Kindergarten

We will continue using pencils with our tripod pencil grip! We will work on forming letters c, o, g, d, and a!  We will have a quiz over these phonograms on Friday (8/28). For the quiz, the teacher says the sounds of the phonogram and the student must write the correct phonogram with correct handwriting (where the lettter touches the correct lines on the primary paper). We will also work on identifying words with these phonograms.

If you'd like an extra resource to practice these skills at home click here.

We will be doing History this week.

At Founders, for spelling and reading we use a phonics based curriculum: Access Literacy. When learning letters, we call them phonograms. We focus less on memorizing letter names and more on learning the sounds the letters represent. This helps students build the skills they need to decode and spell unfamiliar words independently. Rather than simply memorizing that a certain letter combination represents a particular word, students learn to apply their phonogram knowledge to read and spell new words they encounter.

Come to Access Literacy Night to learn more about our phonics curriculum and how to support your child at home! It is Sept. 1st 4:15-5:15.

We will be introducing History this week!! In our first Unit, we will be learning all about the seven continents and where they are located, along with little nuggets of information about each. We will even be creating passports for them to use as we visit each countinent!

We will recite "Tommy" by Gwendolyn Brooks. On Sept. 8th, all of Kindergarten will recite during morning assembly. If you want to watch, please park by the playground and come in! We will also have partner recitations during class that day for a grade.

We will finish reading "The 7 Habits of Happy Kids,"  So far, the students have learned habits like, Being Proactive, Think Win-Win, Putting first things first, and a few others. These are definitely habits that they will work on mastering this year. 

Once we begin testing, we will send home the binder biweekly. In here will be tests and assessments. Please sign and return the next day.

If you have any questions about the assessments please reach out!