Feb. 25-28

This week we officially introduced our last kindergarten sight word "little."  We will now focus on number words.  We  learned about things that start with the letter O... octopus, opposites, and the 'op word family. During the week we read a book called Otto Is Different and talked about the things that make us different from our friends. Each child will get to talk about something that makes them "different" as we celebrate what makes us unique. Students also spent time learning about the habits of an octopus when we read nonfiction books about this amazing animal and wrote a factual report about one. The class will also continue to enjoy the entertaining author Mo Willems as we wrap up our current author study.

In math we began building our fluency of subtracting within 5. We recently have learned some new games to work on this skill and will be playing them with partners during the week. Our collaborative problem solving will continue as well. We need to remember to listen for the important words in a problem, ask our selves what we are trying to figure out, and then draw a picture to show how we solved the problem. At the end there almost always is an equation and a labeled answer. Many students are getting very good with this.

There are several exciting May Watts events coming up in March....like the FUN FAIR and the book fair. Hopefully you will get to join in the fun! Have a super weekend!