Today we enjoyed playing a few math games. One was on www.abcya.com check out our helpful resources page and you can click on the link to play the birthday counting candle game! Right now counting objects and showing a 1:1 correspondence is so important so why not have fun while working. Enjoy!

Hello Families of 111,

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! As October rolls along here is what you can expect this week in kindergarten.

Homework packets are being collected Monday morning and you will receive the new one. Remember 100% of the packets need to be completed to remain on green! So far we are off to a great start. Please continue to review your child’s behavior sheet every night and SIGN THEM! We are nearing the end of the month already and the kindergarten teachers have planned an AWESOME reward day. I want to see all my students faces there!

Letter Study: N,n

Word Study: the (students will be tested on Friday to see if they know this word. Your child will ONLY be tested if they are already able to write their name! Until they master their first name that will be their spelling word)

Number Study: 6 and all combinations of six

Counting: all objects to the number 5 (10 if you child can do this!) counting to 100 by 1s and 10s and writing all numbers from 0-5 (0-10 if your child can do this as well!)

This week I will begin strategy groups in Daily 5, so look for small “reading bags” to start coming home this week! In the bags your child will receive an alphabet chart. PLEASE practice this every night! You can point to each letter square with your child and say, ex. “A ahh alligator, B buhh bear” etc. Then, I will include flash cards for the letters that your child needs to master still. DAILY practice with these cards about 10 minutes will make the world of a difference.

I also want your child to read EVERY night with you for 10 minutes right now. Remember there are three ways to read a book and reading the pictures is one of them! This week I will be opening up Razkids for my classroom and they are going to love it! Look in their homework folders for directions and a note from the website. It is really easy to use and your child will greatly benefit from working on this site daily.

If any parents are willing to volunteer for math workshop or science this week we’d LOVE to have you. This week we will be opening up small pie pumpkins, adding soil and watering them. We are going to make predictions and observe them grow! Math is every day at 1:00pm and science is around 2:00pm after math workshop.

*After a small issue with scholastic our order has been placed and will arrive soon! I apologize for the delay and am excited to receive the books I ordered for the class as well 🙂

*Remember we have gym on Monday and Friday so wear the proper gym attire and shoes.

Thank you to Mrs. Biaz again today for volunteering to work with us during math workshop and during library checkout! We practiced counting to 10 on the IXL website today. Your child would greatly benefit from practicing counting 1 to 1 objects every night from household objects or this website. Check out the resources page for the login information!

Tonight your child is bringing home their first library book. They will keep this book at home away from their personal books until the first week of November. Remember our students will be responsible for any ripped or lost books so be “responsible” aviators and enjoy reading!

Remember tomorrow is a half day! Your child can dress up in Michigan or Michigan State clothing if they love one of the football teams. Dismissal will be from our classroom door at 11:10 am.

*Weather is getting COLD! Please remember to send you child to school with a winter coat from now on. If it’s too cold your child will not be able to enjoy lunch recess (the lunch staff will keep them inside the cafeteria).

What a great day we had in kindergarten today! Our class was working so hard to learn about the number 5 and different ways to make it. We owe a big thank you to Bashir’s mom Mrs. Biaz for volunteering to help run our stations in math workshop today! If you’d like to come in to volunteer in math we’d love to have you just reply below and pick a date!

• Friday, October 16th, 2015 is a 1/2 day for us! But, if you are a Michigan or Michigan State fan your child can come to school supporting their favorite team!

• November 12th, 18th and 19th are parent teacher conferences! I will have a clipboard after school this week for you to sign up for a conference date and time. If you can not request your date and time for the conference, I will select a slot for you. Please notify my as soon as possible if you need to reschedule because these conferences are mandatory. Thank you for your help!

Today we enjoyed a kick off assembly at 8:10am in the gym! The principal explained the reward system to the students and we are already off to try and earn an awesome reward day. Mrs. Ross is ON this committee and will make sure that each month is AMAZING and worth striving for. Please check behavior sheets every night, sign them and encourage your child to go go go for green or BETTER!!!!

Greetings kindergarten families! Thank you for visiting our blog. Be sure to check it regularly to keep informed on what is happening in kindergarten. It is a work in progress and I have more pages that will be added as I learn more about creating it. I will also be learning how to upload pictures of your child to show you what great things are happening in room 111! Be sure to check it often (at least a couple times a week). This page will take the place of the paper newsletter that I send home on Monday mornings.

That’s all for now. Have a great week!

Mrs. Ross