Social Studies, the unit titled Kings and Queens is fun & exciting as we study examples of royalty both real & fantasy. The students develop the concepts of power, authority and responsibility of leadership and begin to build a foundation to understand the founding of America.

Unit Objectives Include:

• Describe what a king or queen does
• Identify and describe royal objects associated with a king or queen
• Indicate that kings and queens still exist today, but that there were many more kings and queens long ago
• Describe a royal family

Math, current focuses: addition, writing numbers to 20, and counting to 100.

Science, Farm Unit, we continue to read and understand non-fiction texts, sequencing, informative writing and develop an appreciation & understanding of the importance of farms for ALL people.

Dec.21st-Jan.5th- WINTER BREAK

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year !!

Reading, we are working towards independent reading gains (DRA levels). It is key to read daily asking “Does it match?” This is vital, as good readers focus on making their words match the print. Also, good readers will reread a sentence to enable smooth reading to achieve comprehension. At home read daily to help develop these essential skills; Book Boxes and RAZ kids are great resources.

Sight Words are important in your child’s ability to gain reading levels, keep practicing.

December is a busy holiday month AND a busy academic time. Report cards go home this month, so all students will complete several assessments.

DIBELS assessments will be given this month, including: Letter Naming Fluency (Point and say letter names), Phoneme Segmentation (saying all the sounds in the word, ex: pat- /p/ /a/ /t/), Nonsense Word Fluency (stretching/blending 2-3 letter words, ex: mop- drag finger under word and stretch “mmmoooppp” or just say the whole word), and sight words. These four skill tests are timed so fluency/quickness is a strength.  

Use the DIBELS tab for more information.    

December 5th- 5:30-7:00

Northern Lights Literacy Evening 

Kindergartners come with your family to enjoy many fun activity stations.

The PE room and cafeteria will glitter with lights and laughter.

Listen to stories, enjoy crafts, snacks, write letters to Santa and enjoy family photos being taken. 

Blending- (for reading) look and read a word, practice stretching the word. Ex- look at the word “mop”, stretch without stopping and drag the finger under the word: “mmmooooppp”. The movement of the finger guides the mouth.

Reading- Key goals for the month:

Segmenting- (for writing) hear and say all the sounds in a word given verbally (no print). Ex- the word cat, the student hear the word and says the three sounds in that word, (/c/ /a/ /t/) they will segment/break up each individual sound.