Aloha Kindergarten Ohana,
          On Friday after the whale watch, we came back to class and found our first butterfly was breaking out of its chrysalis! We let the butterfly go, and are patiently waiting for our second butterfly to mature. In language arts, we are exploring various concepts of our stories through a bookmarking strategy that I discovered in my Masters Program. The children are now illustrating and labeling what they find most interesting, confusing, questioning, and what stands out to them as the main idea. In math, we are finishing up addition and starting to learn about simple subtraction. Today, we even learned how to set up and solve double digit addition i.e. 55+44 = 99! Finally, we are completing our kindergarten mid-year assessments this week, and will be tested on the following skills:
          Counting 0-50
          Indentifying numbers 0-20 out of order
          Writing numbers 0-20 in order
          Identifying a penny, nickel, and dime
          Identifying all colors and shapes
          Producing simple patters (AB, AABB, ABC)
          Reading a simple passage with the sight words We and Can
          Writing first and last name with proper capitalization and punctuation
          Follow three step oral directions
          Draw and color a person with four or more colors

Reminders:
** No Math Club this week due to the 2nd grade campout.
** Friday – Reading volunteers 10:30 – 11:00 – sight word focus!

1. Grace Martin is our STAR of the Week!
2. Journaling homework continues.** Please be sure to treat the books for the homework with respect. We have had several books not come back or come back with water/food stains. These books are part of our Houghton Mifflin Reading Program and can’t be replaced without purchasing the entire program again, which is VERY expensive. Thank you for your understanding J
3. Math: Numbers 0-20 review, Addition and Subtraction.
4. Writing: Continue with lower case letters with handwriting without tears.
5. Language Arts: sight words, writing a basic sentence, listening and comprehending a story, rhyming and beginning and middle sounds.
6. Social Studies: Hawaiian studies with Niel Thompson
7. Science: Metamorphosis review
8. Winter Trimester 2 assessments all week. 

** Please return the Wednesday folders, as we have several that are presently missing.

Mahalo,
Heather Goss