Kindergarten News………
Congratulations!! You made it through the first week of kindergarten! There is no school on Monday due to the Labor Day holiday. Enjoy the long weekend.
Tuesday, September 6th will be day 1. Please check your special schedule. Remember your child needs sneakers on every day 3 for gym.
*Next week we will be learning the letter Ll as in lion, lemonade and licorice. Please review the letter and sound with your child at home. On Thursday, September 8th Kindergarten will have a Luau. Students are permitted to wear tropical clothes. (Bright colors, floral prints and Hawaiian shirts etc.) More details will be sent home next week. No flip flops please!
*We’ve started our saxon math series.
*We will begin show and tell on Thursday. Please help your child find an item or two around the house that begins with the letter /l/. The items should be small enough to fit in the brown bag that will be sent home on Tuesday. Each week the show and tell will be on Thursday, but the letter will change each week.
*I’m sure the children have been telling you things about our day. If you have any questions, please call me! The following is a general outline:
We begin each day with attendance and lunch count.
We read the morning message.
We count the days we’ve been in school and learn about place value.
We do the calendar and read the fun fact, joke or question of the day.
Kidwriting will begin in a few weeks when we learn more letters.
Saxon phonics teaches us our letters and sounds. We will work on proper letter formation as we learn the letters.
All children need a snack and a drink every day. Snack time is usually at 2:35. I’m not sure if I mentioned this at Meet the Teacher. In order to eliminate confusion about whether something is a snack or a drink, you may want to pack your child’s lunch in a regular lunchbox/thermal tote and his/her snack in a paper bag marked “snack”. Some children have eaten snack for lunch when they were supposed to eat in the cafeteria!
We have literature/story time each day.
Lunch is 10:50 – 11:20 and recess follows from 12:30 – 1:00. We go outside if possible.
We will learn science using FOSS science units.
We have a new and very comprehensive reading program. We will be working with a story every 6-days. We’ll be reading soon!
Please continue to check your child’s communication folder daily.
Lastly, we will be doing an “All about Me” activity. It is in the shape of a t-shirt and the student will be featured as the student of the week. We will do one or two per week on a Friday. The children will share their poster and then we’ll hang it in the hall for all to see. I will send the poster home the week before they’re due.
You may want to send in a sweater or jacket for your child to keep in his/her cubby. Our room is often chilly due to the constant blowing of our air system. You may also want to send a change of clothes to be kept in case of spills or accidents. These are completely optional and up to you!
Let me know if you or your child needs anything!
Mrs. Tarantelli
