September 26-30

What's in the Monday envelope?

• D, H, and S coloring page
• October lunch menu
• Fire Station permission slip (orange)
• Sign Language Club permission slip (green)
• Walk-a-thon- letter and envelope (lime green and white)
• Take-Home book, bag, and information sheet (orange)

Coupon Money Due By Friday, September 30

Any checks can be written to Rose Park

A reminder went home today to let families know how many coupon books and/or money you need to bring back.

Fire Station Field Trip

During fire safety week Kindergarten is going to the 17th St. Fire Station on October 13th! More information about when and what to bring is on the permission slip. Send back ASAP. Any parents who are able to chaperone our trip to the fire station please call, email, or talk to me before or after school.

Sign Language Club

Blog-http://roseparksignclub.blogspot.com/

Sign club meets each Monday in the Rose Park gym, from 3:10 pm until 4:00 pm. Sign club allows any students K-6 to participate as long as his/her behavior is appropriate and has less than 3 unexcused absences. More information on the program in the Monday envelope. Permission slip due Friday, September 30.

Here is another helpful link to pictures of the ABC'S in sign language. Click on the link below, scroll down half way down the page, and you will find the pictures of the alphabet.

http://www.billings.k12.mt.us/literacy/kindertipfolder/kindertip36alphabet.html

TAKE-HOME BOOK

Attached to the ziplock is information on the weekly take-home books.

Keep the bag of books in a place in the house where you and your child can find and read them EVERY NIGHT!

Maybe next to his/her bed.

• Last week- Cat's Colors by Jane Cabrera
• This week- Apples

MATH THIS WEEK

The students will learn how to recognize and write the numeral that descries the quantity 0.

• Idea for home- Play the game "Show Me". Get six baggies and fill each one with 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 things in a bag (Ie. one bag holds 5 buttons, another holds 4 crackers, another hold 3 crayons, and so on). Give the six bags to your child and tell them to show you the bag holding five things. Keep changing the number you show or tell them toshow you; therefore, allowing you to see if your child can make the quantity in the bag match the number they are shown or told.

The students will learn to use one-to-one correspondence (pointing to one thing at a time) and counting to compare groups and determine which has more,which as fewer, or whether the groups are the same.

• Idea at home- Have your child draw a group of 4 blueberries and a group of 5 apples. Have him/her write the number next to the group of pictures and then have him/her circle the group that has fewer.

The students will learn how to solve problems by making and reading a picture graph.

-Ask your child to talk about how they can tell which groups have more or fewer objects.

ABC SONG by Jack Hartman

Here is a link

to the ABC chart I use in the room. The kids and I have been signing the song since day one. This chart will be helpful

at home when the kids are practicing saying the alphabet and recognizing every letter.

http://www.billings.k12.mt.us/literacy/kindertipfolder/alphabetchart.htm

Letters this weekThe letters Rr, Ll, Uu, and Cc will be introduced this week. For each letter everyday, we are singing the alphabet, reading a special book about the letter of the day, and listening and identifying pictures starting with the letter of day (Ie. Monday was letter Rr- we found rainbow, rabbit, rain, red, and much much more).