We have been working hard on learning the letter sound and how to write a capital and lower case letter Ll. We are going to add a page with video links for our letter of the week so your child can practice at home by watching educational videos that support the letter sound concept. If you see that your child is having difficulty mastering a letter sound please use these additional supports at home. The extra practice will really help your child learn the new sounds. This is the foundation for later blending letter sounds together to read words. We are in the process of assessing each child for letter identification (capital and lower case) and their ability to produce each letters appropriate sound. We are also assessing number recognition, if they can write their name (first name with first letter capital and the rest lower case). Please practice with your child at home if they are struggling with any of these concepts.
This was the first week for our Mystery Readers to come in and read in the classrooms. This was also the first week to have the Letter of the Week bags sent in. Thank you for taking your time to support your child's education by volunteering for these activities. These are exciting activities for the children and when your child sees you at school they know that you and their teacher are a team that works together to provide the best educational experience possible for them.
Next week the students do not have class on Monday or Tuesday. Please make sure you have made alternative plans if you need child care for that time. Chautauqua sent home a paper earlier this month for you to fill out if you needed child care at school that day. Make sure you sent it in if you need to use that service.
Please make sure your child is wearing appropriate shoes on PE days. Also, the PE teachers are spending a lot of time tying shoes and ask that you work with your child at home so they can tie their shoes independently. This will help to make PE a more enjoyable experience for your child. They hate to sit out of a fun activity because they do not have on proper shoes (flip flops are dangerous for many of the PE activities).
The school nurse asks that if you have any clothes that were sent home from school (due to accidents at school) that you please turn the clothes back in. She is already out of Kindergarten size shorts and underwear. If you have any additional Kindergarten sized clothes would you please consider donating them to the nurses office? We would really appreciate your help.
Next week we will be learning all about the letter Oo and the color word BLUE. Our site words for this month are "see", "I", "and" "red" and "blue". Your new Kindergarten Binder should arrive home on Friday after school with your child. Please read through the information on the front page so you know how to use this binder with your child. The binder has a list of all of the "popcorn" words they will need to learn this year (words that are sight words, they need to memorize because they cannot be sounded out). These words are critical for them to learn so they can become independent readers. Words will be added each week or you may have received them all at once so you can make flash cards out of the. Please keep them on a ring or in a zip lock bag (or both) and keep them with the binder so your child can practice at least three times a week. In the binder you will find the poems we use each week for learning letter sounds and color concepts. They will be added each week if they are not all inside the binder when you receive it this week. The poems they are familiar with are the letter Ll poem (about Larry the Lion) and the R-E-D poem. Please read those with your child. They should have them memorized because we read these together each day. The binders are an amazing tool to help your child academically and we encourage that you use the binder at least three times each week. Have your child review the letter of the week poem with you and as they are introduced to more letters have them read the additional poems to you.
Thank you for remembering to initial your child's behavior calendar each night. Please check the Take Home Folder each day. This is the easiest way to stay in constant communication with us. If things are in the Left At Home side of the folder please keep those items at home. Please check the Send Right Back side of the binder for homework and important information that needs to be returned to school. Please continue to make sure your child knows their lunch pin so they can get through the lunch line quicker and have more time to eat lunch. Thank you for your hard work in helping your child memorize their number.
Please send in a labeled snack next week for three days. Labeling the snacks help the kids learn each other's names and keeps the kids form eating the wrong snack. Explain to your child that there is only one snack each day.
We all hope you have a safe and happy Labor Day Weekend. Please drive safely if you are traveling. Keep safe in this heat and enjoy your time together. Don't forget to read 20 minutes each day with your child!
