KINDER NEWS
WHAT’S NEW?
Reading: We have finished up the first unit – Launching.
It has really got the kinders interested and
excited about books! We have had many whole group interactive read-alouds, shared reading lessons
and mini-lessons, with opportunities for our friends to practice strategies during Read to Self. We are
now jumping into Fiction!
Phonics: (all 26 ABC letters, ch, sh, th, wh) Please continue to practice all sounds that have been
introduced and return the folder to school on Monday. We are continuing to spend time focusing on
building and developing phonemic awareness. This is the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate
individual sounds (phonemes) in spoken words. Our beginning readers can segment a word into its
separate sounds (stretching), write the sounds they hear and blend the sounds to read CVC words (3
letter words). I am very proud of them!!
Writing: During our Writing Workshop time, we had time to be writers… choosing our own idea,
writing about it and then sharing with our friends. I am encouraging the kinders to be BRAVE writers,
instead of asking “How do you spell ____?”, I want them to try to str-e-tch the word and write the
sounds they hear. The words may not be spelled correctly, but they will be spelled phonetically (how
they sound) and that is ok!!
Math: We spent some time sorting objects by size, shape, color and other attributes.
We are now
working hard on identifying and describing 2-d shapes (basic shapes). Please make sure your child is
completing the math homework games each week and returning the bottom portion on Friday.
Additional:
* Words Their Way: “word sorts”, We are continuing to practice with beginning sound picture sorts.
* Snappy Words: Take some time to practice these words with your child to help build fluency in reading &
writing. (a, and, I, me, you, the, my, is, to go) The 2nd trimester list will be in the purple folder.
* Science: We continued our unit on Physical Science by discovering items that sink and float.
11/6/2015
Dates & Reminders:
Nov. 11 – No School
Nov. 19 – Report Cards Home,
Parent-Teacher Conferences
Nov. 23 – Early Release,
Parent-Teacher Conferences
Nov. 25-27 – No School
* Please dress your child
appropriately for the weather; this
includes wearing a warm jacket.
Have your child practice
zipping/buttoning their jacket on
their own; this is a life skill that
helps build independence.
* Please discuss washing hands and
using kleenex with your child. We
are trying to stay healthy in room
115.
* Just an FYI - I am on several school
and district committees; I will be out
of the classroom for these meetings.