March Kindergarten News

March 2024

Sunny Days Ahead?

How many more days are left of winter?
We are looking forward to superb spring weather soon!
This month we will be weather watchers and learn about types of weather.

Important Dates:

March
5th NO SCHOOL - Teacher Workday
7th Marbles Field Trip (Wear comfy shoes for running and playing.)
11th NO SCHOOL - Teacher Workday
23rd-31st NO SCHOOL - Spring Break!

What We’re Learning

March Themes:
Weather
St. Pats/Leprechauns
Farm
Chickens & Eggs

Math:
Unit 6-Exploring Parts and Wholes with Joining and Separating
Students will use a variety of representations to show groups can be combined or seperated
to create a new amount. We will decompose a total number to find multiple pairs. We will
use objects/drawing to find the needed number to make ten when given one number. We
will find the number needed to make 10 when given another number. We will combine
groups to find the total. (Conceptual subitizing)
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Literacy: Unit 6: In Our Community, We Learn About Ourselves and Our World by Reading
for Information. In this unit students will discover more about the world around them
through information books. Key Ideas and Details - identify the main topic and retell key
details of a text, describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces
of information in a text, name the author and illustrator of a text and define the role of each
in presenting the ideas or information in a text, describe the relationship between
illustrations and the text in which they appear (e.g., what person, place, thing or idea in the
text and illustration depict), identify the reasons an author gives to support points in the text,
and identify basic similarities in and differences between two texts on the same topic (e.g.,
in illustrations, descriptions, or procedures).
Foundational Skills Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in
decoding words. Associate the long and short vowel sounds with common spellings
(graphemes) for the five major vowels.
Speaking and Listening Participation in collaborative conversations about kindergarten
topics and texts with peers and adults in small or larger groups. Continue a conversation
through multiple exchanges. Confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information
presented orally or through other media by asking and answering questions about key
details and requesting clarification if something is not understood. Describe familiar people,
places, things and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.
Writing: We are working on editing our work.
Heart Words: Students are expected to be able to read and spell all the words we have
learned and added to our “Word Wall”. We have learned: I, a, an, am, and, at, you, see, can
in, it, do, to, go, so, no, for, the, he, we, be, me, she, run, away, of, was, with, she, look, down, said,
play, what, who, when, saw, my, by, how, now, all, out, there, were, here We practice these words
daily. Be sure to practice reading and spelling them at home too.