Week of October 3 - 7, 2011

Kindergarten Happenings week of October 3 – 7, 2011

Next week in phonics we will be learning the letter Tt. We will have show and tell on Thursday and Friday as usual. Please send in an object beginning with the letter T.
In math, we are going to be having our second assessment. The children will be asked to count orally as far as they can up to 100. These assessments help us see strengths and /or weaknesses in math skills we are using. We will also be working on ordering numbers 1 – 5, naming shapes by color, shape, and size, describing the relative position of objects, and matching a number care (1-5) to a set of objects.
We will begin the story Julius in Reading. Continue to read at home and practice the high frequency words I, am, the, little, to, a, of, and you; practice rhyming and counting syllables in words and identifying the letters from Aa-Zz.
Please note that the children each have a mailbox at school in our classroom. All papers to go home throughout the day are put in their mailboxes. At the end of the day, the children take the papers out and place them into their folders. The papers therefore are not organized in each side of the folder. Please go through the folder each night and any papers that have been completed and checked can be kept at home. Again, homework has been completed each night by most of the students so I thank you for working on this with your child. They are all doing a great job with the homework!
Please note that the school store is opened each Monday for kindergarten students. The store is opened before the first bell rings in the morning. There are erasers, pencils, rulers, highlighters, folders, and some small toys for sale. Children have to shop at the store before the first bell rings. I just wanted to clarify what the store sells and when it is opened to clear up any confusion you may have about this. The store is run by the PTO.
Please note, the next Fall Festival meeting will be Wednesday, October 5 at 6:00 p.m. at the Mineshaft in Ashland.
Monday, October 3 will be day 4 in our five day cycle. We will have computer class.
Have a nice weekend!!!!!!