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Today, our letter of the day was letter Ff. We discussed friendship and sharing as we read the story, The Rainbow Fish. We also talked about how to work together as a team with our friends to accomplish a task. Students were able to show great teamwork as they worked with their table friends to complete letter and number puzzles! (see photos below)
*REMINDER - Please return Green Library Contracts if you have not already. Also, please return your child's library book when you are finished reading it at home. Thanks !:)
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![]() We are moving right along with our letter of the day activities and talked about letter Ee today. If you are interested in checking out the Alphafriends songs that go along with our letter you can find them on our Favorite Links page. The students are exploring with different tools for writing this week. Although we typically use pencils for writing, as we learn new letters and numbers, the students are able to use markers and crayons in centers and group activities from time to time to become comfortable with various writing tools. Students completed the school wide Aimsweb benchmark testing this afternoon, Your child's scores will be sent home once calculated. There was information sent home yesterday in regards to our Classroom Behavior Management. Please let me know if you have any questions. At the end of every grading period, students will be rewarded with a Good News Party for making good choices. Please return the green library contract that was sent home yesterday if you have not already. Thanks so much! Have a great evening! ![]() .Today was our first rainy day in Kindergarten, and although the students were sad they couldn't play on the playground, they enjoyed building inside with blocks. Students practiced team skills while working in small groups to explore and create with various building materials. We also introduced the letter Cc today and will continue next week with Dd - Hh. We are working on listening skills and rhyming during our language arts lessons as well.. We will begin our My Math books in September. Once we begin our math series, students will have math homework most days (M - Th). Next week's Specials classes can be found on the "Our Class" page. Routine and Expectations: Students have now had a full week to learn and understand the Whiteside 4 B's (Be Safe, Be Caring, Be Respectful, Be Responsible). They are doing a great job! Next week we will officially begin our "Stoplight" system in class. A note will be sent home next week with information regarding this portion of our classroom management. Snack: If you have not had a chance to send snack yet, please do so next week. Please send snack for 24 students. Thanks for your help! Have a great weekend! Please contact me if you have any questions about our classroom or your child's progress! :) My e-mail is the best way to contact me during the school day. [email protected] Today, we introduced the letter Aa in class. We talked about the sound of Aa, what it looks like and searched for it in our classroom and on papers. Students worked hard using their fine motor skills to complete a torn paper apple and also practiced printing the letter Aa. We will finish up our apples tomorrow and hang them on our bulletin board. Tomorrow, the class will learn about the letter Bb.
As I mentioned, this week we are busy learning names in our classroom. Today, we counted the letters in our names and sorted these to create a chart. Students also finished up their rainbow name projects! They did a great job and I love how colorful they make our room (see picture below). This afternoon, the class had fun working on fine motor skills while painting their names with Q-tips. We work daily on printing names as well.
Tomorrow we will get started with our letter of the day and will introduce letter Aa. I included a list of color words in your child's folder today. Color words will be our sight word focus for the months of August and September. Please be sure to check out the information that was sent home today and sight words.. Thanks and have a great evening! :) ![]() Happy Monday Kindergarten Families! We are ready for a busy week in Kindergarten. Today and tomorrow we are focusing on recognizing names (students' own names & their classmates) and writing first names. One thing that is tricky in Kindergarten is getting used to writing first names with only the first letter as a capital letter. I know that in many preschools, students begin writing their names with all capital letters. So, it takes a little bit of time for them to adjust to writing it with lower case letters. Please encourage this practice at home as well. Today, we made a classroom name chart and will be adding photos of the students later this week. Students are also working on a name project that we will be hanging up in our classroom when it is complete. We started with glue rules today to work on our name project, and will continue with cutting tomorrow. Students visited the library today, but have not started checking out books yet. Tomorrow, they will visit the computer lab. FYI: Later this week, we will be having a fire drill and an intruder drill. Next week, we will have a tornado drill. This is something that we will be discussing as a class, but I know for some students, this will be their first time experiencing this type of drill, so I wanted to let you know in case you would like to talk about it at home with your child. HOMEWORK: Tonight, students have a name practice homework assignment to complete. It came home in their folders. This should only take about 5 - 10 minutes for your child to complete. Please have your child return this to school tomorrow. Thanks for your support at home! :) I am so proud of our Kindergarten students! They are doing great! Today, we took time to focus on the "4 B's" of Whiteside School. We talked about ways that we can "Be Safe, Be Caring, Be Respectful and Be Responsible" at Whiteside School. The students learned that when they follow these rules, they have the opportunity to earn Star Student Awards from time to time! :) The students worked hard these last two days to learn all of the routines of our classroom and our school. There is a lot to learn! :) We also talked about our learning tools (pencils, crayons, scissors, glue, etc.) and how they can help us learn. Next week, we will work on glue and scissor skills as well as name printing. If you are looking for things to practice at home, you can have your child practice writing his or her name and recognizing all of the letters in his/her name. We will also start our letter of the day program with letter A on Wednesday. Each day, there will be quick introduction of each letter in order A - Z. When we finish our letter of the day program, then we will begin our letter of the week program. This week, the students met Mrs. Brush, the music teacher and Mrs. Mosby, the art teacher. Next week, they will go to the rest of our specials classes and meet the remaining teachers. I hope you all have a relaxing and enjoyable weekend! Below is a reminder about the
Ice Cream Social tonight at Whiteside Elementary! Our class had a great first day of Kindergarten! The students got to know each other, played at recess, ate snack, went to Art class, made first day headbands, listened to The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn, talked about first day feelings, and all stayed very busy!
Rest Time towels will be kept in students' backpacks. This will allow you to wash it whenever you would like. Transportation - Please remember to notify the office if there are any changes in your child's transportation. Thank you! If you have any questions, please contact me. Thank you for sharing your child with me this year! I am excited to watch all of the students learn and grow! ![]() It was so great to meet many of our Kindergarten families at Open House! If you were not able to make it to Open House, I look forward to meeting you on the first day of school! Students can bring any remaining supplies on the first day as well. A few reminders: *Please wear the orange name tag to school on the first day. *Please return the "All About Me" page and the electronic usage permission form that were sent home at Open House. *Please send snack for 24 students sometime this week or next. We will have a busy and fun first day of school getting to know everyone and learning all about Whiteside School! I am so excited for a wonderful year! You can find out what Specials Class we will go to each day by clicking, the "More" tab above, and then clicking, "Our Class". You and your child can listen to a fun story to get ready for the first day by clicking the link below! "The Night Before Kindergarten" Hello Kindergarten Students & Families!
I am so excited to meet all of you. I look forward to seeing everyone at our Whiteside Elementary Open House on Tuesday, August 14. You can stop in our room (Room 104), anytime from 5:30-7:30. When you come to Open House, please bring your school supplies. You can unpack your supplies and check out our classroom! If you have any questions before then, please don't hesitate to e-mail me. E-mail is the best way to get ahold of me during these last few days of summer. I try to check it every day. See you soon! :) |
Mrs. CasonI have taught Kindergarten for the past 15 years. Education is my passion and my hobby! I love to watch children learn and grow! Archives
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