08 | September | 2019 | Mrs. Baker's Class

POPCORN WORD: a

COLOR WORD: red

ABC Bootcamp…

We have been working hard on our letters and sounds the past two weeks in Kindergarten. We started with the letter A and have made it through the letter F. We will continue to learn more letters next week!

A Special Visitor…

We had a special visitor come and teach us about type 1 diabetes. One of the Kinders in our class, Lillian, has type 1 diabetes. Her dad read us a book and introduced us to Coco, a monkey that helped us learn more about Lilly.

Readers Workshop…

During our first reading workshop lesson, the kinders learned that readers walk through the world in a special way. They don’t just see things, they read things too! We learned that we are readers and can already read different signs in our school, in our classroom and out in our world! The kinders were excited know that they were able to read familiar environmental print signs. We are learning to LOOK, READ, THINK, LEARN!

We also talked about what it means to be a “Book Lover”. We learned that a book lover takes care of their books by being gentle with them, not eating or using supplies around them and putting them back where we got them from. We practiced being a book lover with books at our table spot.

Math…

This week in math, we read Anno’s Counting Book. We talked about the numbers 1-10 and looked on the book pages for objects that corresponded to that number.

We explored with our math manipulatives! The kinders were introduced to the number tiles 1-5 and counters. We counted a group of objects and found different ways to arrange them. For example: 5 can be shown with 3 red tile and 2 blue tiles or 5 can be shown with 4 red tiles and 1 blue tiles.

Writers’ Workshop…

This week during writing, we learned that writer’s share information with others about what they know. We had a partner that we turned and talked to. One of the Kinders was the peanut butter partner and the other was the jelly partner. The peanut butter partner was the listener first and the jelly partner was the one that shared first. Then, they switched. In our class, we practiced sharing things we know about. We told our partners what our favorite color is and what we like to play on the playground. We also started “writing” on paper this week by drawing ourselves lining up (this is something we are practicing). The Kinders needed to draw and label themselves. We will continue adding to our writing this week.

SOAR…

As a class we are learning how to SOAR- Be Safe, Own It, Act Responsibly and Be Respectful at school! This week we learned about noise levels. We practiced these noise levels in the hallway, in the classroom and outside.

The Color Red…

On Friday, we celebrated our color of the week, the color red. The Kinders looked great in their red clothes. We had fun making a red craft, talking about things that are red, reading books with the color red in them and learning a song about the word red.

Meet Our Para-Pros…

We are so very lucky to have Mrs. Santana and Mrs. DeGroot helping in our class this year. Mrs. Santana is with us in the mornings and Mrs. DeGroot is with us part of the afternoon. We are very thankful for their help! If your Kinders mention them, you’ll know who they are talking about!

Mrs. Santana

Mrs. DeGroot

Library…

This past week, we visited the library. We got to meet our librarian, Mrs. VandenBurg. She read us a story about how to treat books. We didn’t get to check out a book yet, but we will soon!

RED and GREEN choices…

In our classroom, we talk about making red and green choices. We have posters hanging up to remind the Kinders of what good “green” choices are. You might hear them talk about red and green choices at home.

Cool Tools…

We are continuing to learn about “COOL TOOLS” in kindergarten. These are tools that help us to learn how to handle different situations and talk to others. This week we learned…