Dear Parents,
Thank you so much for your attendance at Back-to-School Night. It was so wonderful to have most of you there-- I feel very supported already in making our year together the very best. Thank you also for your sign-ups to volunteer in the classroom. I have everything covered! Wow! I will get back to you some time this week with the center schedule. Centers will not start until the week of September 11th, so you have a couple of weeks before coming into the classroom. Again, I know I didn't cover everything during my presentation, so please feel free to email me with any questions you have along the way.
One thing that I forgot to cover was sharing. Sharing will begin on September 12th. There are various sharing topics: toy in a bag, letter(s) of the week, homemade item, book share, and song/poem/nursery rhyme share. For a description of what is expected for each of these topics, please go to the sharing tab on the website. The sharing topic stays the same all week, and can be found on the class calendar on my website. The sharing days do not change. They are:
MONDAY: Aiden, Alexandre, Anna, Bodie
TUESDAY: Brett, Cameron, Cody, David
WEDNESDAY: Emil, Isabella, Joseph, Keigo
THURSDAY: Liam, Lila, Madison, Mimi
FRIDAY: Peyton, Rez, Safa, Sophie
*If we have a Monday or Friday holiday, children can share any day that week
In language arts this year, we will be introducing two letters per week, wrapping up our isolated letter & sound study by November. From there, we will move onto digraphs, blends, and word families.
This week, we will be covering letters Cc & Dd. We will also continue reading familiar fairy tales as well as some Aesop's Fables. We will begin studying the five senses in science. I have a fun book with some hands-on activities that I do with the children, ending with doing a taste test of salty, sweet, sour, and bitter items.
In math, we will continue studying numbers to 5. We will have some hands-on activities in class as well as several educational YouTubes.
We also will be using a lot of music in the classroom for learning. I have already had them up and dancing to our "Alphabet Action" tune, and this week, we will be learning how to spell color words through singing some catchy tunes. We are introducing a new song each week. This week it will be the "yellow" song. I also play the violin and break that out from time to time, mostly to play "Happy Birthday" for birthday celebrations. :)
We have this Friday the 2nd off school, as well as Monday the 5th. For other important dates, specific to kindergarten, please check the class calendar on my website. I have added the dates of many of our big events in there for your future planning!
Upcoming Events:
Friday 9/2: Staff Development Day
Monday 9/5: Labor Day Holiday
Friday 9/16: Alta Vista Movie Night
Monday 10/10: Field trip to see a play
Saturday 10/15: Alta Vista Walkathon
Friday 10/28: Halloween Parade & Party
