PALS

We started our PALS this past week.  This is a Peer Assisted Learning System.  The students work with a partner on letters, rhyming, beginning sounds, and even late on ending sounds.  They take turns being the teacher and the student.  This is a great time for them to work with one another and learn from each other.  They also enjoy this little bit of time we spend on this weekly!

Guest Reader

We started out our week last week with a guest reader.  Our own principal Mrs. Miller wanted to come in and meet our Kindergarten students and share her favorite story with them.  Her favorite book is Stephanie's Ponytail.  We had a great time listening to her read and meeting her.  Ask your child about this visit!

Newsletter Information

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September 5, 2014

Notes~

v Continue working on upper and lower case letters.

v Begin working on the sounds each letter makes.

v Continue to practice counting and writing to 10.

v Work on writing their name with a capital at the beginning and the rest lower case.

What We Are Learning~

We have started our work on the Daily 5 these past 2 weeks.  This is our reading time during the year.  The students have different stations they will work on during this time.  We have been working on 3 ways to read a book: read the pictures, read the words, and retell the story.  Ask your child about these!

We also started our math in kindergarten.  It is very exciting and we are working on numbers to 10!  We have been counting and writing our numbers.  They are working very hard and enjoy all the hands on activities we are doing!

Upcoming Events~

v September 8 – Book Order Due

v September 10- Early Out

v September 18 – School Pictures

v September 24 – Early Out

Name Puzzles!?!?!?!

We were busy working on our names and I created a name puzzle for them to put together.  Some found this hard and some thought it was easy.  It was great to see the different ways they tried to put their names together.  They did bring these home to share with you.  Hope that you enjoyed some time to put these together as a family.

All About Me~

We have been working very hard on learning about each other at the beginning of our school year.  We have spent a lot of time discussing our birthdays, families, and what we like.  It has been a great way for us to learn.  I have learned so much in these past couples days it is unbelievable.  We made a book that is coming home on Friday to share with you.  Please take the time to sit down and discuss this book with your child.  Enjoy! 

Number Practice

We started our Math curriculum this week and wow have we been busy!  We are working very hard on counting objects and correctly writing our numbers.  This can be tricky but we are taking our time to do our best work.  We have really done a nice job and I am very proud at how hard each and every child has done!  Since we started our math we also have begun our Math Dailys.  These are the stations that the students go to after their math work is done.  These different stations reinforce the topics we are working on and have worked on.  There are 4 different stations to go to.  They are:  Partner Math, Math Technology, Math Writing, and Math by Myself.  Ask your child about each of these!

Newsletter Information

Notes

Begin working on upper and lower case letter recognition.

Start working on counting and recognizing numbers to 10.

Practice writing your name will the beginning capital and the rest lower case.

What are we learning...

WOW!  What a great start to our school year!  We have been working very hard on our routines and procedures.  We have learned a lot of new things in these 3 days about school.

We also have been working a lot on learning about each other.  We cannot wait for next week to start so we can dig deeper into everything about ourselves.  

Have a great weekend!

 Upcoming Events

Wednesday, August 27th – Early Out- 1:15

Monday, September 1 – No School

Wednesday, September 10 – Early Out

Thursday, September 18 – School Pictures