Busy Bee helpers for the week:
Line Leader: Sarah
Class Pal: Izaveon
Trash Monitor: Brianna
Center Assistant: Sam
Star Student of the week: Ariel
Mr. Dudley spent the weekend with !
Citizen of the month: Ronni
Happy Birthday this month to...Nikolas!
Language Arts 
Letter of the week:
Word of the week: color words
Important for Kindergarten:
BOOK AND PRINT AWARENESS
-Talk with your child about punctuation- period, question mark, exclamation mark, quotation marks -
-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-
Writing - 
We will begin the year by learning how to write all of our letters, both upper and lowercase. We will work on writing our names correctly with a capital letter to begin and followed by all lowercase letters. We will practice using the lines correctly. I call the line at the top the " sky line" the line in the middle, " the fence" and the line at the bottom, "the ground". These terms might help you reinforce what your child is learning in my classroom.
Our sight words are also known as "Popcorn Words" because they are popping up all the time in our reading and writing. These words can be found on the word ring and the flashcards link above. The words on the ring with a star are words that each child should be able to read, spell, and write by the end of kindergarten. Words without a star are words that only need to be read. Please practice these and the word family books with your child each night.
Look in your Star Notebook this week for your first set of new words. Practice reading those color words each day!
Math
We will continue learning our numbers 0-5 as well as sorting items by color, size, type, etc.
Science
Weather is discussed and observed daily during our morning calendar time. We are also learning about various animals through our Zoo-Phonics program. (See link below for more information on Zoo-Phonics)
Social Studies
As we learn how to make good choices and the importance of rules, we are learning social skills. Our center rotations are good chances to learn how to get along with each other and problem solve.
Upcoming Dates
September 16th - PTA Open House 7:00pm
September 23rd - Zoo-Phonics Parent Workshop 7:00pm
Important activites/skills to
practice at home...
Writing your name
Learning school Pin number - can be found on first page of Star Notebook
Tying shoes
Special Classes Schedule
Monday 8:50 - 9:20 Library/Guidance
Tuesday 8:50 - 9:20 Art
Wednesday 10:15 - 10:45 5th Grade Reading Buddies with Mrs.
Sigmon's class
Thursday 8:50 - 9:20 P.E. (Please wear tennis shoes)
Friday 8:50 - 9:20 Music
Lunch
We will eat lunch daily at 11:55 (our time may changed). Remember Friday is the only day of the week that kindergarteners are allowed to buy an ice cream or an extra item. These extra items or ice cream cost $0.60 so please send that money with your child. You may send in "store bought" cupcakes or cookies when it is your child's birthday for us to enjoy during lunch.
Special requests/wishes
Extra snacks for our classroom for those who forget to bring one
Thank you for all your support,
Ms. Lewis and Ms. Safrit
Send me an email if you'd like!
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