Welcome back!  I hope you enjoyed your week off with family and friends.   This week we will focus on getting back into the swing of our classroom routines and our kindergarten learning. 

During reading we are working on our Daily Five activities.  We are taking a break from small guided reading groups this week while I read individually with students and practice various literacy skills.  We will begin our small guided reading groups again next week.

As writers, we are working on trying our best to write words independently...even when it's hard!  I am so very proud of how much the children have grown as writers.  We will soon begin a new writing unit during writing workshop that focuses on a nonfiction writing piece. This week, however, we will practice building our independent skills during journal writing and responding to literature.

During math, we are beginning a new topic on subtraction.  We will use manipulatives and pictures to help us write subtraction number sentences.  We will also read subtraction stories and explore some math websites during our computer lab time this week.

This week we are also learning about presidents as part of our social studies curriculum.  We read and discussed facts about some of our presidents including George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. 

We will also begin exploring a mini unit on Dental Health this week.  We will read fiction and nonfiction stories about taking care of our teeth.  We will also create some fun projects and experiments to go along with this theme.  

As always, please contact me with any questions or concerns.

Sincerely,
Eileen Browne