Second Week in Kindergarten!

 

 Happy Friday!

Hi Kindergarten Families!

We had an awesome second week in Kindergarten! The children are really getting adjusted to the routine of full school days! They enjoy going over our schedule and love checking off tasks on our to-do list! The first few weeks will be the hardest, but Mrs. Lowe and I are so proud of the continued progress they have made this week. This week we read We Don't Eat Our Classmates; Please, Puppy, Please; and I Like to Munch. 

We had a fun and busy week in ELA learning about our sight words "I" "like" "the" & "and", identifying the beginning sounds in words, and our letter of the week 'Mm'! We met our first letter person Mr. M with a Munching Mouth! The kids loved listening to Mr. M's song and story and talking about words that begin with the letter 'm'. We wrote about foods we enjoy munching in our Letter Journals! The kids also made the Mr. M puppet! In math we finished our first chapter and became experts in sorting by size, shape, and color. In Religion we listened to the story of Adam and Eve, and spoke about God's gifts of the sun and the moon. The students really enjoyed learning the colors in Spanish along with balloons! They learned how to take care of books in Library, personal space in Gym, and read The King of Kindergarten in Art!

This week we also began our center rotations! The students were placed randomly into 5 groups and were able to work in a center each day. In the Word Work center the students unscrambled letters to spell their name, in the Art center the students created 3D apples with Mrs. Lowe, in the Discovery center they designed their own apple, counted apples in the Math center, and read or did puzzles in the Free center! 

We would very much appreciate if you could take some time this weekend to discuss the importance of listening to and following directions, listening when the teacher is talking, keeping our hands to ourselves, and participating. We appreciate your partnership at home!!

Reminders!:

• Sight word rings: Please keep your child's sight word rings in their take home folder as the new words will be added to be sent home on Tuesday! 
• Please send in $15 cash for the field trip to Sugartown Strawberries pumpkin patch. Our field trip is October 3rd & parents are welcome to join us at the farm! It will be lots of fun :) 
• Please check your students take home folder for their completed Mr. M puppet sent home today. They turned out amazing! We are very proud of their coloring and cutting skills!!

We had an awesome week and hope you all have a wonderful weekend! :)

Best,

Miss Ryan & Mrs. Lowe