Dear Parents,

                  Welcome to KA's Schoolnotes!!

                                   SCHEDULE

Monday

Tuesday         Gym

Wednesday    Music

Thursday       Gym

Friday          Music

We are still looking for articles for our reward/treasure box.  Thank-you for the donations you have given so far.

We will be going outside for recess everyday (weather permitting).  Please dress your child appropiately.

     The kindergarten curriculum is everything that happens to the children from their first step into the building, until the time they leave.  The way they are greeted, how they are instructed and how they interact with their peers all plays a part in forming their attitude and motivation in and out of the classroom.  One of my year long goals is to create a positive kindergarten environment that nutures continuous progress for each child.  Every child is ready to succeed at something and in partnership we can make that happen.

    We start each morning with our morning meeting.  Our "Star Helper" for the week does the weather, calendar and gumball counting machine for the class.  I read to the class one lesson from the children's bible "Special Blessings."  It is a bible that takes us on a journey from Genesis  through Revalation in a format children can easily relate to. Each lesson focuses on a virtue and tells the children how much God loves them and how wonderfully they were created.  During our  meeting  time I also tell the children what they will be doing for the day. We also sing together and I answer any questions they may have about the activities for the day.

NEWSFLASH! NEWSFLASH! NEWSFLASH! NEWSFLASH!

  Our mascot's name is "Chocolate"  Look for him to arrive at your home with his journal and carry bag.

 SIGHT WORDS  Sight words (popcorn words, snappy words) are high frequency words often seen in print.  Many of these words are difficult to sound out and thus require memorization.  Sight word recognition is important in developing reading fluency - the rate/speed at which your child reads.  The better the fluency, the easier it will be for your child to comprehend what has been read.  Your child will be introduced to his/her first two sight words during the second week of school.  You are asked to make flashcards to practice the sight words with your child at home.  A list of all the kindergrten sight words are on the flash card link on school notes. 

IDEAS FOR PRACTICE AT HOME

Flash Cards, Sight Word Bingo, Sight Word Go Fish, Sight Word Memory Game, and find and circle sight words in magazines and newspapers.

The children will be practicing printing their names on lined paper everyday.   Please continue to practice at home with your child.  I am happy to see that they are making progress!!  They are now using their whiteboards and they really enjoy printing on them.

This week the class will continue to learn to print and read a sentence.  They will be learning about spacing of words, using a capital letter to begin a sentence and a period to end a sentence.  They will be writing and illustrating short sentences in their read and write journal. The sentences will contain popcorn words.  They will also be printing and illustrating sentences on paper which they will be bringing home.  They should be able to read to you the sentence they have written.

 Reading/Phonics This week we will be reviewing mall beginning sounds and learning about action words.The children will learn to recognize, print and learn the sounds .   The children will learn to recognize these words in print, use them in writing assignments and print them on lined paper. The sight word for this week is are.

 MATH-  Chapter 2 Solid Shapes and Patterns  The children will identift various three-dimensional solid figures, various two dimensional plane figures, identify and make patterns

 Religion  God helps us Discover

Weekly Reader Houses and Homes

As we begin the  month of November we will also begin our study of Thanksgiving.This week wqe will also be celebrating POPCORN!!!

STATIONS  This we will begin activity stations.

RED Literacy--Blue Math---Green Puzzles---Yellow Art---Orange Your Choice.

If you have any questions or concerns please send a note in your child's folder or leave a voice mail. I will answer ASAP.

                                            Sincerely,

                                            Mrs. Flynn