February 9- February 13

Week of 2/9-2/13 

Unit 5 Animals

Dear Family Members:

This week we are reading Animal Babies ABC. There is an animal baby for every letter of the alphabet! We are learning how to put things into groups. We figure out how things are alike and different so we can group them. For example, in this book, some animals hatch from eggs. Mothers give birth to others.

 This Week’s Skills Comprehension: classify and categorize 

High-Frequency Word: play 

Concept Words: position words 

Phonics: f   help your child find words that start with the letter f in book titles, on signs, and on other environmental print.

February Happenings " Stone Soup"

Our little friends have been busy with some serious stuff !! Our reader's theater for Stone Soup was an exciting and enriching experience for our Kindergartners. They practiced hard and were able to put on a great show. Some pics from the day.

Busy Hands, Busy Brains

As students put projects together, create crafts, or use familiar materials in new ways, they're constructing meaning. "Kids learn through all their senses," says Ben Mardell, PhD, a researcher with Project Zero at Harvard University, "and they like to touch and manipulate things."  But more than simply moving materials around, hands-on activities activate kids' brains.