September 19, 2025

Monday is a Professional Development day for teachers.  

There is no school for students... Enjoy the 3 day weekend!

WHAT A BUSY WEEK!

We have one more week and our number sense unit will be complete.  Your child should be able to build sets of up to 10 objects, put numbers in order and count - forwards and backwards from 20 to 1, compare numbers, using one more than, one less than and the same as (equal to) a given number. We will be assessing these skills next week, so you may want to practice with your child over the long weekend.  We have been listening to some silly rhyming books as we learn to identify words that rhyme. There are still several students who are having difficulty identifying and producing rhyming words.  Please ask your child to give you a thumbs up or thumbs down if two words rhyme or not.  For example, bake lake - thumbs up, they rhyme, see sit - thumbs down, they do not rhyme.  You can also give them three words and ask them to tell you the two words that rhyme - tree hot bee - tree bee are the rhyming words.  Finally, you can give them a word and ask them to give you a word that rhymes with the given word.  If you say chair, they can say hair, bear, care, etc.  If your child has difficulty with any of these tasks, please continue to work with them.   We are also continuing to count syllables in words and match words that begin with the same sound.  In science, we learned about our five senses and how we can use them to describe properties of objects. We sorted objects by color, size, shape and texture. This week was  "Celebrate Freedom" Week, which is a time to honor the freedoms and rights granted by the United States' founding documents, such as the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.  Students were introduced to these documents, as well as the Bill of Rights.  The Constitution reminds us that we are all citizens of the United States; we discussed ways that we can be good citizens.  Following the Gator Way is something that good citizens always do!

 ROOM PARENT INFO

Have you emailed your class's homeroom room parent yet?  If not, PLEASE be sure to do so ASAP so she will have your contact information to add you to the parent class email list. This will help you stay informed about volunteer opportunities (Fall Fest is coming up) class activities and keep you up to date on all upcoming events and more in and outside of the classroom!  

Mrs. MacMahon's room parent is Kate Austin: katemariemail@gmail.com

Mrs. Stuckeman's room parent is Michelle Mueller: kmichellemueller@gmail.com 

Mrs. Williky's room parent is Kathryn Odem: kath.odem@gmail.com

SIGHT WORDS

Below are the kindergarten sight words for the entire year. We may not cover them all and we may add in some of our own.  Knowing our sight words will help your child tremendously in reading and writing. Each week we will learn two or three new words. Please review these words with your child. Students are expected to read, write and spell these words.

These are the sight words we learned this week:

I       see

These are the sight words we have previously learned:

I   see  a   the   

SNACK

Our lunchtime is at 10:30, therefore, you may want to send in one HEALTHY, NUT-FREE and utensil - free snack from home for your child to have in the afternoon. Please do not send in any juice boxes or other drinks, besides water. Due to allergies and other health concerns, we will not be allowed to provide any snacks or allow the students to share snacks. 

BREAKFAST & LUNCH CODES

There are many students who buy lunch everyday and still do not know their lunch codes. Please help your child memorize this number; it will help expedite the line, allowing students more time to enjoy their lunch.  It would also be helpful if you and your child look at the lunch menu ahead of time, so s/he can make a choice quickly. 

READING and WRITING SKILLS WE WILL LEARN in KINDERGARTEN

By the end of Kindergarten, students should be able to:

• Recognize and produce rhyming words

• Segment words in an oral sentence

• Segment words into syllables

• Segment and pronounce initial, medial and final phonemes in spoken CVC words

• Manipulate phonemes with additions or substitutions in one-syllable words

• Name all letters of the alphabet

• Write all manuscript letters in lowercase and uppercase

• Sequence letters of the alphabet

• Fluently produce sounds of consonants and short vowels when given the letter

• Fluently produce sounds for basic digraphs (wh, sh, ch, th, ck)

• Name and write corresponding letter(s) when given sounds for consonants, consonant digraphs, and short vowels

• Distinguish long and short vowel sounds within words

• Read and spell approximately 200 CVC words 

• Spell other words phonetically, drawing on knowledge of sound-letter relationships

• Read and write our sight words

• Identify and name correct punctuation at end of sentence

• Capitalize words at beginning of sentences and names of people

• Name the author and illustrator of a story and define their roles

• Explain narrative story structure including character, setting and main events

• Use a combination of drawing and dictating to narrate linked events to tell about a story in  sequence

• Re-tell key details of narrative and informational text, using pictures or prompts as a guide

• Identify characters, settings and main events in a story, with pictures or other prompts

• Describe what happened in a story when given a specific illustration

• With prompts, compare and contrast the experiences of characters in two stories

• Explain difference between narrative and informational text

• Echo-read a passage with correct phrasing and expression

• Identify and explain new meanings for familiar words and newly taught words

• Produce and expand complete sentences in shared language activities

Curriculum Objectives

Language Arts: 

I can identify upper and lowercase letters of the alphabet and the sounds they make. 

I can identify words that rhyme.  

I can count the number of syllables in words. 

I can write my name with only the first letter capitalized, followed by all the other letters lower case.

Math: 

I can read, write and represent numbers from zero to 10.

I can recognize instantly the quantity of a small group of objects in organized and random arrangements.  

I can count a set of objects up to at least 10 and demonstrate that the last number said tells the number of objects in the set regardless of their arrangement or order.

I can generate a number that is one more than or one less than another number up to at least 10.

I can use comparative language to describe two numbers up to 20 presented as written numerals.  For example: 8 is greater than 4, 6 is less than 10.

Science:

I can identify and sort objects by properties of size, color, shape and texture. 

Social Studies: 

I can follow rules and routines in the classroom and be a respectful member of the community.

I can identify rules that provide order, security and safety in our home and school.

I can be a good citizen and follow the Gator Way.

I can understand what the Constitution is and what it does for me.