September 26-30
This week we will be starting our story for Reading, "Miss Bindergarten Takes a Field Trip with Kindergarten".  We will be talking about people in communities and will be learning how to classify and categorize.  Continue to read at home and practice the high frequency words; I, am,the, and little; practice rhyming and counting syllables in words and identifying the letters from Aa-Zz.   

For Math we will be finishing up with Topic 15: Position and Location of Shapes.  Be sure to review daily practice pages and review the positional words/concepts inside, outside, in front of, behind, next to, above, below, on, left, and right.

Our Science theme for the week will be APPLES.  The apple can be any size, color, or kind.  Each day of the week we will use the apples for sorting, graphing, and/or tasting!  We will also kick-off the theme by celebrating Johnny Appleseed’s birthday on Monday! It should be a sweet week!!!

With the cooler temperatures, please send in a jacket or sweater for your child to wear at recess.  We do go outside.

Sight Words are assessed once a week.  There are flash cards in your child’s folder that you should be using to review the words nightly.  Most of the class is still on List 1.   When your child moves on to a new list, continue to study the previous words along with the new list.  There will be “review” tests given throughout the year to make sure students know all the words and not just the list that they are working on that week. 

The Kindergarten Fall Festival will be held on Thursday, October 6th.  We are asking that each child please donate $3.00 for the Fall Festival. Please send it all donations by Friday, September 30th if you haven’t done so already!  The next Fall Festival meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 27th at 6:30 at the Mineshaft in Ashland.

September “AR” Book Buddy recording sheets will be due on Friday, Sept. 30^th. Any student who has read 15 or more books will receive a monthly treat!!