Dragon News News for you to Know about Kindergarten
Highlights!
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September 16th20th, 2013 contact me @ 988-6221 or
teresa.hay@wayne.k12.in.us My Blog:
http://blogs.wayne.k12.in.
A Peek at the Week
New Words to know:
Popcorn Words/High Frequency
New Skills include: Language Arts: Retelling a story- Including the beginning, middle and ending Jobs that Help People- Using our hands for Helping Handwriting:
We will begin the letter Tt this week in isolation. Our focus will be on the proper handwriting formation for Tt , the letter identification and the sound the letter makes. .
Words to know and learn
child will be responsible for learning and tested on in Kindergarten practice weekly!
these are words your
I a see me
review words :
red
yellow blue, green, purple, orange, we, can ,like, at, black, brown, the, and, see, to, pink, white
-Can your child place objects that are alike and different in categories and tell me why they put them there? By size, shape, color, and kind???
Writers Workshop:We have continued to work on oral storytelling in Writers Workshop Time. The students have been hard at work composing a book with labels and pictures telling a place They Go All books are titled I GO and students are practicing retelling what is happening in their story using terms like At the beginning of my story In the Middle of my story.. and At the end of my story It is fun listening to every child share a story and complete their first book. Math o Students will be rechecked on shapes this week for their report card (only students who did not master during the first assessment) o Writing numbers: number formation poems have been sent home and we have worked on 0-7 so far.. we will continue this week. o
This weeks words: gray, come, me
Books we are Reading: The Little Red Hen, The Handiest Things in the World Reading Theme this week is: Helping
Mrs. Hays Dragon News pg.2
More for this week:
Remember Homework calendars are not to be turned in until the last Friday of the month. If your child is one who has finished their calendar..then work more on sight words and reading and answering questions about their reader that they are getting each week in their folders. Remember the goal is to read their book atleast 3 times per week. Please be sure the books are being kept in your childs folderswe use these at school too.
We will begin our Formal Writing Assessments for the first 9 weeks this week. Yes your child gets assessed on writing in Kindergarten. My how Kindergarten has changed. I am attaching the rubric so that you can see what type of writing we will be looking for in Kindergarten. At this time of the year our expectation is using pictures, labels, and some words (more like beginning sounds of words) As you can see on the rubric expectations will change as the year progresses. We are trying to get all students to the Proficient Level by the end of Kindergarten
From the Teachers Desk: Reminders !
September 17th- Guest teacher in the afternoon- Kdg teachers will attend Professional Development. Please remind your child to do their best for our guest!! September 19th- MSD Wayne Township School Board Visits BPE September 19th Family Chuckie Cheese Night- Fundraiser
for BPE 3:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
I am also sending home a mini word wall with your child. Please keep this in the back of the folder and practice words with your child that we have covered in class. Adding words goes quickly and the more you practice each week the better readers your child will be. Students who still need help on letters and stating the alphabet need to be practicing daily. Identification of letters is so important.
Be sure to mark your calendar for October the 9th and 10thboth of these days are designated for Parent Teacher ConferencesConferences will be after school and through-out the evening. Students with siblings at Bridgeport get the first priority for scheduling times- we have to coordinate times with the siblings teacher(s)
Have a great week-Mrs. Hay
