Friday Newsletter on Monday!

 Happy Monday, Folks!

Sorry for the Monday send, the end of the week was super full! The kids had another stellar week in our Kindergarten class. They are all growing so much, even though it has only been 2 months. They have a lot to be proud of!

We introduced 3 new words this week, see, can and a. The kids did a great job working on these words as well as their two previous words I and like. The kids will be working on a book with their new words this week as well as practicing reading their first book. As these books come home, practice having your child point to the words as they read them, one at a time. They are also using pictures to help them read unfamiliar words. You do not need to be doing this with their library and personal books at home, of course, but it is good practice when reading the short books we are writing and reading at school that do come home.  

The kids continued their great work on their new letters, too. They are practicing their new letters as well as writing their names. We are exploring the concepts of letters, sounds and words. Letters make sounds, when you put those letters together in special ways, they make words made up of sounds (with the exception of a and I). They are doing a super job!

We finished the book Quest and the kids did a super job talking about the book and thinking about questions like “what will happen next?”, “what is happening?” and “why did that happen?” We will continue our work with these questions as we read more this week. By the way, when you are reading at home, you don’t need to be mirroring these questions. I think  it is important for kids to just snuggle in and enjoy a story, too!

The kids are doing a super job in math class, too. We introduced some new games like “Toss the Chips” and putting number path tiles in order.  We continued our dot cluster practice as well as our use of tens frames. We are practicing the skill of “counting on” as well. This is an important skill as kids start to not need to count quantities they already know.

Halloween celebrations will be this Friday. You are welcome to send in your child’s costume with them. We will be putting them on after lunch and recess to ensure (as best we can) that the outfits will come home in one piece! As is the case with birthdays, we will not be doing traditional celebrations involving special Halloween treats. 

Again, the weather is a-changing! Please be sure to send in your kiddo with all of the gear that is needed to spend extended periods of time outdoors. Also, one or two extra sets of clothes at school would be great to send in. We can send home and trade out what is here. Thanks for your support on this!

Last, there is a conference sign up sheet that I am going to be sharing with you today. Because of the number of kids in our class, I am going to offer Zoom times that are outside of the conference day. If none of the offered times work for your family, please let me know and we can figure something out.

Have a great week!

Warmly, 

Ben and Honi

Conversation starters:

*What are your new words this week (a, see, can).

*What did you do with your buddy this week?

*Tell me about the book Quest

*What is your favorite part of your specials (art, music, library, guidance, Spanish, PE)?

*What did you do at recess?

*Who did you play with at Centers time?

Reminders

Class Blog

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Pictures

The folder with class pictures can be found here. 

Picture Retakes

December 8th

Class Gear

Please remember to send in all the tools for the kiddos to be using as we go through the year (change of clothes, raingear, camp chair, etc.). Sneakers are the best daily footwear for students. If you need help getting any of those, please let us know, the school will be happy to help.

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