Important dates:
Monday, August 27 - Open House, 6-7 p.m.
Wednesday, August 29 - Pizza Day! Students may wear Fortis spirit shirts with jeans or uniform bottoms.
Monday, September - Labor Day. NO SCHOOL!
Wednesday, September 10 - Picture Day
Looking forward to another great week of learning! The kids are doing great learning classroom procedures and I am enjoying getting to know them! We are also spending time each day focusing on a certain "Fruit of the Spirit" and discussing ways to grow them in our heart. We not only hope to train their minds, but their hearts as well, so that we all may become more like Christ each day.
***Pizza Day is next week! On the last Wednesday of every month we will have pizza delivered to school...a day off from packing a lunch! You may have already paid for pizza when you registered. If you didn't (and you would like your child to have pizza each month) you can send in a check for $35 or you can send an email to bbrannan@fortisacademy.net and he can add it to your FACTS account. If you are still in need of spirit shirts you can let me know and I can pull one for you!
Love, Mrs. McKethan
***Pizza Day is next week! On the last Wednesday of every month we will have pizza delivered to school...a day off from packing a lunch! You may have already paid for pizza when you registered. If you didn't (and you would like your child to have pizza each month) you can send in a check for $35 or you can send an email to bbrannan@fortisacademy.net and he can add it to your FACTS account. If you are still in need of spirit shirts you can let me know and I can pull one for you!
Love, Mrs. McKethan
Math:
- Please remember to do the "Introduction" and "One Step Further" at the bottom of the pages.
- This is a great week to introduce those Subitizing (dot) cards at home, and begin building that number sense! Click here for dot cards up to 5 and click here for dot cards up to 10. You can also make your own using index cards and "garage sale" stickers. Show the card for 3 seconds then put it down. Ask them how many dots they saw and how they saw it (2 on top ad 2 on bottom, 1 on top, 3 on bottom, etc)
Reading:
- Please use this time to go over letter sounds! (Yellow Phonograms)
- Please be working with your student on letter recognition, both upper and lower case letters. We will begin reading short vowel words next week!
- PHONEMIC AWARENESS: to reinforce our Spelling segmenting lesson, we like to have "Turtle Talk" at school. Our puppet Tudley says a 3 sound word slowly (ex: /p/ /e/ /t/) and student has to blend the word and say it. This is a great activity for driving in the car!
- Ideas: *call out a phonogram and have student write it with sidewalk chalk, wet paintbrush on sidewalk, shaving cream, a tray with sand or salt, playdough, etc. * Play hopscotch with phonograms. They have to say the sound before hopping to the next.
- Read quality literature to your child to encourage the love of beautiful books!
Writing:
- Remember to reinforce letter practice on lined handwriting paper. Especially if your child is needing additional letter practice.
- Please have your child practice writing their first name correctly (beginning with a capital and the rest lower case).
- Check for proper grip and that your child is starting their letter formation in the correct spot (generally from the top).
- Click here for a short video to help with correct pencil grip and using the handwriting paper correctly.
Spelling:
- Introduce blue Key card 1 and 2. *Please make sure to go over yellow phonogram cards at least twice per homeschool day. Also, if your child is struggling with segmenting words (p.23), please continue to review this concept. It is a crucial step for reading!
History:
- The next 3 weeks we will be discussing the beginning of history. We are diving into the story of Creation and then Adam and Eve with living books and in-class activities.
Science:
- THURSDAY/FRIDAY: Worksheet:"Create your own insect" - We will be sharing these on Monday!
- Song: (tune-Head, Shoulders, Knees and toes)
Head, thorax, abdomen, 6 legs
Head, thorax, abdomen, 6 legs
Two antennas, compound eyes
Head, thorax, abdomen, 6 legs
Geography:
- Kindergarteners will be expected to be able to point to the Continents and Oceans on a map. Click here for the song we use in class. Due 9/24
Memory Work:
- Please work on memorizing our beautiful poem "Jesus Died Your Soul to Save". Students will say title, author, and then recite poem on September 26th.
- TIMELINE SONG: We will be singing it in class a few sections at a time, and introducing the hand motions found in the link below. We have all year to work on this one!
- Click here for song
- Click here and here for Timeline song with hand motions.
