A look at our week
Fundations-We learned the letter name, letter sound and correct letter formation for lowercase c, o. We continued to learn how some letters are called vowels and some are called consonants. Look for the Fundations packet in your Friday Folder to see how to reinforce our learning at home.
Shared Reading-We continued to learn about the word "am." This week we read the big book We Are, which had "am" on most of the pages. On Friday, we added this book to our book boxes to read during "Read to Self" time now that we are experts. Next week we will focus on the word "at." So far this year we have learned the following words: I, a, am. Your child should be able to read, write and spell all 3 words. Please have them show you at home!
Daily 5-We began going to 2 rotations of Daily 5 this week. They work at one activity for 15 minutes and then switch to their 2nd activity for another 15 minutes. Check out the pictures below of some kiddos working during Daily 5 time.
Madison and Bradlen working at name magnet station
Kiran and Trevor working at rhyme puzzle station
Ty, Grace and Ember working at handwriting station
Jude and Kenzi working at book box station
Lydia and Kolten working at Kindergarten friends station where they are practicing writing their friends names.
Max and Zara working at name handwriting station
Math-We have completed our unit on shapes. Check out your child's Friday Folder to see which 3-D shapes they know and which ones they still need to practice. Please practice these at home with them. Next week we will begin a unit on numbers (counting, identifying, writing, etc.) We will begin with 0-5 and work our way up to 20. We will also tie in patterning. By the end of Kindergarten students should be able to count to 100 and write/identify numbers to 31. These would also be great things to work on at home.
Writing-We continued to learn about where writers get ideas and charted topics we could write about. We are learning how to add words to our stories. We may not know how to spell many words, and that's ok! Good writers say the word slowly and write down the sounds they hear. If they are trying to spell the word "park", they might write "pk" or "prk" and both are great! They are phonetically spelling, which is what we want. When your child asks you how to spell something I encourage you to say "let's say it slowly and write the sounds we hear."
Lunch with the principal
Once a month, one child from every classroom will be chosen to eat lunch with the principal. This is a special treat for all! Jude was chosen from our class for the month of September. He was able to eat lunch in one of the conferences rooms on Thursday with Dr. Majerus and 4 other kindergartners from the other classrooms. They had a great time! Way to go Jude!
Sorry this picture is sideways, it will not let me rotate it no matter what I try!
Nurse Kristen
Our school nurse is Kristen Lynn and she would like to share her e-mail address with you in case you have medical issues you need to talk with her about. klynn@cpsk12.org You can email her directly instead of going through the office or your classroom teacher.
Don't forget that students do not have school on Monday. Teachers will be attending Professional Development sessions that day. We will see them on Tuesday morning in the school gym for our morning meeting. Don't forget to have them wear their Beulah shirts that day! Have a great weekend!
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