School Family Update September 5th

We had a wonderful week in kindergarten! Below is some more information about what we learned this week and what we will be studying next week.


Writing
We are working on Alphabet journals where students trace and write two letters of the alphabet each day. Then, they draw a picture that starts with that letter. Last, students write a word or sentence to match their picture. We completed pages J and K today. Next week, we will do letters L-U. When the journal is completed it will be sent home.

Reading
This week students focused on learning the letter m. We had an M chant, and students sorted pictures that started with M and did not. Next week, students will learn more and share about the letter R. They will complete a Rainbow R. We will read Rainbow Fish and brainstorm words with /r/.

Math
Our current math unit is shapes. Students have identified 2D shapes such as rhombus, square, triangle, rectangle, circle, and hexagaon. We counted the sides and corners on each shape. On Thursday, we began discussing 3D shapes. These are solid shapes versus the 2D flat shapes. The 3D shapes we have discussed are sphere, cylinder, cone, and cube. Next week we will continue to work on identifying 3D shapes and identifying shapes as flat or solid.  Students will also learn the word face in relation to shapes.

Social Studies
We completed our rules, maps and globe unit. Students did well learning new vocabulary and sharing why we have rules. Their rubric for this unit will be in the next signed papers. This week and next week we are learning about Labor Day and community helpers. We sang a song about Labor Day (hopefully, I can upload the video soon). Students should know that Labor Day celebrates those who work.  We have discussed different jobs in our community. We will build on this next week when we have Ms. Tejada come and a recycling worker from Roswell come share at our Kindergarten Career Day. Next week, students will also learn about goods and services. A job provides a good or a service. A good is like making something (ex: a baker), and a service job is somebody like a hairdresser. Sometimes it can by tricky.

*If anybody is interested in talking or skyping with the class about your job please let me know! We love to expose the kiddos to a variety of careers.

It may seem silly to talk about careers so much in K. We do end our unit with students sharing what they want to be when they grow up. It is also a Fulton County goal to have students college and career ready. This starts in kindergarten by having College Days and introducing careers. Please take a moment to share with your kids about a job somebody does in the family.

Thanks,
Mrs. Daugherty