Transitional Kindergarten News

 

🌨️ TK Weekly Newsletter: Winter Wonderland Fun! ❄️

Our classroom has been buzzing with learning, creativity, and winter excitement! Here’s a peek at what we’ve been up to this week:

 

🔢 Math

We’ve been stretching our math brains by:

  • Practicing estimation
  • Finding numbers that come after a given number
  • Being assessed on counting to 100
  • Counting 30 objects using 1:1 correspondence
  • Practicing number formation (1–10) using fun poems to help us remember how to write them correctly

 

✍️ Handwriting

  • We reviewed “down-up” letters, focusing on h
  • Students continued practicing writing their names with correct letter formation (capital first letter, lowercase letters after)
  • Next week: we’ll begin working on letters with diagonal lines

 

🔤 Phonological Awareness & Phonics

Students worked hard during whole group and small group centers:

  • Blending CVC words
  • Deleting and replacing initial consonants
  • Identifying medial (middle) sounds in CVC words

Students are working at their own levels during small-group instruction—great focus and effort all around!

 

❄️ Winter Wonderland Theme

This week we learned about the Arctic tern, an incredible bird that makes the longest migration of any animal on Earth!
👉 Ask your child if they can share a fun fact about this amazing traveler.
Next week: We’ll dive deeper into the Arctic and the animals that live there.

 

📓 Journal Writing

Students created beautiful Antarctic landscapes, adding animals that live there. Their creativity really shined!

 

📚 Language Arts

We enjoyed reading The Thing About Yetis and:

  • Drew pictures of one thing Yetis like to do in winter
  • We also practiced sequencing by ordering the steps to make a snowman ⛄

 

🎨 Art

Students completed self-portraits, which will be shared with you during conferences.

 

💘 Valentine’s Day Preparation

We will celebrate Valentine’s Day on Friday, February 13 💕
Here’s what to know:

  • Students will pass out valentines during the morning before our party.
  • If participating, please send one valentine for each classmate (we have 15 students)
  • You may leave the “to” section blank if you prefer.
  • Please send a decorated handled paper bag or box (adult shoe box size works well; wide or open top is best) for collecting valentines
  • ⚠️ We have a milk allergy in the class
    Please choose milk-free treats or consider small toys or fruity candy
  • Homeroom parents are planning a Valentine party (sign-up link was sent last week)

 

Thank you for all your support—it’s been a joyful and busy week in TK! ❄️💙