We have had a great 7 days of school!  The students have been busy learning about their new school and classroom.  We are getting routines in place and getting into the curriculum. In reading we read the story, Me On The Map, and learned how maps can help people.  The vocabulary words that we learned from the story were: town, state, map, and country.  The students drew a map of their bedroom in their journal. Our very first popcorn word this week was, a.  In our phonemic awareness program we are working on letter & sound recognition, rhyming, beginning sounds, adding and deleting phonemes, and compound words.  In Jolly Phonics we have learned the sound and action for the letters s, a, & t. During math time we have been working on counting and writing numbers.  We have also launched our daily five routine by trying to build stamina doing "read to self".  We talked about the 3 ways to read a book: read the words, read the pictures and retell the story.  I look forward to discussing our kindergarten program with you at Curriculum Night on Monday, September 8th at 6:00 p.m.  Have a great weekend!
                                                                   A Peek At Next Week 

Reading: My Friends

Vocabulary: creature, imitate, companion, explore

Phonemic Awareness: letter recognition, rhyming, beginning sounds, ending sounds, adding & deleting phonemes, compound words
Math: Counting & Writing Numbers 1-5
Handwriting: Getting Ready to Write (pencil grip, starting at the top, lines & circles)
Popcorn Words: I, it
Library: Mondays (book return/check out) and Thursdays
Art: Tuesdays
Music: Wednesdays and Fridays
Gym & Recess: Everyday
Things to review and practice: 
phonics: recognition & sounds of the letters s, a, t

popcorn words: a

                                                                        Read together :)
Reminders: We have snack time every morning for 10 minutes.  Students can bring one healthy snack to eat. Healthy snacks include fruit, vegetables, cheese, crackers, goldfish, pretzels, popcorn, yogurt.  Anything containing nuts or chocolate or potato chips are not allowed.  Please keep the snack separate from your child's lunch.  
Please check and empty green folders every night.