Kindergarten 

Hello Kindergarten Families!

We are off to a wonderful 2018-2019 school year. We have been so busy exploring our classroom and the building as well as learning our daily schedule. There are also so many wonderful friends in our class! We are working daily in our ELA centers and our Go Math curriculum. It's also been so much fun playing on the playground with this nice weather we have been having.

Reading:
We have begun our Reader's Workshop to introduce strategies that will help students become readers. We are working on many sight words to help us read our leveled books. Our ELA centers have been alot of fun! We are working on many skills such as sight word identification, letter sounds, rhyming, syllable clapping and much more! Please read with your child every day. :)

Writing:
We work hard each day on our writing skills. We are working on writing 1-2 sentences with upper case letter followed by lower case and remembering to add a period, exclamation point or question mark. We have been using sight words in our writing as well! It's also exciting to discuss what we write about with our classmates and decide if it is a fiction or non-fiction writing piece. 

Math:
We have completed chapters 1-7 of our Go Math Curriculum. We are exploring math hands on with manipluatives and also through the use of the smart board which is interactive. We work in our math centers daily. Each group will work with Mrs. Heinsbergen or Mrs. Uttaro. We have an independent group working on math skills such as number formation, counting objects, sorting, patterning, etc. We also have an iPad center where students will be using math programs to further their math skills. 

Religion:
We have been practicing the sign of the cross daily through prayer and also have started to dicsuss God's creations. We discussed what we are thankful for that God has given us and made pictures to share with our entire school! We also know the Hail Mary and Our Father and enjoy saying these prayers often. 

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. I can be reached at natalie.heinsbergen@dor.org.

Important Dates:
4/11/19: Easter Party 1pm-2pm
4/12/19-4/19/19: No School Spring Recess
5/27/19: No School Memorial Day
6/18/19: Kindergarten End of Year Celebration

It is a pleasure getting to work with your children this year!
Natalie Heinsbergen