Happy Friday!  The children celebrated filling the Bear Jar with Camp Day.  Keep up the good work Room 15!

Don't forget the deadline to order books from Scholastic is September 30th.  You can find the web address and password under the links tab.

I was so excited to hear how enthusiastic the children are about Reading A-Z.  A big thank you to Room 15 parents who are excited about fostering their child's learning.

Today we started math centers and the children have been exploring with shapes, attributes and creating equivalent sets.  One of the kids even told me they loved the new math centers, wow!

The children are excited to learn to tie their shoes and earn their Tie King or Tie Queen crown.

The Lifetouch picture forms are going home today, picture day is Thursday, October 9, 2014.  You will also be receiving your child's log in and password for Reading A-Z.   I have assessed the students and have set up reading groups according to skill level.  Please note that I have entered your child's independent reading level and made the books available based on my assessments.  If you have a question regarding reading level, you will see your child's level when you log onto the Reading A -Z program.  With each online book your child reads, he will  receive points to build a robot.  In the past, the children have loved the program.

We have started working in leveled groups during center time.   We worked on matching voice to print and reading left to right and top to bottom.  In our Fundations lesson and during reading groups we focused on sentences beginning with an upper case letter, ending with a period and the importance of providing space between words.  The children read the Tt book today and brought it home to demonstrate their developing reading skills.  They are so excited and proud of themselves!  Have your child read to you tonight, instead of reading to them.      

We are so proud of or Tie King and Tie Queens.  Anyone that learns to tie earns a crown.

Centers

Everyone is doing so well during center time.  

It is fun to be the Lucky Duck.

The number formation poems

Who says learning can't be fun?  The children had a great time practicing letters sounds with Dr. Jean's song Who Let the Letters Out?  

We still make some time for fun with Lego's and making new friends.

Parents,

It has been a wonderful start to the school year.  The children are doing a great job learning the routines and expectations of full day of kindergarten.  The kids are excited to learn and I have already grown to appreciate and enjoy their individuality.  Everyone is doing an amazing job transitioning throughout the school day. 

               Academically, we are working on recognizing rhyming words, beginning sounds, matching upper and lower case letters.   Repetitive predictable texts are being used for directionality and matching text to voice.  The children are excited and proud of their emerging reading skills.  In math, students are working on correctly writing their numbers, counting and recognizing that a number represents quantity. 

               The kids enter and leave school with smiles on their faces.