This Week in Kindergarten…

POPCORN WORDS: like, here

READING: During reading this week, we learned more about looking for how characters are feeling in books. We practiced noticing feelings in Bear Feels Scared. The Kinders then looked for feelings in their books. They also learned about finding WOW! pages in the books they are reading. They worked with their partners to find a WOW page and mark it with a sticky note. This week, we also started to use our blue book boxes. The Kinders chose 5 interest books and put them in their book box to read during reading time.

WRITING: This week during writing, we wrote 2 pattern books. The first pattern book we wrote was about a pumpkin. The Kinders looked at a pumpkin and learned about the different parts. Then we drew the pumpkin, labeled it and wrote a sentence on all 4 pages! Our sentences were:  I see the stem. I see the rind. I see the ribs. I see the pumpkin. Our second book was about themselves. We started by learning the Mat Man song. This song helps Kinders to remember to draw all the parts of themselves. We drew ourselves, labeled ourselves and wrote a sentence on all 4 pages! Our sentences were: Here is my head. Here is my body. Here is my hair. Here is my friend. I’m so proud of how hard they worked during writing! They are doing a great job!

MATH: During math this week, we practiced writing our numbers and drawing that number of objects. We also practiced dot-to-dots. There are more and more numbers on the dot-to-dots that we are practicing. The Kinders are reminded to draw straight lines and go in order of the numbers. 

LITERACY: This week during our literacy time, we practiced our popcorn words, beginning word sounds, telling the difference between letter and numbers, rhyming words, handwriting (letters that are small, letters that are tall and letters that fall) and popcorn word books! We learn so much during this time of our day! This is the time of day where we also work in small groups and work on different skills. 

MYSTERY READER: Joshua was excited and surprised when his mom came to our room this week to be a mystery reader! We had a great time listening to the book The Book With No Pictures. The Kinders had a lot of laughs!! 

GVSU BASEBALL PLAYERS: On Friday, the GVSU Baseball players and their coach came to our class and played math games with us. It was fun to play some new math games! We love it when they come!

5th GRADE BUDDIES: On Friday, our 5th grade buddies came to our classroom and made a craft with us! It was so fun to have them visit! They helped us make an orange tiger! They are hanging up in our classroom for all of us to enjoy! After the tigers were finished, the fifth graders and kindergarteners got to read books together. We loved it!!

A COUPLE OF REMINDERS…

  • Please remember to send your Kinder to school with 2 snacks each day. I have snacks for students who don’t have one, but we are going through many snacks each day. Thank you!
  • Please help your Kinder remember to keep their toys at home. We have plenty of toys for them to choose from during play time. When they bring toys from home, they often have a hard time keeping them in their backpack and not playing with them. Thank you! 
  • Please remember to send your Kinder in a coat each day to school. With this changing weather, it is important for the kids to be warm at recess. Thank you!

UPCOMING DATES…

Monday, October 28: Music; Library (remember to return library books)

Tuesday, October 29: Gym; Picture Retakes; Turkey Trot Race

Wednesday, October 30: Art; Kindergarten Parent and Administration Meeting 7:00 PM in the Multi-Purpose Room at Georgetown

Thursday, October 31: STEAM; Fall Party from 2:00-3:00 – Kinders are welcome to wear their costumes to school! 

Friday, November 1: Music; Send in headphones (labeled with your Kinder’s name) for STEAM; Wear Brown – our color of the week!

Friday, November 15: Fast Friday – dismissal at 12:15

November 18 and November 20: Parent Teacher Conferences

Have a great weekend!!