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Paul Lutheran School

KINDERGARTEN NEWS
January 14, 2011

Wikki  Stix!  
We  enjoyed  these  bendable,  waxy  tools  for  a  
variety  of  activities  this  week!    We  created  
numbers,  words,  pictures  and  even  circled  
items  in  books  with  them!    Ask  your  child  
what  their  favorite  activity  was!  

A WONDERFUL WEEK IN
KINDERGARTEN!
During  Religion  time  this  week  we  learned  about  Jesus  in   Pajama  Day!   1.21
Jerusalem  (Luke  2:41-­‐52)  and  Jesus  being  baptized  (Matthew  3).     Next  Friday  is  pajama  day!    Children  
In  Chapel  on  Wednesday  Mrs.  Mitchell  reminded  us  how   may  wear  pajamas  and  bring  a  special  
stuffed  animal.    Slippers  may  also  be  
we  are  ‘stars’  for  Jesus!    We  were  even  able  to  visit  the   worn  as  song  as  other  shoes  are  
special  baptistery  in  the  church!    Ask  your  child  about  this!   brought  for  playtime.      
We  are  in  need  of  some  items  .  .  .  
Next  week  we  will  find  out  about  Jesus’  special  helpers,  the  
*Adult  help  *lil  smokies  *tubes  of  
disciples  and  hear  about  the  start  of  Jesus’  ministry  on   biscuits  (about  28  pcs)  *fruit  *orange  
earth!       juice  or  milk  
Please  let  me  know  if  you  are  able  to  
In  Chapel  next  week  we  will  have  a  special  speaker  from   help  out  in  any  way!  
the  Lutheran  Heritage  Foundation  where  our  chapel   (we  will  be  enjoying  ‘pigs  in  a  blanket’)  
offerings  are  going  this  semester!  
Book  Orders  due  1.20  
  Class  activiation  code  is  GK2H3  
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Language and Math

This  week  in  Language  we  studied  the  letter  W.    Along  with  a  
WONDERFUL  letter  W  poster  we  were  able  to  practice  our  writing;  
study  our  star  word  ‘with’;  learn  some  new  things  about  whales;  and  
read  Mrs.  Wishy-­‐Washy  all  by  ourselves!      We  even  had  4  friends  take  
AR  quizzes  this  week!    WOW!    We  had  a  spectacular  week  in  language  
and  I  am  so  glad  to  see  so  many  Kindergartners  working  so  hard!    
Snow! Keep  up  the  reading  at  home  –  it  is  showing!                        

Next  week  we  will  study  the  letter  O!    If  your  child  has  a  special  item  
We  were  even  able  to   that  begins  with  O  that  they  would  like  to  bring  for  ‘show  and  tell’  on  
enjoy  some  special   Wednesday,  they  are  welcome  to  bring  it  in!            
snow!    It’s  not  the  real  
There  is  a  volunteer  that  is  willing  to  help  give  AR  quizzes  on  Thursday  
thing,  but  we  had  a  great   morning,  so  it  would  be  helpful  to  bring  in  those  AR  sheets  then  so  
time  with  it!   we  can  get  them  all  taken  care  of!    Other  days  are  fine  too,  it  just  
helps  to  have  the  majority  on  one  day,  since  the  children  still  need  
assistance  taking  these.      

In  Math  we  practiced  reading  addition  and  subtraction  sentences!    

We  also  painted  some   You  should  be  hearing  your  child  share  these  with  you!    Ask  them  to  
help  you  create  some  ‘number  sentences’  and  see  what  they  can  do!    
snow  pictures  and  added   We  also  played  Kindergarten  yahtzee  –  which  was  a  hit!    Our  other  
salt  to  make  them  sparkle   activities  included  reading  number  bugs,  counting  by2’s,  5’s  and  10’s  
like  real  snow!    We  are  still   and  of  course  the  90th  day  of  school!    Did  you  hear  the  news  about  
working  on  writing  our   Zero  the  Hero’s  visit?!                                        
sentences  that  go  with  our  
Next  week  we  will  continue  to  practice  addition  and  subtraction  and  
picture,  but  look  for  them   also  work  on  some  measurement.                      
on  the  bulletin  board  
outside  our  room  soon!   This  weekend  would  be  a  good  time  to  discuss  with  your  child  what  
collection  of  100  things  they  would  like  to  bring  in  on  the  100th  day  of  
school!    Be  sure  that  your  child  is  counting  them  and  help  them  to  be  
as  creative  as  they  would  like!    If  you  have  any  questions,  feel  free  to  
ask!    We  have  had  collections  of  100  pieces  of  ‘junk’  to  100  legos  glued  
down  on  tag  board  to  form  the  number  100.  
 
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