Unit 2 Let’s Explore-

Kindergarten Newsletter

IMPORTANT DATES:

  • PLC day is Tue. September 27th. Students will be dismissed at 1:33.
  • Parent Teacher Conferences October 6th and 8th- Look for reminders in your child’s Friday Folder or via email. We are looking forward to meeting with you!
  • Roca Berry Farm/Pumpkin Patch Field Trip Wednesday, October 12th- please send your child’s disposable lunch with their name on it unless they are ordering a school lunch.
  • Friday October 14th is an Elementary Plan Day. Students are not in school.
  • Monday and Tuesday, October 17 & 18 is Fall Break- No School
  • October 28th is our Fall classroom parties from 2:15-2:50

Reading Unit #2~ Let’s Explore

Literature: The Handiest Things in the World, Shapes All Around, I Love Bugs!

 

Letters: Pp, Tt, Review Mm, Aa, Ss

New Sight Words: a, like,

Review sight words: I can the, we, see,   

Grammar: Nouns andAction Words (verbs)

Social Studies: My Country and Me: The Pledge of Allegiance and Symbols of Our Country, Following the rules

Math:  Story Problems, Patterns, More Numbers 1-10

Science and Health: Plants and School Safety

 

Math homework folders: Please review any papers that come home in your child’s math homework folder and return the homework and folder the following school day. Thank you!

 

Reading homework bags: Please have your child read the book or do the activity and return it to school the next day. Thanks so much.

 

BIST: This month our school-wide BIST focus will be on:

  • Arrival/Dismissal procedures
  • Cafeteria/Playground behavior/Working with substitute teachers
  • Classroom procedures/Gateway Behaviors/Greetings
  • School Assembly/Audience Behavior

PBIS/2nd Step: Our 2nd step curriculum is teaching about listening, focusing and feelings. This supports our PBIS goals:

  • Be Respectful
  • Be Responsible
  • Be Safe.

Thank you for being good role models and supportive families for your children.

 

The Cavett website and Cavett kindergarten website have information including themenotes, upcoming dates, curriculum and teacher contact. They are good places to look for information.

We appreciate all of the donations and support you have shared with us this past month! We are enjoying working with your children!

 

Kindergarten Teachers~

Bobbi Adams, Shannon Svoboda, Karen Langan,

Amanda Williams, Dottie Kitchen

 

READ ON FOR more information about upcoming reading curriculum…

 

Notes for the next 3 weeks of our reading curriculum:

 

Week 1

This week our class will be focusing on the tools people use every day to help them work, play, cook, and do their chores. Children will also be reading about tools such as utensils to eat, a calculator to add, and a shovel to dig holes.

Here are some activities that you can do with your child to help reinforce the skills we will be practicing.

Word Workout

  • Vocabulary: tool, discover Invite your child to hunt for different kinds of tools and tell what each one is used for. Make a list of the tools and read it together when you’re done.
  • My Words to Know

High-Frequency Word: a Write simple sentences and leave a blank in each sentence to represent the word a. Have your child write the word a in the blanks. Then read each sentence together.

Category Words: colors Draw simple pictures of tools on paper. Have your child color each tool.

Phonics: p Invite your child to hunt for household objects that begin or end with the letter p. Write each word on a sticky note and have your child circle the p.

 

Week 2

This week our class will be focusing on the shapes they see in nature and in our neighborhood. Children will also be reading about the shapes they see around them.

Here are some activities that you can do with your child to help reinforce the skills we will be practicing.

Word Workout

  • Vocabulary: materials, nature Invite your child to hunt for shapes found in nature or on materials. Then invite your child to draw pictures of each item.
  • My Words to Know

High-Frequency Word: like Write the word like on paper and have your child trace it. Then say sentences and have your child write like each time you say the word.

Category Words: shapes Say simple riddles that include different shape words. Have your child guess each object.

Phonics: t Invite your child to play a game of “I Spy.” Say sentences and have your child find objects whose names begin or end with the letter t, such as I spy a table. I spy a pot.

 

Week 3

This week our class will focus on different kinds of bugs and how they move. Children will also be reading about a variety of bugs they see in nature, including bees, ants, and butterflies.

Here are some activities that you can do with your child to help reinforce the skills we will be practicing.

Word Workout

  • Vocabulary: curious, observe Go outside and have your child observe different bugs. Have your child draw a picture of the bugs in a notebook and then label each one.
  • My Words to Know

High-Frequency Words: the, we, see, a, like Write each word on paper, then have your child write it. Ask your child to try to find each word in a book.

Category Words: movement words Say simple riddles that describe the different movements made by animals or insects. Have your child guess the animal or insect.

Phonics: m, a, s, p, t Draw a five-column table on a piece of paper. Write the following letters at the top of each column: m, a, s, p, t. Guide your child in thinking of words that begin with each letter. Record the words under the corresponding columns.

 

READ ON FOR more information about upcoming reading curriculum…

Notes for the next 3 weeks of our reading curriculum:

Week 1

This week our class will be focusing on the tools people use every day to help them work, play, cook, and do their chores. Children will also be reading about tools such as utensils to eat, a calculator to add, and a shovel to dig holes.

Here are some activities that you can do with your child to help reinforce the skills we will be practicing.

Word Workout

  • Vocabulary: tool, discover Invite your child to hunt for different kinds of tools and tell what each one is used for. Make a list of the tools and read it together when you’re done.
  • My Words to Know

High-Frequency Word: a Write simple sentences and leave a blank in each sentence to represent the word a. Have your child write the word a in the blanks. Then read each sentence together.

Category Words: colors Draw simple pictures of tools on paper. Have your child color each tool.

Phonics: p Invite your child to hunt for household objects that begin or end with the letter p. Write each word on a sticky note and have your child circle the p.

Week 2

This week our class will be focusing on the shapes they see in nature and in our neighborhood. Children will also be reading about the shapes they see around them.

Here are some activities that you can do with your child to help reinforce the skills we will be practicing.

Word Workout

  • Vocabulary: materials, nature Invite your child to hunt for shapes found in nature or on materials. Then invite your child to draw pictures of each item.
  • My Words to Know

High-Frequency Word: like Write the word like on paper and have your child trace it. Then say sentences and have your child write like each time you say the word.

Category Words: shapes Say simple riddles that include different shape words. Have your child guess each object.

Phonics: t Invite your child to play a game of “I Spy.” Say sentences and have your child find objects whose names begin or end with the letter t, such as I spy a table. I spy a pot.

 Week 3

This week our class will focus on different kinds of bugs and how they move. Children will also be reading about a variety of bugs they see in nature, including bees, ants, and butterflies.

Here are some activities that you can do with your child to help reinforce the skills we will be practicing.

Word Workout

  • Vocabulary: curious, observe Go outside and have your child observe different bugs. Have your child draw a picture of the bugs in a notebook and then label each one.
  • My Words to Know

High-Frequency Words: the, we, see, a, like Write each word on paper, then have your child write it. Ask your child to try to find each word in a book.

Category Words: movement words Say simple riddles that describe the different movements made by animals or insects. Have your child guess the animal or insect.

Phonics: m, a, s, p, t Draw a five-column table on a piece of paper. Write the following letters at the top of each column: m, a, s, p, t. Guide your child in thinking of words that begin with each letter. Record the words under the corresponding columns.