Weekly Newsletter - September 27-October 1

September 30, 2021,

Dear Families,

Happy Birthday Johnny Appleseed! What a fun way to start off our week! Here is a little Animoto video of our day (remember, if you are accessing this from a mobile device you will need to click on the blue heading - Weekly Newsletter - September 27-October 1)

 

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This week our read aloud was The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi. We worked on the reading strategies of predicting, naming the characters and setting, finding details in the illustrations and finding similarities and differences in the characters.  Be sure to ask your child why our names are important!

Our new sight words were /the/ and /we/.  We played a game each day to try and find Johnny Appleseed's apples.  Ask your child to read the words below and tell you where the apples were hiding!

In phonics, we worked on the letters /c/ /f/ /d/ and /g/.  We practiced writing the letters, learning the sounds and hand motions that go along with each letter, and finding words that begin with each letter, too.  Please review these letter sounds with your child at home!

We love our Apples poem from this week! We would love to sing it for you at home!

In writers workshop, we are working on writing pattern books.  We are trying to stretch out our words to hear each sound.  This can be really tricky!  A little practice from home would be super helpful. Writing apple - apl is exactly how it sounds! We are also learning to use spaces between our words and end our sentences with punctuation, too.

Math

This week we started our Math Centers.  We love working in small groups to practice our special math games.  Be sure to ask your child which math centers he/she visited this week!

*Tomorrow is a  PINK OUT at Thorson - be sure to wear pink

*Please remember to send 2 snacks daily - NO HANGRY KIDS in kindergarten:)

*With colder mornings- please label all jackets, sweatshirts, etc

Have a great weekend!

💕Mrs. Neuville and Mrs. Rocky