Newsletters
Upcoming dates to remember
Picture day for students is September 19th and 20th.
- August 27 - PTA Kinder Playdate, IVE Playground - 11:00 a.m.
- September 3 - Meet the Teacher, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
- September 4 - First Day of School, Grades 1st - 5th
- September 4 - 6 - Kindergarten Family Connection Meetings
- September 9 - First Day of School, Kindergarten, 9:15 a.m. - 3:40 p.m.
- Kindergarten Field Trip to Remlinger Farms Tuesday, October 8th
Curriculum Night
Curriculum Night will be held on Wednesday, September 11th. Start times for each grade are listed below. The specific learning routines that you will hear about from your classroom teacher on Curriculum Night will give you a complete picture of your child's upcoming year.
Curriculum Night Schedule:
- 6:00 – 6:45 p.m. - Kindergarten, First, and Second Grade Classrooms
- 6:45 – 7:00 p.m. - Principal and PTA Welcome
- 7:00 – 7:45 p.m. - Third, Fourth, and Fifth Grade Classrooms
- 7:45 – 8:15 p.m. - Music Information, grades 4 and 5 ONLY
- Specialists (PE, Music, Library), Support Staff, Principal and PTA will be available that evening as well to answer questions for you.
- Childcare will be provided in the gym/library. Please do not bring your child to the classroom presentation. This is a presentation for adults only.
Sept 2: Labor Day No school for students or staff
Sept 4: First day of school for students (grades 1-12)
Sept 9: First day of school for Kindergarten students
Oct 14: Teacher Work Day No school for students
Nov 11: Veterans Day Observance No school for students or staff
Nov 28-29: Thanksgiving holiday No school for students or staff
Dec 4-5: Elementary Conference Dec 23-Jan 3: First Winter Break No school for students or staff
Jan 20: Martin Luther King Jr. Day No school for students or staff
Jan 27: Teacher Work Day No school for students
Feb 17: Presidents Day Feb 18 - 21: Second Winter Break No school for students or staff
Apr 13- 17: Spring Break No school for students or staff
May 25: Memorial Day No school for students or staff
June 18: Last day of school for students
Specialist Schedule
Monday-Music 1:40-2:10
Tuesday- P.E. 1:40-2:10
Thursday- Music 1:40-2:10
Friday-
P.E. 1:40-2:10
Library 2:10-2:40
March 20,2020
Good afternoon kinder families!
We are so happy the district and IEA have come to an agreement about how we can support families with learning during the school closure! We are currently working as a building and kindergarten team to establish what exactly this new form of learning will look like. Right now, our main concern is making sure all students have a laptop and internet access. If your child does not, please contact us ASAP! We will have more information for you soon! Thank you so much for your patience and flexibility. Please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions or concerns. We are truly in this together!
Always,
Your IVE Kindergarten Team
March Newsletter
CORONAVIRUS INFORMATION AND UPDATES
March 9 Update
Dear Issaquah School District Learning Community,
We are thankful for the suggestions, ideas, and support you have given us as we strive to keep our students and staff safe. We are deeply appreciative of our staff and their efforts to support our students on a daily basis. We want to reiterate that there are still no confirmed cases of COVID-19 (coronavirus) in the Issaquah School District at this time. Public Health – Seattle & King County continues to recommend that schools remain open. You can find the most current guidance from Public Health on their website.
In our classroom, we are reviewing ways to stay healthy. We use bleach wipes on all tables and counter twice a day. We remind students to wash hands. We have a large bottle of hand sanitizer for student use.
Math
Module 4
Module 4 marks the next exciting step in math for kindergarten students: addition and subtraction! We will start with composing and decomposing numbers using number bonds (see reverse), and move toward work with addition and subtraction equations.
Number Pairs, Addition and Subtraction to 10
Understand addition as putting together and adding to, and understand subtraction as taking apart and taking from.
o Represent addition and subtraction with objects, fingers, mental images, drawings, sounds, etc.
o Solve addition and subtraction word problems, and add and subtract within 10.
o For any number from 1 to 9, find the number that makes 10 when added to the given number.
Words we will use in this module:
Addition
Addition and Subtraction sentences (equations 5+1=6, 6-1=5)
Make 10 (combine two numbers from 1–9 that add up to 10)
Minus (–)
Number bond (mathematical model)
Number pairs or partners (embedded numbers)
Number sentence
(3 = 2 + 1)
Part
(addend or embedded number)
Plus (+)
Put together (add)
Subtraction
Take apart (decompose)
Take away (subtract)
Whole (total
How To books
We are having fun writing How to books. Some books so far are, How to Wash A Dog, How to Take Care of a Baby Sister, How to play a Video Game, How To Bake a Cake, How To Make a Pizza, How to Make a 1000 scope Ice Cream Cone. I cannot wait to read all of the wonderful books being written!
Warmly,
Kate Rudie
February Newsletter Update
Eureka math-module 4
Number Pairs, Addition and Subtraction to 10
Module 4 marks the next exciting step in math for kindergarten students: addition and subtraction! We will start with composing and decomposing numbers using number bonds (see reverse), and move toward work with addition and subtraction equations.
Number bonds, seen above, are models that help students see the part/part/whole relationships within a given number. Note how the number bonds can use either drawings or numerals to show the number relationships.
How you can help at home:
Continue to compare groups of objects up to 10, asking more- and less-than questions
Give your child some Cheerios and ask her to show how many more are needed to make 10
Review and practice counting numbers up to 30, or as high as possible
Writers Workshop
This week students have started learning to write How To books.
Everyone wrote, How To Ride The Bus. Most will finish it next week. Some students are ready to start a second book. Everyone will get to decide what his or her next How To book will be. Some ideas so far are- How to Build a Snowman, How to Get Ready for Bed, How to Brush Your Teeth, How to Walk A Dog, How to make things pretty, and How to take care of a baby sister.
IVE Family BINGO Night!
Date: FRIDAY, February 28, 2020 in the MPR TONIGHT!!!
Time: Doors open at 6:00pm, Bingo starts at 6:30pm until 7:45pm
Cost: $5 gets you entrance and 1 bingo card, additional cards available for purchase on site for $5
PTA Members: Don't forget to bring your blue PTA Membership VIP Punch Card to receive an extra free BINGO card!
BYO snacks, drinks and good luck charms!
Warmly,
Kate Rudie
February Newsletter
Good morning Kinder Families~
…And now we are already looking at the month of FEBRUARY! This year is absolutely flying. This is my favorite time of the year. Routines are set. Children have built stamina and grown as readers, writers and mathematicians. I like to call this time of the year Kindergarten Magic. This is the time when things all come together and we see great growth. It has already started. I am going home each night, tired, but excited. I love seeing the big smiles on little faces when they realize that they can read that big word or that they can write that number sentence.
On Wednesday, February 12th, we will also celebrate the 100th Day of School. Your student needs to collect 100 small things~(think: size of a penny). Details to come. We’ll do LOTS of counting that day!
On Friday, February 14th, we will have our Class Party. We prefer that students make or prepare a generic Valentine for each classmate. Not having names on the envelopes facilitates easy and speedy delivery. We have 20 students this year.
- If your child wants to bring Valentines, (this is optional) they must have one for every student.
- We have 20 students in our class.
- Please do not write student names on Valentines. Your student can write, from (their name). Our Valentine exchange will go a lot faster if names are left black. Thank you for understanding and helping make this a fun activity!
Math
Key Common Core Standards:
- Understand addition as putting together and adding to, and understand subtraction as taking apart and taking from.
mental images, drawings, sounds, etc.
o Solve addition and subtraction word problems, and add and
subtract within 10.
O For any number from 1 to 9, find the number that makes 10
when added to the given number.
O Fluently add and subtract within 5.
Number bond and number sentence (equation)
You tube video about Number Bonds can be found at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JtrgMFWYaM
Math words we will use in this module:
·Addition
·Addition and Subtraction sentences (equations)
Make 10
(combine two numbers from 1–9 that add up to 10)
Minus (–)
Number bond (mathematical model)
Number pairs or partners (embedded numbers)
Number sentence (3 = 2 + 1)
Part
Whole (total)
(addend or embedded number)
Plus (+)
Put together (add)
Subtraction
Take apart (decompose)
Take away (subtract)
How you can help at home:
· Continue to compare groups of objects up to 10, asking more- and less-than questions
- Give your child some Cheerios and ask her to show how many more are needed to make 10
- Review and practice counting numbers up to 30, or as high as possible
HOMEWORK UPDATE
Most students are still taking home books to read and bringing them back.
- If you lost the last book, no problem. Let’s start again. Let me know and I will send home another book.
- If we have stopped sending sight word keys home and you need them send me an email. We may think we are waiting for you to send a set back.
January News Update
This week we learned that
When two vowels go walking the first one does the talking and it says its name.
Students are looking in books and writing words that follow this rule; read, rain, see, oat, hay. We will write the words we find on a large paper and we will read them together.
Math
We have started Module 4
Number Pairs, Addition and Subtraction to 10
Module 4 marks the next exciting step in math for kindergarten students: addition and subtraction! We will start with composing and decomposing numbers using number bonds (see below), and move toward work with addition and subtraction equations.
Number bonds, seen above, are models that help students see the part/part/whole relationships within a given number.
Warmly,
Kate Rudie
January News
We are back to school and back to work! I love this time of the school year, it is when the kindergarten magic starts to happen. Student reading levels jump higher. They start to hear more of the sounds in words and it shows in their writing. They are learning how to get their needs met in positive ways. They are all growing so fast and I am so proud of them all!
Today we started learning about r-controlled vowels.
R-controlled vowels are different, as they are pronounced neither as long nor short. 'E,' 'i' and 'u,' when r-controlled, are pronounced 'err,' as in 'herd,' 'chirp' and 'curt,' respectively.
Using the ar, or, er, ir, and ur cards, teach students that r controls the vowel sound. In closed syllables (at least one consonant “closing in” one vowel), if the vowel is followed by r, the vowel does not make its expected sound. R changes the vowel sound. These syllables are called r-controlled syllables.
Narrative Writing
Students are learning to tell a story that contains;
- who the story is about
- where the story happens
- what happens in the story
Students are also reviewing how to make their writing easy to read. The chart below contains your children’s ideas about making writing easy to read.
Math
Number Towers
Students will use this tool to model and learn concepts of more than/less than.
A Story of Units has several key mathematical “models” that will be used throughout a student’s elementary years.
Number towers, also known as number stairs, are representations of quantity made by joining together interlocking cubes. In Kindergarten, they are used to help students literally build their knowledge of cardinality (the number of elements of a set of objects) by erecting towers of various numbers. Number towers are then used to teach concepts of “more/less”, as well as the specific patterns of “1 more than/1 less than”. This model leads to an understanding of comparison and the word “than” in other contexts as well: taller and shorter than, heavier than, longer than, etc.
Students are encouraged to build towers for quantities 1 through 5 in one color, with quantities beyond 5 added on in a second color. This color change provides developmental support for understanding the important benchmark number 5, which will serve them well when they begin to add and subtract within groups of 10 as the year progresses
How You Can Help at Home:
- Begin asking more than/less than questions about groups of objects (up to 10) around the house
- Encourage measurement activities of all types
- Continue to review and practice counting numbers up to 10
VETERAN’S DAY Information
Dear Parents,
This year, we will be doing several things to honor those who have faithfully served our country.
1) Wall of Honor - Beginning on Monday, October 28th, red, white and blue stars will be available in the office and the music room. Students may pick up these stars and take them home. Please help your child by writing the name of your Veteran on the star along with their branch of service. (i.e. John Smith-Army) Return them to the office by Monday, November 4th to have them displayed on our Wall of Honor for Veterans.
2) Assemblies - We will be holding two assemblies to honor our Veterans on Friday, November 8, 2018 in the multi-purpose room. Students may invite veterans to attend the assembly in which they are featured. Students may wear red, white and blue to honor our Veterans on this day.
The first assembly will run from 9:30 AM-10:15 AM and feature students from the following classes:
-Ogden -Young –Chapman –Matheson –Fairbanks -O’Brian -Bir –Harding –Wright –Clark –Duke
-Peick K – Brammer K – Crandall K – Dual Language (Haase/Williams)
We are attending the second assembly.
The second assembly will run from 10:30 AM-11:15 AM and feature students from the following classes:
-Clark -Harris –Guyer –Walsh –Bays –Motle –Werner -Burton-Zyanya-Boyce-McCulloch-Wong-Lam K-Min K-Minty K -Rudie
Questions? Contact Ann Marie Petry, mailto:[email protected]
January News
We are back to school and back to work! I love this time of the school year, it is when the kindergarten magic starts to happen. Student reading levels jump higher. They start to hear more of the sounds in words and it shows in their writing. They are learning how to get their needs met in positive ways. They are all growing so fast and I am so proud of them all!
Today we started learning about r-controlled vowels.
R-controlled vowels are different, as they are pronounced neither as long nor short. 'E,' 'i' and 'u,' when r-controlled, are pronounced 'err,' as in 'herd,' 'chirp' and 'curt,' respectively.
Using the ar, or, er, ir, and ur cards, teach students that r controls the vowel sound. In closed syllables (at least one consonant “closing in” one vowel), if the vowel is followed by r, the vowel does not make its expected sound. R changes the vowel sound.
Narrative Writing
Students are learning to tell a story that contains;
- who the story is about
- where the story happens
- what happens in the story
Students are also reviewing how to make their writing easy to read. The chart below contains your children’s ideas about making writing easy to read.
1. Put finger spaces between words.
2. write neatly.
3. Draw pictures that help tell the story.
4. Try to hear lots of sounds in words. ( d-o-g is easier to read then d-g)
5.Use capitals at the start of a sentence.
6. Use punctuation at the end of a sentence. ( . ! ? )
Math
Number Towers
Students will use this tool to model and learn concepts of more than/less than.
A Story of Units has several key mathematical “models” that will be used throughout a student’s elementary years.
Number towers, also known as number stairs, are representations of quantity made by joining together interlocking cubes. In Kindergarten, they are used to help students literally build their knowledge of cardinality (the number of elements of a set of objects) by erecting towers of various numbers. Number towers are then used to teach concepts of “more/less”, as well as the specific patterns of “1 more than/1 less than”. This model leads to an understanding of comparison and the word “than” in other contexts as well: taller and shorter than, heavier than, longer than, etc.
Students are encouraged to build towers for quantities 1 through 5 in one color, with quantities beyond 5 added on in a second color. This color change provides developmental support for understanding the important benchmark number 5, which will serve them well when they begin to add and subtract within groups of 10 as the year progresses
How You Can Help at Home:
- Begin asking more than/less than questions about groups of objects (up to 10) around the house
- Encourage measurement activities of all types
- Continue to review and practice counting numbers up to 10
December News
Bobby the Bobcat – Photo taken over Thanksgiving Break, photo credit: Don Cho’s neighbor
Hi everyone.
Thanks to Bobby the Bobcat for helping us find areas to improve in our Indoor Recess Plan. We had a real life reason to practice our lock down procedures this week.
Re: Parent gift information
Shhhhhhhh! Parent Gift is being made by your little elves.
Each year Miss Tracye and I work with the children to create an ornament for parents for the Holidays. (Shhhhhh! It’s a surprise!)
If you would prefer NOT to receive an ornament, but would prefer a POEM instead, please let us know ASAP.
Conferences
are held on Wednesday, December 4 and Thursday, December 5th. You may schedule a 20-minute timeframe that works for you. Conference scheduler is live and can be found on the IVE website. I look forward to meeting with you and discussing your child’s growth so far in Kindergarten.
Math- Module 3
Students are encouraged to build towers for quantities 1 through 5 in one color, with quantities beyond 5 added on in a second color. This color change provides developmental support for understanding the important benchmark number 5, which will serve them well when they begin to add and subtract within groups of 10 as the year progresses.
We are working on an understanding of comparison and the word “than” in other contexts as well: taller and shorter than, heavier than, longer than, etc.
Sample problem from Module 3:
Students count and then compare two groups of objects. They use their information to complete the math sentence under the picture.
(Sample taken from Module 3, Lesson 26)
Literacy
We sing, dance, and use finger spell all our sight words.
If you would like to see a sample of our sight word program you can find it at youtube.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5n85SyaXOM&list=PLLhio764FfFmzB1gpLEVdeg4G6_dn
Homework
We will continue to send home good fit books and sight word keys. If you don’t get a replacement set of books or keys let us know. Miss Trayce and I work hard to keep a record of what goes home and comes back, but we do make mistakes. Because I believe in letting students and families set the pace of homework, we may think we are waiting on you.
Warmly,
Kate Rudie
November Newletter
Upcoming Dates:
- Cogat Assessment November 5, 6 and 7
Highly Capable Program Screening for Kindergarten Students will be given on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday next week (November 5-7).
. Students who are identified as “most highly capable” will be invited to enter the Primary Enrichment Program (PEP) later in the school year. A letter detailing the testing has been posted on the Issaquah School District/Highly Capable website .The test that will be used as the screening tool (CoGat level 7 Screener) will be administered in our classroom on November 5-7th.
Please let me know if you have any further questions about the process.
- Kindergarten Fall Feast
Literacy
Needed: Block Erasers
Well this is a first. We have ran through all of this year’s supply of erasers. They are disappearing as fast as we put them out. If you would like to help our classroom, we could use more erasers for little writers.
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- Homework Starts Next Week
On Monday, November 4 you will find homework in your child’s backpack. Homework consists of a good fit book for your student to read and return. In the bag you will also find a reading log to list the book. You will also find the first page of sight word keys. Help your student cut out each key, write their name on the back or each and practice reading each sight word. Send back both when your child has completed them and we will send home another book and another set of keys.
Reading at home
How reading 20 minutes a day impacts your child
Starting in kindergarten, if a student reads 20 minutes a day at home, they will hear 1.8 million words per year.
Early exposure to language is the greatest factor in language development and learning to read. By reading together every day, you stimulate and strengthen your child's language and literacy skills. It is that simple. By reading and talking with your child each day, you bond with them and model the love of reading, which will benefit them in school and throughout life. When you read with your child remember to stop a few times and ask questions. This helps your child gain a deeper understanding of what they are reading.
Some good questions to ask are:
- What is this story mostly about?
- What are some key details from the story? (What happened first, next?)
- Who are some of the characters in the story?
- What is the setting of the story?
- How do you think the book will end?
- How are the characters the same as you?
- How were the characters feeling in the book? How do you know?
All About Bats
We have been learning and writing all about bats. Ask your child what she/he knows.
Literacy Lesson
What is the bossy e rule?
Here is the rule: Your child spells a word like mate by adding Bossy e to the end of mat. The e is bossy because it bosses the other vowel in the word to make a long sound or to shout out its name. ... When a vowel makes a long sound, it's the same sound as its name.
Math Module 3
Comparison of Length, Weight, Capacity, and Numbers to 10
In this Module, we will continue to support our growing number sense by comparing lengths, weights, and capacity of containers. Toward the end of the module, we build to comparing actual numerals.
How you can help at home:
Begin asking more than/less than questions about groups of objects (up to 10) around the house
Encourage measurement activities of all types
Continue to review and practice counting numbers up to 10
Words we will use in this module:
Comparison words:
Enough/not enough
Heavier than/Lighter than (weight)
Longer than/shorter than (length)
More than/fewer than -used with discrete quantities
More than/less than -used with volume, area, and number comparison
Taller than/shorter than (height)
The same as
Days Off for Family Travel
This time of year families are doing more traveling. If you plan to take your child out of school for a Pre-Arranged absence, you need to download and fill out the form found on the Issaquah Valley website.
How to find the Pre-Arranged Absence Form:
Issaquah Valley Website
https://connect.issaquah.wednet.edu/elementary/ive/
Look on the left hand side for Quick Links. Scroll down to Pre-Arranged Absence. Download the form, fill out and turn in the school office.
Thanks,
Kate Rudie
IVE Kindergarten
Picture Retake is this Friday, October 25.
October Newletter Update
Trunk Or Treat
On Friday, October 25 in the parking lot at Issaquah Valley we will hold our annual Trunk or Treat event. Trunk or treat starts at 6:30 and ends at 8:00pm. Bring your little goblins and make the rounds to trick or treat the trunks of cars. The Kindergarten Team have been busy creating our Candyland decorations. Come see us.
If takes a lot of treats for our large school and we will happily take donations of bags of candy. Please send your donations to school with your child or drop off in the school office with teacher name on bag. Thank you for helping us make this fun event possible.
I look forward to seeing all our little goblins at Trunk Or Treat.
Highly Capable Program Screening for Kindergarten Students
Letters were recently sent home to the families of all kindergarten students who are enrolled in the Issaquah School District. These letters detail the process that will be used to identify Issaquah’s “most highly capable” kindergarteners. Student testing will begin on November 4th. Students who are identified as “most highly capable” will be invited to enter the Primary Enrichment Program (PEP) later in the school year.
The letter has also been posted on the Issaquah School District/Highly Capable website.
The test that will be used as the screening tool (CogAT level 7 Screener) will be administered in our classroom on November 5-7th.
Please let me know if you have any further questions about the process.
Writing
Students are learning how to write a sentence. Starting with a capital letter. Writing the sounds they hear in each word and ending with punuation.
Math\Module 2
Two-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional Shapes
In this mosule, we will start with describing and sorting flat shapes, and then solid shapes. Finally, we’ll learn to sort and compare both flat and solid shapes.
What You Can Do AT Home :
- Help your student look for and describe shapes in common sbjects.
- Discuss what types of 2D shapes you can identify “inside of” 3D shapes
- Continue to review and practice sounting numbers up to 10.
Warmly,
Kate Rudie
IVE Kindergarten
Reminder- No school on Monday, October 14. It is a teacher work day.
Reminder- Tomorrow, Friday, October 11 is the Rainbow Fun Run. We will be running/walking from 9:30 to 10:15am. Families are welcome to come watch and chear us on.
October News
Math
In Module 1, students begin to observe and analyze the world around them mathematically. They will count, order, and draw up to ten objects. They will eventually work toward an understanding that each successive number names a quantity that is 1 more, and that the number before is 1 less. This is just the beginning of an exciting mathematical year for kindergarten students!
+ • Know number names and the count sequence
o Write numbers from 0 to 10 • Count to tell the number of objects
o Understand the relationship between numbers and quantities; connect counting to cardinality • Understand addition as putting together and adding to, and understand subtraction as taking apart and taking from
o Decompose numbers less than or equal to 10 into pairs in more than one way • Classify objects and count the number of objects in each category
o Classify objects into given categories; count the numbers of objects in each category and sort the categories by count Key Common Core Standards:
Numbers to 10
How you can help at home:
• Have your student practice counting groups of objects in his/her environment
• In addition to counting, students can practice writing the numerals 010
• Practice decomposing numbers, e.g. talk about how 5 is made up of a group of 2 and a group of 3.
Guiding Writers
We started the year learning to control pencils by following the teacher’s guided drawing lessons. This fun unit starts with Mrs. Rudie reading a picture book. Then students follow the teacher’s directions to use the elements of shape to draw animals and people. Students learn to add details to show clothing, movement, feelings, age, place, and time. Word, phrase, and sentence writing lessons are gradually added once the children have drawn several animals and have become familiar with the process.
Reading at home
How reading 20 minutes a day impacts your child
Starting in kindergarten, if a student reads 20 minutes a day at home, they will hear 1.8 million words per year.
Early exposure to language is the greatest factor in language development and learning to read. By reading together every day, you stimulate and strengthen your child's language and literacy skills. It is that simple. By reading and talking with your child each day, you bond with them and model the love of reading, which will benefit them in school and throughout life. When you read with your child remember to stop a few times and ask questions. This helps your child gain a deeper understanding of what they are reading.
Some good questions to ask are:
- What is this story mostly about?
- What are some key details from the story? (What happened first, next?)
- Who are some of the characters in the story?
- What is the setting of the story?
- How do you think the book will end?
- How are the characters the same as you?
- How were the characters feeling in the book? How do you know?
UPCOMING EVENTS
Remlinger Farms
We have a Field Trip on October 8th. We are going to Remlinger Farms to pick out their very best pumpkins. Our volunteers for this trip are; Kristina Anderson, Chanel James, Michelle Duncan, Yvette Kaloper and Kim Neff.
Trunk Or Treat
This Friday, October 25 in the parking lot at Issaquah Valley we will hold our annual Trunk or Treat event. Trunk or treat starts at 6:30 and ends at 8:00pm. Bring your little goblins and make the rounds to trick or treat the trunks of cars. The Kindergarten Team have been busy creating our Candyland decorations. Come see us.
If takes a lot of treats for our large school and we will happily take donations of bags of candy. Please send your donations to school with your child or drop off in the school office with teacher name on bag. Thank you for helping us make this fun event possible.
I look forward to seeing all our little goblins at Trunk Or Treat.
Thank you,
Kate Rudie
IVEKindergarten
Kindergarten News
Important date
Picture day is September 19 at 10:15.
We have been singing and dancing our sight words all week. We also are learning to finger spell each word.
This week we learned; and, can, are, for, go and have.
Please ask your child to teach you how to finger spell the words.
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Kindergarten News
September
I’m sending this home in backpacks because some emails bounced back. If you didn’t get this in your in box, please send me an email and I will fix your address. [email protected]
I am so excited to spend each day with your little ones. They are amazing! Miss Tracye and I love them all ready.
Please Email Me
Every year parents ask me to share a class email list. I love to do this, but need each family’s permission before it can happen. PLEASE SEND ME AN EMAIL AND I CAN ADD YOU TO THE CLASS EMAIL LIST.
Math
In Math we are working on sorting items in different ways. In our everyday lives, we often arrange objects, ideas, and events into convenient groups or categories. Early experiences in sorting things into groups help young learners to better observe how things are alike and different. Becoming increasingly skilled at sorting helps learners of all ages to cope with all the information around us in the modern world.
Reading
We have learned three ways to read. We can read the pictures. We can read the words we know and we can retell the story to a friend. By modeling three ways to read, we meet the needs of our emergent readers by providing them with a way to successfully read, we meet the needs of our emergent readers by providing them with a way to successfully read a book. Validating these forms of reading helps create a climate where our students can honor and support each other.
Our hour-long Learning Centers is all about active, hands-on exploration and discovery. Children make sense of the world by experiencing it physically. Students build with blocks, use toy cars, put together puzzles, draw and color pictures, play in our classroom kitchen, draw pictures, and make shapes using Geo Boards.
We have a Field Trip on October 8th. We are going to Remlinger Farms to pick out their very best pumpkins. Unfortunately, we can only take seven parent volunteers per class. Send me an email if you can come. I will take the first seven parents who send me an email and have a conformation that their background check has been processed. .
Thank you all for letting me spend time with your little ones! They are all so wonderful.
Warmly,
Mrs. Rudie
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