Week of September 22 - September 25
Upcoming Dates to Remember:
September 21: No School - Professional Development Day
September 23 - 24: Parent/Teacher Conferences - 4pm to 7pm
September 25: Rock Ridge Run! 1pm - Parents are welcome to join us!
October 1: Cozy Day!
October 2: Fun Run Money Due!
Specials:
Ms. Donohue: Music/PE - Group A, Spanish - Group D
Mrs. Watson: Art - Group B, Spanish - Group D
Ms. Youngberg: PE/Music - Group C, Spanish - Group D
Math:
iReady Unit 2, Lesson 5, Sessions 1-5: This lesson will focus on comparing groups of objects and numbers up to 5, and we will learn to recognize that each counting number is one more than the last.
The students will continue to work on number formation, number recognition, and one-to-one correspondence for the numbers 1 through 10.
Literacy:
Benchmark Unit 2, Every Story Has Characters, Week 1: In this unit, we will continue to build genre knowledge when reading Horrible Bear! by Ame Dyckman, which is a fantasy/fiction book. We will define what makes a story fantasy while focusing on characters, setting, and concepts of print.
Our shared reading this week will be the poems "Little Miss Muffet" and "Humpty Dumpty". We will use these nursery rhymes to identify rhyming words, build vocabulary, and continue our learning of concepts of print by focusing on the directionality of reading.
Heggerty, Phonological Awareness, Week 6: Heggerty is a phonological awareness program. This part of our day typically takes about 10 minutes. We will focus on rhyming, beginning sounds, ending sounds, compound words, letter names and sounds, and how many words make up different sentences.
UFLI: UFLI (University of Florida Literacy Institute) is a research-based reading program we use in kindergarten to help children become strong, confident readers. Through daily lessons, students practice connecting letters to sounds, blending sounds to make words, and building a strong foundation for spelling and reading. It’s hands-on, fun, and gives children the tools they need to grow as readers step by step.
UFLI Lessons 7 and 8: In Lesson 7, children will learn the letter Ff and the sound /f/ it makes, like in fun and fish. They will practice saying the sound, writing the letter, blending it with other letters to read simple words, and learn the sight word a.
In Lesson 8, we will introduce the short vowel i (as in sit and pin). Students practiced reading and spelling words with the short i sound, and read a short decodable story to build fluency.
Kindergarten Readiness:
GOLD: GOLD is a way for teachers to see how ready children are for kindergarten. Instead of a test, teachers watch and take notes during everyday play and activities. This helps them understand each child’s strengths, such as making friends, using language, recognizing letters and numbers, and moving their bodies. The information gives teachers a full picture of your child so they can support their growth and learning in the best way possible. For more information, please click the link below.
Wayfinder SEL: Wayfinder is our social-emotional learning curriculum that helps kindergarteners build the skills they need to feel confident, connected, and ready to learn. Through playful, age-appropriate lessons, students learn to understand and manage their feelings, communicate with others, build friendships, solve problems, make positive choices, and recognize their own strengths. Our goal is to help every child learn how to care for themselves, care for others, and feel a strong sense of belonging in our classroom community. For more information about Chapter 2, please click the link below.
Week of September 14 - September 18
Upcoming Dates to Remember:
No Bus this Week!
September 21: No School - Professional Development Day
September 23 - 24: Parent/Teacher Conferences - 4pm to 7pm
September 25: Rock Ridge Run!
Specials:
Ms. Donohue: Art - Group A, Music/PE - Group D
Mrs. Watson: PE/Music - Group B, Music/PE - Group D
Ms. Youngberg: Spanish - Group C, Music/PE - Group D
Math: iReady Unit 2, Lesson 4, Sessions 1-5: Unit 2 will focus on the numbers 1 through 5. The students will count, show, write, and compare these numbers. The students will continue to work on number formation, number recognition, and one-to-one correspondence for the numbers 1 through 10.
Literacy:
Benchmark Unit 1, Plants and Animals Have Needs, Week 3: In this unit, we will continue to build genre knowledge by reading the book My Desert Home by Charlie Alolcoy, which is a personal narrative. As a whole group, we will discuss how a personal narrative text is an informational text about a real person's experiences.
Our shared reading this week will be the poem "Baby Mice". We will search for the sight word I, and continue our learning of concepts of print by focusing on how letters make up words, and words make up sentences.
Heggerty, Phonological Awareness, Week 5: Heggerty is a phonological awareness program. This part of our day typically takes about 10 minutes. We will focus on rhyming, beginning sounds, ending sounds, compound words, letter names and sounds, and how many words make up different sentences.
UFLI: UFLI (University of Florida Literacy Institute) is a research-based reading program we use in kindergarten to help children become strong, confident readers. Through daily lessons, students practice connecting letters to sounds, blending sounds to make words, and building a strong foundation for spelling and reading. It’s hands-on, fun, and gives children the tools they need to grow as readers step by step.
UFLI Lessons 5 and 6
In Lessons 5 and 6, we will continue practicing letter sounds and blending them together to make words. The children are learning to look closely at letters, say their sounds, and put those sounds together to read and spell simple words. We will also practice recognizing the sight words the and I, as well as learning the sight word and.
Kindergarten Readiness:
GOLD: GOLD is a way for teachers to see how ready children are for kindergarten. Instead of a test, teachers watch and take notes during everyday play and activities. This helps them understand each child’s strengths, such as making friends, using language, recognizing letters and numbers, and moving their bodies. The information gives teachers a full picture of your child so they can support their growth and learning in the best way possible. For more information, please click the link below.
Wayfinder SEL: Wayfinder is our social-emotional learning curriculum that helps kindergarteners build the skills they need to feel confident, connected, and ready to learn. Through playful, age-appropriate lessons, students learn to understand and manage their feelings, communicate with others, build friendships, solve problems, make positive choices, and recognize their own strengths. Our goal is to help every child learn how to care for themselves, care for others, and feel a strong sense of belonging in our classroom community. For more information about Chapter 2, please click the link below.
Week of September 8 - September 11
Upcoming Dates to Remember:
September 7: No School! Labor Day!
September 11: Rock Ridge Run Kickoff!
September 21: No School - Professional Development Day
September 23 - 24: Parent/Teacher Conferences - 4pm to 7pm
September 25: Rock Ridge Run!
Specials:
Ms. Donohue: Music/PE - Group A, Art - Group D
Mrs. Watson: Spanish - Group B, Art - Group D
Ms. Youngberg: PE/Music - Group C, Art - Group D
Math:
iReady Unit 1, Lesson 3, Sessions 1-5: Lesson 3 will help the students understand how to sort objects into different categories based on their unique attributes. Then the students will practice one-to-one correspondence by counting the sorted objects.
The students will continue to work on number formation, number recognition, and one-to-one correspondence for the numbers 1 through 10.
Literacy:
Benchmark Unit 1, Plants and Animals Have Needs, Week 2: In this unit, we will continue to build genre knowledge by reading the book What Do Plants Need? by Debra Castor. As a whole group, we will discuss the differences between books which are meant to provide information, and books which are meant to tell us a story. Our shared reading this week will be the poem "Soil, Water, Air and Light". We will search for words that begin with the letters S and T and circle them. We will also listen for rhyming words.
Heggerty, Phonological Awareness, Week 4: Heggerty is a phonological awareness program. This part of our day typically takes about 10 minutes. We will focus on rhyming, beginning sounds, ending sounds, compound words, letter names and sounds, and how many words make up different sentences.
UFLI: UFLI (University of Florida Literacy Institute) is a research-based reading program we use in kindergarten to help children become strong, confident readers. Through daily lessons, students practice connecting letters to sounds, blending sounds to make words, and building a strong foundation for spelling and reading. It’s hands-on, fun, and gives children the tools they need to grow as readers step by step.
This week, during lessons 3 and 4, children will learn to listen carefully to the sounds in words and begin connecting sounds to letters. They are introduced to the letters s and t and practice blending them into simple words. We will review the irregular word the, and introduce the sight word I.
Kindergarten Readiness:
GOLD: GOLD is a way for teachers to see how ready children are for kindergarten. Instead of a test, teachers watch and take notes during everyday play and activities. This helps them understand each child’s strengths, such as making friends, using language, recognizing letters and numbers, and moving their bodies. The information gives teachers a full picture of your child so they can support their growth and learning in the best way possible. For more information, please click the link below.
Wayfinder SEL: Wayfinder is our social-emotional learning curriculum that helps kindergarteners build the skills they need to feel confident, connected, and ready to learn. Through playful, age-appropriate lessons, students learn to understand and manage their feelings, communicate with others, build friendships, solve problems, make positive choices, and recognize their own strengths.
Our goal is to help every child learn how to care for themselves, care for others, and feel a strong sense of belonging in our classroom community.
For more information about Chapter 1, please click the link below.
Week of August 31 - September 4
Upcoming Dates to Remember:
September 4: National Colors Day! Wear your favorite college gear!
September 7: No School! Labor Day!
September 11: Rock Ridge Run Kickoff!
September 21: No School - Professional Development Day
September 25: Rock Ridge Run!
Specials:
Ms. Donohue: Spanish - Group A, PE/Music - Group D
Ms. Watson: Music/PE - Group B, PE/Music - Group D
Ms. Youngberg: Art - Group C, PE/Music - Group D
Math:
iReady Unit 1, Lesson 2, Sessions 1-5: In lesson 2, the students will learn to describe and compare the length and height of two objects. We will use precise measurement language such as long/longer, short/shorter, and tall/taller The students will also work on number formation, number recognition, and one-to-one correspondence.
Literacy:
Benchmark Unit 1, Plants and Animals Have Needs, Week 1: In this unit, we will build genre knowledge by reading the book What Do Animals Need by Margaret McNamara. As a whole group, we will discuss the differences between books which are meant to provide information, and books which are meant to tell us a story.
Our shared reading this week will be the poem "Bears Eat Honey". We will focus on how letters make up words, and how we can tell the difference between the two.
UFLI: UFLI (University of Florida Literacy Institute) is a research-based reading program we use in kindergarten to help children become strong, confident readers. Through daily lessons, students practice connecting letters to sounds, blending sounds to make words, and building a strong foundation for spelling and reading. It’s hands-on, fun, and gives children the tools they need to grow as readers step by step.
This week, during lessons 1 and 2, children will learn to listen carefully to the sounds in words and begin connecting sounds to letters. They are introduced to the letters m and a and practice blending them into simple words. The sight word I is also introduced.
Heggerty, Phonological Awareness, Week 3: Heggerty is a phonological awareness program. This part of our day typically takes about 10 minutes. We will focus on rhyming, beginning sounds, ending sounds, compound words, letter names and sounds, and how many words make up different sentences.
Kindergarten Readiness:
GOLD: GOLD is a way for teachers to see how ready children are for kindergarten. Instead of a test, teachers watch and take notes during everyday play and activities. This helps them understand each child’s strengths, such as making friends, using language, recognizing letters and numbers, and moving their bodies. The information gives teachers a full picture of your child so they can support their growth and learning in the best way possible. For more information, please click the link below.
Wayfinder SEL: Wayfinder is our social-emotional learning curriculum that helps kindergarteners build the skills they need to feel confident, connected, and ready to learn. Through playful, age-appropriate lessons, students learn to understand and manage their feelings, communicate with others, build friendships, solve problems, make positive choices, and recognize their own strengths.
Our goal is to help every child learn how to care for themselves, care for others, and feel a strong sense of belonging in our classroom community.
For more information about Chapter 1, please click the link below.
Week of August 24 - 28, 2026
Upcoming Dates to Remember:
August 25: Picture Day!
August 27: Back to School BBQ!
September 4: National Colors Day! Wear your favorite college gear!
September 7: No School! Labor Day!
Specials:
Ms. Donohue: Music/PE - Group A, Spanish - Group D
Ms. Watson: Art - Group B, Spanish - Group D
Ms. Youngberg: PE/Music - Group C, Spanish - Group D
Math:
iReady Unit 1, Lesson 1, Sessions 1-5: The students will learn to describe where objects are. We will use words like above, below, beside, in front of, behind, next to, across, around, beneath, between, down, far, inside, nearby, near, on top of, outside, over, under, and up.
The students will also work on number formation, number recognition, and one-to-one correspondence for the numbers 1 through 5.
Literacy:
Benchmark Advanced, Launching Week 2: This week in Benchmark Advance, we continue helping children adjust to routines and build strong foundations for learning. Students practice listening and speaking skills, learn how to share ideas with the class, and explore stories together. We focus on recognizing letters and sounds, building vocabulary, and developing print awareness. Children also practice working with partners, following directions, and expressing their thoughts through drawing and early writing. These activities help set the stage for a year full of reading, writing, and learning success!
UFLI: UFLI (University of Florida Literacy Institute) is a research-based reading program we use in kindergarten to help children become strong, confident readers. Through daily lessons, students practice connecting letters to sounds, blending sounds to make words, and building a strong foundation for spelling and reading. It’s hands-on, fun, and gives children the tools they need to grow as readers step by step.
During Week 2, students continue building the foundation for reading success. We focus on hearing and identifying beginning sounds in words, practicing how to listen closely to the parts of spoken words, and strengthening alphabet knowledge. Children also play with rhymes, work on recognizing their names, and practice important routines that will help them feel confident when we begin formal reading lessons.
Heggerty, Phonological Awareness, Week 2: Heggerty is a phonological awareness program. This part of our day typically takes about 10 minutes. We will focus on rhyming, beginning sounds, ending sounds, compound words, letter names and sounds, and how many words make up different sentences.
Kindergarten Readiness
GOLD: GOLD is a way for teachers to see how ready children are for kindergarten. Instead of a test, teachers watch and take notes during everyday play and activities. This helps them understand each child’s strengths, such as making friends, using language, recognizing letters and numbers, and moving their bodies. The information gives teachers a full picture of your child so they can support their growth and learning in the best way possible. For more information, please click the link below.