Upcoming Field Trips

A note about our upcoming field trips and school lunch orders...
We have two field trips coming up on October 23 and October 31. We are asking that you please provide a home lunch on these two field trip days. Please do NOT order school lunch on October 23rd and 31st when you complete your October lunch order. Thank you.

Below is the link to access LEXIA. LEXIA is a reading software that we use at school and can also be used on your home computer. This program allows your child to work at their level and saves their progress. 

http://www.lexiacore5.com/?SiteID=5765-7850-3235-2478

First Week Of School!

END OF DAY CHANGES 
Please inform the office of any changes to your normal end of the day routine. Always call or email Jana, in the main office, the day of changes.
Jana Moeller email:    jmoeller@cologneacademy.org     
main office phone: 952-466-2276

If you desire to walk your child to the classroom on the first day of school, we encourage short and sweet good-byes.  Classes will start promptly at 8:30 or as soon as the last bus arrives. Thank you.

We will be spending the first weeks of school getting to know each other. We will also be introducing students to classroom materials and  practicing the routines/procedures of school including our math and guided reading centers. We look forward to a fantastic kindergarten year. If you have any questions regarding school/kindergarten do not hesitate to contact your teacher. 

LITERATURE

First Day Jitters

We will be focusing on identifying the title, front/back of book, author and illustrator, and making connections to the text through our class discussions and activities.

MATH

During the months of September and October students will work on the following skills:

• numbers 0-10 (ordering, identifying, representing, and writing)
• matching and sorting 
• 2-dimensional shapes
• patterns 

Throughout the year students will explore math through open-ended- problem solving journals, math stations, ipads/ipods, websites, rekenreks, and a variety of math manipulatives. We encourage our students to use specific math words (ex. taller when referencing height NOT bigger) and to share problem solving strategies with their peers. We focus on developing a deep understanding of number relationships for students to build on in the following years.

HANDWRITING

Students will practice the basic handwriting strokes, pencil grip, and correct posture.