Kindergarten News
November 14, 2016
Concepts for the Week
Reading: count syllables in words, identify rhyming words, identify beginning sounds in words, tell what sound each letter makes, recall the setting of a story, identify and describe the characters of a story, and describe illustrations in a story
Extra Practice: Write down letter sounds, Identify ending sounds, say the sounds in three letter words. c/a/t
Letter Identification: Review all letters and their sounds
Sight words: I, am, the, see, to, little, a, can, play, have, is, we, my, like, he
Language Arts/Writing:The students are beginning to write sentences on their own. Please practice writing simple sentences. Call out a sentence and have the student write it. Ex. I can see a cat.
Math: Addition: Begin to add two numbers together. For example: three and one more is four. 3 and 1 is 4.Create and identify new amounts by putting one more to a given group.
Subtraction: Begin to take a number from a given amount. One less than 3 is 2.
Count to 20, count and write objects/pictures up to 20.
Science: This week we will be learning about American Symbols and Thanksgiving. We will learn why we celebrate Thanksgiving and the importance of family.
Additional things to work on at home:
*Write first name. *Identify and write all letters.*Identify numbers to 20. *Write numbers to 20. *Tying shoes *States birthdate, including the year. Count orally to 50.
November 18: Thanksgiving Dinner
November 21-25: Thanksgiving Holiday
November 14: AL and Auburn penny drop
December 5-9: Santa Shop will be open
December 8: Christmas Program. More info to come.
December 13: EQT’s begin.
December 16: Class Parties, end of 2nd quarter. / Lunch Menu
Tuesday: cheese enchilada
Wednesday: Asian chicken
Thursday: Beef meatball sub or lasagna rolls
Friday: Thanksgiving meal
Monday: Chicken patty
Menu items are subject to change.
Notes from the Teacher:
•Our Thanksgiving meal is scheduled for Friday November 18th. If you did not purchase a meal ticket, you can still come sit with your child during lunch.
•Breitling is having its annual Alabama/Auburn penny drop. If you would like for your child to donate money for Leukemia/Lymphoma research, please send change to your child’s teacher.
We hope you have a fantastic time with family and friends. Happy Thanksgiving, from your Kindergarten Teachers!