This week in Reading, we read the story “Miss Bindergarten Takes a Field Trip with Kindergarten” and discussed how people in a community cooperate. We have finished the entire alphabet and continued working with syllables, rhyming and blending and started work with classifying and categorizing.  In Math, we began our topic on geometry: comparing and composing shapes.

Next week, we will begin reading the story “Smash! Crash!” and we will discuss friendship.  We will be discussing character, as well as initial and final sounds. We will be learning all about the letter Mm as in Monkey! In Math, we will continue working on our geometry skills: making shapes from other shapes, comparing solid figures, and building with solid figures.

Reminders:

*Thank you to all who participated in completing the September Reading Log.  An October Log will be send home on Monday.

*Kindergarten Fall Festival will be on Thursday, October 6th. Students may wear a Spartan Tee Shirt and dress code appropriate pants or gym clothes. Please dress accordingly!

*Next week is Spirit Week, please check your child's folder for spirit day attire!

Monday, October 3rd will be Day 4 and we will have ART!

This week in Reading, we read the story “Plaidypus Lost” and discussed how families cooperate. We were introduced to the letters Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, and Ss and continued working with syllables, rhyming and first sounds. We also worked on sequencing, or putting things in order!  In Math, we practiced & were tested on using our position words: inside, outside, above, below, on, left and right.

Next week, we will begin reading the story “Miss Bindergarten Takes a Field Trip” and discuss how people work together in a community.  We will be learning about the letters Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, and Zz. In Math, we will begin Topic 16: Analyzing, comparing, and composing shapes.

Reminders:

• ·     Please continue to have your child study their sight words as part of their nightly homework. We are doing a great job so far!!
• ·    Thank you to all who are completing their September Reading Log – I am impressed and proud!! All logs are due by Friday, September 30^th!
• ·    Last call for Book Orders!! All book orders are due Monday, September 26^th.
• ·    With the cooler weather coming, please make sure that your child brings a light jacket to school with them. We go outside for recess every day!

Monday, September 26^th will be day 9 and we will have ART!

This week in Reading, we read the story “We Are So Proud.” We learned about what it means to be proud and how to make others proud of us. We learned about and practiced writing the letters Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, and Nn. We continued to practice rhyming and learned how to break words into syllables. In Math, we were tested on circles, hexagons, triangles, squares, rectangles, and solid shapes: cylinder, cone, cube, and sphere. Everyone did a great job!! In Science, we discussed how we observe our surroundings by using our 5 senses.

Next week, we will start our new story “Plaidypus Lost” and will learn about how families cooperate.  We will also introduce the letters Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, and Ss. We will continue working with syllables and discuss sequence.  We will also continue to work on mastering writing our names! In Math, we will work with our position words: inside, outside, above, below, on, in front of, behind, left and right.

Reminders:

       *Remember to send your children in their gym clothes only on gym days! Thank you!

       *Every Friday is a Spartan Spirit Day – a Spartan t-shirt may be worn every Friday with dress code appropriate bottoms!!!

       *Please remember to have your child practice their sight words in their folder as part of their nightly homework!

       *Fall Festival volunteer papers need to be returned by September 23^rd! Thank you!!

Monday September 19^th will be Day 4 and we will have ART!

This week, we are reading “We Are So Proud” and will learn about how children work and play together.  We will also introduce the letters Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, and Nn. We will discuss syllables, the setting of a story, and talk about the jobs of the author and illustrator. In Math, we will review solid figures and their flat surfaces. We will also be tested on identifying and describing our shapes and solid figures.

Reminders:

·       Sight word testing will begin this week, please have your child practice reading their sight words as part of their nightly homework!

·       There will be a 2 hour data delay on Wednesday, September 14^th. This will be a non-rotation day, we will not have special classes!

·       Friday, September 16^th will be a Spartan Dress Down Day. Please send in a $1 donation! Thank you!!

We are rocking and rolling through the first two weeks in Kindergarten. We are all doing a great job of bringing our blue folders & bus tags to school each day, as well as completing our homework! We are getting better at learning and following our classroom rules and using our manners everywhere in the school. I am so proud!!

This week in Reading, we began reading our story “The Little School Bus” and are discussing rhyming words, character, and parts of a book. We are also learning about the letters Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, and Ee. In Math, we are learning about triangles, hexagons, and solid figures.

Reminders:

    

*Gym clothes are only allowed to be worn on gym days – Days 5 and 10.

       *Please continue to have your child practice their 4 or 5 digit number – they need it for lunch and computer class.

       *Sight word lists were sent home, please begin practicing the first list!