Kindergarten News
Oct. 20-23, 2009

Weekly Theme:
Five Senses

Center Time
We are back on schedule for our ABC, Writing, Math, Art and Listening Centers. A big thanks to those who come each week to help!

October

This week we will cover the letters P and Q. Please ask your child to identify both the capital and lower case as well as tell you the sound these letters make. Let them show you how to write each one correctly as well. We will add the sight word on to our “We Can Read” board. They are doing great with the sight words and often hear them say, “Hey that is one of our sight words” when we are doing our shared reading or they are reading books by themselves.

We have also been working on writing in our class. The more kids write, the better writers they become. Research shows that kids who are good writers are usually good readers. Please encourage your child to write grocery lists, make cards, write letters, stories, etc. We have been practicing “stretching out” words by listening for the sounds in each word.

Here is a head’s up for Halloween—we will have a classroom party in our classroom on Friday, Oct. 30th. However, please do not have your child wear a costume to school. This is our school policy. We will have some snacks/treats in our classroom, but we will keep it simple. If you signed up to bring something, a reminder will come home in your child’s homework folder on Monday, Oct. 26th. Thank you for your help!

As always please feel free to contact me anytime! You are wonderful!

linda.wood@ironmail.org
ginger.ekker@ironmail.org
586-2850