Kindergarten Families,
Here is what's going on in Kindergarten next week:
New Theme: Apples! Throughout this theme, students will learn about graphing, measuring, sorting/patterning, colors, and the life cycle of an apple. If your child has not turned in the apple to decorate at home, please help them finish it and turn it in by Monday Sept 11th. Have fun with this project and help your child get creative since they will be presenting their apples in front of the class. Later these apples will be displayed on our classroom "Apple Tree".
Word of the Week: "my"
Students will practice writing an "I see my ______." sentence with their own ending word. Whichever word they decide to write at the end of sentences will be sounded out to the best of their ability. It is normal at this stage of writing for students to write only 2 or 3 sounds in each word and that's all that we want them to write for now. For example if they want to write the word "school" and they only hear the sounds "scl"- that's great! We want them to feel successful in hearing and writing the main sounds of each word. Also, when they're writing at home, please remind them to use "bunny ear finger spaces" between words, a capital first letter and a period at the end of the sentence. Of course we are just at the very beginning stages of writing, but it is always good to keep these things in mind :)
Math Focus: counting (1:1 correspondence), writing numbers correctly and patterns.
Handwriting Focus Letters: "Magic C letters": C,c O,o, A,a, B,b
I will be sending home directions to the online Lexia program next week, including your child's username and password. Keep an eye out for it in your child's take-home folder.
It was such a pleasure to see you all at Back to School Night !Thank you to everyone who signed up to volunteer in our classroom! Centers will begin the week of September 18th from 8:00-9:00. Please remember to go to our school's office to get information about being fingerprinted and getting your TB test prior to this date. If the school already has this information on file from previous years, then you're all cleared to volunteer! Here is the final list of Volunteers:
Mon: Monika Gauthier, Brenda Christensen and an opening
Tues: Lindsey Garcia,Ashley Thompson, and Maria Ojeda
Thurs: Jen Christensen/ Laura Miller, Kami Cady, Kim Jordan
Subs: Brianna Moger and Ashley Thomson
Computer Lab on Wednesday 8:30 - 9:00 TBA
If it is your day to come in, please arrive by 12:45, sign-in at the office and get a visitor sticker, then come to our classroom to see what Center activity you are leading that day. If you are ever unable to attend, it is very important that you find a replacement (send out a group email asking for a sub) or let me know in advance because the lessons that I plan rely heavily on adult leadership/supervision. Thank you!!
On Monday I'll send home envelopes in your child's take-home folder for PM Kinder classroom fund donations. If anyone is able to make a contribution to our classroom funds I will be able to purchase more materials for our classroom activities. This will benefit our class and I will greatly appreciate it!
Have a great weekend,
Cathy Werner
