Dear Parents:
Attached is a copy of the Academic Focus that we will be working
on this week. I will send home a sheet every week to let you
know what we are working on in class. On the back of the paper
is a list of the goals we will also be working on this quarter.
These goals are very important because they are based on the
Core Curriculum Standards which your child will be graded on for
the report card. You can help you child to be successful by
reviewing and practicing the goals at home.
Also attached is your child’s lunch number. This is a very
important number. They will use this number to get their lunch,
check out books and log into some computer programs. It would
be very helpful if you would help your child memorize this number
and practice typing it on the keypad.
Thank you for your help,
Academic Focus
Week of:
Language Arts:
Math:
Social Studies/Science:
Reminders:
Academic Focus
Week of:
August 24, 2015
Language Arts:
 We will be reading The Kissing Hand and completing several activities to
go along with the book including discussing characters, setting, key
details.
1.
Ask your child to tell you about the story. Ask them who the main characters
are (Chester, his Mom, and the teacher). Why is Chester sad? (Because
he will miss his Mom while he is at school) What is a kissing hand? (a
kiss to help Chester remember his Mom while he is at school)
 We will begin learning the Phonics Dance. This is a dance/chant that
helps us learn our alphabet and letter sounds in a fun way.
Math:
 We will be learning the Calendar routine, which we will do everyday.
 We will begin working on identifying numerals 0-10. We begin very
slowly in order to get the students use to the routines in school.
 We will also be discussing how things are alike with the exception of 1
key detail (such as color, size)
2. Homework will begin coming home on Wednesday. We will have
homework almost everyday in math. Most of the sheets should be an
easy review of what we have covered in class and should only take 510 minutes.
Social Studies/Science:
 We will be discussing and doing activities that focus on colors.
 We will also be working on cutting practice.
Reminders:
 Until further notice, Kindergarten students will not be permitted to
purchase snacks in the cafeteria. It takes us a very long time to get
through the lunch line at the beginning of the year. Trying to purchase
snacks really backs up the line until the kids learn the routine of the
cafeteria. Thank you for understanding.
Quarterly goals are on the back of this sheet.
Please work with your child at home so they are able to
successfully meet the goals by the deadline.
Academic Goals
1.
By October 9th, 15 out of 20 students will be able to write
their first name correctly (first letter capital, the rest
lowercase).
2.
By October 9th, 15 out of 20 students will be able to identify
rhyming words with 80% accuracy (for example: Does cat/hat
rhyme? Does chair/desk rhyme?)
3.
By October 9th, 15 out of 20 students will be able to identify
uppercase and lowercase letters with 80% accuracy.
4.
By October 9th, 15 out of 20 students will be able to tell the
number of syllables in words with 80% accuracy.
5.
By October 9th, 15 out of 20 students will be able to count to
25 by 1’s with 100% accuracy.
6.
By October 9th, 15 out of 20 students will be able to identify
numerals 0-10, out of order, with 80% accuracy.
7.
By October 9th, 15 out of 20 students will be able to sort
objects by color, shape and size with 100% accuracy.
8.
By October 9th, 15 out of 20 students will be able to count
sets of objects up to 10 with 80% accuracy.
Academic Focus
Week of: August 31, 2015
Language Arts:
 Continue to work on The Kissing Hand. We will work on a Chester
Loves book. We will then work on making a class book that goes
along with our Chester Loves book.
Have your child read the Chester Loves book to you when they bring it home.
 We will work on writing our first names the Kindergarten Way—first letter
capital the rest lowercase.
Have your child practice writing their name at home—homework sheet will be
sent home in the packet.
Math:
 Practicing counting to 5.
This is a very simple skill for all the children, however, right now we are
building activities and games that we will use throughout the year. We are
starting slow so we can get really good at the activities before moving on at
faster speed.
 Practicing sorting by shape, color, and size.
Social Studies/Science:
 We will continue to work on colors. We are talking about primary and
secondary colors and creating a book that should come home at the end
of the week.
 We will be continuing to work on cutting skills.
 We will begin to work on Visual Discrimination skills.
All of these skills are foundational skills that we will use to learn
throughout the year. Actual Social Studies and Science will begin after
we build our foundations.
Homework: (All homework is due on Friday.)
Math: Lesson 2 (covered Friday, Aug. 28th), lesson 3 (Monday), lesson
4 (Tuesday), lesson 5 (Wednesday), lesson 6 (Thursday)
Language Arts:
Tracing and Writing A’s (Tuesday), Practice name writing (1st
letter capital, the rest lowercase)—Can practice more than once if your child
needs too.
Reminders:
 No School—Monday, August 31st—Labor Day
 School Pictures—Wednesday, Sept. 2nd. Send in picture form and
money on that day.
Academic Focus
Week of:
Language Arts:
Math:
Social Studies/Science:
Homework:
Reminders:
Academic Focus
Week of:
Language Arts:
Math:
Social Studies/Science:
Homework:
Reminders:
Academic Focus
Week of:
Language Arts:
Math:
Social Studies/Science:
Homework:
Reminders: