The Kindergarten Connection
Mrs. Ewert's Kindy Class
September 5th-9th
This Week in Kindy!
Important Dates
Monday, Sept. 5th...No School, Labor Day
Tuesday, Sept. 6th...Open House
Sept. 9th-13th...MAP Testing
Language Arts
Homework
Theme: Letters & Rhyme
Sight Words: a, I, you
Letter Sounds: i, p, n
Handwriting: B, P, R (uppercase)
Writer's Workshop: Launching Writer's Workshop!
Math
Numbers to 10
-writing numbers 0-10
-looking at numbers in different ways (words, digits, on a ten frame, number line, tally marks, pictures, etc.)
-counting and cardinality
-counting one more from any given number 0-10
-counting to 100 by 1s, 5s and 10s
-decomposing numbers to 10 (ie. 5=3+2 5=4+1)
In Case You Missed it!
Welcome Back Assembly
On Wednesday we got to participate in the Welcome Back assembly! We danced and sang and even saw Kip the Cougar! Our friends Ari and James got to dance in front of the whole school!
Center Practice
Name Graph
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Specials Schedule
Monday: Art & PE
Tuesday: Music & Art
Wednesday: PE
Thursday: Spanish & LMC
Friday: Spanish & Music
Please have your child wear gym shoes to school on PE days and return their library books on Thursdays!
MAP Testing
Our schedule is as follows:
Wed 9/7-Th 9/8: ELA test
Mon 9/12-Tu 9/13: Math test
Please know that this is only one snapshot in time of your child. I take all things into account when I work to place them in reading and math groups.
To Help Your Child Prepare:
-get a good night's sleep
-eat a healthy and full breakfast
-arrive on time to school
-bring a fully charged iPad to school