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Jessica Whitson
H D ISENBERG ELEMENTARY
Zip Code: 28147
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Welcome to Kindergarten!!

Welcome to our Kindergarten class page. I can't believe another year of Kindergarten has begun!! We are excited to be working with your students this year and we know that lots of learning and fun will be taking place. 
 
 
Scroll to the bottom to see our "Twelve Powerful Words"
 
Mrs. Whitson and Mrs. Gaydos

whitsonjc@rss.k12.nc.us 

704-639-3009

Email or call anytime you have a problem, concern, or question.  Feel free to also stop by or send a note in the agenda.


Come out to see what we're doing in Kindergarten!

On this page you will find information about what is happening in our class this year. 

Daily Schedule:
Enhancements are on Mondays and Fridays.
We have: Media/Guidance, PE, and Art on Monday
We have: Music on Friday

Reminders:

  • Please check your child's agenda each night!!
  • Please make sure that your child completes their homework each night.
  • Friday is ice cream day.  If you would like your child to get ice cream please send .60 in an envelope or baggie on Friday for your child. (labeled with their name)
  • Read to your child each night.  They LOVE IT! This can help with recall and retention of information learned. 


Dates to Remember:

1. Sept. 29th: Early Release Day

2. Sept. 30th: Training Day: NO SCHOOL

3. Oct. 4th: Progress Reports

4. Oct. 7th: Field Trip to Dan Nicholas Park

5. Oct. 12th: Fire Safety- the fire department will be coming to do a demonstration.

6. Oct. 28th: Early Release Day

7. Oct. 31st: Training Day: NO SCHOOL

8. Nov. 8th: Report Cards

9. Nov. 11th: Veteran's Day: NO SCHOOL

10. Nov. 21-25: Thanksgiving Break for students




Reading Focus:  Students will be meeting our Zoophonics friends in the next few weeks. They will learn their sounds. Our zoophonics friends will help us learn to read and write. Students will also begin working on Concepts About Print (front/back of the book, where to start reading, where to go at end of line, one word/two word frames, etc). 


Math Focus:  We started the year by working on colors. We will then be moving on to these objectives for the first quarter: sorting objects by one attribute (color, shape, size, etc), numbers 0-5, calendar (days of the week), shapes, comparing objects using color, height, and texture.




Writing Focus: We will begin our "Writing Workshop" program this quarter.  Students will learn how to begin writing. Our zoophonics friends will help us with sounds. Students will learn how to turn and talk with a neighbor, how to tell a story through drawings, how to stretch and write words, and using words and pictures to tell a story.

 



Science/Social Studies: Our units that we will be covering this quarter are: Good Citizens, Families and Communities, Fire Safety, Our Country, Objects Around Us, Bats and Pumpkins.

 
Questions to ask your child about their drawing/writing:
  • Did I do my best and take my time?
  • Do my people have bodies, arms, legs, hands, and feet?
  • Did I add details to my picture? (trees, grass, flowers, house, etc.)
  • Did I use a capital letter, spaces between words, and punctuation at the end of my sentence?
  • Did I include details in my writing and picture?
  • Can others read my paper?
  • Do I have more than 1 sentence?

  • Check these sites to find our writing rubric (what we score writing samples by) as well as pacing guides so you know what your child is learning and being taught throughout the year.

  • http://www.rss.k12.nc.us/eled/handouts.html

Twelve Powerful Words
by Larry Bell
1. Trace - means to outline
2. Analyze - to break it down
3. Infer - read between the lines
4. Evaluate - to judge
5. Formulate - build and create
6. Describe - tell me all about it
7. Support - back it up
8. Explain - tell me why
9. Summarize - the short version
10. Compare - things that are alike
11. Contrast - things that are different
12. Predict - think about the future

Sight Words:
see flashcards link at the top
These are the sight words your child will need to be able to read and spell by the end of the year.  Please work on sight words each night.  By the end of the year your child should be able to recognize and spell as many words as possible.

of   and   a   to   in   is   you   that   it   he   was
for   on   are   as   with   his   they   I   at   be
this   have   from   the
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