Kindergator Update 2.16.20


“Good morning, and in case I don’t see ya, good afternoon, good evening, and good night!” We had a wonderful week before Winter break. We hope everyone stays safe and dry! Don’t forget to practice those sight words every once and while!

Reading: This week we started to put together all of our tricks with labeling each trick in our reading groups. Everyone did a wonderful job finding each trick and should start to see what tricks they need to work on. Mr. Webster had a very exciting science/reading lesson where the students learned the ten rules to finding their special rock. You might have noticed they got to keep their special rocks and they came home with a description of them.

Math: This week in math we started to look at “Part-Part-Whole” diagrams and how we can use them to help with our addition and subtraction skills. The students also worked on checking the correctness of number sentences in their math centers this week. Students are working on reading number sentences and then making sure the math is correct.

Writing: This week students did a wonderful job with their letter transformations and adding details to their stories. We had some really interesting stories of caterpillars helping their friends to stories about zebras and their exciting lives. We wanted students to focus on details in the stories and they did a fantastic job!

PDI: Students this week began to learn what it takes to become a PDI agent with washing their hands with soap and water, using hand sanitizer after sneezing, and staying home when their sick.

Science Lab: This week in the science lab students were treated to the Star Lab which was so much fun for them! Thank you to the parents that volunteered their time to help with that, you guys are superstars!

Vocabulary: subtraction, checking, text-elements

Special Shoutouts:
  • Thank you for the most amazing Teacher Appreciation Week Ever! The cards, gifts and goodies were so wonderful and we thank each and every one of you for thinking of us like that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Maddie for her incredible perseverance and somehow showing great height for such a tiny girl.
  • Elaina and Mae-Claire for learning their addition doubles so quickly.
  • Harrison who will be recovering from tonsillectomy with only 5 days of ice cream to help him.
  • Ethan for completing his counting and now moving on to mastery of his sight words!
  • Gabe for is super behavior this week and challenging himself with his work!
  • Thanks to Audrey for using her Star Behavior to go to the front playground this week.
  • Eldabelle who took Mr. Webster’s seat on Friday for her Star Behavior.
  • Catlin who took over as Mrs. Powers for the day as she used her Star behavior.
  • Duncan who was our class leader for the day as he wanted to be our line leader!
  • Will for his special recognition by the Science teacher for his listening skills!
  • Shout out Eldabelle and Sawyer for their keen eyes when it came to his math center this week as they were the only ones to find all the mistakes on the first try!
  • Shout out to Carter for his work hard, play hard attitude this week!
  • Audrey for challenging herself with her with her letter transformation!
  • Jacob and his inclusive attitude this week!
  • Fiona, Elaina, and Arielle’s problem-solving abilities!













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