This week is homecoming week in Kaukauna, see dress up days below:
Monday-PJ/Comfy Clothes
Tuesday-Superhero day (just a t-shirt or parade, doesn't need to be a costume)
Wednesday- NDLC Wear for the parade
Thursday-Sports Team Wear
Friday-Kaukauna Spirit (wear black and orange)
10/11: PSC Family Event at Skate City
10/12: Scholastic Orders due
10/19: Heckrodt and Fire Station Field Trip--Please send back form if you have not already done so!
10/25&10/26: NO SCHOOL
Check out the October lunch menu.
This October students at New Directions will CREATE Kindness as they collect socks for Kid President's Socktober sock drive. Look for more information to come home with your child on October 4. Check out the link below for more information on Socktober!
We look forward to making a difference as a school!
Reading: On Monday, we will have a celebration to mark the end of our first reading unit. The readers will choose their favorite book to carry around during our reading parade through the school. Stay tuned for a video! Students have worked so hard to learn to retell their old favorite storybooks using the exact words from the book, sounding like the characters, and using connecting words to keep the story going. As we continue to work in these "Old Favorites" in our next unit, we will learn to use the pictures and words to really think about how the character might be feeling and what they are thinking. These colorful stories provide a great base to begin that comprehension work with our emerging readers!
Writing: Students will learn to plan their story across pages, add more details in pictures and words, and add speech bubbles to their writing. At home, you could help your child generate ideas to write about! Practice telling the story orally and asking questions to add more details. This helps students to write more vivid stories. Oral storytelling is a key component in the writing process and will help students to get their ideas on to the page. Here is how Kindergartners are taught to think about the writing process:
Pretty amazing work for these young writers!
Math: This week, mathematicians will work on adding and subtracting using pictures. We will continue to work writing numbers 1-5 and seeing numbers of objects in a group. Students will work on number order using dot to dots.
Phonics: Fundations as our phonics program. This program focuses on foundational skills necessary for successful reading and writing.
To help your student be successful, you can practice letter formation at home! Check your child's backpack for:
- A copy of the verbalizations to form each letter
- Handwriting paper in a page protector.
- You can use this with a dry erase marker so that it is reusable! Socks make great erasers:)
Social Studies: This week, we will begin our School Study unit. Throughout the unit, we will be exploring who the community helpers are in our school and conducting interviews to learn more about what they do! We will be learning about interviews and planning what kinds of questions we are going to ask our school community helpers. We will be conducting interviews with a few school helpers this week and some more next week! We are excited to start this project!
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