USE THESE RESOURCES AT HOME!
⭐Tap HERE to find HEART WORDS that we focus on in kindergarten.
⭐Tap HERE to find the verbal paths for writing LOWERCASE letters correctly.
⭐Tap HERE for find the verbal paths for writing UPPERCASE letters correctly.
⭐Tap HERE to find a video that shows LETTER-KEYWORD-SOUND for the alphabet.
⭐Tap HERE to find the NUMBER POEMS we use for correct number formation!
Coming Home in Friday Folders (you may not see all the information as students who are the oldest or only children at our school receive all the information)
This is where you can find out what is in your child's Friday Folder every Friday.
Look at it every weekend. Keep information at home unless you need to sign and return a form.
Return Friday Folders every Monday.
Specials Next Week: A Week (ABC Calendar)
This is where you can find out what special is for the upcoming week.
This coming week, we will have our A special, music!
Welcome Days
We sang The Good Morning Song to help us learn our new friends' names.
We learned The Freeze Dance and Dancing Machine, fun movement breaks that help our brains and bodies be able to learn better.
We read The Gingerbread Man and he left us a note at the end of the book. We followed his clues all over the school and when we returned to the classroom, he left us a present! The present was apples, gingersnap cookies, a craft, and gingerbread people sticks that we are using at school.
We had fun getting to know each other!
Social-Emotional Learning (SEL)
We learned how to do Morning Meeting, practicing each other's names and learning how to do different activities.
We learned about Reboot, our morning mindfulness practice. We listen to Mr. Ozzie every morning after school announcements to learn different mindfulness activities. Here is a little bio about one of the co-founders: Patricia Schrader, CEO and Co-Founder - Patti is a restauranteur turned certified guided mindfulness instructor. In 2016, she began a K-12 daily mindfulness program at Nederland Elementary School, CO in the Boulder Valley School District and instructs regularly on curriculum development for students and teachers. She serves on the Board of Directors of Teens INC., a facility and program devoted to serving kids from the Front Range mountain communities of Colorado.
We started learning about Creekside LEAP behavior: Leadership, Empathy, Accountability, Pride. Every time we work together as a class family to help our community stay safe, calm, and have fun, we earn a LEAP star on our number line. When we get 100 stars, we have a celebration.
into Reading (reading & writing)
HMH into Reading is a spiraling curriculum, meaning that topics are introduced and revisited throughout the year.
Here is where you can find information about what we books we are reading and what topics we are learning about to help us become better readers.
I will share the module, the essential question, power words (vocabulary), and our focus topics.
Writing and Fundations
Fundations is our phonics and handwriting curriculum. We started learning letter names - keyword - sound for A-J. At the top of this page, you can find resources to use at home. Check them out!
We will jump into writing by learning The 5 Elements of Shapes. This will help us build our confidence as illustrators and helps us with letter formation. We will quickly move to labeling our illustrations while we have fun learning how to draw and write.
Math
We have a new math curriculum called Illustrative Mathematics, or IM. Here is an overview of the curriculum. This section might change over time as I'm better learning the curriculum.
I am planning on posting videos and other family resources here, as well as topics and fun centers that we explored.
Favorite Books from the Week
Here is where you can find a few of the books we enjoyed. These books are from our Welcome Days.
I Will Surprise My Friend, Pigeon Has To Go To School, The Gingerbread Man
Questions to Ask Your Child
Here is where you can find questions that pertain to topics from the week. Asking questions is a good way to find out information!
What is your favorite part of school so far? (recess, lunch, reading, singing, dancing, etc)
Did you meet a new friend? Can you remember their name?
Upcoming Dates - Creekside Calendar
August 18: Creekside Welcome Back Community Potluck Dinner
August 26: Back to School Night
September 7: Labor Day - no school
September 14: Individual Student Picture Day
September 18: International Festival
September 21: District Professional Development - no school for students