Hello!

Can you believe your kindergartner is about to finish his or her second week? Way to go!

This week has been very busy.

Math:

We have been exploring several new math manipulatives. We have learned about unifix cubes, pattern blocks, c-rods, teddy bear counters and ten frame trains. We have been coutning A LOT and we have also been making patterns. We have been sorting and categorizing different math materials and materials from around the room. We have been working on our one to one correspondence when counting to make sure we are accurately coutning each piece!

Literacy:

We have been making books! We have also been learning how to read the Itsy Bitsy Spider poem. We all received a copy of the Itsy Bitsy Spider poem and we glued it in our songs, poems and ryhmes book. We talked about the difference between books and poems and what type of literature we might want to read next. We also made our very own Itsy Bitsy Spider book today and we got to bring it home! Tomorrow we will be making a book with all of our classmates' names and pictures. Yippee!

We went to specials this week for the very first time. On Monday we went to music and art. Tomorrow (Friday) we will visit Spanish and P.E. We are all super excited to visit other parts of our school!

IMPORTANT! We need each student to bring in one shoe box. We will be decorating these shoe boxes next week. After the shoe boxes are decorated we will send the shoe boxes back home with your child. This shoe box will stay at home and this will be a place where your child can collect all of the books that we will be making this year! They can start their very own library of books that they have made.

Start saving bread tags and buttons! We use bread tags and buttons to sort, count and add/subtract. As you collect these two items, send them in with your child.

**Don't forget! We will not be in school on Monday. We are off for Labor Day! Enjoy the long weekend.

Hugs,
Mrs. Schultz

P.S. Thank you to everyone who brought in supplies off of our wish list!! You guys are so great!