August 29 - September 2

Important Info & Dates:

• We will have Music with Mr. G next week.

• Continue practicing lunch numbers at home. Students who buy lunch from the cafeteria will have to know their number and type it in themselves. Students can also buy bottled water or milk at lunch time if they have enough money in their account.

• We completed our i-Ready testing this week. The students learned how to navigate the i-Ready system and use their iPads.

• The September Reading Log and Phonological Awareness homework calendar were sent home yesterday.

• Lifetouch pictures were sent home yesterday as well.

• 9/5 NO SCHOOL: Labor Day

• 9/23 NO SCHOOL: Teacher PD Day

• 9/27 Picture Retakes

What we learned this week:

• Reading: We continued practicing our rhyming skills by reading "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" and “Row Row Row Your Boat”. We worked on listening for the beginning and ending sound in words.

• Writing: Kindies were introduced to different types of writing. They learned how to make a list and write a note to a friend. We started using our new writing folders and learned about the different resources in our folders.

• Math: We are still working on learning the routines for our new math program enVision. Kindies practiced counting, subitizing, and using 1-to-1 correspondence. They used counters, unifix cubes, and drew their own pictures to represent an amount up to 5.

• STEAM: This week in STEAM we did steam challenges including; marble maze with unifix cubes; domino reactions; building shelters; building a net with pipe cleaners; symmetry with pattern blocks; and using ten sticks and 100 blocks to build garages for cars.

• Library: We went to the library for the first time this week to check out a book. We learned how to use shelf markers and how to look after our books with our new book bags. Students will turn their library books in every Friday morning. There is a blue crate right outside our door that they can drop their book bag in.