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:
- Spirit Week is this week. Your kinder may be out of uniform if your kinder follows the specific themed days (listed below). Please note, your kinder may wear non-uniform bottoms if he/she is following the themed days. For example: If your kinder's favorite color is green, he/she can wear a green shirt and jeans (or wear green pants too!). No hats!
- Monday: PJ/Comfy Clothes Day
- Tuesday: Favorite Character Day (movie, book, etc.)
- Wednesday: Crazy and Mismatched Clothes Day
- Thursday: Favorite Color Day
- Friday: Cultural/Around the World Day
Next Week (September 26th - 30th):
- Picture Day is Wednesday, September 28th. Your kinder may be out of uniform this day and does not need to change into his/her uniform clothes after pictures. Forms will be sent home before this week so you can select your photos/photo package, if desired.
- Tuesday, September 27th is Family Night. Mrs. Gluck-Peterson is leading parents and teachers through the Growth Mindset from 6:30 - 7:30 PM. You are encouraged to attend! I have attached the flier to my email, which will give you more detailed information.
- Friday, September 30th is College T-Shirt Day and our first OSA. You will get your kinder's college t-shirt beforehand and I will send more detailed information about the OSA as it gets nearer.
- I will also send the October book order home this week :)
- Please make sure you are sending your kinder's folder back to school every day. We are still practicing the afternoon routine, so your kinder's folder might not make it home one afternoon but please send it back when it does make it home :)
- If your kinder is unable to tie his/her own shoes (or it takes him/her a long time to tie shoes independently), please have your child wear Velcro shoes. We change our shoes for gym and shoes can get untied fairly often. Therefore, the time it takes to keep tying shoes can add up!
- If your kinder wears skirts or jumpers to school, she NEEDS to have shorts, leggings or tights on underneath her skirt or jumper at all times!
- We have not begun using Lexia or IXL at school, so please do not have your kinder use either computer program at home. I will let you know when your kinder can start using the programs at home.
LITERATURE
Ten Apples up On Top
We're Going On a Bear Hunt
Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom
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
Letters Ll, Ii, Tt, and Oo
Students will practice the basic handwriting strokes, pencil grip, and correct posture.
CORE KNOWLEDGE
Nursery Rhymes and Fables: This unit will introduce students to nursery rhymes and fables that have been favorites with children for generations. Students will learn classic rhymes like “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star,” “Humpty Dumpty,” and “Hickory, Dickory, Dock,” as well as classic characters such as Humpty Dumpty and Little Miss Muffet. Mother Goose and other traditional poems help students learn vocabulary and build phonemic awareness. By listening carefully to nursery rhymes and repeating or reciting them by heart, students develop an awareness of language that will help them become better readers and writers. Because nursery rhymes are fun and involve everyday activities, Kindergarten students can relate to them.
