Mrs. Nicodemus’ Kindergarten Newsletter 

October 13, 2014

Reading: Nature Spy is a Nonfiction Book. This means the book is about things that are real. Students will read about a girl that goes outside to explore and discover new things about nature. She looks closely at plants, animals, and other things in nature to see special details. We learn that many things look different up close. This week, take a nature walk in your backyard or the park and feel free to send any discoveries for your student to share!

Target Comprehension Skill: Setting – Where and when a story takes place. This week, challenge your child to choose a book or tv show and identify the setting. We will use the language “I can…tell the setting”.

Amazing Words: discover, nature, acorn, spy, pod, pattern

Try to work these words into conversations with your child and discuss them. We will use the language “I can…use new vocabulary”.  

Phonemic Awareness (hearing sounds): Initial and final /s/ – Ex: spider, sat, snake, house, tops, lips. This week, have your child try to find items around the house or outside that begin with the /s/ sound. You can also tell your child 2 words and ask him to identify which word has the /s/ sound. We will use the language “I can…hear beginning/ending sounds”.

Phonics (matching sounds and letters): Students will learn to say the /s/ sound when they read the letter Ss, and will learn to write the letter Ss when they hear the /s/ sound. Students have learned the letters and sounds for Mm, Tt, and Aa at this point. Ask them to produce those sounds for words you’ve written or have them write the correct letter when you make the sound. Remind them to use lower case letters unless it is a proper noun (name). We will use the language “I can…decode words”.

Sight Words: have, is (past words: I, am, the, little, to, a)  

Please practice these words at home! Students can write, search for, or use flash cards to read the words, We will use the language “I can…read words”.  

Writing: This week we will work on identifying Proper Nouns. Proper nouns are used for specific nouns such as names. We will draw a picture and “write” about a proper noun. We will also practice giving our opinion through writing/drawing. We will use the language “I can…use proper nouns.”

Math: We will be wrapping up Ch. 3 this week as we finish representing, counting, and writing numbers 6-9. Students will learn the number 8 and 9 this week. Please have your child practice writing numbers 1-9 at home this week. Students will be using the language “I can…write, count, and show numbers”.

Feel free to contact me with any questions @ 943-6924 ornicodemus_a@westcler.org.