Enfield Street School News ESS March 2020 Newsletter | Page 2

ENFIELD STREET GAZETTE
WHAT’S THE BUZZ AT ESS!
Kindergarten Corner
Mrs. Carroll, Miss Chesworth, Mrs. Fritz,
Mrs. Guertin, and Mrs. Kraucunas
Kindergarten is working hard! In
Readers Workshop we have been
learning about Super Powers. Our
Super Powers are pointer power,
partner power, reread partner, sound
power, persistence power, sight word
power and pattern power. We have
been practicing sound power by using
our letter sounds to hear all of the
sounds in the words and reading all
the words that we can in a book. Sight
words are an important part of
becoming strong readers so please
keep practicing at home!
In math, we have been adding
and subtracting numbers up to 10. We
are practicing knowing math facts
quickly, as well as, using strategies
such as drawing a picture or using
cubes to help us solve a problem. Our
next unit is teen numbers. We will
learn to read, write and decompose
teen numbers. Students will be
composing and decomposing numbers
to 20.
Kindergarteners are starting to
write about How-To do something!
We cannot wait to read the stories our
kids write teaching us how to do
something. In a How-To text, students
write the steps to complete
something such as brushing teeth or
making a peanut butter and jelly
sandwich. Students are expected to
use their sight words and stretch out
words to write the sounds they hear.
We also expect students to use finger
spaces and ending punctuation more
consistently.
In science, the kindergarten
classes will be working a unit about
weather. We will be making
observations about weather and
talking about what to do to prepare
for extreme weather conditions.
Talking about the weather and how it
changes can make for great
conversations at home!