Hello, Kindergarten Griffins!
Faculty, staff, and students are invited to honor their family members who have served in the military by filling out a short info form and attaching a photo to be displayed in the library on November 11, which is a school day. Please note: photos will not be returned so just send in a copy of your veteran's photo. Forms will be sent home with students today (Monday, October 28th) and extra forms can be requested from your teacher or downloaded here. Please return the forms to school by Tuesday, November 5th. Thank you to all those who have served!
Spalding homework- Our scholars now know how to write all 26 phonograms that cover the letters a-z. This week we our learning multi-letter phonograms. Homework will now follow the Written Phonogram Review format that you have been practicing on Thursdays. As a reminder, the homework paper with the Great Hearts logo at the top is for you only. Your student will write on the blank, lined Spalding paper. You will state the phonogram sound(s), and then they will write it in his/her best handwriting once. This will help your student practice writing the phonograms as they hear it, rather than just see it. Directions are provided at the top of the homework sheet. At this point, you are now doing both oral phonograms practice each night (with the Spalding flashcards) and written phonogram practice each night. Both are equally important in the acquisition of the phonograms. Please help your student continue to work on handwriting as they write their phonograms each night.
Library- please make sure your child brings their book back every week, so they are able to check out a new book each week.
- KA and KB will go every Tuesday.
- KC and KD will go every Wednesday.
Field day: Field Day will take place next Thursday, Nov. 7th.
Native American Celebration will take place Friday, Nov. 22nd. A signup genius will be going out soon for supplies needed, etc.
Fall concert will take place the evening of Friday, Nov. 22nd.
This Week
Math Skills
- Identify and Create Shape Patterns
- Identify and Describe Shape Positions Using Positional Words
- Ch. 4 Assessment- Shapes
Language Arts Skills
- Spalding Phonograms: start two letter phonograms: sh
- Identify letter names
- Isolating sounds in words
- Identify phonogram sounds
- Identifying rhyming words
- Letter formation/pencil grip, writing phonograms on paper
- Distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters; naming letters
Grammar
- Proper Nouns
- Capitalization
Literature
- Story Elements (setting, characters, theme/big idea, problem/solution)
Core Saying
Poetry
History/Science
- History:
- Southwest Region
- Plains Region
- Eastern Woodland Region
Homework Reminders
- Be sure to read daily for 20 minutes; 100 minutes this week. Reading Logs will be collected on next Monday. Please record on the Reading Log page. If you miss a night, please record 0 minutes and initial rather than leaving it blank.
- Spalding handwriting practice. Spalding homework will continue to be in the Written Phonogram Review format-please read the GH logo homework sheet for instructions. Monday-Wednesday scholars write the list once; on Thursday in preparation for our test the list is written twice.
- Memorize poem by Friday!
Upcoming Assessments
- Math (Ch. 4 Assessment: Shapes) – Thursday, October 31st.
- Spalding Phonogram Assessment (WPR) – Friday, Nov. 1st: Students will write phonograms read aloud to them.
Upcoming Events
- Nov. 1 ~ Early Release
- Nov. 8 ~ Early Release
- Nov. 15 ~ Early Release
- Nov. 22 ~ Early Release; Native American Celebration; Fall Concert
- Nov. 25-29 ~ Thanksgiving Break
