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Mrs. Hendershot’s Class

Friday, August 23, 2013

Dates:

   August 28^th – Early Out

   September 2^nd  - No School

   September 11^th – Early Out

Daily 5:

We will be starting our Daily 5 next week.  This is a set of stations that the students choose through during our reading time.  A note will be coming home shortly to explain all of these stations.  We will be starting next week with just practicing read to self.  The students will work on their stamina and progress towards reading 20 minutes alone.  It is a lot of fun to track our progress.

Math:

Also next week we will begin our first unit in math.  We have math workbooks we keep at school they will use.  Once we have completed a page I will send those home.  Be sure to look at the front and the back of the pages to see what your child is learning about.  Our first few pages spend some time discussing positional words.  These can be tricky so any extra practice at home is beneficial.

SS/Sci/Health:

Next week will be the start of our Social Studies, Science, and Health.  This is always a fun part of our day as we divide out the teaching of these subjects.  I am the teacher for all of kindergarten in Social Studies.  Mrs. Johnson teaches all the Science and Mrs. Norman teaches all the Health.  The students will rotate from room to room each day for their time.  They love to do this and it is a great experience for them to be in a different room.

Writing:

We have spent a lot of the past 3 days working on writing our names.  We will move into our handwriting curriculum next week.  The students will do 2 letters a day with a review of all the letters practiced on Friday.  Please take some time at home to practice these also! 

Helpful Hints:

    Start practicing letters and sounds.

    Begin to practicing counting to at least 10.

    Continue to work on writing names with a capital to start and the rest lowercase.