Week 2

                                                                                                                                                                                                                 We had a great first week of kindergarten!  It was so much fun getting to know each other with their Summer Sacks!  I hope the children are adjusting to their new schedule.  Just a reminder to make sure your child gets plenty of sleep and a healthy breakfast every morning.  It makes a big difference in their ability to learn each day.

Home Learn Folders

Your child’s blue Home Learn Folder will come home every MONDAY and is due on THURSDAY (unless noted otherwise on the bookmark).  Give yourself a pat on the back if you remembered to turn it in this week!  The children that turn theirs in (on time) get to “clip-up”!  We had lots of children get to clip-up.

Please keep the follow things in mind when working on the homework:  Keep the colored bookmark stapled to the packet of homework every week.  Put a check mark in the box next to each assignment as your child completes it.  Please complete ALL of the assignments each week.

The blue sight words that your child cut apart are to be kept in the baggie at home.  We will be adding to them all year so keep them in a safe place and get them out often and practice reading them.  If your child can already read them then they can start writing sentences and illustrating them. Ex. The cat.  The bed.      Last week we worked on the word: the.  This week we will learn the word: my.

Each week the Home Learn packet is worth 10 points that goes on your child’s homework grade.  Points will be deducted for incomplete and missing/late work.

Thank you for supporting your child as a learner in our class!

 The Giving Tree      THANK YOU to everyone for your wonderful classroom donations!  I will keep our Giving Tree next to or on our classroom door throughout the year.  It will have sticky notes with opportunities for other donations on it.  If you are looking to help our class with supplies come by, check it out and take a sticky note.  We are especially in need of Play-Doh and treasures for our Treasure Box.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 23rd is PICTURE DAY

Come looking your best in your uniform with a great big smile!  Please return the picture envelope if you plan on purchasing pictures.  ALL children will have their picture taken, however, there is NO obligation to purchase any pictures.  These pictures will be used for their name tag, placed in our school year book and put on other class projects.

LAST WEEK…   We learned our CLASS RULES.  We...

§                                                                                                                            THINK

                                                     

                                                          OBSERVE

  

                                                                                                                                  MAKE GOOD CHOICES

 

                                                                                                                                COOPERATE 

 

§                                                                                                      Be PATIENT – with ourselves and others

Talk to your child at home and ask them about our rules.  Point out times at home when they are doing them.

We are also working on the math attribute of sorting.  We are learning to sort objects that are identical, similar, or different into sets. 

                                       

“SNAP WORDS”

That is what we call the high frequency words we are learning in kindergarten this year.  Last week we worked really hard to learn to read the word the.  Have your child look for that word at home.  This week we will learn to read the word my.    

REMIND App

This is a way for me to send you messages on your phone reminding you about important class information.  Please sign up, today.  On the blue contact page you received on the first day of school I invited you to sign up for the REMIND App but the class code did not work.  PLEASE check your child’s Homework Folder and you will see instructions on a purple note explaining how to sign up (with the correct code).  When signing up do it in your child’s name.