Garrett Gazette

THIS WEEK

This week in Kindergarten we focused on Spiders.  On Monday,  we began our discussion of Spiders by sharing what our Schema was for Spiders and we added to our chart as we discovered new learning.   We are continuing to learn about making connections and created a “spider web”   to share how all of our connections help our own schema grow.   We read many fiction and non-fiction Spider books this week – our favorite being The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle. 

We completed our Math Assessments this week and are looking forward to beginning our Math Unit on Patterns.

THANK YOU’S

Thank you to those who sent in orange pop for our End of the Quarter Party.  It is so hard to believe that ¼ of our year is already gone.    I am so thankful to have such a great and wonderful group of students.  We are having such a great time learning.  

 

WONDERFULLY WILD STUDENTS

ALPHABET CLUB:  KNOWS ALL UPPER AND LOWERCASE LETTERS

 Selena, Kamya, Rashad, Yasmiin, Thomas, Quentin, Gabriella, Muaz, Will,  Hailey,

JC, Ar’Tayhveon, Caitlin, Ahlam, Said, Darnell, Cameron, Abdullahi, Natalie

 

SOUND HOUNDS: 

Muaz,  Selena, Yasmiin, JC, Kamya, Rashad, Thomas, Will,

Quentin,  Gabriella, Ahlam, Said, Ar’Tayhveon, Caitlin,  Hailey,  Darnell

100’s CLUB:

Yasmiin,  Muaz,  Gabriella, Selena, Quentin, Ahlam, Kamya,

Will, Hailey, Thomas, JC,  Ar’Tayhveon, Rashad

SIGHT WORD CLUB:

JC, Muaz, Thomas, Rashad, Will, Yasmiin, Ahlam, Gabriella,

Selena, Kamya, Hailey, Quentin

SECOND QUARTER SIGHT WORDS: 

 white,  will,  be,  pink,  my,  was,  as,  gray,  here,  am,  for,  said,  go,  to,  good,  by,  stop,  and,  look,  at,  want,  from

COMING UP: Pumpkins      

Our Reading Workshop focus will be

Our Writing Workshop focus will be

Color Focus: White                                                                                    

Anim. Literacy :   Nn , Th                                                                

 Predictable Chart:  My pumpkin was as orange as a __________.  

         Students will be asked to give a word which will make a  comparison to a pumpkin .                                                                                               

 

Sight Words:  white,   was,    as      

Math:   Patterns

Science :  Fall Season;  Science tools;  Sound

Social Studies: Rules, Democracy,  Pledge & Flag

MON. -   PE/ LIBRARY

TUES.  –     MUSIC

WED. –   HEALTH/ COUNSELOR

THURS. –  ART  -  WEAR WHITE

FRIDAY-  NO SCHOOL

(wear tennis shoes on health/pe days please) 

**READING LOGS/ HOMEWORK   ARE DUE EVERY

**PLEASE CHECK  YOUR CHILD’S FOLDER EVERY

***Please be sure to label your student’s jacket with their name.  With the weather changing, it is a good idea to send a jacket everyday.   You may also want to keep a change of clothes in their

Garrett Gazette

This has been a big week in Kindergarten.  I finished up with all student testing. I am so impressed with what sweet, smart students I have.   It is so important that we all work together to provide our students with great learning experiences.  Work with your students for a few moments each day on reading, sight words, and letters as well as counting to 100 and number recognition.

We also have had a great time this week learning about our classroom library and checking books out that are of interest to us.

In Readers workshop,  we learned what it means to be a reader and are discovering what we as readers like.  In Writer’s workshop, we discovered that we are never finished with our writing,  we can always add more detail to the picture, add to the words, add labels or start a new piece.  An author is never finished!

In Math,  we are working on counting and number recognition.  We created Counting books, and learned to play Roll and Record. 

COMING UP

Our Reading Workshop focus will be how to pick books from class library based on interests and if the book is a  good reading fit as well as building our reading stamina.  We also are working on learning new reading strategies -   Eagle Eye,  Lips the Fish, and Stretchy Snake. 

Our Writing Workshop focus will be on  writing the beginning sounds of what we hear and having our writing match our picture to tell a story and building our writing stamina. 

Color Focus: Green                                                                        

Anim. Literacy :  Timmy Tiger (Tt) ;   Sadie Seal (Ss) & Rosie Raccoon (Rr)  

Predictable Chart:   I do not like ______________                        

Sight Words:   do      not       like       green                                     

Math:  6,7    rectangle,  sorting , and  # recognition

Science :  Fall Season; Science Tools!

Social Studies: Rules, Democracy, Pledge & Flag

 

WOW!   WONDERFULLY WILD STUDENTS:

The following students know all their uppercase letters: 

Selena, Kamya, Rashad, Yasmiin, Thomas, Quentin, Gabriella, 
Muaz,  Hailey, JC, Ar’ Tayhveon, Caitlin, Ahlam, Said

The following students know all their lowercase letters:

Selena, Kamya,  Rashad, Yasmiin, Thomas, Quentin, Muaz, Will,
Hailey,  Gabriella, Ar’Tayhveon, Caitlinm, Ahlam, Said

The following students know all their letter sounds: 

Muaz, Selena, Yasmiin, JC, Kamya, Rashad, Will, Thomas, Quentin

The following students can count all the way to 100:

Yasmiin, Muaz, Gabriella, Selena

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THIS WEEK

We are really learning our procedures and what it means to be a reader and writer.  I am so excited as we move further into our academic year and how amazing my students are growing.  One of the most important things you can do for your student is to read to and with them.   Please make sure that they are reading and writing every day.  This week we learned about making lists and getting our thoughts and ideas down on paper like real authors do.  Opportunities for real world application are so important.  Have your student help you make a grocery or to do list and then follow through with it so they see purpose behind their writing.   You will be amazed at what happens when students figure out that there are all kinds of reasons to right.

THANK YOU: --  THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HELPING TO MAKE OUR FUN FEST A SUCCESS!   YOU ARE ALL IMPORTANT TO OUR SCHOOL!  

This coming week we will continue with our Back to School theme.  Our reading focus will be on learning that We are all Readers and Writers.

Color Focus: Yellow                         
Anim. Literacy :  Actress Annie (Aa) and Daisy Dragon (Dd)
Predictable Chart:   We see a yellow.                     
Sight Words:   we   see   yellow    a                                     
Math:  4, 5  triangle,  sorting/comparing
Science :  Fall Season
Social Studies: Rules, Democracy, Pledge & Flag

MON. -  MUSIC

TUES.  – HEALTH/ LIBRARY
WED. – ART
THURS. – MUSIC/ PE
FRIDAY- PE /LIBRARY (WEAR YELLOW)

(wear tennis shoes on health/pe days please) 

**READING LOGS/ HOMEWORK  ARE DUE EVERY MONDAY.

   **PLEASE CHECK  YOUR CHILD’S  FOLDER EVERY DAY!

Alphabet Club Uppercse

Selena   Kamya   Rashad   Yasmiin   Thomas   Quentin   Gabriella

Rosie   Muaz    Will    Hailey   JC   Ar’Tayhveon   Caitlin   Ahlam

Alphabet Club Lowercase

Selena   Kamya   Rashad   Yasmiin   Thomas   Quentin Rosie   Muaz   Will Hailey   JC   Gabriella Ar’Tayhveon   Caitlin   Ahlam

Sound Hounds

Muaz   Selen   Rosie   Yasmiin   JC   Kamya   Rashad   Thomas

100’s Club

Yasmiin   Muaz   Gabriella  

Garrett Gazette

THIS WEEK

 This week we continued learning what it means to be in school while adding lots of great academic learning.  We learned what it means to be a good friend and how we should treat one another.   We are learning how to problem solve. 

We began our King/Queen of the Jungle this week and we are learning how to write our friends names, our own names, what it means to tell a story with our pictures, how to label, and lots more about being a writer.  

          We learned this week that there are three ways to read a book:  Read the pictures,  Read the words, and Retell the story.  The students did a great job learning to build stamina in their reading as we practiced these different ways.  We are beginning to understand that we are all readers.

          In Math, we learned about the numbers 0 and 1.  We are focusing on flat shapes beginning with circles, patterning and problem solving.   

Please see the back side of this newsletter for great achievements!   Keep working hard!

COMING UP                   

This coming week we will continue with our Back to School theme.  Our reading focus will be on learning that We are all Readers and Writers.

Color Focus: Blue                                                               

Animated Literacy

Predictable Chart:   I like blue____________.                                  

Sight Words:   I    like    blue                                        

Math:  2, square, patterning

Science :  Fall Season

Social Studies: Rules, Democracy, Pledge & Flag

 

MON. -  NO SCHOOL / LABOR DAY

TUES.  – HEALTH/ LIBRARY

WED. – ART

THURS. – MUSIC/ PE

FRIDAY- PE /LIBRARY  (wear tennis shoes on health/pe days please)  

**READING LOGS/ HOMEWORK ARE DUE EVERY MONDAY.                                                

**PLEASE CHECK  YOUR CHILD’S FOLDER EVERY DAY! 

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Great Start

It has been a great start to our    Kindergarten year.  I am enjoying each one of your children.  We spent this week getting to know our new friends and working on learning our school procedures.  This is a great group of students.  I know that it is going to be an awesome year.

 

  Coming Up       

This coming week we will continue with our Back to School theme.  Our reading focus will be on learning that We are all Readers and Writers.

Color Focus: Red                                                                              

Animated Literacy :   Oo Ollie Ostrich and Mm  Mimi Mermaid

Predictable Chart:   I like red____________.                                   

Sight Words:   I    like    red                                        

Math:  0, 1,  Circle, and Patterning

Science :  Fall Season

Social Studies: Rules, Democracy, Pledge & Flag

MON. -  ART

TUES.  – MUSIC/ PE

WED. – PE / LIBRARY

THURS. – MUSIC

FRIDAY- HEALTH/ COUNSELOR/ WEAR RED

(WEAR TENNIS SHOES ON PE/HEALTH DAY)

**READING LOGS/HOMEWORK ARE DUE EVERY MONDAY.

**PLEASE CHECK  YOUR CHILD’S FOLDER EVERY DAY!