Newsletter Updates for the Week of September 15th

DATES TO REMEMBER:

-Friday, Sept.26th—9&10 Tailgater Party @ 6:00 pm (hot dogs, chips, & pop)

-Wednesday, Oct. 1st—Student Count Day

We are off to a good start in Kindergarten! We have a busy group, but the students are adjusting to the routines and are doing a good job of learning the classroom procedures.  Last week we spent some time reinforcing the importance of following the classroom and playground rules, as well as learning how to walk in line and be a good listener @ large group.  Students are aware of our colored behavior chart and are working hard to ‘stay on green.’ Don’t be surprised, or alarmed, if your child does move their clip, as we know children often ‘test the waters’ to see if we really will hold them accountable.  I will notify you if behavior is a reoccurring issue, so that we can come up with some solutions together:)  Thanks so much for your support!

READING:  

This week our reading lessons will focus on the letters I, J, K, L, M, N, O, & P. We will also introduce the sightword—can.  We will continue to work on recognizing, naming, & writing our  letters during literacy stations.  The students have learned a couple of fun apps on their ipads and are enjoying starfall.com on the computer each day.  They are also doing a great job of reading from their book boxes during ‘read to self’ time after lunch.  This week we will introduce our very first beanie baby strategy: Eagle Eye who reminds us to look at the pictures for clues to figure out the words while we are reading.

WRITING: 

This week we will complete several journals related to our families and what we like to do at home.  Students will be writing sentences with our sightwords I & can and we will continue to work on writing their names.  One of the things we reinforce in kindergarten is that when we write, we always start our letters at the top. :)

MATH:  

This week we will work on sorting various manipulatives by different attributes (color, size, shape, etc.).  We will continue to practice recognizing, writing, & building the numbers 1-9 and counting using one-to-one correspondence. 

SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES: 

This week we will continue to discuss the difference between past, present, and future events.  We are patiently waiting for our butterflies to emerge from their chrysalis’ so that we can release them to migrate.  I’m anticipating that it will be sometime this week.  We will also begin our study of apples this week; we will be reading several books related to apples and incorporate them into our math and science lessons.

Thanks to everyone who brought in supplies for our classroom off ‘The Giving Tree’ and for all the great snacks that have come in :)