Mrs. Bonners Kindergarten Newsletter

Aug 23rd to 27th!

“Education is not filling a pail, but lighting a fire! YEATES”

A weekly newsletter will be in this pocket the first day of each week. Please read it and keep it in this pocket. This is the best way to keep you informed about what is happening in our class. We are having a great time in room 1. The first two weeks have come and gone so fast. Testing and the first week of actual class has just finished . Bring on week 3!!! We have some wonderful things planned this week. We are doing a start smart course for the first time this year, so this week the kids will come home tired and minds spinning on a whole new journey.

Books~ of the week will be “Animals in the Park” and “Hands can”.

Letter Focus~ Capital and lower case letter review (symbols and sounds).

High –Frequency words~ I, can

Nursery Rhymes of the week~ “Hey Diddle Diddle”, “Jack be Nimble”

Math Topic~ Getting started

Writing Lesson~ Learning about sentences, also addingin our high-frequency words ( I, can)

Concept words~ Names, opposites.

Phonemic awareness~ Sequecing of Sounds, Word/Sentence Segmentation, Recognize Rhyme, Syllable blending.

Fluency~ Alphabet Recognition.

Comprehention Stratagies and Skills~ Listening Comprehention Read Across Texts.

Homework Packet~ A packet will come home every Monday. It will be due Friday (please use pencil). I will keep purple folders on Fridays so that I can restock them for the following Monday.

Class Shirts~ Deadline for class shirts will be the 31st. That way they will be back in time for the Harvest Hop in October. Please make checks payable to Whitney Daniels for $7.00.

Reading~ Please read with your child every night. Next week a book in a ziplock will come home from our class/leveled library. Please keep the books in the baggie when you are not reading them and return them daily in the purple folder.

Purple folder~ I will only look at the papers on the return to school side of the folder. If it is in the home side of the folder I will assume it is just things you are still working on. Remember they will not come home on Fridays so That I can stock them for the following week.

PE~ Will be Wed. this year. Please have your child wear gym shoes on this day so they can participate.

Thank you for all your support the first couple of weeks. We have a wonderful class, I thank you the parents for that. You are your child’s first teacher and know them well. If there is anything that you feel that I need to know about them or suggestions you have for me, please share that information with me through the purple communucation folders, email, phone call, text or a face to face visit. THANKS FOR SHARING YOUR CHILDREN WITH ME THIS YEAR!!!!! Hillary Bonner 628-6881, 559-4625 cell. hbonner@pes.washk12.org. Visit my blog @ mrsbonnersbusybees.blogspot.com