Kindergarten Newsletter
Week of September 8th
What We're Learning
Literacy
- Unit Theme: Plants and Animals
- Skills: Active Listening, Following Directions, Rhyming, Alphabet, Initial Sounds, Syllables, Writing our name, Handwriting practice, Identify Parts of a Book (title, front cover, back cover, author, illustrator, title page)
- Letters and Sounds: Ss and Tt
Math
- Sort and Count Objects
Social Emotional
- Getting to know our feelings
Science and Social Studies
- Plants and Animals Have Needs
Skills you can practice at home
- Writing name in proper title case (ex: Alex Smith)
- Letter Recognition A to Z
- Letter Sounds A to Z
- Number recognition to 5
Reminders
Thursday Folder
- Please remember to empty out your child’s Thursday folder and return to your teacher every week. You may keep your Thursday folder to reuse next year.
Snack
- Please make sure to pack a daily healthy snack that can be eaten quickly. Please limit snacks to one or two items and avoid candy.
- No juice or colored liquids are allowed in the classroom for snack time. Please send only water.
Homework
- We will start homework in October.
CTE Tech Contract
Please complete this mandatory contract so your child can access technology at school: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc_V2FToc7kcQC2flQkKntpPQcLg_jvKS1Z-bYjj1XtPOnPbA/viewform
Important Dates
September 7: No School Labor Day
September 15: Fun Run
September 28-October 2: Conference Week
October 12-16: Fall Break
Specials
Mrs. Dehdashtian's Class: Art
Library on Tuesday, please return books back inside book bags by Monday
Ms. Friel's Class: Music
Library on Wednesday, please return books back inside book bags by Tuesday
Mrs. Hegre's Class: P.E., Please wear tennis shoes and make sure your child has a water bottle
Library on Thursday, please return books back inside book bags by Wednesday
Contact Us
Ghazaleh Dehdashtian gdehdashtian@dcsdk12.org
Danielle Friel dfriel1@dcsdk12.org
Michelle Hegre mmhegre@dcsdk12.org