08/19-23/19

Hello Kindergators, 

I hope that you all had a great weekend and are ready to get back into learning come Monday morning. Few important notes......

1. Please remember to put how your child is to get home all week in their agenda. If something changes just send a note.
2. Please do homework every night. Here is a link to help set up great HW habits https://www.scholastic.com/parents/school-success/homework-help/homework-project-tips/successful-homework-habits-beginning-learners.html
3. We have snack everyday, so please send in a healthy snack each day and tell your child what that snack option is as we have them put it in their cubby as soon as they come in, in the morning so it is easier for them to get it out when it is snack time.
4. Ask your students about our class rules. We are still trying to learn them and teach them that there are consequences for when we do not follow the classroom/school rules (moving clip down, letters home, etc.)
• Our Class rules are
• Listen to and Follow directions the first time
• Walk quietly on blue line with hands at side or duck tail
• Raise hand to talk
• Nice hands and feet 
• We always try our best
• Be Responsible, Respectful, Helpful, and Safe

IMPORTANT DATES:

• 08/23: FBI Breakfast (7:00-7:45 am)
• 08/28: Early Release (12:30 pm)
• 08/28: Chic-fil-a Night (5:00-8:00 pm)
• 08/30: Grandparent Breakfast (7:15-7:45 am)
• Every Friday Spirit Friday (wear Addison shirt, Alligator Shirt, Green Shirt)

What we will be learning this week......

Reading: 

We will be reading The Day the Crayons Quit this week. We will discuss the importance of the author, illustrator, title, characters, setting, and main idea in the story. We will also discuss feelings, and how each of the crayons felt. We will start by discussing what all great readers do......

1. Look at the pictures for cues.
2. Try to sound out some words.
3. Learn their sight words.
4. Believe they can do it!

We are an I CAN class, and we all TRY our hardest! 

Please help your student with sight words at home. Here are some fun ideas to try.....

We will learn about the difference between letters, words, and sentences. Continue to practice letter identification, letter sounds, and letter handwriting at home. We will start watching Jack Hartmans See It, Say It, Sign it this week. 

Writing:

We will discuss how the letters can be Tall, Small, and Fall. We will also be writing our letter of the week M and sight words Am, And, An. Please look at letter writing sheet in purple folder for reference when writing letters. As well as the letter and sight words of the week sheet. 

Math:

We will continue to work on counting, and why we count (to tell how many) when we count. We will introduce a 10 frame and work on counting with it. 

Our first unit we learn in math is "Counting with Friends" and these will be the concepts students will need to understand.....

• Count by ones 0-100
• Counting on from a given number
• Write numbers from 0-10
• Understand when counting, the next number said is one larger (5 is more than 4)
• Count to match objects in a set

Some activities you can do at home are.....

• Count the amount of spoons in the drawer
• Have your child count forward from 1-50, and start at different numbers (count to 50 starting at 10)
• Have children practice writing numbers 0-9 in different colors, in shaving cream, sidewalk chalk
• Lay out small toys and have child touch and count
• Play games that include counting using dice, or spinner with numbers, like Chutes and Ladders

Science:

We got to visit the science lab for the first time this week and the students loved it. We learned all about the rules in the science lab, and what it takes to be a good scientist. If you want to volunteer in the lab fill out the PTA toolkit and email julie.knobbe@cobbk12.org. 

Our first unit in science will be......

• Observe and experience several physical properties of objects to better understand and differentiate matter.
• Sort by color, size, and other physical properties.

Social Studies:

Our first unit in social studies we will be learning about......

• How to be a good citizen. How can we be a good citizen? Who are our authority figures? How do my actions change the way people think about me? These are just some of the questions we will answer in this unit. 
• What are rules and why do we need to follow them?

Here are our class rules......

1. Listen to and Follow directions the first time
2. Walk quietly on blue line with hands at side or duck tail
3. Raise hand to talk
4. Nice hands and feet 
5. We always try our best
6. Be Responsible, Respectful, Helpful, and Safe

• We will also be learning important character traits. Describe examples of positive character traits exhibited by good citizens such as honesty, patriotism, courtesy, respect, and self control. 

I know this post was really long. And, I appreciate you taking the time to read through it, and helping me and your child have a successful school year! Future blogs will not be as long, since I will not go over what we will be covering the entire quarter, but just what we will be doing for the week.