Important Dates & Reminders

September 1: No School

September 3:  No School

September 7: Back to School Night 

September 25:  No School

Reminders: Please send your child to school with a water bottle and snack each day!

Language Arts

What We Learned This Past Month

Reading: 

• We worked on following reading workshop routines. 
• We shared our ideas with partners and the whole group.
• We worked on learning about letters and our names.

Writing: 

• We worked on following writing workshop routines. 
• We worked on using writing materials.

What We Will Be Learning Next Month

Reading

• We will learn to ask questions before, during and after reading
• We will learn to make predictions about what might happen next in a story.
• We will learn about breaking apart words. 
• We will continue to learn to read with partners.
• We will continue to learn about letter formation and letter sounds.

Writing:  

• We will be working on sharing stories before writing.
• We will be learning to share our writing with friends.
• We will be learning to match what we are writing to the story we tell.

Math

What We Learned This Past Month

• We learned to follow Math Workshop routines
• We learned how to take care of our community math tools
• We are learning to share our thinking as mathematicians

What We Will Be Learning Next Month

• We will learn how to sort by color, shape and size
• We will work on counting forwards to 20 and backwards from 10
• We will work on writing numerals 0-10

Content (science/social studies)

What We Learned This Past Month

• We focused on building our classroom community and establishing routines.
• We learned about school rules.

What We Will Be Learning Next Month

• We will set goals for our Kindergarten year
• We will be learning about community helpers
• We will learn about using our 5 senses

Concept (community)

What We Learned This Past Month

• We learned that community members help each other
• We learned that everyone in a community matters

What We Will Be Learning Next Month

• We will learn that all communities have rules
• We will learn that communities have rules
• We will learn that our families and our classroom are a community.