at home to help them
activities. They worked on reading and writing CVC words,
phrases, and sentences. They also reviewed the“tricky”
become more independent.
words that they have learned. Students completed more *Your child’s school library book is due next
performance assessments as well. Friday.
• Reading: Students practiced identifying characters,
setting, and major events in a story. They continued to
work on figuring out the meanings of some words in the
story as too. They also shared personal connections.
• Saturday, January 20th: iRead Kick-Off/Highland
• Math: Students continued to work on measuring lengths,
Park Public Library from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
comparing objects, and using non-standard units to
measure. Students measured and compared more objects • Friday, January 26th: Early Release 1:40 p.m.
in the classroom to help strengthen their understanding of
the concepts of longer, shorter, and the same length. • Tuesday, January 30th: IT PTO Meeting 7:30 p.m.
• Friday, February 16th: Early Release 1:40 p.m.
• Monday, February 19th: NO SCHOOL/Presidents’ Day

• Happy Friday!
• We had a busy week of working and learning together in Kindergarten.
• The iRead Kick-Off Event is TOMORROW, Saturday, January 20th at the Highland Park Public
Library from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. *I will be there from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
• The iRead informational notes were sent home in your child’s blue Home folder yesterday. Please
record books and minutes spent reading at home with your child on the green recording form.
• Students will have an early 1:40 p.m. dismissal next Friday, January 26th.
• Kindergarteners will be able to exchange valentine cards in class next month. Please remember if
you plan to send valentines to school, your child must have one valentine for each child in our class.
We have twenty friends in our class. Please do not write classmates’ names on them, just have your
child sign their first name. Unfortunately, food/sweet treats may NOT be included with the
valentine cards.
• Have a relaxing and enjoyable weekend with your family and friends! :)