Kindergarten News

November 28-Dec. 2

Upcoming Events

Monday, Nov. 28--Fluoride

Tuesday, Nov.29—Library

Thursday, Dec. 1—Computers  

Friday, Dec. 2—Music/P.E.

Weekly Theme:

MONEY/

FINANCIAL LITERACY

Early Literacy Idea

Remember to encourage your child to write often!  Have him/her write letters, stories, make cards, etc. using a capital at the beginning, spaces in between words, and putting a period at the end.

  NOVEMBER/DECEMBER

I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving holiday!  Thanks again for sharing your wonderful children with me. 

Next week we will begin a unit on the December holidays celebrated in various cultures and will celebrate the diversity of holiday traditions.  If you have music, poetry, stories, etc. that are unique to your family or culture and you would like to come into the classroom and share them with the class any time before Christmas, that would be super!  Just send a note, e-mail, or call me and we will make arrangements.  THANKS!

As always, feel free to contact me anytime!  Have a nice week!

ginger.ekker@ironmail.org

586-2850

 

Kindergarten News

November 21-25

 

Upcoming Events

Monday, Nov. 21--Fluoride

Tuesday, Nov.22—Library

Wed., Nov. 23-Fri., Nov. 25—Thanksgiving Break  

Weekly Theme:

THANKSGIVING

 

We will not have Centers this week because of the Thanksgiving Break Wednesday-Friday.  We look forward to seeing you the following week.  THANK YOU FOR THOSE WHO HELP!  YOU ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED!

 

NOVEMBER

    HOORAY, we made it to the end of the alphabet!  This is a great accomplishment for these little ones!  Make sure you look at their alphabet books and drawing books they will be bringing home.  They are so excited to show you their awesome work!  We will learn the sight words on, at.  We have been practicing writing last names.  Please reinforce the concept of using a capital letter at the beginning and then all lower case letters after that. 

Our writing of the numerals 11-20 is improving.  It is fun to see the progress and recognition of patterning with these numerals.  Have your child write these numerals for you.

Thank you for all you do to help with your child’s education!  Have a safe and relaxing Thanksgiving holiday!

As always, feel free to contact me anytime!  Have a nice week!

ginger.ekker@ironmail.org

586-2850

Kindergarten News

November 14-18

Upcoming Events

Monday, Nov. 14--Fluoride

Tuesday, Nov. 15—Library

Thursday, Nov. 17—Computers

Friday, Nov. 18—P.E./Music

Nov. 23-27—Thanksgiving Break

Weekly Theme:

THANKSGIVING

We will not have Centers the week of November 21-25 because of the Thanksgiving Break on Wednesday-Friday.  We look forward to seeing you the following week.  THANK YOU FOR THOSE WHO HELP!  YOU ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED!

   

NOVEMBER

Thank you for your continued support at home.  It is great that the homework and reading books come back consistently.   You are wonderful parents.  It is exciting to see the progress your children are making!

Speaking of progress--The students are becoming great readers and writers!  We will finish up the letters and sounds this week.  They have completed writing some creative stories in their journals and they are stretching out the sounds in words quite independently. 

We have started to focus on recognizing and writing the numerals 11-20 and simple addition from 1-5.  We have also been learning about patterning and graphing. 

As the weather gets colder, please make sure your child’s names is on his/her coat or jacket so we don’t loose them or get them mixed up with another student.  If your child is missing one, the Lost and Found is located in the room next to the lunch room.

This week our PTA is sponsoring “Healthy Lifestyles Week”.  Please refer to the fliers and handouts that were sent home with your child on Friday for more information.  Our PTA is amazing and they do so much to support the students and faculty at South Elementary!

As always, please feel free to contact me anytime!  Have a nice week!

ginger.ekker@ironmail.org

586-2850

 

Kindergarten News

November 7-11

 

Upcoming Events

Monday, Nov. 7--Fluoride

Tuesday, Nov. 8—Library

Thursday, Nov. 10—Computers

Friday, Nov. 11—P.E./Music

Nov. 23-27—Thanksgiving Break

 

Weekly Theme:

Native Americans

 

Early Literacy Skill

Magnetic letters are good for word play.  Let your child make words using the letters.   Salt, sand, rice, etc. are also fun to use when tracing letters and words with a finger.

 

NOVEMBER

       Happy November!  Thanks again for sharing your wonderful children with me!  We have a super group and each child is progressing and contributing to our class. 

      We have been focusing especially on literacy skills.  The students should know the letters and sounds from A-U.  Please ask your child often      to tell you each of these letters (both upper and lower case) and the sound each one makes.  They should also be able to write each one in capital and lower case form.  We have learned the following sight words:  me, see, I, can, like, look, my, here, go, up, run.  Reviewing these at home is once again a bonus for your child. 

      Our math skills are improving as well.  We are practicing counting out loud to 50 and writing the numerals 0-10 correctly.  Other math skills are being incorporated throughout each day as part of the kindergarten curriculum. 

      Social skills are also a pertinent part of kindergarten.  Ask your child about using their “flexible brains” and not being a “topic twister”.

      Have a nice week and as always, please feel free to contact me any time!

ginger.ekker@ironmail.org

586-2850