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
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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.
