Kindergarten Newsletter
March 7- March 11, 2022
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Important Dates:
March 7-11- Book Fair!
March 10- Portrait of a Graduate from 6:00-7:00- (The Book Fair will be open until 6:30)
March 14-18- Spring Break
March 21- World Down Syndrome Day- Wear Crazy Socks
March 23- Field Trip Money/ Forms are due and Report Cards will be ready in Skyward
March 31- Pizza/Keno Night at 6:30
What are we Learning?
Reading: I can identify and produce rhyming words.
Writing: I can write a sentence.
Math: I can use data to create a graph. I can create a pictograph.
Science: I can examine evidence that living organisms have basic needs such as food, water, and shelter for animals and air, water, nutrients, sunlight, and space for plants.
Volunteering Opportunity
If you are looking for a way to get plugged into our classroom, this is the opportunity for you! All of Kindergarten will begin hallway reading with students the week of March 21st! Please fill out the form below using the link of your child's teacher if you are able to commit to one day a week from 8:15-9:15. ( Mrs. Mack's parents please notice the different time from 8:40-9:40.) Upon arrival, I will give you a list of children to read with one at a time in the hallway. Students will read their little reader with you and then practice reading and writing sight words. If we have at least one adult a day, then EVERY CHILD in our classroom will get read with each day! This will make such an impact on their fluency! Please sign up today! All are welcome, parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles etc.! You will be required to complete your ANNUAL online background check and there will be a mandatory Volunteer Training shared with you prior to being able to work with students. Once we have gathered all interested parties, we will reach out to you with the information.
Donations
If you are willing, we could use the following items in our classrooms! We appreciate the donations so much! :)
-Paper Towels
-Disinfecting Wipes
-Chalk
-Expo Markers
- Treasure Box Items
FIELD TRIP
We are so excited we get to go on a field trip this year! Please look for your child's field trip form that will be coming home tomorrow!
Calling All PROFESSIONALS!
Over the next few months, Kindergarten is looking for parents willing to WebEx with our classes regarding the following professional strands:
February - PRODUCTION
March - BUSINESS
April - FINANCE & BANKING
If you are willing to prepare a short (5-10 minute) presentation for our Kindergarteners, please email Mrs. Lind at sara.lind@gcisd.net
We would like for you to tell us about your job and show any "tools" you may use in your profession. For example, if you are an accountant, your "tool" would be a calculator and computer, etc. We would like for someone to be able to share about their career in a way 5-year-olds will understand and be engaged! Click on the links above to see if your career falls into one of the categories.
Thank you for helping us teach our children about their FUTURE!!
GT and/or the ASPIRE Academy
Remind
Have you been receiving remind messages from your child's teacher? If not, please let your child's teacher know so you can get set up! This is a great way for you to communicate with the teacher and a way the teachers send out reminders!
Sight Words
New Sight Words for the Week:
first, more, most, much
Sight Words your child should be able to read: I, and, can, my, to, do, see, the, go, like, no, so, me, we, she, he, is, in, you, be, get, had, all, said, look, dad, it, mom, am, cut, sit, that, at, got, let, not, by, if, of, saw, off, on, us, was, as, did, has, ran, for, fun, yes, his, are, have, at, will, this, her, with, your, here, love, play say, came, come, from, some, them, then, these, they, ask, little, very, went, back, because, best, pretty, could, help, should, would, find, make, take, where, our, good, funny, now
Reading Practice
Please have your child read their book every night.
Ideas to do after your child finishes their book:
-find sight words in the book
-ask your child questions about the book
-retell the story in order
Please make sure your child puts their book back in their book bag and brings their book bag to school every day!
Math Practice
Below are math skills you can practice at home with your child.
Counting to 100
Comparing numbers
Identify coins
Identify, represent, and write teen numbers
Count on from any given number 1-20
Identify 1 more/ 1 less to 20
2D Shapes (square, circle, rectangle, triangle)
3D Shapes (cone, cube, cylinder, sphere)
March Birthdays
3/8 Kinsley
3/12 Jenny
3/15 Aven
3/15 Tanith
3/15 Noah
3/29 Owen
Great Tiger Folder
Please make sure you are signing your child's GREAT chart inside your child's folder each night. Also, make sure you are cleaning out your child's folder nightly as well.
SBRC
Standards Based Report Cards
The report card is designed to provide more specific and accurate information to parents than a traditional report card. Research has shown that giving specific feedback helps students to set goals and focus on continuous growth, rather than receiving an averaged number grade that gives imprecise information about performance. They will be in Skyward each nine weeks, with progress reports posted every six weeks. Please read the following links for more detailed information.
SBRC Parent Guide (en español)
SBRC Special Services Parent Letter
SBRC Special Services Parent letter (en español)
Developmental Sequence of Phonological Skills
80-90% of children can do the following:
By the age of 5
recognize rhyme - which two rhyme? bug, cat, hug
clap/count syllables - dog (1 clap), turtle (2 claps)
By the age of 5 1/2
blend onset/rime - /b/ /oat/ (boat) - special note: onset is the initial phonological unit of a word, rime is what follows the onset and is typically from the first vowel onward
produce rhymes - tell me a word that rhymes with cat?
isolate beginning sound - tell me the first sound in net (/n/)
By the age of 6
syllable deletion - say tulip, now say tulip without the /t/
blend 2 and 3 phoneme words - if I say /s/ /u/ /n/, what is the word? if I say /b/ /o/, what is the word?
segment 2 and 3 phoneme words - say the sounds you hear in boat (/b/ /o/ /t/)
Kindergarten Wish List
Below are some other items we are in need of. Please use the link below if you wish to donate. We appreciate it so much!
Please include the teachers name when you purchase from amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/OCD4HFK8KL7A?ref_=wl_share
Snack
Please make sure you send a bite sized snack with your child daily. We don't have lunch until 12:10 so your child will be very sad and hungry if they don't have a snack to eat.
Ipads
Please create a routine with your child to make sure your child's Ipad is charged each night and brought to school each day!
We download apps together as a class. Please don't let your child download any apps at home!
Library Tips
We always tell our students to keep their book in their backpack at all times (unless they are reading it) so it is always here at school when it's time for the library!
Below is the day your child's class will go to the library each week! YOUR CHILD WILL RETURN THEIR BOOK THE DAY BEFORE THEIR LIBRARY DAY! Please make sure your child brings their book that day so they can check out a new book the following day.
Arington: Wednesday
Lind: Thursday
Mack: Thursday
Richardson: Tuesday
Going Home
If you find your child must go home a different way than planned, please notify the office by a phone call by at least 2:00 p.m. Teachers and our front office staff do not always have access to email or are busy teaching or helping others. A phone call is required. Sometimes we have only one person in the front office, so we want to provide ample time to be able to meet your needs.
Volunteering
If you plan to volunteer in any capacity this school year, please click here to complete the background check.