Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Gingerbread Day - Tomorrow

Dear Kindergarten Parents,
Just a reminder that tomorrow is Gingerbread Day.  We will be traveling all around the school in search of our Gingerbread Boy, as we visit several important places in the school and meet some very helpful school personnel.  If your child has their gray Kindergarten shirt from Kindergarten Round Up, they are encouraged to wear it.  

Thanks,
Mrs. Brinks




Estimados padres de Kindergarten,

Solo un recordatorio de que mañana es el Día de Pan de Jengibre. Viajaremos por toda la escuela en busca de nuestro Niño Gingerbread, mientras visitamos varios lugares importantes de la escuela y encontramos a un personal escolar muy útil. Si su hijo tiene su camisa gris de Kindergarten de Kindergarten Round Up, se le recomienda que la use.

Gracias, Sra. Brinks

Sunday, August 26, 2018

Newsletter Updates for the Week of August 27th


DATES TO REMEMBER:
-Thurs., Aug. 30th—Gingerbread Day—wear your gray Kindergarten shirts
-Fri., Aug. 31st—No School
-Mon., Sept. 3rd—No School-Labor Day
-Wed., Sept 5th—Picture Day—K-2

SOCIAL STUDIES:

The first few weeks are busy getting to know each other and establishing classroom routines. We will be reading many books about starting school and what it means to be a ‘good friend.’ On Thursday, we will be making our Gingerbread Man. In years past, he has escaped in our school and we’ve been able to meet several important people and visit significant places around the school while searching for him.  We’ll see what this year brings . . . .


SCIENCE:

Our Monarch caterpillars are now in their chrysalises and we will be watching and waiting for them to emerge as butterflies.

READING:
The first 3 weeks, we will be focusing on learning our letters by studying the letters in our names. We will also be reading several alphabet books and learning how to work at literacy stations.

BOOK BOXES:
We will begin reading our own books from home by the end of this week—so please bring in your 5-8 books if you still need to. We will learn 3 ways to read a book—reading by looking at the pictures, retelling a familiar story from memory, & reading the words. Our goal is that students will begin to see themselves as ‘readers.’

WRITING:
This week we will complete a self-portrait, as well as a class Gingerbread book. Students will be practicing writing their names. When practicing at home, please be sure to begin with an uppercase letter and use lowercase for the rest of their name. Also, when forming our letters, we always stress starting our letters at the top:)


MATH:

This week we will learn about pattern blocks as we identify & match shapes & colors. We will also introduce10 frames, & practice counting using 1 to 1 correspondence.