Reminder that tomorrow is LATE START…9:45 am.. PD for teachers

Our meeting on Thursday will be an opportunity for you to hear about your child’s day in Kindergarten, expectations for the year , and what you can do at home to help your child.  The meeting is just for parents and will be held in my classroom.  It will only last 1 hour, (6:00-7:00) , since I know that you have a Kindergartener at home that will need to get to bed.  🙂

See you Thursday evening at 6:00.

Mrs. Smith

Discovering shapes and “substitutions” with squares, triangles, rhombus, hexagons, trapezoids

READING-We will continue to identify the story elements of characters and setting.

Tuesday we will discover visualizing a story.

Wednesday we will describe character traits.

Thursday we will learn new vocabulary.

Friday we will make predictions.

WRITING-We will focus our writing on character and setting.  We will introduce narrative writing.

PHONICS- D  d   Go ahead and find words that start with d.  

We will be putting last week’s letters of a,m,t  and write some sentences with the words am  and at.  I am at __________.

MATH-We will be composing number sentences, putting numbers together to make a sentence.  You can do this at home.

ie    “How many forks and knives are at the table?”  5 forks and 6 knives = 11 forks and knives.

“How many kids and adults are in the car?”  You get the idea….

SCIENCE-Push and Pull  (Force)

Looking ahead…

Monday  WELCOME BACK PICNIC 4:30-6:30  (FOOD SERVED AT 5:00)

Wednesday  LATE START  Students arrive at 9:35  Regular dismissal

Thursday  KINDERGARTEN PARENT MEETING 6:00-7:00  Parents only, please

Friday, September 28  NO SCHOOL FOR KINDERGARTEN  (PD for Kdgn Teachers)

“Childhood is not a race

to see how quickly a child can read, write, and count. 

It is a small window of time

to learn and develop

at the pace

that is right

for each

individual

child.”

Enjoy every day with your child.

Mrs. Smith

Good Morning and thank you for joining us last night for Open House.  I always enjoy getting to see the family members, the younger siblings that I hear about, Grandparents, Aunts/Uncles and all people who are important in my Kindergarteners’ lives.  If you did not get a chance to sign up for a Conference time, please see me to schedule a time in November when we can meet.

Reminder that today is half day.  11:45 Dismissal  (Afternoon is PD for staff)

I hope to post later this morning about next week’s plan.

Enjoy your weekend!

Mrs. Smith

Today we had a special visitor…Mr.  Marks, who is Harper’s grandfather.  He read us a story titled One.  It’s a delightful story about Friendship.  If you haven’t read it, check it out.

Here we are with Mr. Marks.  Thanks for the story and the math fun Mr. Marks!

Good Morning!  I hope you all enjoyed your long weekend.  I spent the weekend up on Mackinac Island at the Annual Jazz Festival.  What a fantastic lineup of musicians.  The headliner was Branford Marsalis.  Terrifc performances and I love being up there.

We have a full week of things to do in Kindergarten.  Here’s what I have planned…

SOCIAL STUDIES-Classroom Rules  We have created a charter, signed by all, the “We Will Treat Others The Way We Would Want to be Treated.”

MATH-We will be comparing items to see if they are EXACTLY the same or SIMILAR.

READING-M  m  and the sound that the letter makes.  Look for things around the house, world that begin with that sound.

WRITING-We will begin writing a story, a NARRATIVE.

DAILY 5- Our Literacy Program  We’ll talk about the 3 ways to READ A BOOK.  Ask your child “What are the 3 ways to read a book?”

SCIENCE will begin next week.

We start our SPECIAL CLASSES this week…ART, MUSIC, GYM, MEDIA, LIBRARY BOOK CHECK OUT.

GYM-Tues., & Thursday   GYM SHOES ARE NEEDED   Please mark Gym days and Library Book days on your calendar to help your child be prepared for class.

MUSIC-WED., & Fri

ART-Mon., & Fri

MEDIA (computer) Tues

LIBRARY BOOK CHECKOUT- Wednesday  We will check out a book tomorrow, they will take it home for the week to enjoy, and return it next week to exchange for another book of their choosing.

Although I took many pictures last week of the kids in action in class, only the first day recess picture went through to my computer.  Sorry…I’ll just keep trying.

We’re off to a great start.  Thank you for your help on the home front.

Mrs. Smith

A big welcome to all incoming Kindergarteners!!! I am excited that you will be here this year.  I have lots of fun things planned, new learning to master and new friends to meet.

Our first week we will have “SOFT START.”  SOFT START means that we will have half days for the first week.  So, our schedule will look like:

Monday, 8/27 8:35-11:45 am

Tuesday, 8/28-8/30 8:35-12:00 pm

On Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday students will have the opportunity to bring their lunch or purchase a lunch from our cafeteria.

Upon arrival on Monday, 8/27, I will have a signup sheet for you to choose a time when I can meet with your child during the afternoons of the Soft Start Week for a brief assessment.  Thank you in advance for bring your child.

Full day Kindergarten will begin on Tuesday, September 4th.  8:35-3:35.  Because there will be many Kindergarteners dismissing at the same time, we stagger dismissal times.  I will be dismissing my class at 3:25, Ms. Polgar at 3:30, Ms. Mohamed at 3:35.

Looking ahead…

Thursday, Sept. 13 OPEN HOUSE  6:00-7:30 pm  All families are welcome to come and visit classrooms.

Thursday, Oct. 18 PICTURE DAY

I usually post on my blog at least once a week to let families know what’s coming up for the following week and reminders for planning, etc.

The room is all set.  I can’t wait to meet my new Kindergarteners!!

See you next week.

Mrs. Smith

Enjoy your summer!  I will miss you!

Love,

Mrs. Smith