Happy Monday!
Now that everyone has had a chance to be the "Happy Camper"; today we started our "Camp Ranger" routine. Ella (am) and Emily (pm) were our "Camp Rangers" in class today. They were the special helper with calendar, morning/afternoon message, and Kindergarten Daily News. The "Camp Rangers" will also be bringing home their class' bear and Happy Camper binder. In the binder you will find our classroom rules and a note to read together, along with all of the students' interviews from when they were the "Happy Camper". Please take a moment to read through the binder with your child when your child is the Camp Ranger!
Today, we had a wonderful day! We began working on a special project for Doughnuts for Dads (Thursday, October 23 from 8:15-9:00 am), read and discussed a wonderful book titled, "Peter's Chair", reviewed sounds and words that began /m/ and /a/ and "the" and "we" sight words, learned that the math word for none is zero, wrote zero and learned the chant while writing we say:
"Curve from the top, be a hero,
Close the loop and make a zero!"
Students were able to get some free choice time today, so be sure you ask your child what they chose to do. :)
Homework folders came home today, please make sure you are taking the time to help your child sound out the words they want to write. They should be writing the sounds they hear while stretching out the word. Right now it's ok and expected that they are not spelling words exactly correct, we want them to be listening for the sounds they hear and writing those sounds. For the sentence " I like biking" they might write "I lik bikeng" or a different variation. Please keep practicing the sounds different letters make every night at home, in the car, any time you can because this helps the reading and writing process SO very much! Thank you for all your support!
Have a great night!
~Love,
Mrs. Wittwer
