Dates to Remember:
Monday, September 30 – Math homework packets are due.
Friday, October 4 – Kindergarten will host an after school bake sale. We are looking for volunteers to help out and in need of donations of baked goods. For more information a note was put in your child’s folder last week.
Upcoming Field Trip planned on Monday, October 21 at Detroit Zoo. More information will be posted soon.
Peek at the Week:
Letters of the Week – Letter Dd and Oo. Read/write/sound. Sight word of week: (see) I see mom. I see flowers.
Phonics/Phonemic Awareness: Counting syllables/clapping syllables. Identifying two words that rhyme. (bat, cat)
Daily Five/Literacy: Comprehension – working on retelling/sequencing short stories. Learning how to sequence (First, Next and Last in short stories). We will focus on comprehension with the season of Fall with Fiction and Non-Fiction books. We continue to build stamina in Daily Five with Read to Self, Work on Writing and Work on Word. I will introduce Listen to Reading with Epic Books and Read to Someone this Week. Students are enjoying working in centers during our Literacy Block.
Writing – During writer’s workshop we will focus on narrative writing. Last week we focused on labeling pictures with the first letter sound we hear and we stretched out letters we hear in words. This week we will focus on writing sight words we have learned along with writing sounds we hear in words.
Science – Last week Science was introduced. What is Science? and What is a Scientist? We learned a scientist uses their five senses (smell, sight, touch, taste and hearing). This week we will explore each of our senses so we understand how we use our senses in daily living and in Science.
Math – New Math homework packets will go home sections 18-22. Students new learning this week; Lesson 18 – Count 4-6 objects in circular and scattered configurations. Writing numbers 1-6 in order. Lesson 19 – Count 5-7 cubes in linear configurations. Matching number 7. Lesson 20 – Writing number 7 and showing different ways to make seven ( ten frame, dice pattern, tally marks, etc.) Lesson 21 – Compare counts of number 8 and matching number 8 in different ways. Lesson 22 – Writing number 8 and showing different ways to configure number 8.
Along with our Eureka Math program we are learning Calendar Math. We our practicing counting 1-30 on the calendar. Counting by 10’s and 5’s to 100. Working on number of the day – teen numbers or numbers in twenties. Learning about place value – ones and tens. Showing the number of the day in different ways – dice pattern, ten frame, tally marks, etc.
Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Polgar