Email: kscott@tippcity.k12.oh Phone: 937-667-2275

1. Week Of: Sept 15-18, 2014 Mrs. Scott’s Kindergarten Class UPCOMING EVENTS • September 30 – Rachel’s Challenge Assembly @ LT Ball (10:10-11:00) • October 7 – Cookie Dough Sale Begins (8:30-9:00) Sneak Preview • Theme for the Week: Diamonds, Purple and more! • Letters of the Week:Dd/Pp • Math: colors/shapes • Sci/SS: Scientific process and equations • Rainbow Words: like/said Week in Review • This week we met Edna Elephant and learned all about the letter Ee. We read Annabelle Swift, Kindergartener and wrote in our journals about all the things we want to learn this year. We made a class book about our feelings about Kindergarten. We also wrote about the new friends we have made in our class! As we write we continue to work on starting with a capital letter, leaving space between words, writing the sounds we hear, and ending our sentences with punctuation. • We continued learning about various patterns (ab, abb, abc, aab...). Continued with sorting and introduced the number 1. • The number of popcorn words we know continues to grow! We’ve practiced our four popcorn words by clapping, stomping, and completing pages where we trace it, circle it, color it and build it. Contact Information; Email: kscott@tippcity.k12.oh.us Phone: 937-667-2275

2. More News…. Bag – a – Books Your child will be starting a bag–a-book program. This program encourages a love of reading and beginning reading skills. Students will each receive a clear Ziploc like bag with white handles and their name on it. This will be used for bag-a-book traveling to and from school. Students can take home 1 books at a time. When the previous book is returned a new book may be selected. This is the student’s responsibility each day as a part of morning work. Please support this program by reading with your child, letting your child read to you, allowing your child to make up stories, and discussing what was read. Also, help us to keep our libraries up by returning books so that others can enjoy them. make sure to write down all the books that they read from this bag on the chart provided inside the bag. The students will earn prizes every time they fill one out and turn it in to the teacher! • Things to Practice • Galloping – Students are working with the Physical Education Teachers on this skill too! • Make flashcards for the numbers 0-5. Add on as we introduce the numbers. • Play “I Spy” in books, magazines or newspapers for the letters and popcorn words that we have learned. • Buttoning and zipping – this slows us down during restroom breaks. • Pencil grip - pinch with two fingers and then rest. • Cutting – Thumbs up with both hands and cut away from you. • Keep Reading! said like “If I can think it … I can say it. If I can say it… I can write it. If I can write it… I can read it. And so can others!” ~unknown