Hello, Kindergarten Griffins!
This is an exciting week as Field Day is approaching this Thursday! Your child should wear athletic clothing, their classroom specific City-State shirt and must follow the dress code communicated last week! Students who do not follow the dress code will not participate in Field Day activities with their class until you are able to provide appropriate clothing. Please be sure to send a refillable water bottle labeled with their name. We are looking forward to a spirited GHNO Field Day. Let the games begin! Due to Field Days, there will be no Library visits. Your child may keep their book at home or inside their backpack until the following week.
Veterans Day- 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 on Monday, October 20th and extra forms can be requested from your teacher or downloaded here. Please return the forms to school by Friday, October 31st. 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- NO LIBRARY THIS WEEK DUE TO FIELD DAYS.
Field day: Field Day will take place this Thursday, October 30th.
Native American Celebration will take place Thursday, Nov. 20th. A signup genius will be going out soon (later next week) for supplies needed, etc.
Fall concert will take place the evening of Friday, Nov. 14th.
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, ee, th, and ow
- 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 30th.
- Spalding Phonogram Assessment (WPR) – Friday, Oct. 30th: Students will write phonograms read aloud to them.
Upcoming Events
- Oct. 31 ~ Early Release
- Nov. 7 ~ Early Release
- Nov. 14 ~ Early Release; Fall Concert
- Nov. 20 ~ Native American Celebration
- Nov. 21 ~ Early Release
- Nov. 24-28 ~ Thanksgiving Break
