What's Happening?

I hope you are all enjoying the weekend! I am looking forward to meeting with all of you next week for parent-teacher conferences. It's exciting to see how much the children have grown since the beginning of the school year! Take a peek below to see what we have been learning!

 Jolly Phonics

We continue to learn new sounds each week and review the sounds we have previously learned. This week we began introducing double-letter sounds. Using our Jolly Phonics book at home to practice naming the letters and sounds has been very helpful. Keep up the great work kinder friends! 

These are the sounds that have been introduced so far:

s, a, t, i, p, n, ck

e, h, r, m, d, g

o, u, l, f, b, j, z, w, v

y, x, qu, ch, sh, th

Sight Words

The students continue to do a great job with our sight word routine each week. We have now learned the following words:

I, can, a, an, see, the, like, look, go, to, do, am, at

Math

We just wrapped up Chapter 2 in math, where we spent time focusing on identifying numbers that were one more, one less, or the same as a given number. We also paired sets of objects to compare numbers and determine how many more or less the second set of objects had compared to the first set. We have just begun Chapter 3, which focuses on ordering objects by size, length, or weight.

Literacy

We recently received new literacy materials and training to support guided reading in kindergarten. Although our official guided reading instruction will not begin until January, students will begin to bring home books that match their reading levels after parent-teacher conferences. 

Handwriting

The children continue to develop their fine motor skills and confidence as they learn to write letters and numbers.

So far, the students have learned how to write the following letters and numbers:

Letters: F, E, D, P, B, R, V, W, X, Y, Z, C, O, Q, G, S, A

Numbers: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8., 9, 0

Me Bags

We loved getting to know our kindergarten friends as they took turns presenting their all about me bags. We learned about family members, pets, favorite places, hobbies, toys, colors, and foods! Check out our class slideshows below to see what items were most important to our kindergarteners!

MORNING CLASS SLIDESHOW

AFTERNOON CLASS SLIDESHOW

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What's Happening!

Happy fall everyone! It's hard to believe how quickly our kindergarten days are passing by. Take a peek below to see what we have been learning in kindergarten!

Jolly Phonics

We are learning new sounds each day and beginning to apply them as we learn to read and write words. We have introduced the following sounds so far:

s, a, t, i, p, n, ck

e, h, r, m, d, g

o, u, l, f, b, j, z, w, v

Sight Words

The students are eager to learn our new sight words each week, and they are doing a great job highlighting our poems each week. We have now learned the following words:

I, can, a, an, see, the, like, look

Math

We continue to work with the numbers 1-10. We are learning to write, count, and compare numbers. We are also learning how to represent numbers in a variety of ways including using ten frames, which helps lay the building blocks for addition and subtraction. These skills are often reinforced during our daily calendar routine. 

Literacy

We have begun our phonemic awareness routine and are currently learning the following skills:

Reviewing letters and sounds

Rhyming

Identifying beginning and ending sounds in words

Segmenting and blending compound words

Substituting word parts to make new words

Handwriting

The children continue to develop their fine motor skills as they are learning to write letters and numbers. We can see their hand strength and confidence growing each week. 

So far the students have learned how to write the following letters and numbers.

Letters: F, E, D, P, B, R, V, W, X, Y, Z

Numbers: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

Morning Class

Afternoon Class

Hope everyone has a great weekend!!