In Our Community

We had another important visitor in our classroom this week. Mrs. Donnelly.  She shared with us all about her job as a pharmacist. She shared with us the tools that she uses during her day.  The children were thrilled to hear that she uses a ROBOT!  
Mrs. D. shared with us that we should always be careful around medicines, and how some medicine may look like candy. It is so important never to eat anything without asking a parent.  
She explained to our class that reading, math, and science help her to do her job each new day.
Thank you Mrs. Donnelly for helping us to make connections to our learning and our community.

Yesterday I introduced a math program that all families have access to at home.  

IXL MATH

I encourage every one of my kindergarten friends to get on as often as possible.

Parents please monitor how your child is doing in each question set.  If your child is having difficultly with a set of questions perhaps we have not learned the skill.  I encourage them to be thinking independently.  There are 3 areas to work in pre-k, k, and first.  If they are zipping thorough all 300+ questions, then they can move to the 2nd grade section.

Writing, writing, and more writing.

We have been spending a great deal of time on writing.  The children have been taught what a sentences needs.  

Here are the icons we are using while we are writing. I am encouraging my friends to sound out their words using beginning letter sounds.  My friends who are doing word sorts and ending sounds sort, I am looking for them to be applying that knowledge in their daily writing.  It is important that your child is given every opportunity to write at home.  

Each week Mrs. Widman is working with small groups on handwriting.  If your child is writing at home please ask them to write the "school way."  Being neat and being able to reread what they have written is key!