Good Afternoon,
I hope everyone had a nice weekend. Unfortunately I will be out for the week if you have any changes to afterschool plans please call the office.
Picture Day- Our picture day will be Tuesday October 7th for English Kindergarten
Book Fair- Ms. Amy is hosting a book fair in the library. Our class will be going on Tuesday. There will also be a Parent night on Wednesday from 6-7 if you would like to come then. If students forget to bring money on Tuesday there will be open times throughout the week that they can go. Please send money in a ziplock bag with child's name and the amount that you sent.
Literacy- This is week 4 in Fundations. This week we will introduce the letters /c/ and /o/. When practicing our letter formation at home please make sure that students are following the prompts and starting their letters from the top down.
Over the next few weeks we will be incorporating all things Fall into our literacy learning. We will be learning about apples, pumpkins, spiders, and Halloween. Lots of stories, songs and poems to go with this theme.
To work on phonological awareness, we have been doing lots of activities to notice how many words we hear in a spoken sentence, noticing words that rhyme and hearing how many parts are in a word. A great little show that I have come across on You-tube to support this learning is called Reading Buddies. Check it out! We have watched a few episodes at lunch time and the kids seem to enjoy it. Here is the link to the first episode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-eg7agwXOY
Numeracy- We are continuing to work on numbers up to 5. We are now looking at combinations of groups that make a number. For example, the number 4 can be represented as 0 and 4, 1 and 3, or 2 and 2. When practicing your Fundations letters you could also work on printing the numbers 0-4. Lots are still finding 2 and 3 difficult.
Dates to remember:
October 7 Picture Day/ /Bookfair for students during school
October 9th Walk to School Day
October 10th PD day
Enjoy this beautiful day!
Julie Redmond