Mrs. Miller's Kindergarten Class
My name is Kathy Miller and I am so happy to be your child's teacher. This kindergarten year will be a year of new beginnings, a year filled with large and small accomplishments, a year of trying new things and making new friends. Kindergarten is an important year in your child's education. It sets the foundation for future years. I am honored to be on this very memorable and special journey with you and your child! I will be updating this website weekly with our K1 Newsletter, class photos, important dates and information.
I look forward to working with you this year!
Important Dates:
February 13 & February 16 - No School - Presidents Holiday
March 16 - No School for students - Teacher workday
March 30- April 3 - No School - Spring Break
Hello Families,
We had another amazing week in K1! On Friday we celebrated our 100th day together! As one student told me,“Only 80 more days until first grade!” I can’t believe how much time has passed this year. We had fun counting to 100 different ways, we wrote a story about what we would like to have 100 of, we read a math book about 100 hungry ants, played a race to 100 math game and decorated 100 day crowns with our buddies. Your child is bringing home sun glasses to celebrate how bright they are now and a 100 day of school medal! It was a memorable way to mark 100 days of learning!
We read many versions of the Ukrainian folktale The Mitten this week. We compared and contrasted each version and voted on our favorite one! Next week your child will bring home a fun project that they made to retell and sequence the story to you! Enjoy their story telling!
In Reading this week we worked on “slide power.” Our readers discovered that after they say the sounds in a word, they can use their finger and slide it under the letters and read a word. We are continuing to read lots of readers that focus on decoding simple CVC words. Next week your child will be bringing home a bundle of readers from the month of January that they have been reading over the past weeks. Many are decodable readers, but there are also informational nonfiction readers and song books.
In writing this week we worked with the teaching point that a writer says a sentence in their mind and then writes it, writing word by word. Writers then go back and reread their work to make sure it makes sense and that nothing has been left out. We practiced writing dictation to reinforce our red words and short /e/ words.
In math we played addition dice games and worked on addition with two sided counters and pictures, along with our 100th day activities.
On Tuesday Ms. G presented her third lesson on Friendship to the class. She read the book, Swimmy by Leo Leoni and talked about the power of friendship and the magic of friends that work together. Thank you Mrs. G!
Have an enjoyable weekend! - Kathy
