Mrs. Crooks's Kindergarten News
2016-2017 Volume 3
English Language Arts (ELA)
The kindergarten ELA program is dividing into different components. Below is a description of each component and what your child will be learning the upcoming week.
Daily Message
This week in Daily Message we will be getting to identify characteristics sentence such as spacing between words, end mark, and capital letter at the beginning. We will also identify the noun in a sentence.
Word Work
This week in Word Work we will...
- isolate and pronounce the initial, medial vowel, and final sounds in three-phoneme words.
- identify the beginning and end sound of /m/.
- read common high frequency words by sight (I, can, the).
Wonders Comprehension
This week in Wonders Comprehension we will...
- making personal connections to the text..
- using picture clues to understand the story.
- ask and answer questions about the text.
- identify key details in the text.
Writing
This week in writing we will
- share our ideas by drawing and writing.
- identify and define nouns as a person, place or thing.
Math
Unit 1: Counting and the Number System
This week in math we will...
- identify how objects/shapes are similar and/or different.
- Sort and classify math tools by one attribute (color, size, shape).
- count and represent objects in a counting jar.
Specials
Monday - Art (wear an art smock)
Tuesday - Music
Wednesday - P.E. (wear sneakers)
Thursday - Library (return library books)
Friday - Dance (wear sneakers)
Volunteering in the Classroom
Volunteer Training
Birthday Celebration
We will celebrate monthly birthdays on the last Friday (if possible) of each month. Parents are welcome to celebrate their child's birthday with us. Please make sure that you have completed and returned the volunteer application and training/certificate. There is no food allowed at these celebrations. However, your child may choose to share a book for our class library, a game for indoor or outdoor recess, a small item like a pencil, or a craft to do during the celebration.
September 30th (includes August birthdays)
October 14th
November 18th
December 16th
January 27th
February 24th
March 24th
April 28th
May 26th
June 9th (includes July birthdays)
Important Dates
- 10/3 - Schools Closed (Rosh Hashanah)
- 10/11 - Field Trip (Farmer Stan)
- 10/12 - Schools Closed (Yom Kippur)
- 10/21 - Schools Closed (MSEA Convention for teachers)
- 10/28 - Tentative Date for our Halloween Celebration (more info to follow)
- 10/28 - Half Day (12:50 dismissal)
- 11/8 - School Closed (Election Day)
- 11/11 - School Closed (Conference Day)
Gingerbread Boy
PTA Social
Beyond School Westy Sighting
Contact Information
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Here is my contact information:
Lynn Crooks: lcrooks@bcps.org
West Towson Phone: 410-887-3869
Assignment Book/ Take Home Folder: write a note in either
**I will try to get back to you as soon as possible, but sometimes I am unable to, so please allow me 24 hours to respond.