Hello, Kindergarten Griffins!
Thank you for your support as our scholars work hard to improve their pencil grips, remember the Spalding clock for the direction their pencil moves, and learn to write letters with Spalding formations. Please be sure to carefully review the handwriting homework that is coming home in your child's take home folder this week. An adult should recite the letter formation. The student should say the phonogram sound(s) as they write. Please watch their writing to ensure they are working on pencil grip, starting and stopping at the correct spots, and finger spacing between formations. We do not erase in Spalding, so have your scholar do their best and try again 'next door' on the next formation. Thank you for your support!
We have learned the following phonograms that will appear on the first Spalding test this Friday and should be practiced with flashcards each night for homework: o, c, a, d, f, g, s, qu. This week you may add to the stack of flashcards: b, e, h. Please read earlier blog posts to find the links for videos of the phonogram sounds and where to purchase them if needed. Thank you!
This Week
Important Weekly News:
Library will start this week. It is a very exciting time for our Kinders, so please make sure your child brings their book back every week, so they are able to check out a new book each week. Any lost library books will have a fine of $20 or you will need to replace with another copy so please practice the virtue of responsibility with your scholar. They will bring home in backpacks and can keep at home (or inside backpack) until your class library day listed below.
KA and KB will go every Wednesday. (Books will be collected each Wednesday morning)
KC and KD will go every Thursday. (Books will be collected each Tuesday morning)
Math Skills
- Number Sense (Handwriting of numbers 0 to 5)
- Count Numbers 0 to 5
- Counting Objects in Groups of 1 to 5
- Writing Numbers 0 to 5
- Making Connections Between Groups of Numbers and Written Numbers
Language Arts Skills
- Spalding Phonograms: b, e, h
- Identify letter names
- Isolating sounds in words
- Identify phonogram sound(s)
- Letter formation/pencil grip, writing phonograms on paper
- Distinguishing between upper- and lower-case letters
Literature
- The Three Billy Goats Gruff
- Identifying characters, setting, problem/solution
- Sequencing events
- Retelling a story
- Plot/Theme
- Predictions
Core Saying
none this week
Poetry
Humpty Dumpty
History/Science
- The Five Senses
Homework Reminders
Be sure to read daily for 20 minutes; 100 minutes this week. Reading Logs will be collected on Monday next week. 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. One phonogram is practiced (5x per line) each night and this week we are also practicing numbers (which they have practiced in Math).
Late points will be taken off if not completed or returned the next day, and if the phonograms/ numbers are not written 5 times on each line. Please read the late work policy posted last week on the blog.
Memorize poem by Friday!
Upcoming Assessments
Spalding Phonogram Assessment – Friday, Sept. 13th: Students will identify phonograms read aloud to them.
Upcoming Events
Sept. 12 ~ Early Release
Sept. 19 ~ Early Release
Sept. 26 ~ Early Release; Spirit Day
Have a wonderful week!
Together for our children - The GHNO Kindergarten Teachers
