Dear Parents,
September is a time when we get to know your child, the children get to know each other and we get to know you. We will be spending time learning school, classroom, literacy and math routines. Please send your child with a quick, healthy snack since we have a 15 minute snack time each morning.
Our month’s literacy focus will be friendship. We will be reading books by two authors, Kevin Henkes and Eric Carle. We will be working with the alphabet; both upper and lower case letters, the letters in our names and become familiar with how the literacy centers work. Our first letters in our phonics program will be Mm and Ss. You can help us by reading with/to your child daily, having your child find these letters in the text they see daily and playing games with words that begin or end with these sounds. Have your child write their names beginning with uppercase and using lower case for the rest of their name. Discuss with your child how to make and keep friends.
In math we will work with the number line, calendar and weather, patterning, counting and general numeration concepts. You can notice numbers in daily surroundings and practice counting with your child. You can post a calendar and note the day, date and weather each morning helping your child become aware of the names of the days.
In science, we will explore growth and changes in ourselves and in the life cycle of the butterfly. If you see a monarch caterpillar, please have your child bring it to school in a plastic container so we can all enjoy watching the metamorphosis. It would also be helpful if you would send in a baby picture of your child that we can use in our study of how we grow and change. You can discuss changes that you observe in nature as the seasons change and how your child has changed as they have grown (what they can do now that used to be difficult.)
Thank you for your time. You will find each monthly newsletter on our blog by going to Consolidated School’s page and clicking on classrooms. Our first book order is attached. Please return it to your teacher by Wed., Sept. 12th.
Mrs. Kathy Cmaylo
Mrs. Loralie Mildner
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