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September 16, 2013
First Day of Kindergarten
OK, folks........ The moment you have been waiting for! Look at these "Cutie Putooties"!
N is for Night
Our class is part of a letter exchange this year, and we are so excited to build our word wall letters with 25 other classrooms. Our letter is N, and the students and I brainstormed different words that begin with the sound /n/. We found a picture of the letter "N" that depicts night. I gave your child a homework assignment to look outside tonight when the moon is out and create a mental image of the night sky. We will begin creating 26 N's to share with 25 other classrooms, and place one on our word wall this week. If you would like to donate silver glitter or silver sticker stars, we would really appreciate your help. Be looking for a picture of our word wall sometime in Ocotober!
located @ http://www.fantasticfunandlearning.com/n-is-for-night-sky-letter-recognition-activities.html
September 12, 2013
September Newsletter
Parents,
I will be sending out monthly newsletters to update you on our progress in kindergarten. While we are concentrating on our letters and sounds, it may be more frequently. I will also send this out in an email once I get the list completed!
ELA (English Language Arts)
We have been working on our letters and sounds. Each letter has a gesture to help us remember the sound. Letter recognition and sounds are so important when it comes to developing our decoding skills. Please review these skills with your child:
P – Polly Panda, (painting brush strokes up and down)
U – Uncle Upton, (pointing up)
M – Mimi Mermaid, (mopping the floor)
O – Ollie Ostrich, (pointing to your throat)
X – Felix the Fox and Max the Ox, (moving your hands in a boxing motion)
A – Annie Actress, (making a plus motion with your arms)
D – Daisy Dragon, (hands above head in a dancing motion)
T – Timmy Tiger, (hands at belly in a tickling motion)
S - Sadie Seal, (hands cupped in a swimming motion)
We are working on sight words (popcorn) as well. Students are working on recognizing the following popcorn words (they keep popping up everywhere!):
I
like
my
can
We are so exited when we recognize these words. Please help your child practice finding these words at home.
Recognizing the letter and sounds in our name is very important, but we have also been working on writing our name utilizing lower case letters. Please work with your child at home using the upper case for the first letter and the lower case for the remaining.
WRITING
We write every day! We are constantly listening to sounds and trying to decode what we are hearing. Sometimes kindergarten writing may not look like what we are used to as adults, but allowing our students to share through pictures, letters and even marks is developmentally appropriate. Please encourage your child to create illustrations and provide their “Author’s Touch”.
MATH
We are working on the relationship between numbers and quantities. Number formation is another area we are working on as well.
Homework:
I will be sending home number and letter practice sheets for students to work on. If this is a resource you and your child would like to practice, they will be readily available. I encourage my parents and students to read to each other, with each other, and with siblings. Reading is the KEY! Students learn from hearing us read!!!!
Tracey Redfern
I will be sending out monthly newsletters to update you on our progress in kindergarten. While we are concentrating on our letters and sounds, it may be more frequently. I will also send this out in an email once I get the list completed!
ELA (English Language Arts)
We have been working on our letters and sounds. Each letter has a gesture to help us remember the sound. Letter recognition and sounds are so important when it comes to developing our decoding skills. Please review these skills with your child:
P – Polly Panda, (painting brush strokes up and down)
U – Uncle Upton, (pointing up)
M – Mimi Mermaid, (mopping the floor)
O – Ollie Ostrich, (pointing to your throat)
X – Felix the Fox and Max the Ox, (moving your hands in a boxing motion)
A – Annie Actress, (making a plus motion with your arms)
D – Daisy Dragon, (hands above head in a dancing motion)
T – Timmy Tiger, (hands at belly in a tickling motion)
S - Sadie Seal, (hands cupped in a swimming motion)
We are working on sight words (popcorn) as well. Students are working on recognizing the following popcorn words (they keep popping up everywhere!):
I
like
my
can
We are so exited when we recognize these words. Please help your child practice finding these words at home.
Recognizing the letter and sounds in our name is very important, but we have also been working on writing our name utilizing lower case letters. Please work with your child at home using the upper case for the first letter and the lower case for the remaining.
WRITING
We write every day! We are constantly listening to sounds and trying to decode what we are hearing. Sometimes kindergarten writing may not look like what we are used to as adults, but allowing our students to share through pictures, letters and even marks is developmentally appropriate. Please encourage your child to create illustrations and provide their “Author’s Touch”.
MATH
We are working on the relationship between numbers and quantities. Number formation is another area we are working on as well.
Homework:
I will be sending home number and letter practice sheets for students to work on. If this is a resource you and your child would like to practice, they will be readily available. I encourage my parents and students to read to each other, with each other, and with siblings. Reading is the KEY! Students learn from hearing us read!!!!
Tracey Redfern
September 2, 2013
Specials Calendar
Parents,
To keep you better informed of what our "specials class" is for the day, I have added it to the blog calendar. I hope you find this an informative tool.
Tracey Redfern
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