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