Dear Parents,
We've made it to our "big week" in kindergarten, where we start sharing, centers, library, computers, and homework! We also have our first Wacky Wednesday on the 15th. These do not affect the morning class time-wise, but your children will get to share the room with our friends from the afternoon class for about an hour and a half. We are in and out of the room for much of that time, as we have computers & recess, but it is fun for the kids to meet up with the children that they share the room with.
In language arts, we continue our overview of the alphabet and our readings of familiar tales and fables. In the past few weeks, we've covered The Gingerbread Man, The Three Pigs, The Three Bears, Chicken Little, The Three Billy Goats Gruff, The Tortoise and The Hare, The Lion and the Mouse, among others. The children have had fun listening to retellings of these favorite stories.
In math, we will start a new topic: Numbers 1-5. We will be looking at the value of these numbers, as well as how to write them correctly. Math is one of the subjects we cover in centers, so though the paperwork is the same, the hand-on activities will be different, depending on the ability of the group.
In science, we will begin our unit on Trees & Leaves. This is a fun hand-on science unit through our FOSS science program. We will be looking at trees and learning some names of different types of trees. We will be learning about deciduous trees vs. evergreens.
Our art this week is centered around apples. We have a few fun apple art projects, and we'll be using paint! Parent helpers and students beware-- don't wear clothes that you are overly concerned about keeping neat this week. :)
Our sharing topic this week is Share in a Bag. Just a reminder again that your child should bring one item, hidden in a bag or backpack, with clues attached. The clues are very important and are part of the preparation for this oral language activity. So please work with your child to come up with three clues that will help the other children guess what is in the bag. If you are not sure of your child's sharing day, please check the class website or e-mail us.
Mrs. Sheikh has extended the deadline on the first book order of the year on Scholastic. Please go to our class website and follow the link: "Scholastic Books" if you are interested in ordering.
If you are participating in the Great American fundraiser, all orders are due on Tuesday the 14th.
Here is how our "day by day" rough schedule looks this week-- helpers are in parentheses:
MONDAY: Our first visit to the school library (we don't check out books), Centers (Tammy & Megan)
TUESDAY: Centers (Manami & Jamie), Sharing
WEDNESDAY: Computers (Matt), Sharing, Homework/Red Bags go home for the 1st time
THURSDAY: Centers (Margaret & Arden), Sharing
FRIDAY: Spiral Review of stories & letters, Sharing
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Tuesday, September 14th: Great American Fundraiser Ends
Friday, September 17th: Back-to-School Picnic & Movie Night
Saturday, October 16th: Walkathon 9:00-3:00
