Ms. Wood's Newsletter #4

We have had a fabulous week in kindergarten, we have an amazing group of kiddos. They are full of energy and we are enjoying building new friendships. Here is some important information and weekly updates for our classroom.

SEPTEMBER

Wednesday, September 2nd - Formal Uniform

Thursday, September 3rd -Beginning of the Year - DIBELS Testing (Literacy)

Friday, September 4th - Dress of Choice

Monday, September 7th - NO SCHOOL (Labor Day)

Friday, September 18th - NO SCHOOL (Teacher Work Day)

OCTOBER

Friday, October 2nd - Dress of Choice, End of Quarter 1

Monday, October 5th - Quarter 2 Starts

Wednesday, October 7th - Formal Uniform; Parent-Teacher Conferences

Thursday, October 8th - Parent-Teacher Conferences

Friday, October 9th - NO SCHOOL (Teacher Comp Day)

I will be completing our beginning-of-the-year DIBELS (literacy) testing on Thursday, September 3rd. If your child will be absent on this day, please let me know as soon as you are able so that I can make sure to get them tested during the testing window. This assessment is a measure to show us where your student is at; it is not something to study or prepare for.

If your child will be leaving early for an appointment or is absent from school, please use the “attendance notification form” link below. You can also email me if you’d like, but it is not required. The form must be done. All math and reading work will be saved for your child to get when they return. The link will be at the bottom of each weekly update.

Attendance Link

Thursday Folders will start this week! Your child will bring home a clear envelope folder each Thursday that will contain all of their completed work for the week and can also include newsletters, book orders, fliers, etc. Please remove everything from the folder and have your child bring it back to school as soon as possible so that we can refill it the next week.

Please be sure to remind your student whether or not they are purchasing hot lunch in the cafeteria or if they have brought a cold lunch from home. This will greatly speed up the process of getting ready for lunch, and keep students from getting hot lunches that shouldn't. Thank you for your help with this! Also, you can click the link below to check the daily hot food choices.

🍔SVA Lunch Calendar🍔

Capturing Kids’ Hearts (CKH) helps us build a classroom where every child feels safe, valued, connected, and encouraged to grow. This Family Newsletter has activities and conversation starters to help build connection and character at home, too! Click the button below to check it out!

For those of you that wish to donate to our classroom, please check out our Classroom Amazon Wishlist! Thank you for your generosity and support! There will be a button to our classroom wishlist at the bottom of each newsletter.

🌈Classroom Amazon Wishlist🌈

We are lucky enough to have a student from the high school willing to visit to our classroom a couple of times a week. Her name is Sophie and she will be helping in our classroom throughout the school year. This is my second year with Sophie and she is AMAZING! Our class already loves her!

We will be finishing unit 1 with some fun fine motor activities. Later in the week, we will start unit 2 by practicing syllable blending, tracking from left to right, listening for beginning sounds, and learning new writing strokes (cups, humps, and zig zags).

This week, we’ll learn and recite “Star Light, Star Bright,” “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star,” “Hickory Dickory Dock,” “Hey Diddle, Diddle,” “Little Bo Peep,” “Little Boy Blue,” “Baa, Baa Black Sheep,” and “Humpty Dumpty.” We will also be reading “The Lion and the Mouse.” Students will complete comprehension activities, explore what a character is, and practice identifying and sequencing the main events in each rhyme.

This week in math, we’ll be using hands-on tools to explore important concepts such as “Are there enough?”, “How can we get enough?”, and “How many are there?” Students will practice answering these types of “how many” questions through engaging activities.

This week we are going to continue practicing writing our names, mastering the writing strokes we are learning, and working on our fine motor skills.

kwood@svak12.org

303-471-8439

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