This blog is designed to allow a glimpse into what to expect in K each month. For specific dates, refer to weekly Class News, FB: Mrs. Barclift's Busy Bees, and text messages. SEND: @mrsbarcli TO: 81010 to sign up for texts! I APOLOGIZE THAT SOME OF THE YOUTUBE LINKS NO LONGER WORK. IF I CHANGE THE DATE OF THE POST, I WILL NOT HAVE THE VIDEOS ANYMORE, SO CLICK ON THE APPROPRIATE MONTH NO MATTER THE YEAR and it will be current. :)
Be sure to look for our Weekly Class News in your child's folder each Friday - all you need to know about BSLK (and more!) will be on the newsletter! In addition, a monthly calendar will be stapled inside your child's daily folder. REMINDER: our team color is the same as the daily folder.
October Family Pumpkin Project will come home.
Fall Break holiday this month in addition to Downtown Field Trip, Jumpstart Read for the Record, Report Cards, Fire Prevention at P.E., Drug-Free Awareness Week, Violin begins (if you signed your child up).
"STAR WORDS"/SIGHT WORDS SO FAR: I, am, the, little, to, a (earn orange rainbow piece)
LETTERS AND SOCIAL STUDIES/SCIENCE THEMES:
possibly Aa & apples
Ff & Fall, Family Friends, possibly Five Senses
Pp & Pumpkins
Ss & Scarecrows, Spiders
MATH:
continue with Shapes, AB Pattern, Sorting/Classifying
Graphs, early Calendar Concepts
counting one-to-one (pointing to objects as we are counting them)
Number Poems
Represent, Count, & Write Numbers 6-9
FOCUS NUMBERS: refer to weekly Class News
BELOW ARE SOME VIDEOS WE ENJOY DURING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER!!! HAVE FUN!
Be sure to look for our Weekly Class News in your child's folder each Friday - all you need to know about BSLK (and more!) will be on the newsletter! In addition, a monthly calendar will be stapled inside your child's daily folder. REMINDER: our team color is the same as the daily folder.
Fall Tree Family Projects will come home this month as well as our first Progress Report.
Labor Day holiday this month in addition to Fall Pictures, Book Fair, & "Grand" Open House (combo of Grandparents' Day & Open House - LOTS of FUN!)
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, First Names, Chrysanthemum
sing alphabet song - emphasizing vowels
"STAR WORDS"/SIGHT WORDS SO FAR:I, am, the little, to, a
LETTERS AND SOCIAL STUDIES/SCIENCE THEMES:
Mm & Me, playful monsters, monkeys
Bb & My Body, My Brain, My Birthday
possibly Aa & Apples
MATH:
continue with Shapes,
AB Pattern, Sorting/Classifying
Graphs, early Calendar Concepts
counting one-to-one (pointing to objects as we are counting them)
Number Poems
Represent, Count, & Write Numbers 0-5
Compare Numbers to 5
FOCUS NUMBERS: refer to weekly Class News
Your child has the opportunity to Build-A-Rainbow by learning all of our Kindergarten Sight Words (also called "Star Words"). Your child can earn a rainbow piece by reading the star words (each reading unit has a set of star words, each unit is a color of the rainbow). Once your child's rainbow is complete, we celebrate, take a picture by our rainbow wearing our headband, AND are given a First Grade Packet to work on at home! Remind your child to let Mrs. Barclift know they are ready to pass-off a set of Star Words once they are able to!
Your child has the opportunity to earn THREE OWLS. To earn an owl, your child must (1) count to 100 by 10's (we sing a song in class), (2) count to 100 by 1's (we have a song & a slap/clap pattern to learn this skill, and (3) correctly name numbers 0-20 out of sequence. Remind your child to let Mrs. Barclift know they are ready to pass-off once they are able to do any of the three skills above!
BELOW ARE SOME VIDEOS WE ENJOY DURING THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER!!! HAVE FUN!
You will receive a phone call from me in July & a letter in August with details regarding our Meet & Greet as well as our Parent Orientation meeting. A supply list is included in your mailing. PLEASE BRING ALL OF YOUR CHILD'S SUPPLIES TO PARENT ORIENTATION and place them in his/her grocery sack. You are to bring your child to Meet & Greet. Parent Orientation is for adults only, please. It is extremely important you attend our Parent Orientation. I look forward to meeting you and your child! You can reach me by e-mail at: abarclift@albertk12.org
Special Classes will begin at the end of August: Guidance Counseling, Enrichment, Music, and Library. P.E. begins at the beginning of the school year!
Be
sure to look for our Weekly Class News in your child's folder each
Friday - all you need to know about BSLK (and more!) will be on the newsletter! In addition, a monthly calendar will be stapled inside your child's daily folder. REMINDER: our team color is the same as the daily folder.
This month, please work on your child's first Family Project: an All About Me Book (instructions given at Parent Orientation) this project will be the first entry in your child's Kindergarten Memory Book!
THEMES:
PEACEMAKING, Rules, Procedures, The Kissing Hand, The Gingerbread Man, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, No, David!, Pete the Cat
Colors (Color day schedule is given out at Parent Orientation)
proper use of crayons/pencils/scissors/glue/markers (songs to help us remember how to use and take care of these important Kindergarten "tools"!)
Begin Letter Introduction
"STAR WORD"/SIGHT WORD INTRODUCTION:I, am
MATH:
Shapes, AB Pattern, Sorting/Classifying, Graphs, early Calendar Concepts
counting one-to-one (pointing to objects as we are counting them), positional terms
begin with Number Poems
ASSESSMENTS:we will be administering many individual assessments this month also (DIBELS, Big Spring Lake Report Card, and the WAP-T which is for non-English speaking students).
See Videos Below: I am super excited to be able to share a few videos with you that we enjoy singing in class! Have fun viewing these with your child!!! Youtube has LOTS of kid-friendly educational videos - just be sure to preview it before showing it to your child!
