Welcome to another glorious week in
kindergarten!
Last week we had so much fun learning about the
letters Rr and Tt. The letter Rr says, Rrrrr. We road our cars on our Rr roads practicing the sound.
We also ate really
good raisins and had a visit
from Mrs. Hill’s 2 rabbits! Then we learned how to draw a rabbit and write the letters Rr.
Mrs. Hill said they didn't have names so we gave them 2 rhyming names:
Crunchy & Munchy.
For the letter Tt we ate terrific tiny
tomatoes and played with Mrs. Scalise’s Thomas the Tank Engine’s train
track.
We ended the week with a Teddy Bear Tea Party where we counted and ate ten Teddy Grahams - and then a few more!
STUDY
BUDDY’S
This week we met our 4th grade Study Buddy.
They are Mrs. VanPatten’s students.
We interviewed each other and read them our Name Book that we made. We will get to read to them (and have them
read to us) along with helping us practice our snap words, every week!
This
week we will continue focusing on Habit #1
Be Proactive ~ I’m in charge of me! I have already seen great examples of our
students being proactive and I love it when then tell me how they have been
proactive at home! Use the word
“Proactive” at home and see what great results you will get.
We have spent the first 4 weeks working on how
to spell our first name. At this point
your child should be able to spell and write his/her first name without any
help. This includes starting their name
with a capital letter and the rest of their name in lower case letters. Have your child write their name for you at
home. If they can’t do this with 100%
accuracy without any prompting then they are behind and I highly encourage you
to work with them at home. Have them
practice writing it in sand or on a cookie sheet in salt. Writing it in shaving cream is also fun!
Homework
Thanks to all the families that are being PROACTIVE with your child’s homework
each week! Please take a look at the
following list to make sure your child receives full credit(10 points), for
their homework each week.
This is what a completed Home Learn packet looks
like:
- ·
Each assignment is completed 100%
- ·
All handwriting is done in PENCIL
(not pen or marker)
- ·
Pictures are colored with 3 or more
colors (when coloring is indicated)
- ·
The colored Home Learn Bookmark is
still attached to the packet
- ·
You have initialed or placed a check
mark next to each assignment in the box
- · You have logged reading minutes each week
Homework is worth 10 points each week. Points are deducted for late, missing, or
partially completed assignments (unless absent). Please help your child learn this important
skill of completing homework and returning it each Thursday.
FREE PIZZA ! Your child will receive a Pizza Hut coupon
for a free pizza at the end of each month if he/she has logged, (turned in)
reading minutes each week. I am so
impressed to see how much you are reading at home! Thank you for being so proactive! Each week your child will get to put a gum
ball sticker on our gum ball machine if they turn in reading minutes.
THIS
WEEK…
Homework assignment
This week your child will be going on a rhyming hunt in your home. Their task is to look for 2 rhyming objects. Like: a sock & a rock. Then they will be writing the words for each of their objects on the worksheet (please help with spelling). Send them to school any day this week! I will be taking a picture of each student with their object.
Language
Arts Quiz
This will be coming home in your child’s Home
Learn Folder. Take a look at it and
celebrate everything they got right. Then,
practice, practice, practice any letters and/or snap words they missed. All students should be able to identify the
letters: Mm, Ss, Rr, Tt & words: my, the, a, and.
Try practicing writing them in a cookie tray
with salt or writing them in shaving cream.
They can also make them out of Play-Doh.
DONATIONS
NEEDED… 1 APPLE
On Wednesday we will be learning about the
letter Aa, it’s long and short sounds. To do this I would like each
child to bring one apple from home.
In math we will be graphing using the apples and
then eat them. So they will not be
coming back home.
DATES
for your CALENDAR…
Sept.
12-16 OPA BOOK FAIR This will take place in the library this
week. Because of the book fair we will not be having our regular library
day on Tuesday. Your child can turn
their book in but will not be able to check one out until the following week.
Sept.
15 Thursday is our Grandparent Luncheon All grandmas and grandpas will need to first stop
at the office to pay for their lunch and then meet us in the cafeteria at 11:20
am
Sept. 17 $1.00 Free Dress Day (Thursday since we won't have school Friday)
Sept. 17, 18 (this week) NO
SCHOOL
·
Thursday
is a minimum day. Our class will be
dismissed at 12:45.
·
Friday
there is no school. These 2 days are
Professional Development for the teachers in the OPA building.
“Never doubt
that a small group of thoughtful
citizens can
change the world. Indeed,
it is the
only thing that ever has.”
~Margaret Mead
Have a fabulous week!
Mrs. Scalise