August 31st-September 4

FIRST WEEK!!

For those who ordered lunch on Wednesday, Wednesday's lunch will be served on Thursday and Thursday's lunch will be served on Wednesday.

Welcome Kinders!!

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

This week we will be working on introductions and rules to the school, classroom, hallway, lunchroom, recess, etc.  We will be practicing transitions and procedures within the classroom.


Literature:
First Day Jitters 
Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready For Kindergarten
Kindergarten Rocks
On the Way to School
The Kissing Hand

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: size and shape
·         2-dimensional shapes
·         patterns :AB and ABB
Throughout the year students will explore math through open-ended- problem solving journals, math stations, ipads/ipods, IXL, rekenreks, and a variety of math manipulatives.

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

Thank You!

Thank you!

It was so great to see everyone at the open house. We had a great time meeting the incoming kindergarteners! 

Don’t forget to sign-up for pre-conferences on Tuesday, August 25th!!

http://www2.mysignup.com/cgi-bin/view.cgi?datafile=caconferences

Lunch ordering for August/September is now open between August 18th-25th. Please go to www.orderlunches.com to place your order. Your order is not complete until you purchase them from the shopping cart!