The Kindergarten Times

Friends and Feelings

Language Arts:

Our two main literature selections this week will be Corduroy and the sequel A Pocket for Corduroy by Don Freeman. In the first story, a stuffed bear is befriended by a girl named Lisa. She loves him in spite of his “not-so-perfect” apparel. Corduroy is different than the other stuffed animals because he is missing a button. This book is a great springboard to discuss our feelings and emphasize the importance of love and acceptance of our friends in our lives. We will have fun making Corduroy bears as our art project this week.

Fundations:

Cc and Aa

Students will practice printing these letters correctly. We will begin to talk about vowel sounds with short sound “a”. We will make words with the magnetic letters.

Daily 5/Reading:

The students will continue to build their stamina with reading to themselves quietly each day. We also will begin working on how to “read to someone”. Ask your student about EEKK!

Writing Workshop:

The students will continue to write in their journals. They will practice labeling some of the pictures that they draw.

Homework:

Math – p. 17-18

Review printing #1-5 and number words for our test

Printing Practice – F and N (Please encourage your child to take his/her time and print neatly with pencil. Then color the key word picture.)

Math:

We will take the Chapter 1 test on Friday. The students will be using the “office dividers” for the first time so that they can do their own work. The children will need to know how to print the numbers

0-5 and also know how to read the number words 0-5 for the test. We will begin Chapter 2 next week. It is a very short chapter that reviews the concepts of comparing numbers 0-5.

Math Vocabulary:

0 – zero 1 - one

2 - two 3 - three

4 – four 5 - five

Open House

It was nice to see everyone at our Open House last week! If you did not sign up for a conference time for October, I will schedule a time for us to meet during the times that are still open.

Coming Events:

Interim Reports

Available on-line beginning

Fri., Sept. 11.

Please use your parent/student access code that was sent home last week to check on your child’s progress. I left each child a “secret message”. Please write your child’s message on the attached note and return it to school for a special reward!

No School for Students

Monday, Sept. 28

Friday, Oct. 16

Monday, Oct. 19

Conferences

Thursday, Oct. 22

Tuesday, Oct. 27

4:00-7:00 pm

Snap Words:

This year students will be expected to learn 55 high frequency words. I call these “SNAP” words since they are words that your child should know in a snap!

red I

blue me

can see

my a

Student of the Week

Isaiah Prudhomme

A word about our star student:

Isaiah is five years old. He has blond hair and dark brown eyes. He lives with his Mom, Dad, and two younger brothers. When Isaiah is at home he likes to play with his blue truck and his trains. He also likes to ride his bike. His favorite food is cheesy bread sticks. When he grows up he would like to be a trash collector and drive the garbage truck. If he had one wish, he would like to have a motorcycle.

Specials:

Mon. - Art/Library

Tues. – Music

Wed. – Gym/

Computer Lab

Thurs. – Art

Fri. – Music

Birthdays:

Charley Shortridge– 9/23

Important Info:

Library Books

Please remind students to return their Library books on Monday. They can not get a new book until the old book is returned.

Letter Experts

Our letter expert board is complete! Thank you for sending in the item for your child’s letter.

Bus Tags

The children do not need to wear their bus tags any longer to school since I have attached permanent ones to their backpacks.