KindergartenNews
March 2017
Reading Pledge
Books are good friends,
The best that weve seen.
They take us to places
That weve never been.
Theres nothing like reading
To bring on a grin.
Now open your books;
Let the reading begin!
Things We Are Learning
Math
Counting by 1s, 2s, 5s, and 10s
Counting backwards from 20
Identification of numbers 1-75
Writing numbers 0-20
Introduction of tally marks
Measuring using standard and
nonstandard measuring tools
Addition to 12
Telling time to the hour
Working with calculators
Graphing and interpreting graphs
Money: identifying and naming quarter,
dime, nickel, and penny
Making change for nickels & dimes
March 2nd. Your child can come to
Literacy
Making short vowel and long vowel
sounds
Stretching sounds in three and four
letter wordsphoneme segmentation
Pounding and sliding (blending) sounds
together to read words
Finger spelling to segment sounds in
words and use those sounds to write
words
Sounding out and reading three-letter
nonsense words (rab, fej)
Correct writing formation of first and
last name
Kid Writing
Responding to writing prompts and
journal writing
Using capital letters, finger spaces
between words, and ending punctuation
appropriately
Sight words- recognizing, reading, and
writing our sight words
Reading comprehension- identifying the
characters, setting, main idea, and
retelling a story in sequence with key
details
We will celebrate Dr. Seusss
birthday on Monday,
school dressed in
red and white that day.
 Reading Incentive Poetry Corner
Continue to read and record your
BLASTING through a great year of
READING sheets. Students who return
their reading logs get entered into a
Winds of March
Winds of March, we welcome you,
monthly drawing for a free book!
There is work for you to do.
Work and play and blow all day,
Blow all the winter cold away!

Book Orders
I am still waiting on book flyers from
Scholastic

St. Patricks Day

St. Patrick came from Ireland
Second Trimester Conferences A country trimmed in green
Parent-teacher report card conferences will be It has the shamrocks and the pipes
held March 16 and 20. Please sign up for a Those leprechauns youve seen
conference using the link below: Those leprechauns will trip you
http://signup.com/go/nnMVYK Youll fall flat on your face
Theyll tickle your nose and sour the milk
Then find a hiding place!

International Fair Family Night

Check out the International Fair on Friday,
March 31tst from 5:00-8:00pm at the Are you ready for spring?
Elementary School. We will have over 40
country booths, games, crafts, and a parade.
Come join the fun!

Classroom Blog
Have you checked out our classroom blog?
http://jzentner.weebly.com