Kindergarten NEWS

 Nov. 23-27

Upcoming Events

Monday, Nov. 23:  Fluoride

Wednesday, Nov. 25-Friday, Nov. 27:  Thanksgiving Break.  No school

Weekly Theme:

Plants

Early Literacy Skill

When reading familiar stories to your child, try stopping once in a awhile and let him/her fill in what comes next in the story.  This is a fun way to help with comprehension skills. 

News

        

         This is a short week because of the Thanksgiving holiday.  Remember school will be out on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.  Enjoy your holiday and have a wonderful time together! 

         We have been working hard on retelling stories.  Have your child tell you one of his/her favorite stories using words like, first, next, then and finally. 

         The sounds we have covered are: c, g, s, d, m, n, h, t, v, a, i, o.  Each child can segment these individual sounds and blend them together to make words using the pattern consonant, vowel, consonant.  (mad, tot, sit).

         In math, we will continue to focus on representing and comparing numbers 0-10.  We will then move on to addition.

         We will be learning about plants for the next few weeks including what plants need to live and grow, identifying the root, stem, branch, leaf, flower, fruit, and seed of a plant and the basic life cycle of plants.   

         Thanks again for sharing your amazing children with me and have a fabulous week!

ginger.ekker@ironmail.org

586-2850

Kindergarten NEWS

 Nov. 16-20

 Upcoming Events

Monday, Nov. 16:  Fluoride

Wednesday, Nov. 16:  Library

Thursday, Nov. 19:  P.E./Music

Wednesday, Nov. 25-Friday, Nov. 27:  Thanksgiving Break.  No school

Weekly Theme:

Stories

Early Literacy Skill

Help your child understand how books work.  As you read, point to words to show left to right, spaces between words, and word patterns.

News

        

         The students are getting so great at segmenting spoken words.  For example, when given the word /hat/ they can produce the segments /h/ /a / /t/.   They should also be able to read the following sight words: me, see, I, can, like, look, here, the, go, up.  We have practiced writing m, t, c, g, n, h, b, s, a, i, o and know the sounds of each of these letters.    Our CKLA program encourages the students to just say the sounds rather than the names of the letters.  Letter naming will come a little bit later.

         We have been learning a lot about folktales and fables.   Ask your child to tell you their favorite one we have read about so far!

           We have discovered many ways to make 10 with different number pairs.  We have learned about comparing numbers and figuring out how we can tell if one number is the same as, greater than, or less than another number.   

         Thanks again for sharing your amazing children with me and have a fabulous week!

ginger.ekker@ironmail.org

586-2850

Kindergarten NEWS

 Nov. 9-13

Upcoming Events

Monday, Nov. 9:  Fluoride

Wednesday, Nov. 11:  Library

Thursday, Nov. 12:  P.E./Music

Wednesday, Nov. 25-Friday, Nov. 27:  Thanksgiving Break.  No school

Weekly Theme:

Stories

Early Literacy Skill

Sing the alphabet song.  Be creative—sing it in a rap, skip every other letter, start the song beginning with the letter of your child’s name.  Sing it backwards, quietly or loudly. 

News

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

         The students are doing a great job blending sounds together to make words.  They are making words with a consonant/vowel/consonant pattern.  (mad, dig, tag, cot, etc.)  We have been working on the following consonants: m, t, c, d, g, and the following vowels: a, i, o.  Any words you want to provide to help your child for additional practice using these sounds would be great!  Each child should also be able to form these lower case letters correctly.  Have your child write the numerals 0-10 for you as well! 

         As it starts getting colder, please make sure your child’s name is on his/her coat or jacket.  We do have a lost and found by the lunchroom if your child is missing one. 

         Thanks again and have a fabulous week!

ginger.ekker@ironmail.org

586-2850

Kindergarten NEWS

 Nov. 2-6

Upcoming Events

Monday, Nov. 2:  Fluoride

Wednesday, Nov. 4:  Library

Thursday, Nov. 5:  P.E./Music

Weekly Theme:

Stories

Early Literacy Idea

Play “I Spy” using initial sound clues.  For example, “I spy something that is green and starts with the sound /g/ (grass).

News

         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.  Please remember to fill out the October calendar and send it back to school by Friday, Nov. 6^th.  Your child can earn a free pizza certificate to Pizza Hut. 

         We are working hard and are becoming masters at blending sounds together to form words.  It has also been fun to learn about main characters, plot, and setting in stories.  Your child should be able to form numerals 0-8 correctly and tell you some attributes about them.

         Thank you to those who emailed me pictures of your child reading!  I would love to have more so please feel free to still do that!  THANKS!

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

ginger.ekker@ironmail.org

586-2850