Mrs. Loushin’s Kindergarten Newsletter
September
What are we learning?
This week, during word work, we completed
concept sorts. We finished a shape sort and
started a living/nonliving thing sort. During
morning meeting, we have been coming up with
ideas on how we can follow our classroom rules
during the day (ex: I will be safe by using walking
feet in the hallway.) During our literacy block, we
have been focusing on a unit about Mrs. Wishy
Washy and farms. Our read-alouds have all been
about farms or farm animals. Our shared reading
has included the big book, Mrs. Wishy Washy and a
poem, Mud. Our sight word that we are focusing
on this week is the. It is our password to come
into our room this week, and we have been
finding it within our shared reading and poems.
We created a story map of Mrs. Wishy Washy,
detailing the title, characters, setting, problem,
and solution. In addition, we made a poster about
what the characters in the story said. We used
interactive writing in which the students wrote
the sounds that they heard to fill in speech
bubbles, and worked in pairs to draw pictures of
the characters. In addition, we wrote our own
poems about mud, and created a Mrs. Wishy
Washy craft. During phonics, we have been
working on names and differentiating between
letters. For handwriting, we have focused on the
letters Ee, Ff, Gg, Hg, and Ii. In math, we are
finishing up learning how to count, write, and
represent the numbers 0-10. We finished up our
number posters, and they are proudly hanging in
our room for everyone to see. Have a wonderful
Labor Day Weekend! Go Buckeyes! 
Volume 3, Issue 3
September 4, 2015
At Home:

Read daily with your child. Discuss
the jobs of the author and
illustrator. Discuss the characters
and setting of the story.

Have your child practice writing
the numbers from 0 to 10.

Review the letters Aa-Ii with your
child. Ask them to make the sounds
that each of these letters makes
and to show you our phonics dance
for each letter. (Aa-point to tongue
and say /a/)
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Weekdays: Review the letter book
one time through with your child
and sign the paper.

Weekends: Review the poems in
your child’s poetry folder with
them and sign the paper.
Unified Arts Schedule:
 Monday 9/7: No School!
 Tuesday 9/8 (C Day): P.E.
 Wednesday 9/9 (D Day):
Technology
 Thursday 9/10 (E Day):
Library
 Friday 9/11 (A Day): Music
Questions? Call or email me at anloushin@mevsd.us 
Mrs. Loushin’s Classroom Rules
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Listen to the teacher.
Be kind to others.
Be safe.
Take care of our materials.
Birthdays:
 None
*This week, we have been focusing on what it
means to be safe. We have modeled and discussed
how to be safe in the classroom, in the hallway, in
the bathroom, at unified arts, at recess, and at
dismissal. We have learned that a teacher’s
number one job is to keep his or her students safe,
and have worked hard to do everything that we
can to help keep our bodies safe. We have learned
that we always need to use our words to
communicate with our friends and keep our hands
and feet to ourselves. 
Reminders:
 Northwood Kids Run/5K Run:
Saturday, 9/5
 No School: Monday, 9/7- Labor Day
 Cookie Dough Orders Due Tuesday, 9/8
 2 Hour Late Start: Wednesday, 9/9
 Parent Teacher Conferences: 9/29 and
10/6
Our Favorite Read-Alouds
 On the Farm by David Elliott
 Mrs. Wishy Washy by Joy
Cowley
 Farming by Gail Gibbons
 Giggle, Giggle, Quack by
Doreen Cronin
 Russell the Sheep by Rob
Scotten