It's Always A Great Day To Be A Skyhawk

Kindergarten's First Guest Speaker

Your Skyhawks enjoyed a special treat last Thursday!  Mrs. Mary Ann Grainger is a registered dietician, and she helped us understand how to make healthy choices with the foods we eat. We played informative games and learned how to check the grams of sugar and fiber content in packaged food items. Don't be surprised if your child asks you to check the food labels and requests that you make another choice if the sugar content is more than 10 grams! They may even request 100% fruit juice or whole wheat bread!


     As an extension activity to our study of Nutrition and healthy eating habits, the kindergarteners will experience how we get food from plants. We will discuss and taste the edible parts of various plants (seeds, roots, stems, leaves, flowers).

 

 

First Field Trip Rescheduled for November 16

Our upcoming field study to City Roots has been rescheduled for Monday, November 16 due to the weather. We looked forward to learning all about the only in-town sustainable farm located in the city of Columbia.

Sight Word Study

this, that, will, red, blue, yellow

Suggested sight word activities and games.

• Place sight words in a container. Invite your child to shake the container, spill out the words, and read the ones that fall face up. Give your child a score that is equal to the number of letters in the words he/she reads. Record the total, then place the remaining words back in the container, shake and spill again. Add the total to the first score. Continue until all words have been read.
• Choose a newspaper article and see if your child can spot one or two sight words at a time. Use a highlighter and count how many times the word appeared.
• Turn the sight words into rainbows. Ask your child to write a sight word on paper in big letters. Using different crayons, have your child trace around the word again and again, reading the word each time.

Happy Halloween!

We look forward to seeing all kindergarteners all dressed up this Friday, October 30st. We will start the day off with a fun Halloween Parade that will begin promptly at 8:15. Please send in a uniform change of clothes for your child to wear after the parade. Be sure to label all parts and pieces of the costume with your child's name. Please remember no masks or weapons of any kind can be brought to school.

Reminder

We have enjoyed seeing the disguised turkeys which have been strutting into our classrooms! As a reminder, please return your turkey no later than this Friday, November 7th. The "turkeys" will be displayed in the hallway then sent home before Thanksgiving break. Have fun and be creative!
Have your child write the sight words on the driveway using sidewalk chalk.

Healthy Skyhawks!

Welcome back!

We hope everyone had a very fun, restful Fall Break!

The kindergarteners are continuing discussions about healthy eating habits and the importance of good nutrition. This Thursday is an exciting day! We have our first guest speaker coming in. Mrs. Mary Ann Grainger, a registered dietician, will be here to talk to the kindergarten about how to make healthy choices. Be sure to ask your child what they learned about a rainbow of foods.

 In an effort to encourage our students to try new healthy foods, we are offering a food badge for each NEW food tasted at home. Please send in a note stating which food your child tried. You can jot the name of the food on any piece of paper, then have your child draw a smiley face or a frown to indicate what they thought about the new food.
 Happy Eating!




 

 

 

 

 

   

Science Update

Using cross curricula connections, the kindergarteners will be spending the month of October learning about healthy eating habits. Eating is the most important thing we do each day, and this unit of study will explain why.

We will find out:

• Which foods you need to eat everyday
• Where food goes after you swallow it
• Why it's good to eat breakfast
• What vitamins and other nutrients are for
• Why you can't eat only candy!!

Sight Word Study for the Week of October 20th

•  be
• have
• he
• she
• we

Looking Ahead to November

It's Turkey Time

In this week's Tuesday envelope, you will find a letter with directions for your family to disguise a turkey so that it won't get eaten for Thanksgiving dinner! This has proven to be an exciting project for the kindergarten students and their family members to enjoy each year. Please return your turkey no later than Monday, November 2nd. The "turkeys" will be displayed in the hallway then sent home before Thanksgiving break.

 Have fun, and be creative!

The pictures below are a few examples of turkeys from years past.

 

Kindergarten Skyhawks Are Back In The Swing!

 We are so excited to be with our Skyhawks! 

So thankful for our many blessings!

Healthy Days Ahead!

Hammond kindergarteners are beginning discussions about healthy eating choices as we begin to study Nutrition. We will learn that healthy habits include getting plenty of rest, eating healthy foods, brushing our teeth, and exercising. This unit of study is always a favorite!

Sight Word Study for the Week of October 7th

• are
• go
• here
• to

Be sure to look back at our first post for ideas and activities to reinforce these words. Don't forget to practice the sight words we have previously studied. We are learning how to make sentences with all of the words we know. We can even write them!

Math in Kindergarten

We have started introducing money. We are beginning with the penny. The children are learning this penny poem that you may enjoy practicing at home.

"Penny Poem"

Penny, Penny

Easily spent

Copper brown

And worth one cent.  

 

A Special Opportunity From Dr. Lynch 

Your Child is invited to join the statewide 2015-2016 “Read with the Gamecocks” reading program!  This program is designed to encourage reading among elementary students Kindergarten through sixth Grade.

Rules: From Tuesday, October 13 – Friday, October 23 each student will record the number of pages read on the Reading Log sent home in this week’s Tuesday Envelope. This reading time can also count for their regular classroom reading.  (Parents or guardians should initial the student’s reading sheet.)  Please total the number of pages read on the Reading Log and return it to your child’s homeroom teacher by Monday, October 26.

Prizes will be awarded to the highest reading heroes, Kindergarten through sixth grade at the literacy games (Women’s Basketball Game, 11/15/15 and Men’s Basketball Game, 11/16/15)  All reading Heroes will receive two vouchers (one for child and one for adult) for free admission to the select Literacy Games.

Join us as we “Read with the Gamecocks” and encourage our children to enjoy a good book!

Bonnie Lynch

Walker Library