Nov 28 - Dec 1

Dear Mom and Dad:

• Highlights of the week:
• Fire Drill AM
• Being in the Red Zone
• Learning about numbers 1-5
• Practicing for our concert – please see housekeeping notes below.

Another short week but lots of things happening in kindergarten! This week we talked about the tools we could use in the red zone. Ask me to tell you what these are. We learned that if we are in the red zone, we could use these tools that will get us into the yellow zone, and then to the green zone. The tools we talked about were: Stop, Breath, Think.

AM kindergarten practiced a fire drill. We did great! Ask me to tell you what happens during a fire drill and what my job is.

We have been working on numbers 1-5. In kindergarten, it is important that I have a strong foundation of numbers 1-10 because this will help me build on other skills throughout my learning career. I am working on being able to subitize (recognize a number of objects at a glance without counting), recognizing numbers and being able to count how many objects using my finger and counting each one individually. You can do this with me at home or anywhere outside of school. During dinner, ask me to use my finger and count how many forks, ask me to draw numbers in the air. Show me some fingers and then quickly take it away and see if I can tell you how many fingers you had up.

Here is a great resource! 

ABC YA!

After clicking on the link, scroll down to NUMBERS and you will see tons of games. Some of our favorites are:

• First to Five
• Counting Fish
• Number Bingo
• Numerical Order

Independence is a huge part of kindergarten. As the weather is getting colder and I am wearing winter boots, snow pants, winter coats, gloves, toques, scarves mittens etc. Please help me work on my independence by having me put on all these items by myself. This will really help when I have to do this at school several times in the day. It will also help me with my fine motor skills! 

Love,

Kindergarten

Housekeeping:

Christmas Concert On Monday Dec 5:

We will be singing 4 songs. The concert will last about 15 minutes. There is no dress code and christmas hats are optional. 

Dress Rehearsal:

The dress rehearsal will happen during regular school hours, you do not need to prepare anything for this. If you would like to come watch, you do not need a ticket. Please see the times of the rehearsals on the left hand side of the blog.

Evening Concert:

On the evening of the concert, all 8 kindergarten classes will be participating. The Concert begins at 6:00pm. Please come at 5:45pm and send your child to their classroom. You can then proceed to the gym to find a seat. Please remember to bring your orange tickets and a food item, toy donation or cash donation.

We are sharing where each kindergarten diad will be standing during the concert so you will know where to sit to get the best photos! Students will be on risers.

(GYM LEFT) Team Wonder AM / Team Wonder PM  / Blue-yellow AM  / Blue-yellow PM ( GYM RIGHT)