Picture Day is Wednesday, September 27th. 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.
Gale Woods Farm Field Trip is Thursday, September 28th from 9:00 to 12:15. We will be back for lunch. Please have your child wear good walking shoes and their College T-shirts (if we get them by then). If you have not paid or filled out the Google Doc for your child to have permission for the field trip your child's homeroom teacher will be emailing you individually.
Friday, September 29th 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.
Orders for the month of October are due today! If you have not yet placed your lunch and/or breakfast order, please do so by the end of the day Monday, September 25.
Gale Woods Farm Field Trip is Thursday, September 28th from 9:00 to 12:15. We will be back for lunch. Please have your child wear good walking shoes and their College T-shirts (if we get them by then). If you have not paid or filled out the Google Doc for your child to have permission for the field trip your child's homeroom teacher will be emailing you individually.
Friday, September 29th 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.
Orders for the month of October are due today! If you have not yet placed your lunch and/or breakfast order, please do so by the end of the day Monday, September 25.
Other "tid bits"
· 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!
LITERATURE
Focus: Rhyme and Repitition
I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
We're Going on a Leaf Hunt
Goodnight Moon
10 Black Dots
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.
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.
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.
WRITING
Slant Lines
Letters Ll, Ii, Tt, and Oo
Students will practice the basic handwriting strokes, pencil grip, and correct posture.