September 15, 2014
Reading: Miss Bindergarten Takes a Field
Trip
is an Animal Fantasy story. This means the characters are animals and they do
things that could not really happen.
In this story, the teacher, Miss Bindergarten, takes her class on a field trip
to see different places in the community. We will discuss ways that people can
cooperate in a community, and students will understand that cooperating helps
them have a fun time and learn new things. As you are out and about this week,
see if you and your child can find anyone in the community cooperating!
Target Comprehension Skill: Classify and
Categorize – to place things or ideas that are alike in at least one way into
groups. When children classify and categorize key details in a story, they are
analyzing how the details are alike. Answering classify and categorize
questions about a story helps children learn to use evidence from the text and
illustrations to support the conclusions they draw. This week, challenge your
child to sort toys, socks, rocks, or anything else you have, into 2 groups and
ask them to identify which characteristic is the same in each group. You can
also provide a group of objects and ask which one doesn’t belong.
Letter Recognition: Tt, Uu, Vv,
Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz
We are still
working on identifying different upper and lower case letters. These are the
letters we will be focusing on this week. Challenge your child to find and
identify these letters around the house. You can use flash cards (or index
cards that you write the letter on) to play uppercase and lowercase matching or
memory, too.
Amazing Words: bakery, fire station, post
office, chaperone, park, library
Each week we
will learn 6 words from our weekly story that will help build our oral
vocabulary. By the end of the week your child should be able to use each word
in a sentence. Try to work these words into conversations with your child and
discuss them.
Phonological Awareness: Initial
sounds – identifying words that begin with the same sound. Ex: pig/pan,
lock/love. This week, have your child choose items around the house or outside
and identify the beginning sound. You can also tell your child 3 words and ask
him to identify which two have the same first sound and which doesn’t belong
(working on classify and categorize skills, too!) ex: pig, pan, lock
Sight Words: the, little, (past words: I, am)
Please
practice these words at home! Students can write, search for, or use flash
cards to read the words,
Writing: This week we will work on describing
things. We will identify what color things are and if they are big, small,
long, short, heavy, light, soft, rough, etc. We will draw pictures and “write”
describing words that match.
Math: We will be wrapping up Ch. 1 this
week. Students will still be using the language “I can…read numbers, write numbers, and count objects.” We have
worked with the numbers 1-5, and we worked on finding different ways of
making 5 (1 and 4; 2 and 3). We will review these numbers and skills along with
practicing zero and ordering numbers.
Interims: Just
a reminder, interim reports come out this Friday, but this does not include
kindergarten. Progress Book login info will be sent home at report card time.
Behavior Charts: I have received questions
regarding what the colors on the behavior chart mean. All students begin the
day on green and will stay on green if they do a good job. A few students each
day may get moved to blue if they are showing exemplary behavior and going
above and beyond. Moving to blue is not something I give out easily. If a
student is struggling to follow directions or classroom procedures, they will
be moved to yellow and if a student continues to need multiple reminders
throughout the day they will be moved to red. Loss of a privilege or certain
activity may result if a student is on yellow or red. Please be sure to keep
this form in your child’s folder and return to school each day. Thank you.
Wish List Items: Please do not feel obligated, but if you would like to
donate items to our classroom, here are a few wanted items: cotton balls, blank
cassette tapes, lacing string, and $5 Walgreens gift card (photos).
School Fees: School fees are $50 this year.
Please pay or send in a payment as soon as possible. Thank you!
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