October 30th, 2006 Enrichment Newsletter

Kindergarten Enrichment Newsletter

Letter of the Week: Ff
Sight Word of the Week: did
Theme: Where the Wild Things Are

This week we will read Where the Wild Things Are and work on related activities. We will also work on Go Away Big Green Monster. Please continue to work on the alphabet, phonics skills and the sight words. A new list is going home this week. Remember to review both sets regularly.

There will be no Enrichment on 11/3 , 11/9, and during the week of conferences.

If you would like to come help in the afternoon please see me.

10/16/06 Kindergarten Enrichment Newsletter

Kindergarten Enrichment
October 16, 2006

Letter of the Week: Gg
Sight Word of the Week: see
Theme: Spiders and Bats
Monthly Prayer: Hail Holy Queen

Our study of upper and lower case letters has really helped the children better recognize their alphabet. Keep working on these at home. Encourage the children to write their name the "school way" using uppercase and lowercase letters correctly. This week we will have various activities that will reinforce concepts taught in the morning. We will learn more about bats and spiders and incorporate these into writing, reading, art, and music lessons.

Reminders:
Please label all belongings.

No Enrichment Friday October 20, 2006. Teachers have a WASC meeting.

10/9/06 Enrichment Newsletter

Kindergarten Enrichment 10/09/06

The children are doing a great job learning both uppercase and lower case letters. This week we will continue to work on upper case and lower case letters and will introduce the book Chicka Chicka Boom Boom 123. We will supplement our alphabet work with numbers, writing numbers, matching numbers to sets, etc.

Last week we started journaling. We listened to a book and drew a picture of our favorite part. We then either dictated our favorite part or wrote our favorite part down. I encourage the children to "say the word slowly and write what you hear." Even if all they can identify is one letter sound, soon they will begin to identify other letter sounds as well. This is a fun way to introduce writing to young minds. It helps strengthen phonics skills and opens up a new means of creative communication. If time allows, we will have at least one journaling day each week.

Important Dates:

10/13 No School
10/20 No Enrichment
10/28 Halloween Carnival
10/31 Halloween
11/1 All Saints Day

October 2, 2006

Letter of the Week: Pp
Sight Word of the Week: you
Theme: Alphabet
Prayer of the Month: Hail, Holy Queen

We will continue working on uppercase and lowercase letters.

Reminders:

Please label all sweatshirts, sweaters, and jackets