Miss Gnuse and Mrs. Landers’ Here’s what’s happening… What we’re learning! Letters and Sounds: Pp Qq Rr Ss Sight Words: he had Reading Strategy: Asking questions about Goldilocks and the Three Bears agnuse@sps186.org Phone: 787-3066 Here’s what’s happening… We had another great week of Kindergarten! Students have been working hard to name letters and letter sounds. Keep practicing at home as well. I’ve included a Bear Hunt game to help practice this skill in a fun way at home this week! Last week we learned the letters Ll, Mm, Nn and Oo and the sounds they make. We learned two new sight words – “and” and “go”. We finished up our first topic in math last week as well and had our first math topic test. We continued our writing unit on narrative writing and learned all about how to label our pictures to tell our readers what we’ve illustrated and to help us remember the stories we want to tell. We read many versions of The Three Little Pigs and worked hard to retell that story. We also explored houses around the world built of straw, sticks, and bricks. Pictures are on our class website (you can access it from the Dubois webpage) to see what we’ve been learning. Finally, the school fundraiser started last week – so look for those packets to help support our school! Writing Skill: Telling and writing narrative stories Math Topic: Greater Than and Equal Groups

How to help at home… Miss Gnuse and Mrs. Landers’ Important Dates: 22nd: Milk and Cookies Family Reading Night...please send back your RSPV if you’re planning on coming 23rd: No School – Teacher Inservice Meeting Student of the Month: Josephine VanMetre How to help at home… Read for at least 20 minutes every night Work on all the letters of the alphabet and the sounds they make. All the kids will be expected to identify all their letters (upper and lowercase) and the sounds they make by October Practice counting to 100 together Practice their sight words at home with them. Use the flashcards I’ve sent home to practice those sight words EVERY night!!! Thank you so much to everyone who has sent snacks into the classroom! We really appreciate your help with making sure all students have a snack each day!