I am looking forward to another great week of learning! The kids are doing great learning classroom procedures and I am enjoying getting to know them! We are spending time each day focusing on a certain "Fruit of the Spirit" and discussing ways to grow them in our heart. We not only hope to train their minds, but their hearts as well, so that we all may become more like Christ each day.
***Our first Pizza Day of the year will be on Wednesday, August 31st! On the last Wednesday of every month we will have pizza delivered to school...a day off from packing a lunch! You may have already paid for pizza when you registered. If you didn't (and you would like your child to have pizza each month) there was a link sent out in an email to get signed up for that (Gluten free option is available this year). If you still need a spirit shirt or a sweatshirt please let Meredith at the front desk know and she can pull one for you.
***Our first Pizza Day of the year will be on Wednesday, August 31st! On the last Wednesday of every month we will have pizza delivered to school...a day off from packing a lunch! You may have already paid for pizza when you registered. If you didn't (and you would like your child to have pizza each month) there was a link sent out in an email to get signed up for that (Gluten free option is available this year). If you still need a spirit shirt or a sweatshirt please let Meredith at the front desk know and she can pull one for you.
***Objectives and assessments have been added to Alma. Please go to fortis.getalma.com and log in. Alma note...do not pay any attention to percentages! The percentages do not equate to the grade or your child's performance. Your child has mastered the given objective when they have a 3 or 4. Any objectives that your child has a 2 in is what your child needs some extra practice in. If you are not able to log in or have questions about Alma please let me know.
Love, Mrs. McKethan
Love, Mrs. McKethan
Important Dates:
8/31 - Pizza Day/Spirit Day/DOGS day! Students can wear a Fortis T-shirt and jeans or uniform bottoms.
8/31 - M/W Playdate at Lions Foundation Park 3-4
9/5 - Labor Day: No School
9/7 - Picture Day
9/14 - Spirit Day (no pizza)
9/16 - Falcon Moms at Taco Kitchen 9-10
9/26 - M/W Playdate at Lions Foundation Park 3-4
9/28 - Spirit/DOGS/Pizza Day
- Please remember to do the "Introduction" and "One Step Further" at the bottom of the pages.
- This is a great week to introduce those Subitizing (dot) cards at home, and begin building that number sense! Click here for dot cards up to 14, but focus on the ones up to ten for now. You can also make your own using index cards and "garage sale" stickers. Make sure to offer several different ways to show each number (ex: 6 can be 3 and 3, 4 and 2, 5 and 1, ect.) Show the card for 3 seconds then put it down. Ask them how many dots they saw and how they saw it (2 on top and 2 on bottom, 1 on top, 3 on bottom, etc)
Reading:
- Please use this time to go over letter sounds! (Yellow Phonograms)
- Please be working with your student on letter recognition, both upper and lower case letters. We will begin reading short vowel words next week!
- PHONEMIC AWARENESS: to reinforce our Spelling segmenting lesson, we like to have "Turtle Talk" at school. Our puppet, Tudley, says a 3 sound word slowly (ex: /p/ /e/ /t/) and the student has to blend the word and say it. This is a great activity for driving in the car!
- Ideas: *call out a phonogram's sounds and have student write it with sidewalk chalk, wet paintbrush on sidewalk, shaving cream, a tray with sand or salt, playdough, etc. * Play hopscotch with phonograms. They have to say the sound before hopping to the next.
- Read quality literature to your child to encourage the love of beautiful books!
Writing:
- Remember to reinforce letter practice on lined handwriting paper, especially if your child is needing additional letter practice. Click HERE to download printable handwriting lines similar to what we use in class.
- Please have your child practice writing their first name correctly (beginning with a capital and the rest lower case).
- Check for proper grip and that your child is starting their letter formation in the correct spot (never from the bottom).
- Click here for a short video to help with correct pencil grip and using the handwriting paper correctly.
- Your student does not need to bring their handwriting books to school.
Spelling:
- Introduce blue Key card 1 and 2. *Please make sure to go over yellow phonogram cards at least twice per homeschool day. Also, if your child is struggling with segmenting words (p.23), please continue to review this concept. It is a crucial step for reading!
Enrichment:
Read Aloud: How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World
Poem: Pledge of Allegiance
Art: Still Life with Apples by Vincent van Gogh
Music: "The Star-Spangled Banner" by Francis Scott Key
Poem: Pledge of Allegiance
Art: Still Life with Apples by Vincent van Gogh
Music: "The Star-Spangled Banner" by Francis Scott Key
History: Introduce the concepts of continents vs countries while looking at a map. Locate our continent, country, state, and city on the globe.
Science: Taste several types of apples and graph the results of each student's favorite type of apple.
Geography:
- Kindergarteners will be expected to be able to point to the Continents and Oceans on a map. Click here for the song we use in class. Due 9/19
Memory Work:
- Please work on memorizing our beautiful poem "Jesus Died Your Soul to Save". Students will say title, author, and then recite poem on September 26th.
