It was great to see so many of you at Family Reading Night on Thursday. Reading is such an important part of each child's life and sharing it with you, makes it special! Hopefully you gained some valuable insight into the many things we do at school, and that you can do at home, to help your child become a better reader!
Next week we do not have school on Monday. Wednesday is our first half day. Since it is a short week, we have decided to focus our lessons on catching up and reviewing!!!! Kindergarten is so busy that every so often we like to take the chance to assess the student's learning, reteach, practice skills, and spend some time catching up on things. We will continue talking about the letters S and M as well as discuss the fall season. Students will be introduced to the next popcorn word 'IS' and work on listen to reading in Daily 5. We also will review our jolly phonics sounds and motions. We have learned almost all of the jolly phonics program, so now we start to practice blending the sounds together, as we read and write words. In math, we will practice reading and writing numbers, as well as play some of the games we have learned so far this year.
Flex groups started this week. Each child met their flex group teacher and learned the procedures for Daily 5 in their room. Next week we will start guided reading groups. Students will be reading and getting instruction at their individual reading level. In the next few weeks we will be assessing your children on their first quarter math skills and their knowledge of jolly phonics. Once these assessments are given, we will form reteaching groups.
Enjoy the long weekend!
