Our First Full Week!

The children did a terrific job transitioning into our kindergarten classroom on Thursday and Friday.  I was so proud of how well they did, despite the hot weather!  We cooled off with some ice pop treats before before getting on the buses!  We have had a lot of fun so far.

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

This week we will begin reading alphabet themed books such as Alphabet Adventure and 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.  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 to help with this important task! 

During math, we will begin using many types of manipulatives to practice sorting and 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.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Eileen Browne

PS....The PTO would like me to remind families to return the PTO Student Directory forms so that your family can be included in the school directory.  Thank you!