This Week in Kindergarten…

 

COOL TOOLS: The Kinders keep working hard each day to being ready to learn. They practice this by looking with eyes, listening with ears, voices quiet, hands in own bubble space and sitting like a pretzel on the rug. Our lessons about the cool tools are helping us be aware of others and how to deal with situations. The Rainbow Fish taught us that sometimes we need to be like an eraser and forgive ourselves for mistakes we make and learn from them. We need to forgive others too who may say or do hurtful things. 

Chrysanthemum taught us that words spoken hurt other’s feelings and are impossible to take back, like toothpaste. We learned that we are all special and unique.

Ish reminded us again that our words matter. The fuzzy dice reminds us  to say nice words or show nice actions toward others.

Franklin’s Bad Day helped us learn to walk away before saying toothpaste words or doing toothpaste actions to our friends.  The big inflatable shoe is our visual reminder.  We decorated our own shoe to take home.

During ABC Bootcamp this week we worked on letters D, E, and F.

Math: During math this week, we read Anno’s Counting Book and learned about numbers 1-10. We were also introduced to number tiles and learned different ways to group objects. 

We practiced writing number this week. We worked on writing the numbers 0, 1 and 2. The kids had fun using whiteboards to write the numbers and then draw the correct number of objects. 

Reading: This week during reading, the Kinders learned about being book lovers! They learned to treat books nicely, turn the pages gently and to not eat or drink while reading. They learned about the difference between a book lover and a book bully. After learning this, we practiced reading books being book lovers! We started the week by reading environmental print – they were so excited by all the signs they could read!

During reading we also learned about Teacher’s Jobs and Student’s Jobs. We practiced them this week and will continue to practice them this year in kindergarten!

We wrapped up our week in reading by learning about parts of the book! We learned about the front and back cover, pages, author and illustrator, pages, pictures and words. They are learning so much!

Writing: This week during writing, we learned that writers share information with others about what they know. Examples of these topics were: What is your favorite color? What do you like to play on the playground?  They practiced this by taking turns with their table buddies and sharing. The kinders did AWESOME!  We also learned that we can think of something that we know about, talk about it and then draw it. Our topic was wearing masks. It was fun seeing all the different designs on everyone’s masks.

Red Day Fun! On Thursday, we had fun wearing red and learning all about the color red! On red day it was fun to make a cute Clifford head! The Kinders are working hard at using scissors and glue sticks. I hope you enjoyed them!

The kindergarteners went to the lunch room for the first time this week. They did a great job distancing at their seats, going through the hot lunch line for the first time and walking quietly in the hallway.

Reminders:

Backpack snack—Pack TWO quick, heathy snacks each day.  Be sure to place it in a special small pocket so that it is easy for them to locate.

Blue folders—send them to school each day. 

If ordering a hot lunch or milk, please discuss with your kinder what they will be ordering so that they are comfortable and secure with their selections.  

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Upcoming Dates:

Monday, September 6: No School – Labor Day

Tuesday, September 7: Gym; Library – our first time; Bring a beach towel back to school; Book Orders due – class code is RB32K.

Wednesday, September 8: Art

Thursday, September 9: STEAM

Friday, September 10: Music; Color Day – wear YELLOW!