Oct 2-6

Dear Kindergarten Families,

Here is what’s going on in Kindergarten next week:

Art/Science/Theme: We will begin our new theme: Pumpkins! Students will learn about pumpkins through a study of the pumpkin life cycle as we compare it to the apple life cycle.  We will study the concept of sink vs float with pumpkins as well as dissecting the pumpkins and studying their seeds and pulp.

Language Arts/ Writers Workshop: We will focus on the beginning, middle and end of stories as well as the problems and solutions. Students are working on adding more details to their pictures and words.  We will be introducing two different strategies to help students sound out words while writing:  “Ghost talk” is when you stretch a word out very slowly and write each sound that you hear (ie” “cccaaattt”). “Robot talk” is when you quickly say each sound (ie: “c-a-t”).  Ask your child to show you these strategies and try using these terms to help your child with writing words at home.

Math: Number Order of 1-10. Keep an eye out for your child’s Pumpkin Number Line and use this at home to help your child practice Number Recognition and Number Sense (ie: “Can you point to the number ___ on your number line?” or “What number comes before/after ___?”). 

Word of the Week: “the”.  Students will be writing “I like to see the _____.”

As a reminder for safety purposes, please make sure that your child is going directly to the playground in the morning and not waiting unsupervised by our classroom door or in the hallways. 

There is no school on Friday, October 6th, due to a staff development training for all teachers.


Have a great weekend,
Zoe Skognes and Brenda Christensen

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