Weekly Peep Report

Happy Sunday, Kindergarten Families! 

Only a few more days left in September! With the change in weather this weekend, it truly feels like fall is here. Thank you for taking the time to stay on top of things. I appreciate all of your support from home! Please look for progress reports coming home this week (Tuesday or Wednesday). 

Kindergarten Weekly Report

 September 20, 2015

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ABC's and 123's

Reading: This week we've focused on letters M, N, O, and P. We are working on letter identification, letter formation, and letter sounds. At home, please continue to help your child master alphabet letters, if he/she has not already. With reading, we have to "put first things first," and learning letter names and sounds is definitely first. Then it's on to learning sight words, and using decoding skills! We've been working on one or two sight words each week. So far, we've learned the, see, I, a, can. Please practice these as often as you can, reinforcing that words are made of letters. At school, we practice these words in isolation, in games, and by finding them in the books that we read. We talk about letters and words all day long!

*Mrs. Karen Carroll has started coming into our classroom every day during Reading Workshop. She will continue to visit us each day to see groups of children as they work to master letter names and sounds, and then begin reading books! We will both work with all of the children throughout the year in Reading Workshop. 

*Keep reading books with your child as often as you can. I am so impressed with the consistent reading that I'm seeing! Thank you so much for taking the time to establish this important habit! You're awesome, families! We have 100% of our Peeps reading almost every night!

Math: Sorting is the first step towards making patterns! This upcoming week, we'll be learning all about patterns. At home, you can help develop your child's understanding of patterns by pointing out patterns that you notice. There are patterns everywhere--on clothes, furniture designs, wallpaper, and in nature outdoors. Patterning is a skill that is important to reading, believe it or not! When children can recognize patterns with shapes, colors, and designs, then they can transfer that knowledge to beginner reader books where there is lots of repetition. During our school days this week, we continued working on counting to 20 without errors, writing numbers 1-5, and counting objects in a line and in a group. 

               

​Science: We're learning to think like scientists and carefully observe things that we experience. We know that "observe" means to look and think carefully about what you're seeing. We learned that scientists use tools like a hand lens and a balance. In the Game Spot center, we have had lots of fun figuring out ways to build a house that the big bad wolf can't blow down, and building a chair to hold all three bears. These are STEM activities that integrate Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. The children love them!

Writing Workshop: Our writers have started using a few new strategies this week.  We've practiced listening to the sounds in words to write some letters to go with our pictures. At this point, it's OK for children to try to write just one letter, such as putting "S" next to a picture of a school. Some friends are able to write more, and that's wonderful. Some writers are applying their sight word knowledge, and writing words they know! Everyone is doing what they can do, and feeling good about where they are. In our School Center station, "Write the Room" is a new favorite activity. We're learning how to read all of the writing on the classroom walls, and some of us are incorporating that into Writer's Workshop writing! We're making terrific connections!

Upcoming Events

A Peek at Next Week

Monday: A Day (Art)

Tuesday: B Day (Music)

Wednesday: C Day (Wear tennis shoes for P.E.)

Thursday: D Day (Wear tennis shoes for P.E.)

Friday: NO SCHOOL (Professional Development day for teachers)

Be sure to come to Long School's 1st Cultural Dinner on Friday, October 2nd from 6:30-8:00 pm. Bring a food (dish) to celebrate your culture. There will be cultural entertainment from all over the world. This is a fun family event! Contact mwigger@lindberghschools.ws with any questions or concerns. 

Enjoy the rest of your Sunday!