What's Happening?

 I hope everyone enjoyed the beautiful fall weather this weekend! Don't forget the students have a short week ahead, with parent teacher conferences falling on Thursday and Friday. I am looking forward to meeting with you all and sharing the amazing progress your kindergartener has made so far this year! Here's what we have been up to recently:

Jolly Phonics

We continue to learn new sounds each week and review the sounds we have previously learned. This week we began introducing double-letter sounds. Using our Jolly Phonics book at home to practice naming letters and sounds has ben very helpful. Keep up the great work kinder friends!

These are the sounds that have been introduced so far:

s, a, t, i, p, n, ck

e, h, r, m, d, g

o, u, l, f, b, j, z, w, v

y, x, qu, ch, sh, th

Sight Words

The students continue to do a great job with our sight word routine each week. We have now learned the following words:

I, can, a, an, see, the, like, look, go, to, do, am, at

Math

We just wrapped up Chapter 2 in math, where we spent time focusing on identifying numbers that were one more, one less, or the same as a given number. We also paired sets of objects to compare numbers and determine how many more or less the second set of objects had compared to the first set. We have just begun Chapter 3, which focuses on ordering objects by size, length, or weight.

Literacy

We recently received new literacy materials and training to support guided reading in kindergarten. Although our official guided reading instruction will not begin until January, students will begin to bring home books that match their reading levels after parent- teacher conferences. 

Handwriting

The children continue to develop their fine motor skills and confidence as they learn to write letters and numbers. 

So far, the students have learned how to write the following letters and numbers.

Letters: F, E, D, P, B, R, V, W, X, Y, Z, C, O, Q, G, S, A

Numbers: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0

Me Bags

We loved getting to know our kindergarten friends as they took turns presenting their all about me bags. We learned about family members, pets, favorite places, hobbies, toys, colors, and foods! Check out our slideshows below to see what items were most important to our kindergarteners! 

Morning Class

Afternoon Class