I hope all of my friends enjoyed their 5 day break from
school and they got to do something fun over Fall Break! I can’t believe we
are already starting the 2nd quarter because I feel like school just
started! Time goes by so quick when you are having fun!
This short week we will be reviewing a lot about our school
rules and we will have new spots on the carpet and new desks! We will talk a
lot about what kindergarteners look like and sound like when they are
working!
We will be finishing up week 2 in Literacy and starting Week
3 – so I will post more on that next week – please just know we will keep on
learning more about what good readers do! We will keep practicing our letters
and sounds and blending them together to make words! Please continue to practice
at home using the packet I sent home at Literacy night! Also remember to READ,
READ, READ for Book It – I can’t wait until I see all of your calendars at the
end of the month!
In Math we will be continuing to tell math stories using
addition and subtraction. We will start comparing numbers to see if they are
equal or not equal. We will review how to do dot-to-dots using straight lines
and going in counting order and we will also practice making the number 7. The
five finder would be so proud of us and hopefully will come back soon… we have
been making numbers 6-10 using groups of five during counting mats so we will just have to see!
In Writing we will review what good writers do and we will
also talk about what the teacher does during writing time – the teachers in the
room during writing time will go around to individual students and conference
with them about their writing (which is a fancy way to say talk about their
writing). During the conference the teacher is going to give each student a
helpful hint to help them become a better writer – for example using turtle
talk, adding more details to the picture or taking your time when drawing, or
even helping come up with a sentence to write. Now that we are in the 2nd
quarter we are going to start thinking of sentences to go with our stories – so
we will think of a sentence and say it out loud a few times– then we will say
it again and count how many words are in the sentence (this will help us
remember what we are suppose to write hopefully). We will also hopefully be
using our writer’s workshop folder as a tool to help us because it has an
alphabet chart and all of our kindergarten words in there! I can’t wait to see
all of the stories during writing time!
For Unit Studies we are going to jump back to Health and
talk about drug safety – which ties in very well with Red Ribbon Week that is
coming up. We will have discussions about drugs and how they can hurt our
bodies if they are not used correctly. We will also be decorating our door this
week with a drug free message and I encourage you to do the same at home – in
the school newsletter you should have seen the information about this, but if
you decorate your door and people vote for you – you have the chance to win
money for Meadow Lane and an ipad for your family! This Friday the 17th is also Inside
Out day so please have your child wear their clothes inside out if you can.
It is sure to be a fun week – I am looking forward to
another great quarter in Kindergarten!
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