Pumpkins needed for each classroom: 1 large, 1 medium, and 1 small. See your classroom teachers specific email about this project.
Relay for Life
This week we have a very important event! Cologne Academy Scholars will be given the opportunity this week to help those battling cancer, and also earn a non-uniform day in the process! CA's National Junior Honor Society is raising money for our school's Relay for Life team. All money collected goes directly to the American Cancer Society and is used to fund research and help patients get the care they need.
Here are your child's options for non-uniform day!
Relay for Life Non-Uniform Day
$2 = non-uniform bottoms
$4 = non-uniform bottoms + top
$5 = non-uniform bottoms + top + hat
Please have your child bring their donation to their homeroom teacher this week. The non-uniform day will be this Friday, October 13.
It is already time to think about Fall Conferences. Fall Conferences will take place on Tuesday, October 17th from 4:00 - 8:00 pm and Wednesday, October 18th, from 8:00 am - 3:00 pm. Below you will find the link to sign up for a conference time. If you cannot make it either day, please let your child's teacher know so we can schedule a different time to meet.
https://signup.com/group/26997
https://signup.com/group/26997
LITERATURE
Focus: Schema
Focus: Schema
Fall
Let it Fall
Stellaluna
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.
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.
Five Senses - Students will learn about each of the five senses as well as how we gather information about our environment through the use of the senses. Students will also learn about what happens if the senses of sight and hearing do not function properly. Students will hear the stories of Helen Keller and Ray Charles, two individuals who overcame very significant challenges posed by disabilities related to sight and hearing.
WRITING
Slant Lines
Letters Tt, Oo, Aa and Dd
Students will practice the basic handwriting strokes, pencil grip, and correct posture.