Farmers Market Field Trip

Field Trip - Holland Farmers Market
Wednesday, October 8
Time: 8:45 - 10 AM

I am looking for 3 Guest Helpers to join us this morning.  If you are able to help with a small group explore their senses around the farmers market please email me and let me know.   

Letter Sounds

Here is a short video to help you see what process we do at school as we are learning to read the letter names and the sounds those letters represent.

Book Bags

 

Weekly Book Bags

Every Friday your Kindergartener will be bringing home a book bag full of "Good Fit" books for them to practice at home with you through out the week.  All the books and the bag should be returned to school by Thursday so we can add the new books we have been looking at.

Here is a short video to give you some more details on how to use the book bags at home:

Here is what you can do with the books:

• I READ - YOU READ: this is where you read a sentence and then they read it back to you. Please make sure you encourage them to point to the words as they read them - this helps them with tracking and connecting the word to print.
• Once they have mastered the reading have them read it out loud to you or another family member.
• Even if they have mastered it - I would like them to continue reading it through the week. This will help solidify sight words and other vocabulary to their memory.
• Ask questions about what they read. When we are looking at reading levels it is important to know the words you are reading BUT it is also important to be able to comprehend or connect with what you just read. So, asking follow up questions is a great way to practice remembering the text and connecting it.

Small Toys Needed!!

Do you have small Happy Meal or Birthday Bag toys that you no longer need or want to keep?

If you said "YES" - I would love to recycle them for you.

Every Friday our class gets to trade in their pompoms for rewards. PomPom's are earned when SER behavior is shown in the classroom and they are bucket fillers. I would love to add these treasures to our store!

You can bring them to school at any time.
Thank You in advance for your support!

Outdoor Learning

 

Grandparents Day

 

MAP Testing

This week we will be taking our first MAP (measurement of academic progress) testing in both Reading and Math.

This is a standard test that is used as one of the many tools that help us measure your kindergarteners growth. We will be doing this assessment again in the Winter and then again in the Spring.

You will receive your child's summary of all three tests at the end of the school year.