POPCORN WORDS: yes, no, stop, go

READING: This week during reading, we practiced rereading when you get stuck. We practiced going back to the part of the story we were familiar with and then reading from there. We also matched pictures to words. The Kinders did a great job looking at pictures with strong feelings and matching up words to the feelings. 

MATH: During math this week, we practiced adding numbers starting with the number 5. We used pennies to show the numbers and learned about using an addition sign. We also practiced telling and drawing addition and subtraction stories using white boards. 

WRITING: This week during writing, we wrote about our homes. We wrote three pages…one about where we sleep, one about where we eat and one about where we play. The Kinders did a great job drawing pictures, labeling (stretching out more and more words) and writing a sentence on each page. 

LITERACY: During our literacy time this week, we practiced learning the difference between b and d. We used objects that start with those letters and practiced writing b and d. We practiced our popcorn words and learned about stretching out words using Elkonin boxes. We also practiced a shared reading poem, looking for our popcorn words in the poem. 

BUS SAFETY: This week we had two Hudsonville bus drivers come to our school to teach all of the kindergarten classes about bus safety. We learned that you need to hold the handles to enter and exit the bus, you need to sit bottom-to-bottom and back-to-back on the bus and you need to wait to see a green sign from the bus driver and the bus driver’s eyes before crossing the street. We also learned it is very important not to yell and to sit down while riding on the bus. We even got to take a ride on the bus and got a glow-in-the-dark sticker! 

 

COLORS OF THE WEEK…BLACK AND WHITE: Our colors this week were black and white. We had fun reading Harry the Dirty Dog books. Harry brought us on many fun adventures this week with his stories! We learned about things that are black and white and ended the week making a black and white craft, our own Harry the Dirty Dog! 

GVSU BASEBALL PLAYER AND MATH GAMES: On Friday, we were lucky enough to have some new GVSU baseball players and their coach join us again for math games. We had fun playing Fall themed math games! We put pumpkins in number order, measured how many pumpkins tall some objects were, counted dots and matched them up to the right number, color and shape bingo, then we colored things that are normally black and white. 

UPCOMING DATES:

Monday, October 21: STEAM; Library – remember to return your library books!

Tuesday, October 22: Music

Wednesday, October 23: Gym

Thursday, October 24: Art

Friday, October 25: STEAM; Wear orange!

Tuesday, October 29: Picture Retake Day; Turkey Trot Race

Thursday, October 31: Fall Party 2:00-3:00; Thank you to all of the parents who are sending in supplies, volunteering at the party and our party coordinators!

November 18 and November 20: Parent Teacher conferences