WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 19-23

DATES:

Friday September 23--Mobile Dentist

Friday September 30--Progress reports home

READING:

This week we are finishing up our 2 letters a day adventure through the alphabet with the letters Qq-Zz.  Our ABC sound books will be finished and in their book boxes to read during silent reading or free time.

SIGHT WORDS:  I, can

What excitement we have had this week reading in our big ABC animal book!  The children are recognizing these sight words as we read!!!  Hope they are reading their little books to you at home!!  There are 51 sight words introduced in Kindergarten.  It starts out with one a week then moves to 2 soon!  Practice really helps!   

BEANIE BABIES:  We have learned that Eagle eye tells us to look at the picture to figure out the words.  Now we are learning about Lips the fish reminding us to look at the first letter in the word to sound out.  Jabber (Parrot) is the re-teller.  Jabber helps us to remember key parts of a story to be able to retell the story.

WRITING:  We practice writing our names and other letters every day.  We write in our journal daily.  Right now they are drawing a picture and trying to write the beginning sound of the word they are trying to draw.  (If they draw a tree, then they try to figure out the 't' and write it.

The writing curriculum we are using has us learning about speaker and listener.  When we write we are the 'speaker' and our audience or reader is the 'listener'.  We are practicing this in group by telling each other a story about something we know or something we can do. 

We drew a picture of something we saw on our trip to the butterfly garden.  When we go back later this fall, winter and spring we will again draw and write about what we have seen.

The children were introduced to ipads this week!  We have been introduced to "Write My Name" and "Letter School" aps.

MATH:

This week we are looking at the numbers 6-9 as well as shapes and patterning.  The Letter School ap also has numbers to practice writing.

SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES:

Bailee brought in a Monarch caterpillar.  It formed a chrysalis last week so this week if not the first of next week we will have a butterfly.  Laura Quist, who helped us with the butterfly garden walking trip, will be bringing in a tag for us to tag it!