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KINDER NEWS
Dear Family,
This year is flying by! We have already had 2 months of Kindergarten! This week our class will be focusing on the shapes they see in nature and in our neighborhood. We will also be reading about the shapes we see around us. We are also reviewing the sight words: I, the, we, see, a, and, like. Look for these sight words in every day reading with your child (books, magazines, etc.) Reinforce with your child the difference between vowels and consonants. Ask your child to sing the vowel song for you!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Chapman and Mrs. Wright
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October 3, 2016 Week 8
Language Arts
High-Frequency Word: like Write the word like on paper and have your child trace it. Then say sentences and have your child write like each time you say the word.
Phonics/Letter ID/Handwriting: Tt Invite your child to play a game of “I Spy.” Say sentences and have your child find objects whose names begin or end with the letter t, such as “I spy a table. I spy a pot.”
Vocabulary: materials, nature Invite your child to hunt for shapes found in nature or on materials. Then invite your child to draw pictures of each item.
Category Words: shapes Say simple riddles that include different shape words. Have your child guess each object.
We are pre-teaching the concept of sound spelling in order to write words we don’t know yet to make a simple sentence. This takes a lot of practice to master. Please be patient with your child when learning this concept. Click on this link to learn more about the research behind sound spelling or “phonetic” spelling.
Math
We are working on Chapter 3. The focus of this chapter is counting and writing numbers 6-9. This includes recognizing, writing, counting and decomposing the numbers. We will review the vocabulary: more, fewer, less than, and greater than.
This is a “ten frame”…when it is full it shows 10
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This “ten frame” shows 7 counters: 5 red counters and 2 yellow counters. This is how we learn to “decompose” numbers in class, which is the framework for addition and subtraction.
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This “ten frame” shows another way to make 7:
4 red counters and 3 yellow counters. You will see this in the homework pages as well.
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PLEASE READ!
Conferences:
We are nearing the end of the first trimester. Conferences and report cards will be coming the week of Nov 10th-17th. Please note, there is no school on Nov 11th due to Veteran’s Day!
For the days of conferences, the school will be on a minimum day schedule. However, Nov. 10th-17th, Kindergarten will remain on our normal schedule. AM Kinder on the AM schedule and PM Kinder on the PM schedule. On Friday, November 18th all Kindergarteners will attend from 8:00am-11:20am, due to our Thanksgiving Feast (details to follow as the date gets closer).
If you are a volunteer in the classroom, please let us know ahead of time if you cannot make it. We really need you these two weeks. If you can volunteer to help in class any of those days, we would appreciate any extra help we can get to keep our workshops running smoothly.
Thank you!!
October Calendar
• October 3: Apex Fun Run Rally at 8:30am
• October 3: Butter Braid orders due
• October 10: Fog Willow forms due
• October 10: Butter Braid delivery
• October 12: Rocket Run
• October 17: Field Trip to Fog Willow Pumpkin Farm. ALL early day for Kindergarten. All Kinder students attend school from 8:00-11:20am.
• October 19: Picture Re-take Day
• October 21: Harvest Dance 5:00-8:00pm
• Looking Ahead: November 1st is a minimum day for the whole school- including Kinder. Kinders are all here for the AM schedule. Drop off at 8:00am and Dismissal at 11:20am.
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Academic Skills
To Review At Home:
Language Arts:
Letter Recognition, Aa-Zz, Correct Letter Formation, Rhyming, Writes Name (with correct formation), Blending, Concepts of Print (Knowledge about books and print)
Math:
Basic Shapes, Understand Numbers to 10 (order, name, recognize, count objects one-to-one), Correct Number Formation (0-10 for 1st trimester).
Decomposition (#’s 5-10)
Sight Words:
We will assess recognition for these sight words for this first report card: I, the, we, see, a, like, at, to, and, go.
Go to for additional letter recognition practice, blending practice and additional sight word practice.
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Pumpkin Patch Field Trip
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On Monday, October 17th, we will take our first school bus ride to Fog Willow Pumpkin Farm in Wilton. At the farm we will learn about the life cycle of a pumpkin and farm animals. Permission slips for this trip are due along with payment by Monday, October 10th.
If you would like to chaperone, please sign and return the chaperone form, which is attached to the permission slip. Remember that siblings may not attend any field trip (this is a district policy).
THIS IS A MINIMUM DAY SCHEDULE FOR ALL KINDERS. All Kinders arrive at 8:00am and are dismissed at 11:20am.
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