Weeks of November 18 through 29, 2019 

Kindergarten  Scholars 
 
 

Upcoming important dates 

11/19 - Picture retake day 
11/21 - Parent-Teacher Conferences 
11/21 - Job Fair 2:30-5:30 
11/27 - 11/29 - No school  
Food Pantry open - ​Every Tuesday 2:30-5:30pm and Thursday 1-3pm 
Early release at 1:15 - ​Every Monday 

Birthdays 
There are no birthdays for this time period! 

 
Learning links - What we’re doing these weeks 
Reading  Writing  Phonics  Math   Science / 
Social Studies 
We are reading  We will work on  We are learning  We will be  We are learning 
the texts:  handwriting and  these words: I,  learning how to  about:  
-At Work  learning the letters  on, happy, my,  subtract within 5  -Families and 
-I Like to Read  Uu, Gg, Cc, Kk,  is.  and model  community 
  Ww, Yy, and Qq.    equations with  -How we fit into 
Skills:  During this time  Letter sounds:  their fingers and  communities and 
-Identifying Look  we focus on  /m/, /s/.  unifix cubes. We  how we 
and Say words  starting our letters    will also learn  contribute to 
(sight words)  at the top and  Previous letters:  how to write  them  
within a text  using the entire  A, T, M, S, F, P, I,  equations to  -Identifying our 
-Making  line space from top  N, D, O, L, R   represent  feelings and 
connections with  to bottom.     subtraction  getting back to 
and within the    Previous words:  problems.   the “green zone” 
text  (previous letters:  the, see, a  Scholars will also  for learning 
-Reading with  Aa, Tt, Mm, Ss, Ff,    work with  -Nutrition with 
expression and  and Pp, I i, N n, D  Previous sounds:  doubling and  Ms. Venkata 
using punctuation  d, O o, L l, R r, Hh,  /a/, /t/.   counting by twos.  
from the text  Ee, Bb, Uu, Gg, Cc) 
  

Home​ ​connections 
 

Important word to know:  What it means: 

Look and Say word (AKA:  A word that Scholars should know just by looking at it. 
sight word)  They do not need to sound these words out. Example: the, 
see, a 

Green Zone  The state of feeling ready to learn, having a calm body, 
focused attention, quiet voice, and a “motor” that’s running 
just right. 

Equation  A number sentence that tells the story of what happened 

with the numbers in a math problem. We have started to 
learn about equations for addition and subtraction.  
 
 
Literacy connections: ​When you read with your Scholar, be sure to have 
them read the words that we have been learning if you see them in your 
texts/books. Some of the words we have learned so far: the, see, a, happy, 
on, I. Scholars can follow along with your reading by pointing to the words as 
you read them. Make sure they point from left to right and move down the 
page. You can also point out other text features, such as punctuation, picture 
labels, and interesting fonts. Think about what a bold word might mean 
within the text or ask why the author made it bold. 
 
Math connections: ​You can work with your Scholar on number sentences 
(math equations) by holding up your hand when doing a math story problem. 
For example, if you have three pennies and give away one, how many are left? 
(Hold up three, put one down, two are left; your Scholar can write 3-1=2.) 
Once your Scholar understands what you are representing with your hand, 
let them have a turn to model the equation on their hand. Finally, when they 
have a hold of this, ask them to create the story problem and model it. They 
can even be in charge of writing the equation!  
 
Use these flashcards to help your Scholar learn Look and Say words: 

the  see  a 

on  I  happy 

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