September 8th-September 12th

Curriculum Night: Join us for Curriculum Night this Thursday, September 11th. We will offer 2 sessions from 6:00-6:30 and 6:30-7:00pm (same information will be given at both). Kindergarten will meet in the school Library.

Word of the Week: Opportunity

Phonics, Reading, Writing

Phonics and Letters

I can teach others the name and sound of the letters in my name.

I can clap or stomp the syllables in a word.

I can recognize that new words are created when letters are changed, added, or taken away.

This week, we focused on learning the names and sounds of letters—especially the ones in our names! Students were excited to share the first letter of their name and practice writing it. We also explored syllables by clapping, stomping, and tapping out the beats in our names and other familiar words.

Later in the week, we began noticing how new words are made by changing, adding, or taking away letters. For example: cat → mat → sat. This helps students build strong early reading skills.

At-Home Activities:

Syllable Stomp: Say simple words together and have your child clap or stomp for each syllable. Try family names or favorite foods!

Word Builder: Use magnetic letters or paper to build a word like cat, then change the first letter to make mat, sat, or hat. Then change the ending letter.

Letters of the week are F and I
Say the sounds these letters make

See and recognize the letters
Listen carefully to tell if a word starts with F or I

We’ve been playing a fun listening game where we hear different words and decide if they begin with the sound of the week. For example, we ask:
“Does fish start with /f/? Yes!”
“Does ball start with /f/? No!”

At-Home Activity: "Sound Sort – F or I?"

What You Need:

Just your voice and a little imagination — no materials required!

How to Play:

Sit with your child and tell them:
“We’re going to play a game to help our ears listen for the sounds of our special letters — F and I!”
Say one word at a time (you can use toys, items in the house, or just say words out loud).
After each word, ask:
“Does this word start with F like fish or I like igloo?”
If it starts with F, your child can flap their arms like a flying bird.
If it starts with I, they can pretend to be freezing like ice

Reading

I can learn how a book works.

I can reread a book to learn something new.

This week we are continuing to learn about how a book works. This includes identifying the front cover, back cover, title, and where we begin reading in a text.

Rereading is an important strategy that we talk a lot about in Kindergarten and how we can learn more information the more we read a book!

Read Aloud: We are working on making predictions and using text evidence to support our predictions.

A great wait to practice predicting at at home is to stop as you are reading a story and ask your child questions.

Before Reading: Look at the front cover of the book. Based on the title and illustrations, what do you think is going to happen in the book?
During Reading: What do you think is going to happen next? What in the text makes you think that?
During/ After Reading: Was your prediction correct or did the author surprise you?

Writing

I can tell what is happening in my writing by using verbs and I can use my writer's checklist.

This week we are learning about verbs and how to use them in our writing.

In our writing/drawings, we are showing action and movement by adding action lines. We are also learning how to carry on independently as writers by adding more details!

At home you can encourage your writers to add details such as action lines to their writing

Additionally, you can encourage writing at home with your child by practicing writing their name and identifying the letters in their name.

Math, Science/Social Studies

Math

I can compare numbers 0-10.

This week we start learning about comparing numbers. We will introduce vocabulary like more/greater than, less/fewer than, equal to.

We will explore this learning target using our prior knowledge of how to read, write, and represent numerals.

You can practice previous learning by encouraging your child to identify numbers at home, at the store, when you're out to eat. If there's a place to do so, encourage them to write the number. While transposing numbers is typical, we do try to correct where appropriate so that they learn the correct directionality from the beginning. You can even have them use items from home (coins, cheerios, legos, etc.) to represent the numbers. The above practice will benefit your child immensely as this is a core foundational skill that will be built upon ongoingly.

As we complete our BOY (beginning of year) assessments, we'll start to send home results so that you can see what your child showed us on their current learning. Additionally, we will start to assign some lessons that might be beneficial to work on from home where applicable.

Science

I can identify and record observable physical properties of objects.

This week we started our first unit about the physical properties of objects. This includes identifying shape, color, texture and materials of different objects.

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