Ms. Glover's Kindergarten News
October
Dear Parents,
Happy Fall! This is such an exciting time in Kindergarten. We are learning all about fall leaves, pumpkins, scarecrows, apples, nocturnal animals and hibernating animals! We are working more on reading sight words and sounding out words, writing lots of sounds we hear in words, and on larger numbers in math and problem solving!
Here are our weekly themes and special dates to remember:
Sept 28: Apples, Apples, Apples
Oct 5: Fabulous Fall
Oct 12 Scarecrows
Oct 19: Pumpkins
Oct 26: Nocturnal Animals
Oct 27: Fieldtrip to Ganyard Farms
Nov 2: Fairy Tales
Nov 5: In-school Fieldtrip- "Scent-sational Science" (details to come home soon)
Nov 9: Turkeys
Nov 16: Pilgrims and Native Americans
Nov 20: Thanksgiving Feast (2:00-3:30), details to come
Nov 23: Symbols of the Season (Winter Holidays)
SIGHT WORDS TO PRACTICE AT HOME:
color words, letters, I, a, is, the, and, look, me, see, we, you, like, it, can
*you can practice sight words by creating a memory game, bingo game, writing them on wipe
boards, or finding them in a book or newspaper
MATH-
We are working on recognizing and making sets of #s 1-20. Have your child count out different sets of objects (such as cereal, pennies, paper clips, etc). We talk about how "teenager numbers" start with the number 1.
We are also working on patterning. Have your child find different patterns around your home and have your child make patterns out different objects in your home. We have worked on AB, AAB, ABB, and ABC patterns
We have started learning about ordinal numbers. Have your child put some toys in a line and ask him/her to point to the first object, second, third, etc.
The students are loving story problems! At home, you can make up simple word problems, such as:
*I had 5 pumpkins, you gave me 4 more. How many do I have now?
*There were 10 scarecrows in the field. 3 ran away. How many are left?
*I have 8 apples. Some are red, some are yellow. 3 are red. How many are yellow?
Lastly, please work with your child on sorting. Have your child sort cereal, and candies. Your child can also sort clothes and little objects around the house. We are working on sorting by color, size, shape, etc.
WRITING-
Have your child practice writing at home each night. Our focus right now is drawing a detailed picture to match our story topic, and sounding out our words slowly and writing all of the sounds that we hear. We have learned about "rubber band" words that we can stretch out slowly. They should sound out the word, write the first sound that they hear, then sound it out again and write the second sound, then continue till they have written all of the sounds that they can hear in the word. You should be able to tell what the child's story is about by looking at the details in their illustration.
Please remember to leave a rest towel in your child's cubby and a full change of clothes. Send a water bottle to school labeled with your child's name each day for recess.