indergarten News

Last updated September 14, 2009

We are well on our way to a fantastic year in Kindergarten! Students have spent a lot of time working on following directions and learning rules and procedures for Kindergarten. Fall Einstein Daze have been moved to Oct. 9 and 16. Student led Conferences will begin Sept. 28^th. Look for a sign-up sheet to come home this week.

I’ve spent the past two weeks assessing students on letters and sounds in order to form flexible groups. Students will be in 5 groups (named with colors) based on their language needs. Your child’s weekly sheet will tell which group your child will be in. This week groups will work on the following skills:

Green group: reviewing all letters and sounds, learning Tucker signs (signs made with left

hand to allow for multi-sensory learning) for the sounds, and working on CVC (consonant-

vowel-consonant words)

Purple Group: reviewing sounds for the letters a, m, s; learning Tucker signs for those sounds, and working on CVC words

Blue Group: reviewing sounds for the letters a, m, s; learning Tucker signs for those sounds, and working on CVC words

Yellow Group: reviewing sounds for the letters m and a, learning the sound for s, learning Tucker signs for the sounds of m, a, and

s; working on CVC blending

Orange Group: identifying m, a, and s; reviewing and practicing m, a, and s; learning Tucker signs for m, a, and s

Each group will also work on learning the following sight words: I, am, you. Sight words are words that are seen often in reading materials. These words should be automatic for students to read when seen.

This week in Math students will continue to work on counting to 100. We will also finish learning how to write numbers 1-10.

Students have been learning how to make the sign of the cross and the Our Father. We pray the Our Father as a school every morning.

Our theme this month is ‘Magnificent Me’. Students are learning to identify their first and last name, birthday, address (house number, street name, city, state), and phone number. We are also working on being kind to one another and appreciating one another’s unique qualities and abilities. Students will end this unit by making a Magnificent Me Book that we will share with one another and then bring home to share as a family. Please send a family picture to school by Sept. 21 for your child’s Magnificent Me Book.

Dates to Remember

Sept. 21: Healthy Smiles

Sept. 22: 1^st Quarter Progress Reports

Sept. 28-Oct. 9: Student led Conferences

Sept. 30: Walk-a-Thon

Oct. 1: Grandparents Day

Oct. 2: No School

Oct. 7: School Pictures