123 KinderStreet

Monday (Phonics & Writing): Lowercase d and b are easily confused. On you paper, randomly make 5 d’s and 5 b’s. Circle all the d’s. Write a sentence at the bottom “D is for _____ and ______ and _______ and ________.” Make sure your d’s are correct!

Tuesday (Math): Trace a penny 5 times and color them brown. Now draw one more and color it. How many do you have in all? Write a sentence to tell about this story. Next, write another sentence to tell how many pennies are in one nickel.

Wednesday (Science/Social Studies): We have been talking about United States Celebrations. Some of the special people and holidays we celebrate in our country are Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Presidents' Day, the Declaration of Independence, Abraham Lincoln, Betsy Ross, and George Washington. Find one picture from a book, newspaper, or internet and write the name of a holiday and the date that we celebrate. Write a sentence to tell why it is important as a U.S. celebration.

Thursday (Language Arts): Take a walk inside of your home and make a list of 5 words and their opposites. Ex. empty-full, clean-dirty.

Friday (Reading): Read three books this weekend for fun. Which was your favorite?

*Remind your child to turn in their Homework Journal this week. They are due on Fridays.*

Have fun!
The K-Team

Monday (Phonics & Writing): 1.) Write your name and your birthday (i.e. “Johnny James, December 20”) Use finger spaces, and make sure that only the first letter of the name is capital and all the rest are lowercase. 2.) Make a list of words that begin with Q. Write one sentence using some of your Q words.

Tuesday (Math): Trace 10 pennies in a row into your journal. Write "1" and make the sign for a cent mark on top of each. Color them brown. Write a sentence to tell how many pennies you have in all.

Wednesday (Science/Social Studies): We have been using describing words to compare objects. Look at things in your room or house and choose a category with a parent to put 3-5 objects in it...like things that are brown, things that are hard, soft, shiny, dull, red, yellow, etc. Write the names of the objects, and draw or cut & paste a picture. If you really want to shine, number them.

Thursday (Language Arts): We are practicing dictation in class. Read the sentence below aloud to your child. Repeat it slowly. Ask him/her to write the sounds they heard to make a sentence. Remind them to use capitals at the beginning, spaces between words, and punctuation. When finished, compare your child’s sentence to the sentence on the homework sheet. Practice writing the words they missed, paying attention to the letter sounds they hear.


Friday (Phonics): Play the “How Many Sounds?” game this weekend when you are out and about. Name an object you see, say all the sounds that are in that word, then count the sounds (i.e. “Fence…/f/ …/e/…/n/… /s/…fence has four sounds!”)

*Remind your child to turn in their Homework Journal this week. They are due on Fridays.*

Have fun!

The K-Team

As we begin our math money unit next week, our plan is to open a School Store in our classroom. The students will earn coins in class each day. They will make their own origami wallets to keep their coins in, and will be allowed to purchase an item from the store to keep. Here is where we could use your help! If you can, please send in small, inexpensive items for the School Store. School supplies, like small rulers, pencils, erasers , etc. are ideal. Or other dollar store items that have several items in one package for a dollar (i.e. bubbles, bracelets, socks, matchbox cars, etc.). No candy please! We would truly appreciate your help with bringing this money unit to life.

Monday (Phonics & Writing): NO SCHOOL

Tuesday (Math): Using a measuring teaspoon, fill it up carefully to the top with water several times to see how many teaspoons will fit into a cup. Next, do the same using a tablespoon. Trace both spoons in your journal, then write the number of times you filled each spoon below each drawing. Which spoon needed to be filled up more times in order to fill the measuring cup?

Wednesday (Science/Social Studies): Write 2 sentences about your favorite American holiday. Illustrate your sentences.

Thursday (Language Arts): Decorate a box with the letter L. Inside the box place pictures, items or words that begin with L. Draw a picture of Larry Lion holding a lamp in your journal.

Friday (Reading): Choose a book to read with a family member. First, find all the words that you know in the book. Next, have that family member read a page to you first, then you read the page to your family member.

*Remind your child to turn in their Homework Journal this week. They are due on Fridays.*

Have fun!
The K-Team

Monday (Phonics & Writing): NO SCHOOL

Tuesday (Math): Get cereal pieces (or any identical group of manipulatives) and three objects. Measure the objects using your cereal pieces. Make sure the objects and the pieces both start at the beginning or starting point. Draw your objects and write how long each object is.

Wednesday (Science/Social Studies): We have been talking about the 4 seasons. Find a picture for each season, and paste it in your journal. Write a sentence of what you like about that season, or draw or paste a little picture that goes with that season, like sunglasses for summer, pumpkin for fall, umbrella for spring, and snowman for winter.

Thursday (Language Arts): Some animals make their homes in snow and ice. Label and draw pictures of 3 animals that live in snow and ice.

Friday(Fun Family Project): Martin Luther King,Jr. Day was on Monday! Each child will be given a coloring sheet of Martin Luther King,Jr. Construct a poster using the coloring sheet of Martin Luther King,Jr. Write 3 sentences with important facts about Martin Luther King,Jr. You may get info from history books, library books, news articles or the internet. Parents, please assist your child in celebrating this great historical event.

*Homework Journals are due on Fridays.*

Mrs. C's science class has been exploding with a whirlwind of fun science experiments in the past few weeks! Come take a look at what they have learned.

During our weather unit, the students learned about storms and tornados. They brought in empty liter bottles for the grand experiment of creating tornados in a bottle. The kids added colored water and glitter to their bottles to highlight the swirling funnel clouds.

To see the video of our tornado experiment, just click on the link above or follow the fun stuff link to the right. You can also discover more information about tornados at Scholastic's website.


Here is Miss Veronica once again! She will help the kids review what they know about solids, liquids and gases. The video can also be found over at the Video Shorts section of our classroom website.


Have a great week everyone!