Weeks of October 14 through 25, 2019 

Kindergarten  Scholars 
 
 

Upcoming important dates 

10/22 - Picture Day 

10/24- Field Trip to the Cherokee Marsh 

10/25 - No School; Staff only day 

Food Pantry open - ​Every Tuesday 2:30-5:30pm and Thursday 1-3pm 

Early release at 1:15 - ​Every Monday 

Birthdays 
 
Reinella - 10/19 -Wocelka Dylan T. - 10/24 - Kuecker 
Jah’Mir 10/23 - Cashin 

 
Learning links - What we’re doing these weeks 
Reading  Writing  Phonics  Math   Science / 
Social Studies 
We are reading  We will work on  We are learning  We will be  We are learning 
the texts:  handwriting and  these letters:  learning how to  about:  
-Red Leaf Yellow  learning the  previous letters:  build quantities  -Being assertive 
Leaf  letters Hh, Ee,  A, T, M, S, F, P, I,  up to 10 using a  to get what we 
-The Crayon Box  Bb, Uu, Gg, Cc..  N, D, O, L, R )  ten frame and  need 
that talked  During this time    number rack.  -Understanding 
  we focus a lot on  We are working  Scholars will also  feelings in 
Skills:  where our letter  on listening for  be introduced to  ourselves and 
-Text Genres  should be on the  the first sound in  how tallies work  others 
(Fiction,  line when we are  a word. We are  and how to make  -Zones of 
nonfiction,  writing.  also working on  them.  Regulation 
song/poem)    putting sounds in  -Trees and 
-Asking and  (previous letters:  a word together.  Leaves 
answering  Aa, Tt, Mm, Ss, Ff,  For example c…at 
questions about a  and Pp, I i, N n, D  makes cat. 
text.  d, O o, L l, R r) 

 
  
Home​ ​connections  

Important word to know:  What it means: 

Genre  Types of texts. In kindergarten we will focus on fiction 

(fake), nonfiction (real) and songs/poems. 

Pattern  Something that repeats itself over and over. 

 
 
Literacy connections: ​When you read with your Scholar, be sure to ask them 
what kind of book they are reading. 
1. Is it fiction, nonfiction or a song/poem? 
2. How do they know? 
a. Is it made up? 
b. Is it about something they have seen in their life? 
c. Talk about the illustrations. Are they photographs or drawings?  
3. Have scholars make a prediction before they begin reading. 
4. Remind your scholars to ask questions when they don’t understand 
something. 
 
Math connections: ​You can work with your Scholar on counting and 
comparing numbers at home. Ask your scholar to count how many slices of 
apples they have (or something you have on hand) and compare that to the 
number of fingers you are holding up. Which is more or greater than? 
Which is less or less than? Are they the same or equal to each other? 
   

 
 

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