Good morning everyone!

Another new month! I can’t believe how fast time is going by.

Literacy:

The children are doing great in their reading groups. We are really working on pointing to the words and saying the words that are on the page. This draws attention to words of the page. Also we are working on using the beginning sound of a word with the pictures on the page to solve unknown words. Please don’t let your children Struggle on a word for more than 30 seconds, just tell them the word so they don’t become frustrated.

Please make sure to send the books back each Monday morning so your child can take another book the next week.

Fundations:

The students were introduced to tapping words last week. This will become a major part of our Fundations time from now to the end of the year. This week we will begin looking at how to print the uppercase letters as well.

Numeracy:

We will begin the parts of numbers this week. This means we will look at the combination of numbers that go together to make a number. For example 3,2; 4,1; 5,0 all are the same as it equal 5. It is basically simple addition without the signs. This skill is very challenging for kindergarten students so we will work on it the rest of the year.

Have a great week!

Kelley