September 4, 2026

                              

Dear Families,

Thank you so much for being patient with me this first week of school! My main goal has been making sure your child is happy in their transition into our kindergarten classroom. If somehow I have left you with more questions, please reach out to me and let me know. 

I am sending home your student's lunch number that they have to put into the keyboard each day in the lunchroom for lunch/milk. It would be SO HELPFUL if you could put this somewhere (on the fridge?) and have them practice putting in their number on the keypad. Thank you!

It has been a very busy week. We are working on our procedures and community building. We have enjoyed going to the different specials classes and meeting many new faces and doing fun activities. 

Specials are: Monday-Art, Tuesday-PE, Wednesday-Guidance, Thursday-Library, Friday- Music

Books Read: A variety of Pete the Cat stories, Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten, and A Little Peaceful Spot. 

In math we are getting to know numbers, introducing attributes of shapes, sorting, graphing birthdays, and our calendar routines. Our routines at calendar time include; counting to the calendar number of the day, weather observation, and the days of the week. We have also our math curriculum called Reveal Math. There is an explanation paper in your child's folder this week giving you a sneak peak into what can be expected!

 Many reading and writing assessments will be taking place these first few weeks of school. We have begun our phonemic awareness and phonics programs and formal writing instruction will begin soon! We are working our way through our alphabet series and you have, no doubt, seen the headbands coming home each day as well as a coloring book to focus on that letter of the day. These all stay at home. Some families have taken a shoe box to house the books in for their child to be able to practice reading them. 

We have begun to be scientists and use our observation skills to watch caterpillars grow-and grow-and grow! Most of them are still in the very hungry stage! 

We are learning about the Woolwich Way! The Woolwich Way is made up of 6 qualities that will help us to be the best we can be! (Courtesy- I can use good manners, Compassion-I can help others, Respect- I can treat others kindly, Honesty-I can tell the truth, Responsibility- I can take care of myself and my stuff, Quality- I can do my best even when things are hard)

Upcoming Events:

Sept 24- Woolwich Central School Open House 5:30-6:30

Sept. 29- Field Trip- Rocky Ridge 

Please return attached permission slip as soon as  you can~ 

If you plan to chaperone you must turn in a form to the office! 

https://www.rsu1.org/information-for-families/volunteer-information

May 29, 2026

 

We have been talking about farm life! Planting, eggs, animals...fun!!!

Heggerty Phonemic Awareness:  Sound Blending, Middle Sounds, Segmenting, Adding Final Sounds, Deleting Final Sounds, Substituting Vowel Sounds, Segment Sounds and Write the Letters. Continued digraphs this week (th, sh, ch, wh). Four and five letter words with blends.

UFLI:  Making words with and working with letters and sounds: all, oll, ull. Words reviewed: the, I, and, a, is, as, said, to, do, of, see, be, me, he, from, look, book, are, was, you, have, what- New heart words: go, no, so 

Bridge to Writing:  I can use bridge words- with and by,  I can draft a sentence with bridge words in it, I can write an opening and closing sentence,  I can add detail to my writing,  I can check and edit my writing, I can share my writing.

Reveal Math:  Targets this week: I can count by 1s to 100. I can describe patterns when counting by 1s to 100.

Go2Science: We have finished our capybara mission to Brazil and are still considering whether or not our hypothesis are true or false. What does your child think? 

We are learning about the Woolwich Way! The Woolwich Way is made up of 6 qualities that will help us to be the best we can be! (Courtesy- I can use good manners, Compassion-I can help others, Respect- I can treat others kindly, Honesty-I can tell the truth, Responsibility- I can take care of myself and my stuff, Quality- I can do my best even when things are hard) 

Upcoming Events:

June 18- Last day of Kindergarten- Noon dismissal

May 22, 2026

We haven't spoken in a bit! My husband and mom both had surgery and Kindergarten screening took 3 valuable days out of the classroom as well. We are still pressing on and doing some very good work! 

Heggerty Phonemic Awareness:  Sound Blending, Middle Sounds, Segmenting, Adding Final Sounds, Deleting Final Sounds, Substituting Vowel Sounds, Segment Sounds and Write the Letters. Continued digraphs this week (th, sh, ch, wh). Four and five letter words with blends.

UFLI:  Making words with and working with letters and sounds: FLSZ doubling spelling rule. Words reviewed: the, I, and, a, is, as, said, to, do, of, see, be, me, he, from, look, book, are, was, you, have, what- New heart words: your, want 

Bridge to Writing:  I can use bridge words- at and for,  I can draft a sentence with bridge words in it, I can write sentences in order, I can add a color and size word to my writing,  I can check and edit my writing, I can share my writing.

Reveal Math:  Targets this week: I can count by 1s to 50. I can describe patterns when counting by 1s to 50.

Go2Science: We have finished our capybara mission to Brazil and are still considering whether or not our hypothesis are true or false. What does your child think? 

We are learning about the Woolwich Way! The Woolwich Way is made up of 6 qualities that will help us to be the best we can be! (Courtesy- I can use good manners, Compassion-I can help others, Respect- I can treat others kindly, Honesty-I can tell the truth, Responsibility- I can take care of myself and my stuff, Quality- I can do my best even when things are hard) 

Upcoming Events:

May 25- No School- Memorial Day

June 18- Last day of Kindergarten- Noon dismissal

May 1, 2026

Enough with the showers...more flowers!!! Happy May!!!

Heggerty Phonemic Awareness:  Sound Blending, Final Sounds, Segmenting, Adding Final Sounds, Deleting Final Sounds, Substituting Final Sounds, Blending with Boxes. Continued digraphs this week (th, sh, ch, wh). Continued four letter words with blends.

UFLI:  Making words with and working with letters and sounds: all short vowel vc and cvc words. Letters: V and Z  Words reviewed: the, I, and, a, is, as, said, to, do, of, see, be, me, he, from, look, book, are, was, you- New heart words: have, what 

Bridge to Writing:  I can use bridge words- to and from,  I can draft a sentence with bridge words in it, I can add a color and size word to my writing,  I can check and edit my writing, I can share my writing.

Reveal Math:  Targets this week: I can make groups of 18 and 19 objects. I can explain how to make groups of 18 and 19 objects.

We are learning about the Woolwich Way! The Woolwich Way is made up of 6 qualities that will help us to be the best we can be! (Courtesy- I can use good manners, Compassion-I can help others, Respect- I can treat others kindly, Honesty-I can tell the truth, Responsibility- I can take care of myself and my stuff, Quality- I can do my best even when things are hard) 

Upcoming Events:

May 25- No School- Memorial Day

April 17, 2026

 

We have enjoyed eating our way through the rainbow this week! Fun new foods and old favorites decorated our platters each day! Even blueberry ice cream for blue day!!! Yummy~

Heggerty Phonemic Awareness:  Sound Blending, Final Sounds, Segmenting, Adding Initial Sounds, Deleting Initial Sounds, Substituting Initial Sounds, Blending with Boxes. Introduction of digraphs this week (th, sh, ch, wh). Starting 4 letter words with blends.

UFLI:  Making words with and working with letters and sounds: all short vowel vc and cvc words. Letters: Qq  Words reviewed:the, I, and, a, is, as, said, to, do, of, see, be, me, he, from, look, book, are, was, you

Bridge to Writing:  Continued this unit- working on penmanship, punctuation, and spaces between words. 

I can use bridge words- on and off,  I can draft a sentence with bridge words in it, I can add a color and size word to my writing,  I can check and edit my writing, I can share my writing.

Reveal Math: Spent extra hands-on time in math this week surrounding teen numbers. It is a tricky concept! 

Targets this week: I can make groups of 16and 17 objects. I can explain how to make groups of 16 and 17 objects.

We are learning about the Woolwich Way! The Woolwich Way is made up of 6 qualities that will help us to be the best we can be! (Courtesy- I can use good manners, Compassion-I can help others, Respect- I can treat others kindly, Honesty-I can tell the truth, Responsibility- I can take care of myself and my stuff, Quality- I can do my best even when things are hard) 

Upcoming Events:

April 20-24 April Vacation

April 10, 2026

 

Heggerty Phonemic Awareness:  Sound Blending, Final Sounds, Segmenting, Adding Initial Sounds, Deleting Initial Sounds, Substituting Initial Sounds, Blending with Boxes. Introduction of digraphs this week (th, sh, ch, wh). Starting 4 letter words with blends.

UFLI:  Making words with and working with letters and sounds: all short vowel vc and cvc words. Letters: Yy and Xx.  New heart word: you. Words reviewed:the, I, and, a, is, as, said, to, do, of, see, be, me, he, from, look, book, are, was

Bridge to Writing:  I can use bridge words- on and off,  I can draft a sentence with bridge words in it, I can add a color and size word to my writing,  I can check and edit my writing, I can share my writing.

Reveal Math: Targets this week: I can make groups of 16and 17 objects. I can explain how to make groups of 16 and 17 objects.

We are learning about the Woolwich Way! The Woolwich Way is made up of 6 qualities that will help us to be the best we can be! (Courtesy- I can use good manners, Compassion-I can help others, Respect- I can treat others kindly, Honesty-I can tell the truth, Responsibility- I can take care of myself and my stuff, Quality- I can do my best even when things are hard) 

Upcoming Events:

April 13-17   Eat the Rainbow week! Monday- Red,  Tuesday- Orange and Yellow, Wednesday- Green, Thursday- Blue and Purple, Friday- Rainbow

April 20-24 April Vacation

April 3, 2026

 

April Showers Bring May Flowers??? I hope so!!!

Heggerty Phonemic Awareness:  Sound Blending, Final Sounds, Segmenting, Adding Initial Sounds, Deleting Initial Sounds, Substituting Initial Sounds, Blending with Boxes. Introduction of digraphs this week (th, sh, ch, wh). Starting 4 letter words with blends.

UFLI:  Making words with and working with letters and sounds: all short vowel vc and cvc words. Letter: Jj. Words reviewed:the, I, and, a, is, as, said, to, do, of, see, be, me, he, from, look, book, are, was

Bridge to Writing:  I can use bridge words- in and out,  I can draft a sentence with bridge words in it, I can add a color and size  word to my writing,  I can check and edit my writing, I can share my writing.

Reveal Math: Targets this week: I can make groups of 14 and 15 objects. I can explain how to make groups of 14 and 15 objects.

We are learning about the Woolwich Way! The Woolwich Way is made up of 6 qualities that will help us to be the best we can be! (Courtesy- I can use good manners, Compassion-I can help others, Respect- I can treat others kindly, Honesty-I can tell the truth, Responsibility- I can take care of myself and my stuff, Quality- I can do my best even when things are hard) 

Upcoming Events:

I have been summoned to jury duty for the month of April. We will see how this works as we go along. I will do my best to make school as consistent as I can for your students. 

April 20-24 April Vacation