Mr.

Ross
Kindergarten Class Newsletter
January, 2021
Educational Fun
This month was filled with fun and education for all our students!
February won’t be any different, I assure you! With January
coming to a close, I decided to send this newsletter to all the
parents and Guardians of the students in my class to inform you
of what we will be learning in February!
Reading Creates Knowledge Black History Month
For February, we really want to focus on For February, we plan on celebrating Black
reading! We will be reading books to the History Month by educating the students on
class, and asking them to identify words, the contributions of African American
letters, and sounds that they recognize from individuals! While doing this, we will
our teaching. We will be sending home continue our focus on reading. We have a
paperback books for optional reading with selection of books that we will be reading in
parents at home! class to teach the students about black
history. These books include:
What We’re Doing in Class
The Story of Ruby Bridges, by Robert Coles
In class, students will not only be focusing
on reading, but we are going to continue Under the Quilt of Night, by Deborah
studying word, sound, and letter recognition. Hopkinson
Students will continue expanding their
Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt, by
vocabulary with simple words appropriate
Deborah Hopkinson
for their grade level. Stories and books read
to the class will be appropriate and easy to Martin’s Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin
understand. The books we will be reading in Luther King Jr., by Doreen Rappaport
class are:
Amazing Grace, by Mary Hoffman
\A Snowy Day, by Ezra Jack Keats
The class will then work together to create
The Mitten, by Hans de Beer presentations! These presentations will be
shared with their families on February 23rd.
Little Polar Bear, by Barbara M. Josse
More information will be provided in the
next Newsletter!

Reading is a skill that is needed throughout one’s life, that’s why we work so hard to ensure that
our students have this valuable skill! Reading ability creates learners for life. If you have any
questions, feel free to contact me!