September 12-16

Morning Parent Drop Off (non-bus riders)
We encourage all parents to drop their children off in the carline. However, if you need to come into the school ALL parents need to enter through the main office regardless of the reason for their visit. We will ask you to sign-in and obtain a visitor badge if you will be walking to the classroom.

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:

• There are no events this week!

Next Week (September 19th - 23rd):

• 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

The Following 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 :)

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!
• 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
Pete the Cat - Rockin in my School Shoes
The Pirate of Kindergarten
Brown Bear Brown Bear
Sheep in a Jeep

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.
This week we will continue to work on our routines and expectations for our literacy block.

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
Horizontal Lines, Vertical Lines, Backward Circles, Forward Circles

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

CORE KNOWLEDGE
Emotional ABC's-we will be learning that emotions happen all the time, that all feelings are okay and learn how to respond to them appropriately

September 6th-9th

We had a great first week of kindergarten! The students are doing so well adjusting to school life.  Now that the first week of kindergarten is done, we are excited to see the students come into school and walk down the hall by themselves.  This is an important part of their learning independence and getting them ready for their future school careers.  It is such a sense of accomplishment for them to be able to grow more independently each day.

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

LITERATURE
Allie's Adventure from A to Z

Max's ABC Day

Mice Mischief 

Animal ABC's

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.
This week we will continue to work on our routines and expectations for our literacy block. Next week, we will dive into guided reading!

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.

August 29th-September 2nd

FIRST WEEK!!

Welcome Kinders!!

The big day is finally here! Tomorrow is the first day of school and we are all excited!

Please make sure to remind your kinder to go directly to the lunch room tomorrow morning. All kinders are starting their day in the lunch room to eat breakfast every day. If your kinder is taking the bus or getting dropped off in carline, please remind them to use the doors next to the playground and go straight to the lunch room. It will be directly in front of them :) 

If you would like to walk your kinder into school, you are welcome to do so (through the first week only). You can walk your kinder to the front doors or drop your kinder off in the foyer. I will be greeting students and checking students in right outside the lunch room. If your kinder has an older brother/sister, he/she can drop off your kinder at the lunch room too :)

If you did not bring your kinder's gym shoes to school yet, please send them with your kinder tomorrow in addition to any school supplies or forms. We DO have GYM tomorrow so we will need gym shoes!

Tomorrow is going to be a great start to the school year! Just remember....your kinder will most likely be tired :) It can be a long day!

 

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.