Mrs. Miller's Kindergarten Class
My name is Kathy Miller and I am so happy to be your child's teacher. This kindergarten year will be a year of new beginnings, a year filled with large and small accomplishments, a year of trying new things and making new friends. Kindergarten is an important year in your child's education. It sets the foundation for future years. I am honored to be on this very memorable and special journey with you and your child! I will be updating this website weekly with our K1 Newsletter, class photos, important dates and information.
I look forward to working with you this year!
Important Dates:
April 23- Kindergarten Open House 5:30-6:30 - Families welcome to attend
April 29 - Kindergarten Musical - performance 11:00-11:30 in the Multipurpose Room- Families welcome to attend
Hello K1 Families,
This Thursday, April 23rd, we will be having our Kindergarten Open House from 5:30-6:30. This is an evening event when families are invited to our classroom to explore all of the amazing work they have been doing. Your child will be a tour guide for you! Please know that all family members are invited to attend. The 1st-5th grade Open House will be in May. I am looking forward to seeing everyone this coming Thursday!
In writing this week we read the book The Best Part of Me, and then the students wrote about the best part of themselves. This will be up for Open House. The writers used a writer’s checklist to support their writing. Some of the things on the check list included; starting a sentence with a capital letter and ending with a punctuation mark.
In math we had fun creating subtraction stories with flannel boards and a farm animal book! We also circled back on identifying teen numbers and writing teen numbers! And played our favorite game, Splat!
In phonics we worked on long and short vowel /a/. The readers learned about “the silent e.” This is a brand new concept for many children, and it can be confusing to early readers. When students start to decode (read), they usually start with VC and CVC words, which are closed syllables. In a closed syllable, vowels usually make their short sounds: mat, pin, top. VCE stands for Vowel, Consonant, E. When a word ends in one vowel, one consonant, and the letter e, the E is silent and the vowel makes its long sound. This rule is often called the Magic E or Silent E rule and it creates a VCE syllable. Next week we will work on long and short /i/.
On Tuesday Mrs. G. our school counselor, visited and presented the first of five lessons on friends. Her lesson focussed on being PALS. The letters stand for , play together, accept one another, let things go and speak kindly. We always look forward to her visits.
Although we are nearing the end of kindergarten, we have so much more learning and fun in store! Have a wonderful weekend.
- Kathy
