Tomorrow is early release day.  Car riders will be dismissed at 12:20.  The buses will leave at 12:30.  Our lunch time will be at 10:21 instead of 10:51.  This will just be for early release.  We will go back to our normal lunch time on Thursday.  Enjoy the afternoon!

I sent home 2 math workbooks with your child. These can stay at home for your own use. Should you wish for your child to do any extra practice, keep busy in the car or review any skills they are struggling with, feel free to use them at your discretion.

Yea!  We have completed our second week of school.  We have been learning rules and routines of the school.  I was thrilled that everyone turned in their homework journals this week.  Keep up the great work.  Listed below are some of the things we worked on this week.

READING - We are learning our sight words and how to find them in books.  We are learning about the Author, Illustrator, Title of the books, Characters, Setting and finding out the problem and solution in a story.

WRITING - We are focusing on the letter of the week "I" and learning to write our sight words - I, is, it.

MATH - We are working on counting using one-to-one correspondence and learning how to write our numbers.

Homework has begun!

Your child will bring their homework notebook home with them each.  It is due back by Friday but you are welcome to send it in daily.  We recommend keeping it in their backpack to help ensure it doesn't get left somewhere on that day. 

Each night your child should complete the review skill, choice 1 OR choice 2 and then do some reading with you. Reading aside, the work should take no longer than 20 minutes. The work should be completed on the pages behind the homework grid and you can put more than one night on a page to save paper. Until the children get more comfortable in their writing, they may need to dictate some of their ideas to you. But after a week or two, they need to begin doing some or more of the writing. 

All the questions from the homework relate to our standards. For example, you will see a question about finding the numbers on the mailbox. This relates to our social studies standard of knowing their "place in space" from continent down to home address. The question about figuring out animals relates to our animal coverings and sorting standard. If you have a questions about anything we ask, please email me. And remember, you have a choice on which task you complete. 

Have fun!

 

Our Kindergarten Open House is on Thursday, August 8th from 5-6 p.m.  

I can't wait to talk to you about all things Kindergarten.   Make sure to come a little early as we start right at five.  This night is for the parents.  I have lots of information to share and will answer all your questions.  ( Well most of them)  I can't wait to see all of you here.

Tentative Class Schedule



  7:15 -- 7:45      Morning Work/Morning News Show

  7:45 -- 8:05     Daily Routine/ Math Number Talks                              

  8:05 -- 9:15     Reader’s Workshop/ Guided Reading/

                          Literacy Centers/Phonics

  9:15 -- 9:30     Snack/Health/Sight Word Practice 

  9:30 - 10:35    Writing Workshop  
10:35 - 10:50     Music & Movement

10:51 - 11:21    Lunch
11:21 - 12:11    Extended P.E. 

12:11 -   1:00    Math Whole Group/Tubbing/Journals
 1:00 -- 1:25     Quiet Time/Assessments    

 1:25 -    2:10    Specials -  P.E./Music/P.E./P.E./Art
 2.10 --- 2:20    Reviewing the Day/ Packing Up

 2:20                  Dismissal

Mondays

 9:20-10:05   Science Lab/ Guidance 

Fridays

 9:30-10:10   Learning Commons

11:35 -12:25  Computer Lab                                     

We are looking forward to a great 2019-2020 school year in kindergarten!