Welcome to Kindergarten!!! 

We will be doing so much in kindergarten this year! I am so excited to see how much growth your child makes over the course of the school year!

Here is an overview of the most important topics we will be covering by subject area this year: 

ELA/writing: phonics, reading strategies, writing about a given topic, story elements in books (characters, setting, problem/solution), main idea and details, sounding out cvc words (ex: ram, hit, etc.), sight words (I will be sending home a ring so that you can practice at home)

math: counting by 1s and 10s to 100, counting objects one-to-one correspondence, identifying, comparing, and describing 2D (triangle, circle, square, rectangle, hexagon) and 3D (cone, cylinder, sphere, and cube) shapes, comparing numbers (<, >, =), basic addition and subtraction

science: day and night sky, force and motion, plants, animals, Earth materials (soil, rocks, water, air)

social studies: holidays (Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving, MLK Jr. Day, President's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day), American symbols, g/time/explaining how things change, community helpers, good and services

Home Practice 

There is no homework in kindergarten, but below are things that you can practice at home, in addition to reading at least 20 minutes each nights.  

*writing letters (upper and lowercase)

*writing numbers 1-20 

*writing simple sentences with sight words

*sight word fluency (flashcard the words to your student--they are not meant to be sounded out!)

*finding sight words in books

*counting by 2's, 5's, and 10's to 100

*counting whatever you have as high as you can go (cheerios, goldfish, etc.) 

*label a picture (practice sounding out words)