March 2009

Welcome to Mrs.Doby's Kindergarten Website

Important Dates to Remember:

March 9th:  Hat Day

March 10th:  Camo Day

March 11th:  Wacky Day

March 12th:  Hero Day

        March 13th:  Pink/Purple Day

                     March 16th:  Juvenile Diabetes Foundation                          Fundraising  week sponsored by student council

March 17th:  St. Patrick's Day (Wear Green)

March 19th:  Kindergarten Dictionary Night

6:30-7:30

March 27th:  International Day

March 30th:  Possible Snow Make-Up Day

Reading 

 We are so glad you came to our site.  The students are working hard learning to read and write using letter/sound relationships. It is so important that you help your child to practice their word projects every night.  There are 5 projects that focus on the short vowel sounds a, e, i, o and u. Most of the children are soaring through these 5 projects.  Also, continue to help your child reach his/her Book It goal by reading their "book in the bag" nightly.  Encourage your child to use their knowledge of letter sounds to sound out each word when reading.  We also encourage them to look at pictures to help them to read. Please have your child to retell their stories back to you after they read to build comprehension skills.  Ask them to tell you the characters in the story, the setting, how the story began and how it ended.  This month we will start our "Starfall Reading Program".  We will have guided reading groups daily to prepare the students for transition into first grade.  Most of our reading has been individualized up until this point.  In our kindergarten program we strive to teach each child on his/her ability level.  We want all the children to reach their full potential.  We are very excited to start our new reading groups this quarter.

Writing: 

We had our Rowan County Writing Assessment on March 5th.  The test are being scored.  We will let you know writing scores at a later date.  However, I am very proud of my students!  They have consistently worked hard all year long.

Spelling Test News:

*Most of the students are making "100" on their spelling test on Fridays.  We are so proud of them!  Please help them to study nightly. Our spelling words are from the list of high frequency words that each kindergarten child must master before the end of the year. 

Math: 

In Math we are focusing on writing our numbers to 30.  Most of them can go all the way to 100!  WOW!  We are also graphing, learning about more and less, identifying our plane shapes: circle, square, rectangle, and triangle.  We continue to learn about solid shapes around us.  We love to learn through hands on experiences.

Science and Social Studies Topics:

Dr. Suess' Birthday: March 2nd

March Weather

Spring

St. Patrick's Day

Community Helpers

Predicting Weather

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