Monday, September 21, 2015

News

Kindergarten News
Week of Sep. 21st-25th, 2015

We loved visiting with all of you last week at Back to School Night…thanks for ALL of your support! 
Thank you also for returning library books and reading logs today.  You all are the BEST!
Please send your Writer’s Workshop folders as soon as you have them ready!! 
DATE CHANGE!  We regret that we have to change our Book Character Parade date.  The new date is OCTOBER 29th- same time, but different day.

This week we will explore the following:
Theme: We will continue The Colors Around Me!
Reading:  Shared reading and Interactive read-alouds of books that focus on color! We will use what we know as we ask and answer questions! We will identify characters and sequence the text, as well.
Writing:  We will continue celebrating the King and Queen of the Day. Also, this week we will make literacy connections to text while we create lists utilizing colors.  

We will kick off writer’s workshop as soon as we have ALL of the folders back...a BIG thank you in advance!  We are authors in the making.

Word Wall Words:  
REVIEW: my, is, like, red, green, yellow, black, white.
NEW WORDS THIS WEEK:  blue, orange, pink, purple, brown


Word Study: We will focus on the letter sounds of R and S.


 
Math: Our focus this week will be on sorting, reviewing shapes, counting to 30, and numeral writing 0-5.  We will explore numbers to 5 using ten frames and we will use various manipulatives to create sets of a designated amount. We will continue to graph as we explore the colors around us!

Science: Observing/Using the Scientific Method and using our senses to be a scientist. What is matter and how can it change?!

Social Studies:  We will explore our Pledge of Allegiance.


Homework: Read 20 minutes every night.
Optional Activities:

·       Monday:  Make a list of things that start with R & S
·       Tuesday:  Count backwards from 5.  Count backwards from 10.  Can you count backwards from 15?
·       Wednesday:  Write the color words using the appropriate crayon/marker!  Can you sing/spell the color songs!
·       Thursday:  Write a sentence using the sight words MY and IS
·       Friday: Return your library books and reading log on Monday!



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