Kindegarten News 8-20-18

Hello All!  We had a great 2 day week last week.  The students were so excited to be at school and were ready to learn.  I can't wait for this week to start so we can get to know each other better and get our routines in place.  

Each week I will send out an email to let you know what's happening in our classroom.  I will cover curriculum, classroom events and school happenings..  

Lunch and snack request:

Please be sure to send a separate drink in your child's lunchbox.  Some students just brought a water bottle and nothing for lunch.  When they have a separate drink it's less confusing for the students.  Also, I hope this week goes smoother and we get in our morning snack time. We are going to have a morning and afternoon snack each day.......good thing because they all were telling me how hungry they were around 9:30 am last week.  .   Thank you for sending in peanut and tree nut free snacks with your child.  That means everyone is safe during our snack time.  

Letter of the Day

On Wednesday we will start the Letter of the Day.  We will start with letter A and go through the alphabet in order.  During our letter lessons we will be covering many different skills to hit all the different level learners in class.  The lessons will consistent of the following:

• letter formation
• line placement
• letter recognition  (expressive and receptive)
• letter sounds
• sound spelling 
• sorting letters by curvy, straight and both
• small group 
• large group 
• individual learning

Math: 

We will be introducing postition words this week.  Some of the words include:  between, next to, above, below, under, top, bottom, beside

Getting to Know You!

We are starting Special Student this week.  Each student will have their "Special" day to be the Student of the Day.   We will learn their likes and dislikes and ask them about some of their favorite things.   I will be posting the Special Student pictures on FB each day.  Be on the look out!  :)

Character Calendar:

Please be sure to sign your child's calendar each day.  Thank  you!

Letter Days

Students will go to one of the following each day.  All students will need to wear their tennis shoes on PE days.  I'm including the link to the letter days calendar here

A:  PE

B:  Art

C:  PE

D:  Music

If at any time you have a question, please feel free to reach out by email or phone.  I'm happy to help any way I can. 

I'm looking forward to an incredible school year!!!

Kindergarten News 1-22-18

Hello Parents!  I hope everyone had a great weekend and had the opportunity to go outside and enjoy the weather.  Don't forget Wednesday is Early Release.   

AM:  8:45-10:50

PM: 11:30-1:40

Please comminicate any changes in transportation to me ASAP. 

Here's a look at the week ahead....

Homework:  Please complete packet and Spelling City.  All homework is due on Friday.  Again, any student that doesn't complete ALL homework will be missing Friday activities to catch up.  

DUE FRIDAY!!!

Sight/Spelling Words:    DID   ON   UP   PUT  BUT  MOM

Test is on Friday

Writer's Workshop:  We've been working on the mechanics of a sentence.  Many students are doing a great job getting their ideas down on paper, but are forgetting to space which is making their writing very difficult to read.  When your child is writing at home, please be sure to hold them accountable for spacing and adding punctuation at the end of the sentence.

Math:  We will be finishing up shapes and working on teen numbers.  We will be learning how to read teen numbers on a ten frame and showing teen numbers in different ways, ie: pictures, tally marks, place value, numer word.

100th Day Celebration:

Don't forget that Friday is our 100th Day of Kindergarten!  Please send your child to school with either their t-shirt or poster with 100 things on it.  We will be sharing these with the class.  It's going to be a fun day filled with doing things the "100 Way".  

Also, your child will need a 100 day snack counted out ahead of time and put in a ziplock bag.  We are also still collecting birthday party supplies.  Thank you to all that have donated so far.  

HAVE A GREAT WEEK!!!!

Kindergarten News 1-16-18

Brrrr..... it's cold outside!  Please be sure to bundle up your kiddos today and any day it's cold outside.  Hopefully by Friday we will be able to enjoy some outside time. 

Here's a look at the week ahead:

Spelling/Sight Words:
HE  AND  AT   WENT  SAW   GET
Test is on Friday

Homework:
DUE FRIDAY
Please complete Spelling City, Packet, and Reading.  There were many students that didn't complete their homework last week.  Reminder:   Students will miss out on Play Workshop, Outside time, or other classroom activities if homework is not completed.  Homework on average should take about 10 minutes a night if you are completing assignments nightly, otherwise, it should take you around 40 minutes if you complete in 1 night.  Thank you to the students that completed their weekly homework last week!!

Guided Reading:  Your child will continue to work in their Guided Reading groups.  Each group is working on either a different strategy or a different skill.  Please be sure to have your child read the Guided Reading books that come home and sign off that your child read them to you.

Writer's Workshop:  We are continuing to learn how to write a story across the pages and include important details to make our stories exciting and fun.  We are starting to use transition words.  When your child is writing at home, please to be sure to hold them accountable for sound spelling, and spelling all sight words correctly. 

Math:  Our focus will continue with shapes and numbers.   We will be getting into larger number later this week early next (11-20). 

Important Class Event:
Friday, January 26 Kindergarten will be celebrating their 100th Day of School.  Please be sure to work on either a t-shirt or poster showing 100 things!   Have your child bring their poster or wear their shirt to school that day.  Don't forget to count out 100 tiny treats for your child to enjoy for snack that day. :)



1/15-No School-Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
1/19-Movie Night--The Emoji Movie
1/23- Sappington P'sghetti's Night 
1/24-Early Release 
1/29-Sappington Blood Drive
1/30-3rd & 4th Ability Awareness Day



Tuesday: D
Wednesday: A
Thursday:  B
Friday:  C

Have a great week! 

Kindergarten News 1-8-18

Happy New Year!!! I hope everyone had the chance to enjoy time with friends and family over the holidays.  The break was nice, but it was great seeing these smiling faces again last Thursday.  

I would like to welcome 2 new students that started last week.  In the AM class we have the pleasure of getting to know Olivia and in the PM Stephen.  These are 2 great additions to our class.  Our new class sizes are AM: 15   PM:  9  

Here's a look at the week ahead:

Homework:  January packet, sight word work and Spelling City

DUE FRIDAY

Just a reminder....any student that doesn't complete the assigned work by Friday will use class time to complete whatever wasn't completed.  

Sight Words:    IN   AM   TO    ARE   ALL   DOWN

Test on Friday

Students will be taking the test on Spelling City and will be reading all the sight words leading up to this point.  

Word Family:  AM  Word Family

We will be learning about the word family AM.  We will learn how by changing the beginning letter it changes the entire word.   We will be doing a lot of word buidling and rhyming over the next 2 months.  

Math:  Shapes

We will be learning/reviewing the shapes:  circle, triangle, rectangle, square and hexagon

Writing:   Writing a story across the pages

Our focus will be to write a story that has a beginning, middle and end, that flows and stays on topic.  We will start to use transition words when we writie and add details to make our stories more exciting and fun to read.  

Our Stars of the Week:   

AM:  Kaiden

PM:  Iza

I will be posting some pictures and videos of these students by the end of the week.

Upcoming Events:

1/11-School Store
1/12-Third Grade Family Friday (8:30-9:00); Principal's Chat (9:00-9:30)
1/15-No School-Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
1/19-Movie Night--The Emoji Movie (Doors open at 5:30, Movie begins at 6:00)
1/23- Sappington P'sghetti's Night (3:00-8:00)
1/24-Early Release at 1:40
1/30-3rd & 4th Ability Awareness Day

Monday-C
Tuesday-D
Wednesday-A
Thursday-B
Friday-C

Have a great week!!!