Kindergarten: KA - Room 6
September 2014 Newsletter
Dear
Parents:
Kindergarten
has finally started and the children seem very excited to be part of our P.J.
Gillen school family. We welcome all the new Kindergarten bears and make it our
business to take very good care of all those who enter our den.
Our
Kindergarten theme for September is Bears.
This month the students will enjoy the many bear related activities of singing
bear songs, listening to bear stories, doing bear crafts, watching bear
learning videos, and dramatizing the story of Goldilocks and The Three Bears.
Throughout
this month the students will be learning many school rules and routines. As
well, the students will be practicing printing their first names using a
capital letter to start and small letters to follow. They will also be reciting
the alphabet, recognizing and naming the basic colors, studying the letters of
Pp, Oo, Uu (recognition, sound, and formation). In math, they will be counting orally to 10,
recognizing amounts at a glance to 5 and exploring numbers 1-3 (see attached
handouts). As part of the health program, bus, school and playground safety
will also be discussed and reviewed. Parents are welcome to reinforce any of
these skills at home.
Ms.
Steffenson, our school counsellor, will be visiting our classroom to talk to
the students about certain social skills that will be important to know when
they are interacting within large and small group settings. This month Ms.
Steffenson will be introducing the social skills of: Following Directions, Listening
and Asking to Talk. This is an excellent program for the students to have the
opportunity to partake in and the information they learn is used school wide
and, more importantly, in everyday life.
Points
To Note:
- Please remind your child
to put any notes, forms, library books or money on the table where they
sit. We want the students to establish this routine of unpacking their
book bag contents needed for the day (with the exception of their lunch
kit) right on the table by their name card. Then they will be ready for
morning routines.
- To
inform your bus driver if your child will NOT be on the bus.
- Library
is scheduled for each Day 1. Please help your child return his/her books on time, so they can take out
new books each library session.
- Pizza
by the slice will be sold in the canteen on Wednesdays.
- To send one or two small
healthy snack items for our morning snack time. Please review this at home
with your child.
- Pizza
is sold in the canteen, by the slice, on Wednesdays for $2.50.
Also,
I would like to let you know that our classroom has a blog site. Here you will
find a copy of our classroom newsletter, classroom calendar, links to
Kindergarten games that reinforce curriculum areas and a place where I can add
quick updates and reminders for parents. Please check out our blog site from
time to time and put it under your favourites. The address for our blog site
is: http://mrskulcsar.blogspot.com/
I’ve enjoyed meeting you and
your Kindergarten bears and I look forward to a super year!
Please take care and have an
excellent month!!
Bearing you in mind,
Mrs. Kulcsar
745-2171 (school)
