A Fantastic First Week!

I can't believe the first week of kindergarten has already come to an end.
This week was filled with excitement!  I know it is going to be a fantastic year.
Our focus this week was citizenship.  We will be working on this for a few weeks and of course practicing being  Super Rainbow Valley Citizens all year long.  
Today the children enjoyed the story The Crayon Box That Talked. In the story we saw that each crayon is unique and holds a special place when used in a drawing.  We discussed how each of us is unique and how our choices impact not only ourselves, but the people around us.
Today we also continued to work on counting and writing numbers 1,2, and 3.
I taught the students that there are 3 lines to use when writing.  The top is called the sky, the middle dotted line is called the fence, the bottom solid line the ground, and below that is worm land.  We also learned some poems about the numbers that we will say when we are practicing writing our numbers.  We explained that all of our numbers start from the top and come down.  Kindergarten friends don't push up their numbers.  
Any work that comes home should be reviewed with your child.  The stamp or stickers are for them.  If the stamp says, "Ask me about,"  ask them to tell you about their work.  For example, we worked on retelling Hey Diddle, Diddle. Ask them to recite that poem for you.    If there is a note on your child's work, please review the skill or strategy at home until he or she feels comfortable with it.  
As we were learning Hey Diddle,Diddle this week we focused on the high frequency word the.
Ask your child how to spell and write the. :)  When reading ask them to point out the word the in literature.

• Please continue to send in healthy snacks and drinks.  So far they have been GREAT!  
• If you have not sent in your child's ear phones or ear buds please do so.  
• All important paper work should be returned no later than next Tuesday. 
• As always encourage your child to stay focused and try their very best each new day.

Our first word wall word!

Painting our unique crayons.

Happiness is all over Rainbow Valley!