January 25, 2026

   Kindergarten Announcements

ELA 

This week we finished making our own Snowy Day book

by adding the beginning, middle, and ending of their

stories. We also learned the digraphs /sh/, /th/, /ch/

and learned to read the words look and good.

Math 

Students continued developing their understanding

of addition and subtraction by solving expressions.

P2: Kindness

When you do something kind for someone they are

inspired to spread kindness too. Every human is

worthy of care and compassion.  Keep spreading

kindness to the world! tter friend and even help

you better understand yourself!

   

Science: . 

In this Read-Along lesson, we read a story about a

girl who watches a house being built and wonders

why the builders need so many big machines. Students

then acted out the “work words” of their favorite machine. 

Kindness Party/Valentines

Please send in 20 cards with only your child’s name on

each card (do not fill out the “to” section of the cards please).  

Students will hand out cards during the party as one of

the centers. 

Rainbow Words

We sent home color-coded lists High Frequency Words in folders last week.  (I will post the link to a digital copy too).  Please practice reading these words with your child at home.  A volunteer parent will come in once a week to listen to your child read the list of words. When your child can read all the words correctly on all six lists, they will receive a bag of Skittles as a reward. I look forward to handing out lots of Skittles this May (or sooner)

Sight Word List

Ice Skating:

We will be going ice skating with our 4th grade buddies on February 3.  We will leave Lincoln at 2:20 to walk to the ice arena.  We will need many volunteers to meet us there around 2:30 to help with putting on skates.  Please make sure your child has all their snow gear to bundle up for this fun activity. We will be retuning to Lincoln right at our pick up time, 3:40. We will have to get backpacks from inside then I will bring them out for pick up. Please fill out this form to help us with skate sizes.

Centers:  

None this week due to snow days  

Sight Words:  

I, am, a, the, an, and, is, of, go, no, so, to, do, my, said,

into, that, not, she, he, me, as, you, are, was, see, for,

or, his, her, look, good 

Snack/S&T Leaders:

M: Kaleb **Happy Birthday**

T:  Isabella

W: London

Th: Mack

F:  Sully

Guest Readers: 

We have plenty of open spots. Sign up here.

Upcoming events:

January 28: late start

January 29:  Science/Culture Night

January 30: 100th day of school (Please send in

snack assignments)

February 3:  Ice skating

February 4: late start

February 11: late start

February 12:  half day

February 13:  half day/Kindness Party (11am-12pm)

February 16:  no school

February 18: late start

February 25: late start

February 27: half day

May 15:  Hesston Train Museum (time TBD)

January 18, 2026

   Kindergarten Announcements

ELA 

This week we began making our own Snowy Day book by

creating a character and drawing activities that our new

character will do in the snow.  

We reviewed all of the letters and learned to read the

words your, this, with

Math 

Students are developing their understanding of addition

and subtraction as they represent and solve story problems. Students solved story problems by using drawings, numbers,

objects, and actions. Finally they learned that “expressions” is

the symbolic way to represent addition and subtraction. 

P2:  Perspective

Perspective helps you consider what other people experience or feel.

It can make you a better friend and even help you better

understand yourself!

    

Science: . 

In this Read-Along lesson, we read a story about a girl who

watches a house being built and wonders why the builders

need so many big machines. Students then acted out the

“work words” of their favorite machine. 

Rainbow Words

We sent home six color-coded  lists of High Frequency Words

in folders on Friday.  (I will post the link to a digital copy too). 

Please practice reading these words with your child at home. 

A volunteer parent will come in once a week to listen to your child

read the list of words. When your child can read all the words

correctly on all six lists, they will receive a small pack of Skittles

as a reward. I look forward to handing out lots of Skittles

this May (or sooner)

Sight Word List

Centers:  

We sequenced The Snowy Day by cutting and gluing the

pictures in the correct order, we used magnifying glasses

to search for sight words, we read Big Books, and counted

ten frames around the room.

  

Sight Words:  

I, am, a, the, an, and, is, of, go, no, so, to, do, my, said,

into, that, not, she, he, me, as, you, are, was, see, for, or,

his, her 

Snack/S&T Leaders:

M: No School

T:  Katerina

W: Charlie

Th: Isabella

F:  Kaleb **Happy Birthday**

Guest Readers: 

Schedule Here

Upcoming events:

January 19:  No School 

January 20: Toy/Stuffed animal day

(we earned this for filling our star jar!)

January 21: Late Start

January 28: Late Start

January 29:  Science/Culture Night

January 30: 100th day of school

February 16:  No school

January 11, 2026

   Kindergarten Announcements

ELA 

Students listened to The Snowy Day and learned to identify the story’s characters and settings. We identified the clothing and activities of the main character and then made charts about the clothing and activities that are appropriate during other kinds of weather.  Students participated in a shared writing to create a character and setting for the class weather story.

Finally we learned Kk, Jk, Zz, and the new sight words her, and his 

Math 

Students acted out and told stories to demonstrate addition and subtraction.  We told stories about classmates playing at recess and then wrote numbers to represent the action in the story problems.  Students acted out and represented stories that don’t include a question. This encourages students to think about the context and the action in the story without feeling pressure to solve the problem.  Later in the week we used our fingers to count two groups and add them together. 

P2:  None

    

Science: . 

In this lesson, students discovered that there are pushes and pulls involved in any kind of work, including the work done by machines. In the activity, Be a Digging Machine, students pretended to use shovels and excavators to dig a hole for a swimming pool.

Centers:  

We graphed and counted M&M’s, practiced writing numbers in order, practiced adding one and subtracting one, and made New Years firework art. 

 

 

Sight Words:  

I, am, a, the, an, and, is, of, go, no, so, to, do, my, said, into, that, not, she, he, me, as, you, are, was, see, for, or, his, her

Snack/S&T Leaders:

M,  Jaylen **Happy 1/2 Birthday**

T:  Vivian

W: Seraphina **Happy Birthday**

Th: Ava **Happy 1/2 Birthday**

F:  Katerina

Guest Readers: 

Here is the schedule.

Upcoming events:

January 14: NOT a late start

January 19:  No School 

January 21: Late Start

January 28: Late Start

January 29:  Science/Culture Night

January 30: 100th day of school

February 3: Ice Skating

February 16:  No school