Mrs. Wells' KinderLION News September 24-28, 2012

Dear Parents, This week in the Reading Street Reading Program we are on Unit 1, week 3, “Plaidypus Lost”, The 2 new sight words are, “the” and “little”. We are also reviewing the sight words “I” and “Am”. Please work with your child on recognizing these words. We still have many children who only know a couple of letters of the alphabet, and can recognize them, write them, and say their sound. If your child does not know their letters and sounds, please work with them at home on this skill. We will continue to work on them at school, and with us both working on these skills, your child will meet success so much quicker. Reminder: Go Math! We have started Unit 1 in the Go Math Books. Unit 1 focuses on “Number and Operation”. I sent home your child’s Go Math Book last week. Remember, I only have 1 book per child, so PLEASE do not lose your books. If you lose a book, I will not be able to replace it. The Go Math Homework Book is for you to KEEP at home. You will be assigned pages each week to do at home. Go Math Homework this week: All three Kindergarten teachers have been working on Unit 1 in the Go Math Books, and informally assessing the students on the skills of numbers 1-5. We have moved quicker than anticipated in our Math workbook in class. We are very happy to report that almost all children have met the “progressing” goal, and we are ready to move to Unit 2, which will look at numbers 1-5 more in depth. Next week we will begin Unit 2. You are welcome to finish pages 5-26 in Unit 1, but please do not feel it is necessary. Next week, we will be sending home the October Homework packet which will assign 2 pages of math in the math workbook each night for homework. Reminder: Peanut Allergy: ALERT: We have a child with a Peanut allergy. My classroom has to be Peanut and Peanut oil free. For the safety of that child, please do NOT send any item that contains peanuts or peanut oil. Thanks for your help in keeping all students safe. Folders: Remember to go through the BLUE folders each week, empty, and return to school the NEXT school day. Also, please empty the backpacks each night. The children are bringing back papers that are already graded and we don’t want them to lose any important papers.

Dates to Remember: Thursday, September 27th: PTA Skating Party 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Friday, September 28th: Group B (Tuesday-Thursday Children will attend) Friday, October 5th: Group A (Monday-Wednesday Children will attend) NO SCHOOL Friday, Oct. 12th for Teacher In-service Day.