Mrs. Powers' Kindergators

Dear Parents,  We have just under 2 weeks left of AESF's funding drive to support the Science Lab. Addison families have raised just over $22,000 so far but we are only at 20% participation.  If you haven't donated yet, please consider making a donation. All the students benefit and no amount is too small. Help us be the class with the highest participation and reach the goal of $38,000 so you child can see Mrs. Hallmark and Mr. Cohen get Yucky!!! Also, if you donate $500 or more you are automatically entered in a drawing to win 6 Disney tickets, a reserved year around parking spot, and two reserved seats for Gator Gala and Awards Day.   Thank you for your continued support, 

For a short week we sure did lots of work in kindergarten. The short week caused some schedule changes for us. And testing in 1 st and 3 rd grade caused us to be short Mrs. Ricci for part of the time as she proctors for those tests. Still, we managed to push forward on some big skills. Reading: We did a mini unit on rhyming words. The full standard for the year requires that the students be able to identify rhyming words when they hear them and produce rhyming words for given words. This week we listened for rhyming pairs in poems, matched words with their rhyming partners and created rhyming word families. We saw great progress in our kiddos with this skill! Math: We are diving into shapes. Our full standard means they have to name, define, compare and contrast: squares, circles, rectangles, triangles and hexagons. This unit moves fast and can be tough for some so we appreciate any reinforcement you can give at home. We focused heavily on squares as shapes with 4 equal si

Our family fun carnival is next Friday, September 13, from 5-8. We need lots of volunteers to make this event a hit. Please sign up using the link below to help make a great night for the kids! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0d4cadaa28a13-addison

Kindergarten does not send home progress reports in the first quarter. We require a bit more time to assess their skills and help them acclimate to school. If you have any specific concerns or questions about your child's progress, please let us know. We will meet for conferences in October to discuss specifics for your child!!!