Mrs. Mosley's and Mrs. Jose's Kindergarten Class

Attention: inventive spelling is encouraged

We are off to a great start!

 

Parents, please feel free to donate toys and trinkets to our class treasure box. Those who stay on green all week deserve to be rewarded!

Please bring a water bottle to and from school daily.  Please no flavored drinks.

 

If it is your child's turn to bring in snack, please see that it is healthy. Help encourage good eating habits.

 

What we are and will be learning in math:

• using the calendar and days we've been in school to reinforce our number sense
• introduction of writing and reading of numbers and number words
• coins and their values
• counting and grouping of objects by 1s, 5s, 10s
• reading, counting and writing our numbers to 50 and beyond
• adding and subtracting using dice, beans, tallies, pennies, and more
• time to the hour
• creating, extending and identifying patterns as AB, AAB, ABC, etc.
• graphing
• understanding more and less than, ordering numbers least to greatest

What we are and will be learning in language arts:

• One to two letters a week for the first semester
• responding to literature
• recognizing site words
• singing, reading and listening to rhymes, especially from Jack Prelutsky!
• writing to express meaning; emphasizing correct letter formation and spacing between words
• correctly using capital letters and periods
• first separating a word into syllables, then breaking syllables into individual sounds
• nurturing ability to read with fluency, reading in small group and one-on-one with Mrs. Mosley
• sequencing
• deciphering between the letters b,d,p,q
• word families

Earth Science begins in October

 

What we are and will be learning in social studies:

• why we follow rules, laws and practice being a good citizen
• recognize and name symbols of New Mexico and the United States
• creating and interpreting maps