October 17, 2025

WHAT A BUSY WEEK!

We stayed at the farm this week and stopped to visit with the Little Red Hen.  We read different versions of the story and looked for similarities and differences between them. We had some good conversations about the importance of cooperation and why the little red hen should or should not have shared the bread.  We continued to work on identifying and producing rhyming words, counting syllables and listening for beginning sounds in words and finding words that begin with the same sound.  In math, we continued to work on number combinations to 10.  This was hard for many students; please help them practice at home.  In social studies, we learned about important citizens in U.S. history.

This week we found out what happens when Mrs. Wishy-Washy tries to give her animals a bath! Ask your child to re-tell you this silly story! We have been hard at work listening to and identifying beginning and ending sounds in words.  In math, the students worked on making combinations to 10 and addition. We continue to work on counting from 1 - 100 and backwards from 20 to 1.  In social studies, we learned about Stephen F. Austin and Jose Antonio Navarro who were important historical figures and leaders who helped shape the state of Texas.  Following the Gator Way is something that good leaders always do!

SNACK

We had SO MANY students without a snack this week.  Please remember to send your child to school with ONE healthy snack every day.  Thank you!

LETTER ID and SOUNDS

Your child should be able to confidently identify (within 3 seconds, in random order):

at least 20 upper case letters, at least 20 lower case letters & at least 20 letter sounds.

AT HOME LITERACY ACTIVITIES

The link below contains some fun activities for your child to enjoy and practice different reading skills!

mCLASS® Home Connect®

https://www.mclass.amplify.com/homeconnect/

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:

REVIEW ALL WORDS

These are the sight words we have previously learned:

at  go  am  to   by   my   I    see   a    the   

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 and produce a word that ryhmes with a given word.  

I can count the number of syllables in words. 

I can identify the beginning sounds of words and identify what letter makes that sound.  

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

Math: 

I can compose and decompose numbers up to 10.

Social Studies: 

I can recognize that there are good citizens that make up our country.

I can identify the contributions of historical figures that helped shape the state of Texas.

I can identify the contributions of Jose Antonio Navarro that helped shape the state of Texas.

I can identify the contributions of Stephen F. Austin that helped shape the state of Texas.

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