This week, we read stories each day to explore the color. We read Clifford the Champion on Tuesday, The Big Orange Splot on Wednesday, Banana on Thursday, and Arthur's Green Day today. We are focusing on foundational skills as our first reading focus, so when you're reading at home with your child, help them to identify where the title, author and illustrator are on a book!
In writing each day, we worked on how to write our color words. We drew pictures each day of objects and started to label them with the first letter of what they are. We also practiced handwriting each day with whiteboards and markers. We have been working on the straight letters like t, T, i and I and H so far! The most important part of these letters is to pull down first!
We started our Counting and Cardinality unit in math by making the class attendance stick. We each added a cube and tried to pass it along without it breaking. Then we counted it together! We are working on developing 1:1 correspondence with counting, making sure that each time we say a number with counting that we are moving or touching a different object. You can practice this at home by asking your child to count food items on their plate, socks in the laundry, or cars that pass by! We also have been working in small groups at math centers to count and sort dominoes, pattern blocks, linking cubes, links, and teddy bears. Here's some pics of us exploring. 
In science we are exploring the weather. We've read several books about different types of weather, and we use the website kidsweatherreport.com to check and record the weather and temperature each day. In Social Studies we are building our classroom community by focusing on rules and responsibilities, as well as learning about the six pillars of character.
Our class earned a total of 300 Dojo points this week, so we earned an extra 15 minute morning recess! Students in the class are getting close to reaching the Kindergarten goal of 20 points, so as soon as your child reaches 20, they will bring home a certificate and a prize ticket.
Alexa was our first star of the week! She made a great poster to share with the class, and answered survey questions from her classmates. She showed us some baby pictures and her favorite Elsa toy! Her dad, Mike, even came in to be the Mystery Reader! 
I'm in the process of administering the first assessment in Kindergarten, called MClass. During this time, I will work 1 on 1 with your child to gather data on reading skills such as letters, sounds, and word identification. We will also look at books together so I can determine their readiness for reading and what institutional group they will be in. Since this is a secure assessment, I won't be able to have classroom volunteers just yet, but you are welcome to set up a 15-20 minute window of time to come be a mystery reader. Just let me know when you're available!
Homework is due Tuesday, and Scholastic Book Orders are due this week as well. Many parents have generously donated snacks so I think we are good on class snacks for the rest of the month. We could use a donation of homemade or store bought playdoh if you're able!
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