POPCORN WORDS: me, be, we, will
COLOR WORD: black and white. We had a lot of fun reading Harry the Dirty Dog books this week at school. The Kinders thought Harry was a funny dog! We made a book about the color black and a book about the color white. It was fun painting a panda as our color craft! It was fun getting a piece of black construction paper and a white crayon and drawing! The Kinders looked so cute dressed in their black and white clothes!
READING: In reading this week, each Kinder got their own reading mat. They use their reading mat to help them remember to read all of their books and then reread them. They stack their books and put them on the green dot side and beginning reading. When they are done with a book, it moves to the red dot side. When all of the books are on the red dot side, the Kinders can read them back to the green side. We practiced getting right to work during our quiet read time and worked hard on reading the whole time! They read for a quiet 7 minutes this week!! Wow!! This week we also learned and practiced 3 ways to read a book…
- Tell a story you already know.
- Look at the pictures and tell a story.
- Read the words.
WRITING: In writing this week, we wrote about our special classes….music, gym, art, STEAM. I am amazed at the details the Kinders are including in their drawings! They are doing a great job with labeling the beginning sound they hear in the word they are labeling!
MATH: In math this week, we continued to practice writing our numbers, especially 1-5 and identifying groups of numbers 1-5. They also practiced recognizing shapes that have straight lines and have no straight lines. This coming Tuesday, Oct. 16 we will be going to our “offices” and being “office workers” as we take our very first math unit test. I have “offices” for the Kinders to use…to help them work on their own papers. The Kinders will be assessed on number writing 1-5, identifying and drawing groups of numbers 1-5, identifying shapes and completing dot to dot pictures. I know that they will do a fabulous job!
LITERACY TIME: During our literacy time this week, the Kinders went on a Leaf Hunt! It was so much fun, they found and colored the correct alphabet letter! They loved it! We played a “pass the pumpkin” game where we passed around pumpkins that had letters on them. When the song stopped, we had to tell the letter on the pumpkin we had and the sound it makes. We also practiced syllables during literacy this week. I am amazed at how well they are doing! We looked for the uppercase G and lowercase g in a poem and highlighted them. We are working so hard!
MYSTERY READER: RJ’s grandparents came (all the way from Georgia) and were mystery readers in our classroom! RJ was thrilled that they came to read to us…a book all about germs! RJ even helped his grandma read part of the book! Thank you so much for coming to our classroom!
FOURTH GRADE BUDDIES: On Friday, our fourth grade buddies came to our class to do a fun fall math game with us! We love getting together with our buddies!
TWO BACKPACK SNACKS: Thank you for sending 2 healthy snacks each day. I do have graham crackers available if you forget.
NOVEMBER PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES: Please complete this survey as soon as possible. SURVEY CLOSES OCTOBER 19 at 11:59pm. This will help us schedule your kinder’s conference.
WARM SWEATSHIRTS OR COATS: Please continue to send your kinder to school based on the weather. The mornings and days are becoming cooler, but we still go outside to play.
UPCOMING DATES
Monday, Oct. 15 – PE; Happy Birthday Eliana!!
Tuesday, Oct.16 – ART; Library books due back today.
Wednesday, Oct. 17 – STEAM
Thursday, Oct. 18 – MUSIC
Friday, Oct. 19 – PE; color day… Wear ORANGE!
Tuesday, Oct. 23—Turkey Trot
Tuesday, Oct. 30—School Picture Retake Day Please return the original picture package during retakes.
Wednesday, Oct 31—FALL PARTY & PARADE— Our Kinder parade will begin at 10:15am. Our classroom party will follow. It should be a lot of fun!!
