December 6th ~ 10th

Our letter this week is "Pp" and we will work with proper letter formation and the sounds that this letter makes. When writing with your child, encourage him or her to begin the letter at the top and not the bottom. We work very hard to instill proper letter formation into the muscle memory and incorrect letter formation can be difficult to correct. I will introduce the words "do" and "not" in anticipation of adding them to our word wall. The children amaze me daily with their reading and writing ability and you should be very proud of your child's progress! We will add three poems to our poetry binders this week, a phonics decodable book to the book boxes, and we will add another entry to our journals. We will discuss cause and effect in stories and we will search magazines for pictures that begin with the letter "Pp".

If you happen to have old kid's magazines around the house, we'd love to take them off your hands. You can send them with your child if you no longer need them. National Geographic Kids, Zoo Books, etc. have great photos that are appropriate for kindergarten.

Math ~ We are continuing to work with the teen numbers. Games and activities to reinforce number sense and place value are a part of every day in kindergarten.

Art ~ We will begin working on a book project called "Shapes of Christmas". The book contains projects that the kids will complete for circle, square, triangle, rectangle, diamond (rhombus), and oval. Each child will bring his or her book home before Christmas and it is a fun keepsake from our year in kindergarten.

Show and Tell ~ I did forget to put the bags in the Wednesday Watch last week . . . but they are in there this week!

Snow Village Field Trip ~ The permission slips are also in the Wednesday Watch this week. Please complete and return the form as quickly as possible. If I do not have a form for your child, he or she will not be able to leave the school campus on the 17th for this field trip.

Gingerbread Houses ~ If you have not already done so, please return the lavender form I sent last week. This gives me an idea of how many parents will be able to attend on the 21st.

Christmas Program ~ Mrs. Carroll would like the children to dress nicely for the Christmas Program on Thursday December 16th. Girls should be in dresses, skirts, or nice pants. Boys should be in nice slacks and button-up shirts or ones without any print or design on the front. Our program begins at 8:45, so come a bit early to get a good seat!

Have a great week ~ and I again thank you for sharing your most precious treasure with me!