Mrs. Perl’s Kindergarten News Week of October 17, 2016 Academic Vocabulary Words: In this section you will find “big” words that we have been using our class discussions. responsible expectations character vertical lines horizontal lines diagonal lines ELA . Sight Words: New: to, if Review: I, can, we, the, like, a, see, go Letter Sounds New: /d/, /o/, /c/, /g/ Review: /m/, /a/, /t/ Skills: We will work on blending together sounds to build words. We will be blending and reading words like: mat, at, cat, tam, am, cot, dot, etc., using the letter sounds we have learned! Listening: We will be listening to stories about fire safety Writing: Students be writing using the words to, if. We will work on using finger spaces between our words. Common Core Math Module 1: Objectives… Students will be able to: *understand the concept of 9 and 10. *break apart (decompose) the numbers 9 & 10. *We continue to work on our number formations. Please know that reversals (writing numbers backwards) is developmental. When a child does this I just show the correct way to form it and have him/her rewrite it. Science/Social Studies Students will: continue learning about fire safety. *Please talk to your child about your family’s meeting place, if you haven’t gotten to this! ! Specials: Mon.: Art Tues.: PE Wed.: Media Center Thurs.: PE Fri.: Music

Mrs. M. Perl can be reached at: Classroom News Important Events: Websites: Mon. Oct. 31st: Halloween Trick or Treating-more information will come home soon! Fri. Nov. 11th: Veteran’s Day No School The following are some of the websites we will be using this week in class. Feel free to explore them at home or the public library. www.starfall.com www.abcya.com *Please save Box Tops and Campbell’s labels and send them in with your child! *Please review letter sounds and sight words with your child as often as you can and read with him/her each night. As the weather get colder, please be sure your child’s winter gear is labeled with his/her name so we don’t have any mix ups. Thanks so much! Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns. Mrs. M. Perl can be reached at: 786-8000 ext. 1141 mperl@warsaw.k12.ny.us