Hi Families!

Here is what’s going on in Kindergarten next week:

Art/Science/Theme: We will finish up our unit of apples with a fun lesson about Johnny Appleseed. Students will also do an apple themed rhyming activity as well as an introduction to addition with apples! To conclude this fun apple unit, we will celebrate our learning with an Apple Party on Friday! We would love it if a few families could bring in some favorite apple treats (such as apple muffins, cookies, bread, sauce, juice etc).  If you are able to bring something in on Friday morning please email me to let me know what you are bringing.

Math: Students are learning about “5 frames” and “10 frames”.  They will also be learning the concept of subitizing, which is the ability to see a small amount of objects and quickly know how many there are without counting (such as memorizing the amount of dots on dice).

Word of the Week: “to”.  Students will practice writing an “I like to _____.” sentence.

Handwriting Focus Letters: “dirt letters” (letters that go below the bottom line): P,p G,g J,j Y,y and Q,q

Next week I will introduced the concept of having a growth mindset. We will talk about how the brain is a muscle and how we need to exercise it in order for it to grow. One way to do this is to keep trying and never give up. If we stop trying our brains shut down and get lazy. So in kindergarten, we will be learning how to exercise our brains and if we don't know how to do something we can use the term, "I can't do that, YET!”. The following week, we will discuss the difference between a growth mindset versus a fixed mindset.

RTI will begin on Monday, September 25th. As we discussed at Back to School Night, RTI (Response to Instruction) is our school-wide leveled reading program. This program is designed to meet the specific reading needs of each child. Students will move from group to group according to their ability, needs and growth.  We sent home a note in each student’s folder letting you know who your child’s RTI teacher will be during this time. There will likely be a few changes throughout the next few weeks as we get to know your child’s specific reading skills so we might move them to different groups accordingly and we will inform you of these changes as they come up.

If anyone is able to donate paper towels, Klorox wipes or playdoh to our class we would GREATLY appreciate it!!

Have a great weekend,
Cathy Werner