Hello again!
This week we worked on the two words "I and See" and reviewed "We and Will". We are still learning all of the Zoo Phonics animals names, sounds and signals. The children are beginning to get more confident with the Zoo Phonics song! If you notice your child is not catching on to our sounds and signals please practice with them at home. I included a sheet in your information packet during orientation but if you have misplaced it email me and I will send home a new one with your child.
I introduced the numbers 1-8 this week and will finish 9,10 next week with lots and lots of review on how to write the numbers. Keep practicing at home.
Most of the children are still having difficulty writing their name on their papers. Please, please, please, practice their name at home often. It helps them out a lot because you can do it one on one. Remember initial letter is a capital and then all the rest are lower case. Thank you in advance!
Our first book order was placed this weekend! It usually takes about a week for it to arrive. I will send the books home in your child's backpack unless you have told me otherwise. Thank you for all of the online orders. They earned us a lot of free books. Yahoo!
The children are getting better every day with behavior. There have been a lot of smiles for good work done and a few tears for those that have forgotten the rules. I am hoping for more smiles this week. :)
We got to watch this cute little video as a reward. It is about letters and the kids loved it! I thought I would share it here. I downloaded it from our ESD Library. Here is Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom!
Thank you!
Andrea Parsons
September 18, 2011
September 10, 2011
A Week and a Bit
Wow! We have been having so much fun this first week and a bit of school! The children are making great progress learning the routines we have at school. We have been so busy that I didn't even have time to take some pictures. Next week I hope to put some new photos on the slide show!
This week we worked a lot on the zoo phonics animal names, sounds and signals. We started to learn our zoo phonics song and soon they will be singing it to you. :) We also learned our first two words "we and will". I think they really liked looking through the little books and highlighting the words. In math we concentrated mostly on the circle and of course our counting and days of the week during calendar time. We will be working on the numbers 1-5 next week. We keep running out of time for all of the things we want to do.
If your child has been talking about moving his/her "worm" let me explain. I have three colored apples on the board- green (on task behavior), yellow (warning), red (miss recess), off red go to the principal's office. If they are following our rules they will stay on green and so on. We talked a lot about staying on green and how this happens. We will continue to talk a lot about behavior and what the expectations are for kindergarten. So far I am very impressed with how quickly they are catching on. Hurray!!!!!!
Our morning class was able to see an assembly on Friday morning that included the entertainers Cowboy Buck and Elizabeth. They asked the kindergarten team to come up and help with a little disco number. I have included the link to youtube for this so you can see us totally embarrassed but having fun. :)
www.youtube.com
Oh and let us not forget the wonderful performance of our leader...Mr. Williams, the P.E. teacher Mr. Thummel and awesome second grade teacher Mrs. Ryckman in the Polar Bear Penguin Dance!
www.youtube.com
Our first homework went home this week. Remember it is due next week on Thursday. If you have any questions email or call me.
Thank you,
Miss Parsons
This week we worked a lot on the zoo phonics animal names, sounds and signals. We started to learn our zoo phonics song and soon they will be singing it to you. :) We also learned our first two words "we and will". I think they really liked looking through the little books and highlighting the words. In math we concentrated mostly on the circle and of course our counting and days of the week during calendar time. We will be working on the numbers 1-5 next week. We keep running out of time for all of the things we want to do.
If your child has been talking about moving his/her "worm" let me explain. I have three colored apples on the board- green (on task behavior), yellow (warning), red (miss recess), off red go to the principal's office. If they are following our rules they will stay on green and so on. We talked a lot about staying on green and how this happens. We will continue to talk a lot about behavior and what the expectations are for kindergarten. So far I am very impressed with how quickly they are catching on. Hurray!!!!!!
Our morning class was able to see an assembly on Friday morning that included the entertainers Cowboy Buck and Elizabeth. They asked the kindergarten team to come up and help with a little disco number. I have included the link to youtube for this so you can see us totally embarrassed but having fun. :)
www.youtube.com
Oh and let us not forget the wonderful performance of our leader...Mr. Williams, the P.E. teacher Mr. Thummel and awesome second grade teacher Mrs. Ryckman in the Polar Bear Penguin Dance!
www.youtube.com
Our first homework went home this week. Remember it is due next week on Thursday. If you have any questions email or call me.
Thank you,
Miss Parsons
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