Weekly Newsletter- October 3-6th

 

Dear Families,

Reading:
During reading this week, we read the story Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems.   While reading the story, we worked on several reading strategies: predicting, retelling, finding the setting, and making connections to the story.  Ask your kindergartner what they liked best about the story!  We also read the other stories in the Knuffle Bunny series.  These are such fun books!

Word Work:
Also, this week's reading discussed the letters g, q, e, and o.  Students were asked to identify words that start with these letters and words that do not start with these letters.

We worked on the star words "you" and "it" Please be sure to review them with your child because they will be tested on them throughout the school year!   Many friends are making great progress!

Math:

We are working on subitizing to five.  We are also working on decomposing numbers to five.  For example 1 & 4 make 5, 2 & 3 make 5, etc. 

Enjoy the video to practice subitizing!

Science:
We have learned that the sun is the only star that we see during the daytime.  We know that the sun appears to be bigger and brighter because it is much closer to us than the other stars we see in the sky.

Reminders:
**Continue to practice self-care skills with your child.  Many friends have difficulty zipping up their coats and tying their shoes.

**Please be sure that your child brings TWO snacks for the day.

** No school on Friday!  Teachers will be having professional development and working in grade level meetings.