Feb 20, 2026
Hello Families,
We have had another exciting week in kindergarten!
Upcoming Dates:- Feb 24 – Report cards viewable in PowerSchool
- Feb 26/27 - Parent Teacher Conferences
- Feb 23-27 – Book Fair
- Mar 2-6 – Trickster Theatre Residency
Language Arts (Writing)Students are "Writing Superheroes" in kindergarten! At first glance, kindergarten writing might look like scribbles, invented spelling, or drawings with a few letters, but these are powerful beginnings. Every student is becoming a writing superhero! The English Language Arts and Literature curriculum focuses on building strong foundations in literacy through writing, speaking, listening, and creativity. In kindergarten, writing is about expression, confidence, and finding your voice.
Kindergarten writers learn to share their thoughts, experiences, and imagination in meaningful ways.
- I can share ideas about real or imaginary topics.
- I express feelings and experiences.
- I can talk about my thinking and share it with others.
- I can share ideas about real or imaginary topics.
- I express feelings and experiences.
- I can talk about my thinking and share it with others.
At school:
Your child might draw a picture of a family trip and tell the class about it, and that’s early storytelling in action!
Before students write sentences, they learn that pictures and writing work together.
- I can draw to communicate ideas.
- I can add letters or words to my pictures.
- I can copy familiar words (e.g., names or labels).
Superhero mindset:
A drawing and a few letters = a BIG win in kindergarten writing!
Writing superheroes build their strength by learning letters and sounds.
- I can recognize and write letters.
- I can connect sounds to letters.
- I can begin to write familiar words.
- I can speak in full thoughts.
- I can ask questions.
- I can contribute to discussions.
This builds confidence... a key skill in mindset in writers later on. Writing doesn’t always look like lined paper. It might look like:- Story drawings
- Labelling classroom creations
- Dictated sentences
- Storytelling through play
- I can speak in full thoughts.
- I can ask questions.
- I can contribute to discussions.
- Story drawings
- Labelling classroom creations
- Dictated sentences
- Storytelling through play
Try this at home:
- Let your child write grocery lists.
- Encourage drawing and storytelling.
- Celebrate invented spelling.
- Ask, "Tell me about your picture!”
Check out the kindergarten visual checklist/rubric journal entries below!
Math (Playful Number Sense)This week, students explored number sense through a fun partner game. Using cards that showed numbers in different ways, ten frames, tallies, dot patterns, and numerals, students compared their number with a partner’s and decided which was more, less, or equal.
After comparing, students built their numbers using hands-on manipulatives like cubes and counters. This helped them see that numbers can be represented in many ways and strengthened their understanding through play.
I can understand numbers flexibly.
I can recognize multiple representations of quantity.
I can use math language through conversation.
I can learn through play and collaboration.
It was wonderful to hear students explain their thinking:
“Mine is more because my ten frame is full!”
“We both have six but they look different!”
Through playful, hands-on experiences like this, students are building conceptual understanding that supports all future math learning.
Have a wonderful weekend!
- Let your child write grocery lists.
- Encourage drawing and storytelling.
- Celebrate invented spelling.
- Ask, "Tell me about your picture!”
This week, students explored number sense through a fun partner game. Using cards that showed numbers in different ways, ten frames, tallies, dot patterns, and numerals, students compared their number with a partner’s and decided which was more, less, or equal.
After comparing, students built their numbers using hands-on manipulatives like cubes and counters. This helped them see that numbers can be represented in many ways and strengthened their understanding through play.
I can understand numbers flexibly.
I can recognize multiple representations of quantity.
I can use math language through conversation.
I can learn through play and collaboration.
It was wonderful to hear students explain their thinking:
“Mine is more because my ten frame is full!”
“We both have six but they look different!”
Through playful, hands-on experiences like this, students are building conceptual understanding that supports all future math learning.
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