This week we have been talking about 'Fall' and the various activities that take place in this season, as well as finishing up learning about pumpkins, parts of a pumpkin and the pumpkin life cycle. Additionally we have been working hard this week on assessments as your child is getting ready to show all that he/she has learned thus far in Kindergarten! We can't wait to meet with you at conferences and show you all of the wonderful things your child has been learning! Reading: Sight Word: his, that Word Family: _et Letter: Gg Phonics and Writing: Letter naming: consonants and vowels Rhyming words in a series Onset fluency: consonants Blending: onset/rime Segmenting, substituting, adding, deleting phonemes: onset rime Math: Numbers can be put together and taken apart: part/part/whole Making 10 Addition stories Modeling addition Looking Ahead: Nov 11th - Veterans- No School Nov 17th - Family Dolls Due Nov 18 - 20th - Minimum Days (Parent/Teacher conferences) Nov 20th - Family Feast Nov 23 - 30th - No School Take a look through our pictures from our Pumpkin Presentations, Mystery Readers and Pumpkin Centers!
This week we continued our farm knowledge by learning about farm animals, specially cows, and also visited Fog Willow Farms for our 2nd class field trip! Please be sure to check out the pictures many parents have already posted on our Shutterfly account of all of the fun your Kindergarten had!
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THEMATIC INSTRUCTION: This week we began our "Down on the Farm" unit by looking and learning about COWS! We read many books about cows. We then used the information we learned to make a writing graphic organizer on cows. This class chart helped us write our very own pig fact sentences. Be sure to stop by our room and read them for yourselves. THINGS TO ASK YOUR YOUNG SCHOLAR:
OCT 24 Fall Festival 2 - 6pm OCT 27 The 50th Day of School!! Students (& parents) are encouraged to come to school dressed in 50's attire as we spend the day looking at life long ago. Families are invited to join us for a sock hop and root beer floats from 2 - 2:30 OCT 29 Pumpkin Day! This week we were excited to come back from October Break and share all about the fun we had. We started our new unit, "Down on the Farm" Here's a closer look at what we did ...
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This week we began our "Down on the Farm" unit by looking and learning about PIGS! We read many books about pigs. We then used the information we learned to make a writing graphic organizer on pigs. This class chart helped us write our very own pig fact sentences. Be sure to stop by our room and read them for yourselves. THINGS TO ASK YOUR YOUNG SCHOLAR:
Oct 20th - Fog Willow Farms field trip Oct 24th - Fall Festival Oct 27th - 50th day of School Celebration Oct 29th - Pumpkin Day Nov 11th - No School To check out opportunities to volunteer and get involved in other ways, please be sure to check out our Shutterfly account, on the "Get Involved" tab above. Let's pretend Week 2This week we continued our "Pretend Unit." We began the week with everyone's favorite fairytale, Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Then we concluded our week with an exciting field trip to Fairytale Town! Here's a closer look at what we did ...
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This week we began our new unit 'Let's Pretend,' all about nursery rhymes and fairytales. We searched out the rhyming words in many of our favorite poems and were introduced to fun new nursery rhymes. Hey Diddle, Diddle has quickly become a new class favorite. This dish running away with the spoon made us laugh every time. We also took a field trip to Fairytale Town. The kiddos has a great time going around the park and exploring all of the different fairytale stories we've been reading about in class over the last 2 weeks! Please be sure to check out ALL of the wonderful pictures THINGS TO ASK YOUR YOUNG SCHOLAR:
Oct 5 -9 - Fall Break Oct 12th - Permission slips due for Fog Willow farms Oct 20th - Fog Willow Farms Field trip This week was all about rhymes and riddles as we kicked off our two week 'Let's Pretend' unit. We pulled out the classic nursery rhymes, finger plays and fairytales. Here's a closer look at what we did ... READING:
The highlight of our week, by far was all our Humpty Dumpty Fun! We read it, found rhyming words in it, counted words in it, and wrote silly rhymes like it with our own name in it. On Thursday the class learned how to "Think Like a Scientist" as we sought to help poor Humpty with his falling 'problem.' You see we know Humpty and we know that he likes to sit up on walls. Well it is pretty obvious that if he is going to be up on a wall, chances are he is going to fall. So as a class we tried to answer the question, What if Humpty had some protection from his fall? We realized that we use protection all the time, from bike helmets and shin guards to umbrellas and sunscreen. What could protection could we give Humpty to keep him from breaking? Your young scholars brainstormed and A-MAZ-ING list of materials to you. They came up with feathers, marshmallows, water, sand, play-doh, and bubble-wrap. Their ideas truly blew us away. So much more creative then I would have ever thought of on my own! Then we set out to test our ideas. In groups they filled a small ziplock bag with their protective material of choice. I added a raw Humpty Dumpty egg. Then we went out and dropped them off the wall. What protection worked the best?? Ask your young scholar!! And don't forget to check our shutterfly site for pictures of the whole experience which will soon be posted! THINGS TO ASK YOUR YOUNG SCHOLAR:
OCT. 1 Fairytale Town Field Trip AND picture day. Please send your child to school in his/her school uniforms for pictures and pack him/her a disposible lunch if you did not request a school lunch on your permission slip. OCT 6-10 NO SCHOOL for October Break OCT 24 Fall Festival |