Weekly News (Aug. 27-31)

Another great week in kindergarten! Take a peek at what we have been learning!

Math
We continued taking a closer look at the numbers 1 and 2 this week, and we also talked about "making a match" as we described how objects are the same and different. We reviewed these concepts in our math workbooks, and we also practiced writing the numbers 1 and 2 in our handwriting workbooks.

Literacy
We enjoyed reading several Pete the Cat books this week that helped us learn all about being flexible and going with the flow. Pete helped us understand that it's okay when things don't go our way or when a challenge arises, and that it's helpful to keep a positive attitude and keep moving on. Click on the pictures below to listen to these great stories!

Jolly Phonics
We introduced the first several Jolly Phonics sounds this week! We learned the sound and motion for each of the following letters:

Ss as in "snake"
Aa as in "apple"
Tt as in "tennis"
Ii as in "igloo"
Pp as in "pig"

Thank you so much for all your support at home helping your children with their Jolly Phonics notebooks. It's exciting to see all of the children's different ideas, and they love sharing their examples with the class!

Handwriting

We began our formal handwriting instruction this week using the Handwriting Without Tears program. One of our first handwriting lessons involves building "Mat Man," which helps students see that we can use simple lines and curves to form letters, numbers, and even simple pictures!

Blue Book Bags

We learned our first two sight words this week--I and can--and added these words to our new blue book bags. We added our first sight word book to our bags too! Please carve out some time each day to practice reading the sight words and sight word books in your chid's blue bag. We will be adding new words and a sight word book each week, so if you could remember to keep the book bag in your child's backpack, that would be great! Thanks so much for your support at home. It really makes a difference!

Coloring Rubric

We have been using color opportunities as the students' first self-reflection experience using our kindergarten coloring rubric. It's amazing to see the students taking such pride in their work already and feeling good about the work they produce!

Can't wait to see our kinder friends again!