All About Apples!

Thank you for coming to our Open House! I hope you enjoyed your time visiting our kindergarten classroom. Below is an outline of what we are working on.

Last week we learned about the letters Aa and Ss. This week we are learning about the letters Dd, Ff, and Bb. We will have three new 'letter experts' this week to help us learn about our new letters.  Please practice printing these letters and identifying the sounds they make. Be sure to check your child's folder each day. Every child will eventually get the opportunity to help us learn about a letter.  Thank you for your support with this important kindergarten task! :)

We are also continuing to learn about one another as we crown a new child king or queen for the day! We have been having so much fun interviewing our friends and learning all about our likes and dislikes. This is also helping us to learn about our names, how many letters are in each name, and whose name is the longest. We are using unifix cubes to 'build' our names each day. This helps us to compare how long or how short our names are! We are 'sneaking' in some math and counting during our literacy work. :)

During math, we are practicing counting, writing numbers 1-5, and arranging and rearranging objects to match numbers. We can move objects around but the number is still the same! Continue to practice counting and printing numbers at home too. Talk about which numbers come before and after a given number.

During science, we will begin a fun mini unit on apples. We will read many nonfiction books about apples and create several projects to go along with this theme. We will even use real apples for some of our projects. Feel free to send in a picture of your family if you have been apple picking! Write a sentence to go along with the picture and we can share them during this unit.

Thank you so much for your support. We are looking forward to a fun week of kindergarten learning!

Sincerely,
Mrs. Eileen Browne
PS...  Please send in any Box Tops this week!
         Scholastic Book Orders will be due this Friday!  You can send in a check with the paper or     order online.  

Our First Week!

The children did a terrific job transitioning into our kindergarten classroom this week.  I was so proud of how well they did, despite the hot weather!  We are having so much fun each day.

This week we worked hard on learning our routines, learning about one another, and forming friendships in our classroom each day. We are reading some great books about going back to school. So far we have read The Kissing Hand books by Audrey Penn. We even had fun making our very own hand prints and Chester the Racoon craft during one of our work stations.  The projects are hanging in our kindergarten hallway and will be sent home soon!

Next week we will begin reading alphabet themed books such as Chicka Chicka Boom Boom! to help us recognize and identify letter sounds.  Each week we will focus on learning 2-3 new letters.  We will begin with the letters A, S, & M.  We will even have kindergarten letter experts to help us learn all about the alphabet.  Be sure to check your child's folder to see when it is his/her turn!

During math, we are using many manipulatives to practice counting each day. We are also learning to recognize and print numbers correctly. Practice counting during everyday activities at home too. Make it fun! :)

Thank you for your support as we begin this exciting school year together. I hope to see you all on Thursday at 6:15 for our Open House!

Sincerely,
Mrs. Eileen Browne

PS....Below is an email I received from the PTO.  Please be sure to return the yellow PTO Student Directory forms. 

"Would you please encourage your families to complete and turn in the PTO Student Directory Form?  The yellow sheet went home the first or second day of school.  Forms can also be found at the front office or on the Eagle website.  They are due next Friday, September 20th."