Hello Kindergarten Families,

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

Art/Music/Science: Students will learn songs and create art that is focused on classic Halloween animals such as black cats, bats and spiders!

Reading: We will begin a new series of take-home readers that focus on sounding out simple 3-letter words. The first book is called "Nat at Bat" and it teaches the "-at" word family which includes words such as cat, hat, bat, and sat. Listen to your child read these books each night until they can read them fluently. If you feel that your child needs additional practice, ask them to write a list of as many words as they can that rhyme with "cat" (or whatever the "word family" focus is that week).

Math: Our math centers will focus on number sense to 10. Math games will include number lines, ten-frames and a "race to five" game.  We will start word problems next week in which students will use different strategies to solve addition problems.  They will explain their reasoning with the class.  Please continue to practice writing numbers 1-10 correctly at home.

Word of the Week: "go".  By now your child should be able to read and write the following sight words: I, like, see, a, go, the, to, my. Please review these words daily at home with your child if needed.

Our school's Harvest Festival is next Friday, October 13th from 5:00-9:00. This is SUCH a fun event! I hope to see you there!

Picture Day is Friday, October 20th. 

Have a great weekend,
Cathy Werner