Important Dates:

SAVE THE DATE- Monday, May 23- Kindergarten Celebration, the kids will sing a few songs and they will receive a certificate for completing kindergarten.

February 25 and 26- Parent/Teacher conferences.

Saturday, March 19- Pot of Gold Auction

Please continue praying for Rhyan, her family and the medical team to help them decide what the best treatment plan is for Rhyan. We are very excited to have Rhyan back in class! Rhyan will have surgery next week, March 2^nd, in New York to remove the tumor. The RallyforRhyan fundraiser at the MU Men’s Basketball Game to benefit pediatric cancer research was very successful, raising over $50,000! There is an update on Caring Bridges of the results of the scans from this past week and their options for treatment.

Sneak Peek into the Week:

The letter of the week is Xx. For the letter X, the kids will write words that has the letter X in the word, the word does not need to start with the letter X. The homework page will be in your child’s folder on Monday and it will be due on Thursday.

Religion- Lent and Stations of the Cross

Writing daily- working on writing a story with a beginning, middle and end.

 UPDATED WORD WALL WORDS

Reading- We are learning the color words, days of the week, names of our friends in class, and family names. (mom, dad, grandma, grandpa, sister, brother, aunt, uncle, baby and cousin) The following words are on the word wall; a, am, and, are, because, by, be, can, friend, go, God, have, house, here, he, I, it, is, in, if, Jesus, like, love, my, me, no, out, on, play, see, saw, she, the, to, there, want, was, went, we, with, you. Word family “it”-bit, lit, hit, sit, kit, fit, quit- “at”, bat, cat, fat, hat, mat, sat, “et”, bet, let, jet, met, net, set, vet, wet, Jesus, dog, fog, frog, hog, jog, log, smog, “ug”-dug, mug, bug, hug, jug, plug, tug, rug

Working on comprehension by retelling a story by naming the characters, setting and retelling the beginning, middle and the end of the story. Also, relating the story to any personal connections.

Math- Identify coins and the value of each coin. The kids will be assessed on identifying each coin and the value of each coin for 3^rd quarter. This is sometimes a hard concept for kindergartners, so extra review at home would be beneficial.

Science- Earth, Space

Social Studies- Communities

Tuesday-Church and PE

Wednesday- Art

Thursday- Computer, 1:00 dismissal - Parent/Teacher Conferences 2:00-8:00

Friday- No School- Parent/Teacher Conferences

Thank you for all of your support!

Carm