Week 8 September 25th - 29th Letter Bb

September 22,2017
Dear Parents,
Hope you had a great weekend! This week we are going to continue our learning adventure in kindergarten.


THANKS TO ALL THE PARENTS WHO HELPED OUT WITH LAST WEEK'S SNACK. THE SMOOTHIES AND STONE SOUP WERE A HIT!

THIS WEEK YOU WILL BE GETTING YOUR CHILD'S USERNAME AND PASSWORD. TAKE A LOOK AT THE SITE THIS WEEKEND. IXL REINFORCES MATH AND ENGLISH SKILLS.   We are going to be working with the letter Bb. The vocabulary for this letter is the following: branch, bowling, bench, button, boot, backpack, basket, belt, bicycle, brush, bone, broom, boat, binoculars, and bell.

Please send in any items from home that begin with this letter. We will be discussing them in class We will display them on a table and return them on Friday. The kids get excited to bring things from home.
Each Child needs to bring in a bottle of bubbles.

Some of the stories that we are going to be reading are:

Bear loves to blow bubbles. But when Badger tries to spoil Bear's fun, he blows a bubble you won't believe!

Freda Stops a Bully

 Freda loves her new pink shoes. But when she wears them to school, a boy teases her. What can Freda do to make the bully stop?

Bats 

  Kids learn about one of the most interesting creatures around—and discover the bat’s unique place in the wild and in the world.

Bear Wants More

Bear finds some roots to eat, but that's not enough. He wants more! With his friends' help, he finds some berries, clover, and fish to eat, but that's not enough. Bear wants more!

Ludwig Van Beethoven

Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists series lends his creative talents to another fun, informative series, this one featuring world-famous composers.

In our Phonemic Awareness this week we will continue working with beginning sounds. You can help us out at home by naming a word and your child telling you the first sound he/she hears. 

We will also introduce rhyming words. Students will be able to identify rhyming pairs. 

As evaluation week approaches, we would like to encourage you to practice ALL the 21 sight words the children will be evaluated on. (the, to, and, a, I, in, is, you, that, it, he, was, for, on, are, one, two, three, red, yellow, blue). The children will be assessed in these 21 sight words for the first quarter of  report card.

In Math, we will work with number 12. The students will practice writing the number, drawing sets to match the number and sequencing numbers up to 12. 

We will work on counting backwards from 10. We are going to work with the concepts big, medium and small.

This week our students will finish taking their MAP tests 

Next Friday September 29th is a half day. Students will be dismissed at at 11:45 

HOMEWORK

Monday 
Bring in an object or food that begins with the letter Bb

Tuesday

IXL Skill  H.5 Complete a pattern 
Follow the link and sign in

https://www.ixl.com/math/kindergarten/complete-a-pattern


Wednesday
French Homework due on Friday