Week of September 22-26, 2014

Kindergarten News

            This week we will be starting our 4^th story for Reading, Miss Bindergarten Takes a Field Trip with Kindergarten.  Watch for your Family Times newsletter to come home on Monday.  We will be talking about People in Communities and will be learning how to classify and categorize.   Continue to read at home and practice the high frequency words; I, am, the, name, can, out, and little; practice rhyming and counting syllables in words and identifying the letters from Aa-Zz.   This past week we began working with the letters Ll, Oo, and Gg and practiced letter sounds and blending sounds to read the words log and go.  We learned some letters are consonants and some are vowels.  When practicing letter sounds we learned both short o as in octopus and long o as in overalls.

            For Math we will be finishing up with Topic 15: Position and Location of Shapes.  Be sure to review daily practice pages and continue to review number writing for numbers 0-9.  Review the positional words/concepts inside, outside, in front of, behind, next to, above, below, on, left, and right.

            Our theme for the week will be APPLES.  Students are asked to bring in an apple on Monday, September 22^nd.  The apple can be any size, color, or kind.  Each day of the week we will use the apples for sorting, graphing, and/or tasting!  We will also celebrate Johnny Appleseed’s birthday on Friday, September 26^th.  It should be a sweet week!!!

            When practicing writing first names and upper & lower case letters, please watch your child as he/she is writing.  Be sure to check if letters are beginning at the top, not the bottom and also guide him/her to use the lines when forming letters.

           

            With fall beginning this week and the cooler weather upon us, please be sure your child has the proper clothing for a ½ hour outside recess.  Kindergarten tries to get out for “fresh air” and time to run around whenever the weather allows.  Temperatures can vary from morning to afternoon and sometimes the shady areas of the playground are chilly.  Better to be prepared with a jacket/sweater/sweatshirt than be underdressed.  Also, please have your child practice zippering and/or buttoning his/her coat and “pulling” the sleeves right-side out before attempting to put it on.  Thank you!!!

**Continue to help your child practice/learn his/her 4-digit computer number. This will help him/her log into the computer quickly and give him/her more time to work when using computers at school.  (We can also stop wearing our name badges to lunch and library once all students know their ID number for the cooks and librarians!)

FYI:  There will NOT be a Fall Festival planning meeting this week.  However, all interested in helping are invited and encouraged to help out with the Fall Festival event. **The Kindergarten Fall Festival will be held at the school on Thursday, October 9^th.  Parent, grandparent, and/or other family relatives who have the necessary clearances are welcome and NEEDED to help with this fun-filled day!  This is not a PTO event, so anyone with clearances may help!

**Also anyone, who has not yet turned in his/her $4.00 fall festival money, is asked to do so before Friday, October 3^rd.

  Monday, September 22^nd will be Day 4 on our special classes’ schedule.  **Students will need sneakers and gym attire on Tuesday, Sept. 23^rd for gym class and Library books for exchange on Friday, September 26^th!