Kindergarten - Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Strell

Important Reminders:

• Your child’s name must be on everything
• All monies must be in a sealed envelope or bag clearly marked with child’s name and what the money is for
• Folders must come to school daily-please be sure to look through folder each day
• Any changes in transportation must be written down or phoned in
• Show and tell is on Monday and Tuesday ONLY…your child can share on only ONE of these days…ALL show and tell must be in a bag

• Any changes in transportation must be written down or phoned in (216) 475-3633
• Picture Day is October 23...Dress up day! 

The Kindergarten children have been busy since day one getting into and practicing the school/classroom routines and procedures.  They have had the opportunity to practice fire drills, tornado drills and lockdown drills.
 
The Kindergarteners have also been working on many concepts and skills.  In Religion they have been practicing making the sign of the cross properly and reciting prayers, following in Jesus’ footsteps by treating others with respect. In Reading they are identifying letters and the sounds they make at the beginning and at the end of words, building a word wall and practicing rhyming words.  In Math we are counting by ones, twos, tens and fives to 100, counting and naming sets with numbers, sorting sets, reading and extending patterns.  In Social Studies and Science we are learning about the seasons, observations of nature, life cycle of a pumpkin and about holidays and customs.  The children are also working on printing in proper form, coloring neatly and cutting. These are just a few of the MANY concepts/skills we are working on daily in class!
 
Kindergarteners had their first “In House” Field Trip which focused on Fire Safety and Prevention for National Fire Prevention. Two Firemen from the Elyria Fire Department came in with equipment, posters, and handouts to help educate the children on this important topic.
 

Religion:

• Sign of the Cross and daily prayers…Focus on Hail Mary and Our Father
• Bible stories
• The blessings of God’s world
• Importance of praying and different prayers

• 8 basic color words (red, blue, yellow, green, purple, orange, black, brown) and number words 0-10 (zero, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten)  
• Word wall words: here, I, am, the, to, a, and, it, he, she, you, an, is, in, on, we…practice daily
• Letter recognition (capital and lower case) and letter sounds
• Matching the capital letter to the lower case letter (example Hh)
• Meet SuperKid Oswald and identify short vowel /o/ at the beginning and in the middle of words…some examples are ocelot, otter, octopus, cob, pot, hop
• Identify what the author, illustrator, narrator jobs are in a story
• Identify the genre of story (fiction vs. nonfiction)
• Identify character, setting and plot of story
• Good listening…look and listen to speaker quietly and wait for directions
• Identify different types of sentences…telling vs. asking
• Punctuation marks…period…exclamation mark…question mark…comma
• Identify proper nouns, nouns and adjectives

• Practice writing letters, numbers and shapes in proper form in pencil
• Practice writing first names correctly on lined paper
• Coloring neatly within the lines
• Cutting and pasting

• Practice counting, number recognition/formation, patterns and shape identification
• Model and count objects with number names and written numerals
• Count to 100 by 1’s, 2’s, 5’s and 10’s
• Read and extend a given pattern…AB pattern
• Identify and practice drawing basic shapes (circle, square, triangle, rectangle)
• Use five frames to model numbers using counters (counters are red and yellow circles)
• Math vocabulary words: equal to, greater than, less than, more, fewer, compare
• Practice one to one correspondence between two sets
• Listen to and solve addition and subtraction story problems
• Model number pairs in a five frame for a given number
• Put numbers in counting order
• Practice number words…match number words to number

• Practice reciting complete address and phone number
• School rules/routines and drills

• Discuss healthy choices in food and play
• Safety in the classroom and at recess/dismissal
• Fire Safety
• Columbus Day