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Kindergarten News

Week of Sep.26^th –September 30^th, 2016

Thank you for reading to your child at night and logging those minutes.  We are having excellent participation in our library reading program Most weeks the logs are returned to us before the end of the day on Monday.  If you don’t get your log back on Monday, it will come the next day.  Thank you for understanding!

Mark your calendars:

            Friday, October 7^th is a Teacher Inservice day.  There is no school for RCE students.  Middle and high school students will be in session this day!

            Monday, October 10^th is the Columbus Day holiday.  No school again for RCE students.  Enjoy a nice, long 4 day weekend!

            Thursday, October 13^th is our field trip to Dewberry Farms.  Look for permission forms to come in your child’s folder soon.

Here’s what’s new for next week:

Theme: Nursery Rhymes

Reading:  We will explore the wonderful world of nursery rhymes and fairy tales.  We will identify rhyming words, characters and setting.  We will also practice sequencing and retelling, two very important reading skills

Writing:  This week we will make literacy connections to nursery rhymes and fairy tales while using these familiar texts as a basis for our own individual writing.  We are looking forward to launching Writer’s Workshop with our AWESOME folders.  Please send the decorated folders back so we can begin.

Word Wall Words:  REVIEW: red, green, yellow, orange, purple, blue, white, pink, brown, black. My, is, like

NEW WORDS:  in, it

Word Study: We will focus on the letter sounds of N and P.

Math: This week our focus is on counting forward and backward to 20 (from any location), creating sets to 10, and beginning more/less! We have started working with the skill of estimation (making a smart guess).  We are also working on counting one to one in an organized manner. We will continue to work on numeral writing 0-10.  

Science: We are discussing matter (anything that takes up space and has mass).  We will explore the properties of matter and spend time classifying matter by its properties.  We’ll end the week using balance scales to put objects in order by how light or heavy they are.

Social Studies:  We’ll finish up our work with community helpers. 

Homework: Read 20 minutes every night.

Optional Activities:

·        Monday:  Make a list of things that start with N & P

·        Tuesday:  How many color words can you spell?  Do you remember any color songs?

·        Wednesday:  Tell your mom or dad WHO is in your bedtime story tonight.  These are the CHARACTERS.

·        Thursday:  Grab a handful of junk. Estimate how many pieces you have.  Now count and check.  Was your guess a smart guess? 

·        Friday: Read your library book and return it, along with your reading logs!