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Welcome to KOONTZ ELEMENTARY and to my class. I am so excited to have
you as a part of our Kindergarten. We are going to have so much fun
this year. Stay tuned for lots of great happenings.
Mrs. Safrit

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER

August 12- Kindergarten Screening
August 21- OPEN HOUSE- Meet your teacher
August 25, 26, 27- Staggered Enrollment
August 28- All Kindergartners Attend
September 1-Labor Day- No School

SHOW AND TELL
September 5-
September 12-
September 19-
September 26

Language Arts

This program teaches kids to read, write, and spell. The Zoo-phonics Program teaches the alphabet using a cast of Animal characters and sounds, and a body movement that directly relates to the Animal/Letter, allowing children to utilize the alphabet immediately.

VISIT THE ZOOPHONICS SITE

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN READING-

Popcorn Words are words that keep "popping up" around us. They are high frequency words that are repeated often in books and print. These words will help us to be more fluent readers and writers.
Your child will bring home words soon.

BOOK AND PRINT AWARENESS

Talk with your child about punctuation- period, question mark, exclamation mark-
-Front/Back of the book-
-The Title-
-Where to begin reading on each page-
-The correct directionality of reading-left to right-
-The difference in a word and a letter-
-The difference in an uppercase and lowercase letter-
All of these skills will be a part of the second quarter DRA assessment that I will be doing with your child if they were not proficient first quarter. The little readers that come home are a great place to begin. Also talk about "picture" reading to help with story content.

After reading discuss characters, setting, plot, and sequencing in the story. I will be doing second quarter assessments this month. Review book/print skills and all popcorn words. All sounds will be assessed as well as letter recognition for those letters we have studied in depth.

Remember to read nightly with your child.
Record the books in the green reading log. Children who reach their goal of 15 books per month, will receive a Pizza Hut coupon.
Check homework assignments for the week in agenda on Monday. Please keep all homework and return it in agendas on Friday.

Houghton Mifflin Math

SORTING- alike and different; sorting by color, size, shape, and kind

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OUR UNITS OF STUDY THIS MONTH ARE
The OCEAN

The Zoo

NURSERY RHYMES

We will reading some great books this month. Ask your child to tell you about their favorite.
(added soon)

SCHEDULE FOR SPECIAL CLASSES

MONDAY	PE with Mr. Phillips- wear tennis shoes
TUESDAY	Media with Mrs. Foley or Guidance with Mrs. Randolph
WEDNESDAY	Computer 2nd Step Program
THURSDAY	Art with Mrs. Bendele Exchange library books
FRIDAY	Music with Ms. Naylor

REMEMBER
TO LOOK FOR THE BOXTOPS SYMBOL ON GENERAL MILLS FOODS , CLIP AND SEND
TO CLASS. OUR SCHOOL EARNS MONEY FOR ALL BOXTOPS SENT IN. START
COLLECTING TODAY. THANKS SO MUCH!!

CHECK OUT THESE LINKS FOR GREAT ONLINE GAMES TO HELP TEACH AND REINFORCE MANY KINDERGARTEN SKILLS

Literacy center

FUN, FUN, FUN!

Click on the following link to Scholastic for great info for kids, parents, and families.
The parent newsletters offer tips for helping your child with reading and school activities.
Ms. SAFRIT's Class