Week 2 in the Books!

We made it through the second week of Kindergarten!  This is probably the most difficult week for the students.  The excitement of starting school has worn off  and the long school day starts to take effect- you might have had some grouchy, tired kiddos coming home.  Hang in there!  It will get better!

We had a very busy week in our room, learning new procedures and routines.   So far, we are practicing Independent Reading, Shared Reading, Read Aloud, Centers, Writer's Workshop and Calendar.  In math, we are learning about shapes and numbers.  In reading, we learned to read a book called School (which we will bring home to share next week) and learned our first two sight words, I and see.  The highlight of the week was probably going to the Computer Lab!  We went to Starfall.com and played an ABC game.  I have a link to the site on this blog if you would like to try it out at home!

Here are some of the most important things we are working on this week:
                  *Writing first name with 1 capital letter at the beginning and the remaining letters                                   lowercase.
                  *Able to recognize and name all letters in first name.
                  *Holding scissors correctly and being able to cut out a shape, mostly on the lines.
                   *Able to count to at least 10.
If your child is struggling with any of these skills, please spend some time practicing at home.

Please check your child's backpack for the "blue attache'".  Take out all papers and send back to school on Monday.  Also, if you have not signed up for an assessment time, please do so as soon as possible!

Have a great weekend!