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Week of September 21st-September 25th

Dear Kindergarten Parents,

Our Tritt Boosterthon<= /b> is under= way and the children are so enthusiastic and excited for our upcoming FUN RUN this week!

Don’t forget that the money the Boosterthon raises for our school suppo= rts many PTA activities including Arts in Education, Screen on the Green, Lunch= and Learn, and much more! This is our biggest fundraiser of the year so please = keep those pledges coming at www.funrun.com …..10% of the money our class raises will be awarded back into our classroom! The Bower Bats encourage our families to c= ome out and support our team as we participate in the FUN RUN on Thursday, September 24 from 11:25-12:30. Come= join the fun!

THINGS TO REMEMBER THIS WEEK:

*Media Ce= nter-will be = on TUESDAY this week. Don’t forget to have your child return his/her library book.

*Homework Notebooks-Please remember to have your child return his/her “Homew= ork Notebooks” every Friday to be ch= ecked by Mrs. Bower!

*Septembe= r Reading Logs-Don̵= 7;t forget to keep a record of books read in your child’s Reading Log for September. Logs are due Sept. 30th.

*Science Lab-will be on Thursday. Our class will explore the = 5 <= span style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:red'>senses through hands-on exploration!

*BOOST= ERTHON FUN RUN-is on Thursday, September 24^th (11:25-12:30) on the = Tritt track on the big field!!<= /p>
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Unit Study

In Science, our class will conclude our unit study on APPLES! A= PPLES! APPLES! and the FIVE SENSES!

This week we will:

*Read Johnny Appleseed and learn & sequence important fact= s about his life.

*Create a “Johnn= y Applebear” and learn a Johnny Appleseed poe= m.

*Sort/graph/interpret our favorite colors of apples: red, = green<= /span>, or yellow<= /span>?

*Use our 5 senses to brainstorm descriptive words to describe a= n apple and use those words as we write a sentence in our journals:

My apple is __________.

*Create a class book: What Can I Do with an Apple?

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LETTER OF = THE WEEK/PHONICS:

Words of the Week: for, of

Letter of= the Week: Ff

Our letter focus is the letter Ff. Literature for the letter = Ff = will incl= ude Frog’= ;s Lunch, The Frog in the Bog, Clifford’s Family, Me and My Family Tree, Two Feet , Dancing Feet and more.= Our class will practice listening = for words that begin with the consonant Ff sound. The children will create a = family tre= e and illustrate members of his/her family, illustrate and complete the sentence of “My Funny <= /span>Feet ca= n, sort and graph “Fruit Loops” cereal by colors, explore our “<= span style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:red'>feelings&#= 8221; after reading the book: Today I= Feel Silly, use “fruits” to find out if they “sink or float” and sort into correct categories! Wow…lots of fun with learning this week!

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THE SOUND MUNCHER is hungry for objects beginning with the beginning Ff = sound. Have your child bring one object to school that begins = with Ff by TUESDAY!

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In Handwriting this week, we will practice writing upper and lowercase Ff = with The Alphabet Teacher DVD program! Don’t forget to encourage your child to hold his/her pencil correctly!

In Writing Workshop, the children have been practicing sounding ou= t letters in words. Last week, we conti= nued to discuss beginning the first letter of a word in a sentence with a capital letter, proper 2 finger spacing between words, a= nd adding punctuation at the end of a sentence. Ask your child about using “= whisper ph= ones” i= n the classroom to help us hear letter sounds and spell words!<= /p>
In kindergarten, we encourage phonetic <= span style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#99CC00'>spelli= ng which is writing the letters you hear in a word.&nb= sp; Please encourage your child to sound out letters sounds at home when he/she is practicing writing skills.

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Math=

In Math, our class will concentrate on learning characteristics= of the penny and nickel this week. The children will be playing “The Penny Toss” and “The Nickel Toss Game” which will help us recognize the front and back of each co= in and the worth of each coin. T= he children will practice making a “fair trade” (5 pennies=3Dnicke= l).

ZERO THE H= ERO will vis= it our classroom on Monday to celebrate the 30^th day of kindergarten!!

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Social St= udies

This week our class will continue to learn about COMMUNITY HELPERS and their importance to our communities. Police officers, the dentist, doctors, nurses, soldiers, constructi= on workers, firefighters are just a few of the important community helpers= we will be discussing this week. We are working on a “community helper” book to bring home soon!

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Show &= ; Tell Day!

PURPLE= DAY! Please have your child bring one purple item to share for Show & Tell = on Friday!&= nbsp; In Math, we will share, sort and graph our purple items by common attributes!&n= bsp;

The following is a list of Dolch Si= ght Words your child will be learning this year. We call these words our RAINBOW WO= RDS (Dolch Words) in class…we have separated the wor= ds into colors of the rainbow. T= he children will record their progress on individual rainbows in their reading/writing folders in class.

At home, please practice these words beginning with the “red” rainbow words and progress down through each color of the rainbow when your child can read each word by sight!

Happy Reading!

Mrs. Bowe= r

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RAINBOW WORDS:

RED Words-= me, my, see, I, no, he

ORANGE Words-can, for, a, up, so, by

YELLOW Words-go, it, look, the, of, will

GREEN Words-and, is, play, said, you, at

BLUE Word= s-big, come, in, we, have, do

INDIGO Words-here, make, to, run, not, was

VIOLET Words-some, made, she, then, now, into

Cloud Words-like, as, am, from, went, out

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