Field Trip and More!

What a busy week!  We began our week with a field trip to the fire station and to Chappy's Deli.  The fire fighters taught us many safety tips and let us explore througout the station.  We especially enjoyed the fire trucks!  Chappy's was great too.  We were able to tour the kitchen and the big walk - in freezer.  We also enjoyed a delicious Chappy's meal.  Thanks again to those of you who drove and chaperoned for our field trip.  We couldn't do it without you!  Take a look at  the pictures to see a few of the other activities we enjoyed in our class this week.  We practiced "building" letters with our magnetic letter pieces as well as with playdough.  Other activities you will see are fun with numbers, cutting practice, and exploring letters and sounds on the computer.  Afternoon center time is fun too.  A class favorite is "Mr. Potato Head".  Next week we will review the letters and numbers we've learned and begin a unit on apples.  Ask your child to tell you all about it each day.  Please notice the "Alphafriends" take home books your child is bringing home.  There is one for each letter we learn.  As we review this week, please follow up at home with the activity on the "family involvement" page in each booklet.

Week of September 26-30

Language Arts Skills:

• Letter review S,T,O,P,U,X,Y,W

Math Skills:

• Review #'s 1-5
• counting by ones to 100
• counting by 10's to 100
• graphing

Handwriting/Fine Motor Skills:

• review writing L,T,I,E,F,S,C,O,Q,P,R,
• using scissors correctly

Bible:

• "The Family" (God's plan for Adam and Eve's family)
• verse:  "Adam and Eve lived a long time and had many sons and daughters." Genesis 5:4

*Don't forget to bring an apple on Monday...any color.
*Our next field trip is Friday October 14th (Pumpkin Patch @Dreamfield Farms)

Our Fiesta

We celebrated Mexican Independence Day in our Spanish class this week with Senora Hickson.  Mrs. Letner taught us the Mexican Hat Dance.  We also frosted cupcakes with red, white, and green frosting to look like the Mexican flag.  As you can see in the photo, we enjoyed the cupcakes outside.  On Monday we will be going on our first field trip.  We will visit the fire station on Carmichael Rd. followed by lunch at Chappy's on Perry Hill.  We are really looking forward to a great time!

Week of September 19-23
Reading/Language Arts Skills:

• Colors/Color Words - brown (review red, green, yellow, orange, blue, purple)
• Letters/Sounds - Y,W

Handwriting Skills:

• Letters - P,R

Math Skills:

• Making sets
• One-to-one correspondence
• Counting sets
• Counting by 1's and 10's

Bible:

• "The Serpent"
• Verse - Genesis 3:23

ABC's and 1,2,3's

We are having fun learning our letters and numbers in K4.  Learning our ABC's is fun with our new "letter vests" that you see in our pictures.  We have been doing lots of counting using our color tiles and bear counters.  Writing letters in shaving cream is always a fun way to practice!  Working our number and ABC floor puzzles is also a favorite activity.  Here are some of the skills we will work on this week.

Week of September 12-16

Reading/Language Arts Skills:

• Colors/Color Words - Purple (review red, green, yellow, orange, blue)
• Lettes/Sounds - U,X

Handwriting Skills:

• G,C,S

Math Skills:

• Ordinal numbers (1st-5th)
• Numbers 1-5
• One-to-one correspondence
• Making sets of objects

Bible:

• Creation (Day 7) 
• Genesis 2:2

Reminders:

• Partner with the Principal meeting - Thurs. Sept. 15th, 8:15.  Please come if you can.  We will be discussing what we do in our K4 program and answering questions you may have.  
• Fire Station and Chappy's field trip - Mon. Sept. 19th

Fun and Learning in K4

We are busy learning!

We had another great week in K4 at Trinity!  We practiced writing our names and letters in shaving cream  on the table.  What fun!  We also counted and made sets with frogs, pigs, chocolate chips, and bears.  Our K4 students are learning to make sets of objects and match a number with that set.  I'm looking forward to another week of learning and fun with your children!

Week of September 6-9

Reading/Language Arts Skills:

• Colors/Color Words - Blue (review red, green, yellow, orange)
• Letters/Sounds - X

Handwriting Skills:

• Circle forward and circle back lines
• Letters O,Q

Math Skills:

• Ordinal numbers (1st-5th)
• #'s 1-5
• Making sets of objects

Please reinforce these skills at home this week!

Reminders:

• Partner with the Principal meeting - Thursday September 15th, 8:15
• Fire Station and Chappy's field trip - Monday September 19th