Kindergarten Weekly Update

Happy September!

For the apple week activities, please send your child with an individual, unpackaged apple on Monday, September 11th or Tuesday, September 12th. We will use these in math and science!

If you signed up to supply materials for Apple day, please send those in before Friday.

Let us know if you have any questions!

With love,

Mrs. Beck, Ms. Ceaser, Ms. Hardin, Mrs. Stuart, Mrs. Summerville, and Mrs. Yusaf

Sept. 11: Mrs. Beck's Birthday

Sept. 11: Map (Math) Testing Window opens (testing days will vary)

Sept. 11-15: Book Fair! NO regular library visits

• If you would like to volunteer, click here

Sept. 13: Chick-Fil-A Day

• Come see some of your favorite Fuller staff for dinner between 5:30-7pm

Sept. 14: Grandparent's Day!

Sept. 15: Apple Day (see flyer below)

Sept. 18: TxKea (ELAR) Testing Window Opens (testing days will vary)

Sept. 18: PTO Meeting!

Sept. 19: Ms. Hardin's Birthday

Sept. 19: International Talk Like a Pirate Day - dress up optional

Sept. 20: AISD Board Meeting

Sept. 27: Picture Day

You are more than welcome to come and eat lunch with your child any day (with exceptions for closed campus testing days) of your choice. If you are eating lunch at school remember:

- check in AND out with the front office

• no background check required, but the school does need to keep track of who is and is not in the building

- you may only sit with your child, their friends may not eat with you at the visitors tables

- you cannot supply food to other children that are not your own

- kiddos and adults are not permitted on the stage unless given permission by staff

- please encourage your children to continue to follow school rules while you are visiting

These are rules across campus to keep all children safe, and must be followed by all visitors.

The bookfair is this week! Library visits will NOT happen this week, but we will build our Bookfair wishlists on Monday as a class.

Teachers cannot force your children to purchase specific items at the bookfair. If you send your child with money, or give them electronic money via eWallet, they are responsible for their own purchases, including books and other trinkets available.

You may visit the bookfair with your child during lunch one day this week, or at another time during the school day - check with your child's teacher for the best time for this.

TEKS we will focus on this week:

K.2 Developing phonological awareness - what is a word?

K2biv Identifying sight words

K2E Handwriting

We will be continuing an exploration of letters through Letter Camp, focusing on R, S, T, U, V.

Name-writing is essential, and we will be working on handwriting through exploration of our names for the next few weeks - exploring lowercase and uppercase letters, pencil grip, and different mediums for writing (crayon, marker, pencil, etc.), as well as naming different strokes (vertical, horizontal) and learning about proper writing position.

We are continuing to launch our Writing Workshop model, with a goal of gradually releasing into independent work when we begin reading stations.

We are continuing to launch our Reading Workshop and will begin to build in-class book boxes to practice good reading habits. We are encouraging exploration of books in safe ways - please help us by letting your child "read" to you at home in addition to reading to them. We talk about the three kids of reading - reading the words, reading the pictures, and retelling in our own words.

TEKS we will focus on this week:

K.2H Use Comparative Language

K.2B Read, write, and understand numbers to 10

K5 Algebraic Reasoning

We will be exploring numbers continuing through 10, focusing on 6-10 this week. We will practice writing them, identifying them, and seeing them represented in different ways.

In addition, we are working on the skill of rote counting forwards and backwards to 30, with and without objects for representation.

TEKS we will focus on this week:

K.3C Critical thinking is used in scientific problem solving.

K.1A&B Conducting classroom and outdoor investigations.

K.2A-E Ability to ask questions and seek answers.

We will conducting experiments and using our science journals to track predictions, record observations, and more.

We will begin exploring our 5 senses within the experiments that we do in class.

We will bring these two concepts together through an ongoing apple investigation throughout the week, culminating in an Apple Tasting Day on Friday!

TEKS we will focus on this week:

K.8 Identify Authority Figures

We will continue to learn school and classroom expectations and rules, and create visuals for our classroom to remind us how we should and should not act with our peers, adults, and others at school and in our community.

We will begin to focus on authority figures in our community, school, and class, and talk about what that means in relation to rules and who makes them.

*Please note that Ms. Beck's class is split between classes and will not appear on the schedule.

Aubrey ISD does enforce a strict dress code. Please review the following links to familiarize yourself with the dos and don'ts!

Dress Code

Dress Code Dos and Don'ts

• Send your kiddo to school with a LABELED, reusable water bottle daily.

• Don't forget a snack, packed SEPARATE from their lunch so they don't eat it at lunch accidentally.

• Pack an extra set of dress code approved clothes in a gallon sized bag, or other container, in case of accidents or clothing emergencies.

• Check green folders nightly, empty and return each day. Any paperwork that needs to come back to school will on the RIGHT side, and teachers will check for returned forms daily.

• Car tags are REQUIRED at dismissal in the car line, as well as Walker Pick up locations

• Email ALL transportation changes to FESTransportation@aubreyisd.net by 2pm.

• We will not go outside for recess if the temperature exceeds 100*F or is below 40*.

• Parents need to drop their kiddos off at the door - fostering independence is essential in Kindergarten! There will be teachers around to help kiddos find their way to our classrooms.