This Week....

This week we will begin reading groups again!  The PALS testing has been completed and we are beginning new groups.  Every child did an awesome job on PALS testing and the improvement throughout the class amazed me!  Starting this Friday, your child will bring home a reading book bag.  Inside the bag is a leveled reader that they have been working on during the week.  At home, I am asking you to allow your child to read this book to anyone and everyone that will listen.  We are focusing on reading fluency and reading confidence.  Please fill out the sheet inside your child's bag and return the recording sheet and book back to school each Monday.  We will continue to practice Kindergarten sight words.  The new sight words for this nine weeks are:  for, the, on, big, go, me.  Your child is expected to be able to read and spell these words by the end of Kindergarten.  Please work on these words at home.  We will learn about Martin Luther King, Jr. and how he has helped changed our world.  We will also learn the concept of subtraction this week in math.

Upcoming events:

Report cards go home on Thursday.  As always, if you have any questions or concerns please contact me.

Next Thursday is our 100th day of school.  We are in need of a few supplies.  Please look for this list in your child's behavior folder.  

February 8 and 18 are now SCHOOL DAYS!  These are make-up days due to Hurricane Sandy.  

Have a great week and I look forward to learning with my fantastic Kinders this week!
Mrs. Beltz