Week 6: Max Takes the Train

Story of the week: Max Takes the Train by Rosemary Wells

Poem: Walk with Grandpa

Phonics: A a

Math: Numbers 1-5

Science: Animals

Reminders:

·         Tuesday is Open House from 7-8 PM

·         Practice poems at home.

·         Do “A” ONLY in the alphabet book.

·         Practice counting at home. Numbers 1-25

·         Start saving $5 for the Apple Valley! Our Field Trip will be Friday, October 21^st.

·         Welcome to our new student, Rayven! We are excited to learn with you.

Dear Parents,

            We have open house this week at Stuart. This is a great opportunity for your child to show you everything about their school day. They will show you their desk, their spot on the carpet, their cubby, their hook; they want to show it ALL to you. We will have all sorts of student work hanging throughout the classroom. I know that your Kindergartener is excited to show you everything they have done so far this year.         

            Parent Conferences will be coming up in October. If you requested a conference on the progress report, we can meet one of two ways. I will send home a note about your conference time on the designated evening and you can respond to come on that night.OR If you feel that a conference is more pertinent, please send in a note with times that work for you before our Parent/Teacher Conference night. My planning time is 9:20-10:20. I am available for conferences Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. I am also available most days from 3:15-3:30. Conferences last about 15 minutes and will be planned in such a way that we discuss specific items.  I am happy to discuss any concerns you may have about your student.

            We will be learning all about the letter A this week in phonics. We will be making apples, alligators and drawing pictures that start with the letter A. We will listen for the /a/ sound as we listen to songs with lots of As in them. Please practice with your child at home. Anything that they are able to learn at home with someone they love will make their learning more meaningful.

            This week will be the letter A for Alphabet books. Let me remind you that it is important to only do the letter of the week.If students start writing letters and looking for pictures with the sounds in them that we have NOT learned, it will be very confusing and frustrating. I would NEVER ask that the entire book be finished in one week!

            In math, we will be finishing numbers 1-5. We have learned to read both number words and numerals, count with strategy, and we have also practiced writing the numbers. We will begin report card testing after we finish Topic 4. This is a transition year for our curriculum. We will test skills that have not been explicitly taught in the classroom. Practice counting objects at home. Kindergarteners are asked to count from 1-25, create and name patterns, count backwards from ten, and know their shapes.

            In Science, we will be continuing our investigation of animals. We will talk about how all animals grow and change. We will be learning about the life cycles of frogs and butterflies. We will start talking about classifying animals as well. We will begin with mammals and fish.