K-3 Newsletter

                       Mrs. MacIntyre

Dear families,

September 15, 2017

Happy Friday! The students had a lot of fun this week and seem to adjusting well into our routine. As I said, there is a lot for a new kindergartener to learn about and we will take one day at a time getting to know one another and learning our routines. Already, I see the students understanding how predictable our schedule is and when they know what is coming next, they feel confident and ready to learn. If your child is still a little nervous and apprehensive about school, don’t worry, it is perfectly okay. By the end of the month we are usually in great shape! Thank you for returning the blue folders everyday, I greatly appreciate it. I use these to send home any notes or work that your child has done. Next week, I will send home a little homework. I only send homework home ONCE A WEEK. It is always sent home on at Wednesday and it is almost always pertaining to math.

As the year progresses, usually around November, I will begin sending home little reading bags for you and your child. Most importantly, I encourage you to read to your child every night. Make it fun, short and enjoyable!

In class, we have begun our Being a Writer program which intertwines literature and writing. This is something we do everyday and it is a very structured and FUN part of the day. Each week we will also focus on a letter of the week. We learn them in the order of the way they are formed per our Handwriting without Tears program. Our first letter was “Ff”. Our tongue twister which went along with the letter F was, “Felicia and Freddy follow funny footsteps.” Practice with your child at home! Every week your child will learn a tongue twister that goes along with the letter of the week.

In math, we are exploring our BIG Go Math workbooks as well as learning about shapes, numbers 0-5 and left and right. We also voted on what our class frog..(not real) should be named, ask your child what the winning name was, they should be able to tell you.

Next week, we will begin our ongoing science unit about Trees and Weather. If you happen to see any signs of fall this weekend..( acorns, leaves changing color.. Or anything else) please bring them in and we can put them on our fall table.

In class we also made a K-3 class rules chart together. It has 3 rules:

                                    

                            BE KIND
                           RAISE YOUR HAND
                  WORK HARD AND DO YOUR BEST

Please note  OPEN HOUSE is Tuesday, September 19th from 6-7pm

This is an opportunity to check out your child’s classroom and meet their teacher.

I hope you all have a great weekend!

Sincerely,

Mrs. MacIntyre