Weekly Update 9/24-9/28

This Week:

• We practiced the letters N-S.
• We worked on letter sounds and recognizing names of students in our class.
• We learned about why and how we read books.
• We learned about shapes.
• We practiced working independently on table work.

Rules to Reinforce:

• Keep your hands to yourself
• Inside voices
• Raise your hand if you want to share
• Be a good listener

Next Week:

• We will practice more letters of the alphabet.
• We will continue working on names and begin working on rhyming.
• We will learn about shapes and tallying and do some number practice.
• We will learn about community and school helpers.

What to Ask Your Kindergartener:

• To sequence events in a familiar story
• To practice writing their first name with correct capitalization.
• To tell you about why we read books.

Reminders and Other News:

• Please send library books back to school with your child on Thursdays each week so they can check out a new one. 
•  Please return all September reading logs by Wednesday for a reward.  Thanks!  The October reading log will go home next week.
• Please make sure to send a water bottle to school with your child each day if they are thirsty.
• If your child does not have their lunch number memorized yet, please help them work on this over the next few weeks to help make getting through the lunch line more efficient.
• Check out our class blog and become a member or sign up for email updates to be notified when I make a weekly post. The weekly update is only posted here each week so please check it out!
• Conferences are coming up soon!  If you have not done so already, please sign up for a conference using the link below.

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conference link

Sign up for conferences by Friday 9/27.  More information about signing up is in your child's backpack today.
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conference sign ups

Information about signing up for conferences will be coming to you on Monday! Please be looking for an email from the school about signing up.  Thanks!

Weekly Update 9/16-9/20

This Week at School:

• We practiced the letters F-M.
• We practiced our letter chant.
• We started learning about shapes.
• We worked on sitting quietly and raising our hands during carpet time.
• We made self-portraits.
• We learned about what it means to focus.

Next Week:

• We will practice the letters N-S.
• We will work on rhyming.
• We will read a story called My Friends and learn about reading together.
• We will talk about how to read books.
• We will learn more about shapes.
• We will learn about families.
• We will begin our word wall and recognizing each other's names.

What to Ask your Kindergartener:

• To tell you the sounds and motions we learned for the letters A-M.
• To practice writing their first name (trying to write it with one capital letter and the rest lowercase). 
• To count to 30.
• To tell you the carpet and line basics.

Reminders and Other News:

• Please continue to keep track of all books you read to your child or your child reads to you this month on your child's reading log.  Return it in at the end of the month for a special prize.  You will receive a new reading log each month. 
• If your child does not have their lunch number memorized yet, please help them work on this over the next few weeks to help make getting through the lunch line more efficient.
• It would be helpful if you could put your child’s name in their lunchbox and on their water bottle as these things often get misplaced.
• Check out our class blog and become a member or sign up for email updates to be notified when I make a weekly post. 
• If you have not returned a permission slip for the 10/23 field trip yet, please fill out the new one in your child's cheetah binder today as soon as possible.

Weekly Update 9/9-9/13

This Week:

• We talked about the alphabet and matching upper and lowercase letters A-E.
• We practiced writing our names.
• We learned about our classroom rules

Next Week:

• We will continue to practice matching upper and lowercase letters.
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• We will learn about shapes.
• We will learn about bus safety.
• We will go to the library for the first time.

What to Ask Your Kindergartener:

• To write their first name.
• To tell you the Kindergarten Rules.
• To open their cheetah binder so you can take out their papers from the folder in the front.

Reminders and Other News: 

• Your child is welcome to bring a water bottle to school every day.   If your child does not have a water bottle consider sending one.  Kids get thirsty during the day so it helps to have water bottles available.
• Check out our class blog and sign up for email updates to be notified when I make a weekly post.  Please let me know if you need help with this.
• A permission slip for our field trip on October 23rd was sent home last week.  Please fill out and return as soon as possible.
• Please  keep track of all books you read to your child or your child reads to you this month on your child's reading log.  This is in the cheetah binder today.   Return it in at the end of the month for a special prize.  You will receive a new reading log each month.