Week of August 31st- September 4

This Week:
Theme: Family
Phonological Awareness: Rhyming

Letter Names:  Kk-Oo

Math:  Chapter 1:  Numbers to 5

Sight Word: I

PE Enrichment:

The students will begin the week in PE Enrichment first thing Monday morning.  Instead of joining our classroom at 7:45, they will join Mr. Sinor's classroom.  To do this, please add his classroom:

Log into your child's google 

Click the "+" symbol up top

Type in this code:  yx2hnjd

Class will begin for us at 8:35

Grab & Go

The next Grab & Go for our class will be the week of September 8-11. Please take a few minutes to come by school at a time that is convenient for you and pick up your student's bag from the office staff.  Office hours are 7:30-3:30 Tuesday-Friday that week.  This will contain items your student will be using during distance learning.  Again, this will not be available for pick up until the week of September 8-11.  

School Holiday

We will not be meeting on Monday, September 7th due to Labor Day.  Enjoy the 3 day weekend!  

Week of August 24-28

Hi everyone!  Hope you enjoyed your weekend!  We made it through out first full week of distance learning!  I can't thank you enough for the time and effort you're investing and for your support as we navigate through these uncharted waters.  I'm looking forward to another full week with your kiddo!  I am going to try and keep the same routines in an effort to build independence.  


This Week:
Theme: Welcome to Kindergarten
Concepts of Print:  Distinguishing Letters and Numbers/Recognizing first and last names
Phonological Awareness:  Blending Syllables and Rhyming

Letter Names:  Gg-Jj

Math:  Chapter 1:  Numbers to 5

PE Enrichment:

The students will begin the week in PE Enrichment first thing Monday morning.  Instead of joining our classroom at 7:45, they will join Mr. Sinor's classroom.  To do this, please add his classroom:

Log into your child's google 

Click the "+" symbol up top

Type in this code:  yx2hnjd

Lexia:

We will begin incorporating 10 minutes of Lexia time into our daily routine.  This will happen after our morning routine.  Once our share time is  over, kids will log into Lexia and complete 10 minutes of Lexia.  I will give instruction on this beginning Tuesday.  

Assessments:

I will continue to ask a few kiddos to return back to our google classroom for a quick assessment.  I'm currently working through Letter/Sound ID, Colors, Shapes and Number ID for now.  Once I have completed this assessment, I will move onto another assessment and work my way through that.  Thanks for your support with this.  

Questions:

Please do not hesitate to message me on Aeries or directly email me if you have questions about anything.  

 

Week of August 17-21

Hello everyone! Overall, I was very pleased with our first few days of Distance Learning.  Thank you for taking the time to fill out my google survey!  Most everyone's concerns were somewhat the same regarding Distance Learning.  Many are concerned about screen time and I agree with you.  To help ease this, my plan is to teach/train the students to confidently and independently complete repetitive centers.  This will allow me to teach a math lesson to them, then ask them to complete 3-4 centers independently.  I will repeat the process for English/Language Arts.  I will teach the lesson, then have the kiddos complete 3-4 centers.  We will begin with English/Language Arts centers on Monday.  My centers will be very similar and repetitive to ensure that the kiddos are able to do them somewhat independently without too much supervision from you.  I want to build independent learners that are able to transition into a classroom setting successfully at some point.  With this in mind, many of the daily materials we use will be the same.  This will help build independence as well.  

This Week:
Theme: Welcome to Kindergarten
Concepts of Print:  Distinguishing Letters and Numbers
Phonological Awareness:  Blending Syllables and Rhyming

Letter Names:  Bb-Ff

Math:  Shapes and Patterns

PE Enrichment:

The students will begin PE Enrichment first thing Monday morning.  Instead of joining our classroom at 7:45, they will join Mr. Sinor's classroom.  To do this, please add his classroom:

Log into your child's google 

Click the "+" symbol up top

Type in this code:  yx2hnjd

Click on the assignment for kindergarten.  

I will be available in our classroom should you need any help.  

Book Boxes:

Our At Home Project is to decorate a shoebox size box to house all your child's sight word books.  It would be great if your kiddo could bring their decorated box on Monday after PE Enrichment, but I have no problem if they need more time.  It should be a fun and enjoyable project that sparks some creativity.  

Google Classroom Assignments:

I'm going to be showing the kiddos how to complete an assignment in our google classroom. This type of assignment will become a daily center job.  

 

Welcome to Kindergarten 2020-2021

Hello everyone!  Thank you for taking the time to come and check out our blog!  Here is where I will post our weekly newsletter.  Feel free to explore around the different tabs and see the resources available to you.  Although our year is off to a start like no other, I'm confident it will be a great year and I look forward to working as a team with you to help your child grow!