Wilmington Christian Academy

 Welcome to Mrs. Augst's Kindergarten Class!

 Dear Parents,

You should be very proud of your child.  We've had a lot of visitors coming through our classrooms lately and they are doing a fantatic job carrying on with our activities.   They are half way to first grade now.   Let's not talk about that though.   

Cap and Gown pictures are just around the corner.   I'll be sending home your child's cap and gown next week.   Please put your child's name in the cap and gown.   That way we'll know who to return it to the day of pictures.   I'll send home a sheet explaining the details for picture day.    

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 I've created a blog for our Kindergarten class.   I hope you enjoy this throughout the year.   Click the link below to access it.

www.MrsAugstsKindergarten.blogspot.com

Accelerated Readers

Happy Birthday

Novemember -  Kya

December -  Chandler

January-  Sabella

January- Joshua

Click Here for the Welcome Packet   

Mrs. Augst's Newsletter

 February 6-10

Bible:  This will be our "R" verse for the week.  We'll discuss the meaning in class.

T verse- Genesis 16:13 "Thou God seest me."

Phonics:

We have begun to work on the one and two vowel rules.   It's always a good idea to have your child mark the vowels in their reading books as we're working on them in class.  They're doing a pretty good job so far.   Practicing at home will improve their speed.  

The students are doing a super job learning these rules. 

The rules are...

ONE VOWEL RULE

If a word has one vowel in it,  it usually says it's short sound. 

Example:  bit, cot, set

TWO VOWEL RULE

If a word has two vowels in it,  the first vowel says it's name and the second vowel is silent. 

Example:  bite, coat, seat

Reading:

Make sure that you have your child read the assigned pages in their  reading books.  I know that it seems to take time right now but the more you practice, the better and faster they'll.   Just initial next to the assigned pages.

Here's some helpful information:

A "C" reader is an average reader, a "B" reader is above average, and an "A" reader is an advanced reader.  A "C" grade at the beginning is normal.   

Sight Words    Please go over these sight words for the next two weeks. 

who

what

when

where

why

of

I listed the following special sounds for those who like to look ahead.  

Special Sounds   ck in duck

                                e in me that says e

                                o in go  that says o

                                y in fly  that says i

                                ay in pray  that says a

                                st in stop  st

                                pl in plane pl

                                fr in frog fr

                                tr in train  tr

                                th in thick  th  "hard sound"

                                th in this  th   "soft sound"

                                bl in block bl

                                cl in clock cl

                                fl in flake fl

                                gl in glue  gl

 Blue Card special sounds

br in bride

dr in drum

pr in pray

gr in grin

sm in smoke

sc in scat

sk in state

sp in spade

cr in crab

tw in twins

spl in splash

spr in sprain

scr in scream

squ in squeak

sn in snack

sl in sleep

str in stream

sw in swim

Math:

Practice the numbers 1-99   Review how to recognize them and form these numbers.   

Counting 1-100 by ones, fives, and tens

Adding one    example  2+1=    4+1=     3+1=  

Time to the hour.   3:00,   6:00,   2:00

After numbers   7 __     9 __      11__ 

Penny

Dime

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Web Sites:

I highly recommend that your child practice on these web sites. 

My personal favorites are starfall and ixlmath.

We use several web sites in class that the students love.    www.starfall.com , www.abcya.com , www.ixlmath.com, www.sadlier-oxford.com and www.mathfactcafe.com.

I can tell that some of the kids have gotten on these sites.  They are already letting me know things about them.  Way to Go!!

Social Studies:

We are studying about Children of the World.  

Spanish:

A link has been added to the "Important Links" section to the left with a document to help you review with your child for Spanish class!

Important Information

 Re-enrollment packets went home last week.  Please make sure that you fill these out and send them back to school to ensure your child's spot for first grade.  

 Calendar of Events

 February

20NO SCHOOL / DAY CARE OPEN - PRESIDENTS’ DAY - (Reservation Required for K5 - 7th)

21 NO SCHOOL / DAY CARE OPEN - WINTER BREAK - (Reservation Required for K5 - 7th)

29 Class Pictures - Grades K3, K4, 1 - 11