NO SCHOOL MONDAY!
Math: We continued sorting objects. Students participated in several class activities to practice sorting, classifying, and counting objects. We practiced sorting a variety of ways using different manipulatives. We are also working with numbers 1-5. Please take the time to review your child’s work with them each night to ensure that they understand the lesson. If you notice your child needs continued practice on a skill, please work on that skill at home. We are doing a lot of hands on activities so there may be days that a math page does not come home.
Language Workshop: This week we continued our All About Me and My Community theme. Our focus was on families. We read the book Families are Different and a variety of family books. We discussed the importance of our families and discovered some similarities and differences that we have. We realized that all families are different and special. We talked about common physical, social and emotional needs and how these differ from wants. We shared our family papers that you filled out and returned.
Reading Workshop: We continued our unit over reading routines. This week we learned how to handle books carefully, the correct way to put books away, and what we do with a damaged book.
Writing Workshop: Our sight word for this week was “my”. Each day our special person of the day told me a couple sentences to write. As a class we found for sight words and the letters we are learning in the message. We have also introduced spacing, capital letters and when we use them in a sentence, and punctuation.
Word Study: This week we learned about the letters Aa, Bb, Cc & Dd. Students were able to engage in various Smartboard games to reinforce letter recognition and the sound the letters make. We sorted the letters and found the letters in a song. We also learned how to correctly form each letter. Please encourage your child to practice writing the letters we have learned so far at home. Please sit with your child and watch as they write the letters and make sure they are holding their pencil correctly. A letter formation page (Alphabet Path of Motion) is coming home today. Please hang this somewhere to refer to when practicing at home.
Important Dates:
- Sept. 1 - Oct. 20 - Box Tops Contest
- Sept. 4 - No School-Labor Day
- Sept. 8- Grandparent’s Day 9:00-10:00am
- Sept. 11 - No School
- Sept. 11 - Math Parent Night 6:30-7:45 in the cafeteria
- Sept. 12 - No School - Teacher Professional Development Day
- Sept. 19 - Cox Care Mobile (call the nurse for an appointment)
- Sept. 21 - Watch DOGS Pizza Night 6:00-7:00 (be looking for more info)
Name Homework--Your child has homework to complete this weekend. We have spend a LOT of time working on our names and writing them correctly. Please read the directions very carefully and sit with your child while he/she is practicing. Thank you!
Sight Words
Continue to look for these words in books at home!
I is my
Reading Challenge
Information was sent home earlier this week about our Reading Journey. Be sure to work towards meeting your child’s reading goal by reading daily with them. Feel free to email me pictures and we will share them during calendar time. Thank you!
Important Information and Reminders:
- We are working on reciting our phone numbers, addresses, and birthdays. Please practice with your child at home on these. This will be our September learning goal.
- Please make sure your child eats a well-balanced breakfast to ensure that they do not become hungry before lunch time. If your child will be eating breakfast at school, please have them here by 7:45 a.m. We stop serving breakfast and begin our day at 8:05.
- There is a letter coming home today regarding Show and Tell beginning in our classroom soon.
I hope you hear your child coming home each day saying, “We are learning to... (Ex: We are learning to sort objects.) These are the learning targets that we focus on each and every lesson. These learning targets come from our standards that the state of Missouri requires us to teach in Kindergarten. Every week we will focus on new skills in reading and math.
Next Week:
- We will continue our All About Me and My Community theme by focusing on our school, community, and country. We will learn about the Clever School pledge, the Pledge of Allegiance, and the American flag.
- We will continue playing the Name Game until every student has had a turn.
- We will continue our math topic working with numbers to 5.
- We will learn about the letters Ee, Ff & Gg. Our sight word will be “a”.
Have a Great Weekend!
Mrs. Vestal
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