August 29, 2015

Happy third week of Kindergarten!!!

Dear Parents and Students~Good job to all my kinder friends for being amazing during their first two weeks of school! I know I have a bunch of ROCKSTARS in my class this year!

Every Monday, you will get a newsletter to inform you of what your child will be working on throughout the week in each subject area. This is so you know what is going on in the classroom and also so you can help your child at home as well! Along with academic information, the newsletter also includes important dates to remember and any other information you may need to know. The newsletter also will include a special page for the Star Student of the Week! The related arts schedule will also be on here. In your child’s folder, you will see their August calendar. Remember this is to always stay in their folder on the “Right Back to School” side. Anything on the “Left At Home” side is to be taken out of their folder and left at home to enjoy and review. Any important information or newsletters will also be on the right back to school side so that you can quickly see it. Please remember to write down your child’s reading time on their calendar and to initial next to their behavior every night. Reading times MUST equal up to an hour or more!At conferences I gave every child Star Student poster to complete. Please be sure to return this ASAP!Always know that you can contact me at any time for any reason whatsoever by email: kbonfiglio@ffc8.org or through the school phone at 719.382.1490.

Here is a list of what we are working on in each content area so that you can help reinforce your child’s learning at home.

NEWSLETTE

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Reading ~ Letter(s)/Sound(s): Cc (review Aa & Bb)Identifying the beginning sounds of pictures and words

Sight words: the, little (review I & am)Story of the Week: Plaidypus Lost

Big Question of the week: “How do families cooperate?”Amazing words: around, found, groceries, lost, market, platypusPhonics Skill: Rhyming and Syllables, beginning soundsGrammar Skill: nounsComprehension Skill: sequence of events

Writing ~ Writing capital C and lowercase c in the lines.Stretching the sounds we hear in a word: example – apple: your student

might write apl – please do not correct the spelling to apple right now, I want them to learn how to spell phonetically by putting down all the sounds they hear in a word.

Writing our first name. Math ~ numbers 0-5, one more, one less, how manyScience ~ RocksSocial Studies ~ Families / Building Relationships

*Extras*In your child’s folder you will see a name handwriting practice sheet. These are going to be required to be turned in for the next couple of weeks so that the students have more practice writing their names and identifying the letters in their name. PLEASE do not let your child write in anything but a pencil. Also, please emphasize that they get their letters in the lines like the example! These practice sheets can count as reading time for a night Please also remember that your child has a homework piece attached to their math work from class. It’s not required but it’s definitely a great source to help review what they learned in class.Related Arts This Week:Monday: ArtTuesday: Music and Gym Wednesday: Gym and Music

Thursday: Library and Tech (books due back) Friday: Tech and Library Important Dates to Remember: ~ McTeacher Night: Thursday 4-8 at Mesa Ridge McDonalds in Fountain ~ No School Friday 9/2 and Monday 9/5

Celebrations:Happy Birthday to Emi last week ~ August 25th

Star Student of the Week: Derrick

Snacks: We have 17 students in our class now! Thank you to Layla, Adrianna, Amelia, Damian, Daphne, Derrick, Emiliano, Ethan and their families for providing snacks the last two weeks for the class! We really appreciated it and enjoyed them immensely! Snack this week:Monday ~ Hayden Tuesday ~ Hanna Wednesday ~ Layla

Thursday ~ Ms. Bonfiglio Friday~ NO SCHOOL

Derrick

Emiliano

Derrick is five years old! He lives at home with his mommy Jami, daddy Curtis, baby brother Bobby, and his two dogs Titan and Ody! He loves the color red, lions, soccer, and eating broccoli! His favorite thing to do at school is color pictures and his favorite thing to do at home is watch the Power Rangers Show! Derrick loves to run, run, and run! He also likes to spend time practicing his ninja skills and he likes to spend time playing Batman video games with his Dad! When Derrick grows up he hopes to be a Silver Dinoforce Power Ranger!!!

Derrick is amazing! He is so respectful and polite and always has a smile on his face. He is so kind to others and an amazing friend to everyone! Derrick always tries his best and is very intelligent! He follows the rules and sets a great example for everyone to follow! He definitely earned being our classes first Star Student! I am so proud of you Derrick and all your hard work! I am so happy you’re in my class! Keep being a ROCKSTAR!