Saturday, October 29, 2016

Week of October 24

This week in...

Reading:
  • Story retelling is an important skill to improve reading comprehension.  I hope you enjoyed listening to your children retell Big Pumpkin!
  • Made a book called called Bippity Boppity Bindergarten, A Bat Flew Over Kindergarten!
  • Looking closely at pictures in books
  • Pictures gives us clues 
  • How to read with a partner
  • We met our first grade reading buddies


 Writing:
  • looking closely at objects and labeling
    • leaves, butterflies, toy animals, our shoes
  • continued to work on tapping out and stretching words out like bubblegum
  • got a writing buddy!


Math:
  • Roll a web
  • Sorting
  • Introduction to attribute blocks
  • Lots of counting games
  • Tricky teens
  • Math centers
  • Monster Squeeze
    • Ask your children to teach you how to play monster squeeze.  It's a great game for developing a mental number line.





Other:
  • We hosted the October Community Meeting and sang Fly, Fly, Witchy
  • Orr butterflies hatched and we released them into the wild!



Halloween Candy Fun!!!

  • Don't forget to estimate, count, and then sort your Halloween candy!!!!
  • Put a bunch of Halloween candy in ABC order
  • Read the Wrappers or make an ABC book with wrappers
  • Sort your Halloween candy 2 different ways 
Reminders:
  • We do not dress up for Halloween 
  • Conferences are next Wednesday and Thursday
  • Please send in or email me a baby picture if you haven't already
  • We could use some plastic spoons

WE HAD OUR FIRST LOST TOOTH OF THE YEAR!



Week of October 24

This week in...

Reading:
  • Story retelling is an important skill to improve reading comprehension.  I hope you enjoyed listening to your children retell Big Pumpkin!
  • Made a book called called Bippity Boppity Bindergarten, A Bat Flew Over Kindergarten!
  • Looking closely at pictures in books
  • Pictures gives us clues 
  • How to read with a partner
  • We met our first grade reading buddies


 Writing:
  • looked closely and labeling
    • leaves, butterflies, toy animals, our shoes
  • continued to work on tapping out and stretching words like bubblegum


Math:
  • Roll a web
  • Sorting
  • Introduction to attribute blocks
  • Lots of counting games
  • Tricky teens
  • Math centers
  • Monster Squeeze
    • Ask your children to teach you how to play monster squeeze.  It's a great game for developing a mental number line.





Other:
  • We hosted the October Community Meeting and sang Fly, Fly, Witchy
  • Orr butterflies hatched and we released them into the wild!



Halloween Candy Fun!!!

  • Don't forget to estimate, count, and then sort your Halloween candy!!!!
  • Put a bunch of Halloween candy in ABC order
  • Read the Wrappers or make an ABC book with wrappers
  • Sort your Halloween candy 2 different ways 
Reminders:
  • We do not dress up for Halloween 
  • Conferences are next Wednesday and Thursday
  • Please send in or email me a baby picture if you haven't already
  • We could use some plastic spoons

WE HAD OUR FIRST LOST TOOTH OF THE YEAR!



Sunday, October 2, 2016

Week of September 26

This week in

Reading we...
  • Continued to read pictures and retell stories
  • Got our reading partner and our reading spot
  • Learned that reader's touch each page, think and tell 
  • Got our Letter Linking Charts
  • Practiced singing the ABC while pointing to the right letter...tricky through L, M, N, O, P.  Many children think this is 1 letter!

Writing we...
  • Sorted F and T
  • Started Handwriting Without Tears...Letter F is a frog jump letter!
  • Shared writing--thank you letter to Summer's Grandparents


Math we...
  • Played dot card memory
  • Played dot card top it
  • Explored geoboards and pentominoes
  • Played Race to the Apple tree


Practice at home...
  • Spell words instead of saying them.  For example, Go tell D-A-D goodnight/Turn the lights o-n/o-f-f
  • I L-O-V-E you/ I said N-O
  • Read to your children everyday.  Talk about the book. 
  • Label the house or a person with post-its
  • Count! Go slowly through the tricky teens...13, 14, 15 super tricky!


Misc...
We got caterpillars today!
Please send in a baby picture!
I you would like to contribute something from my wish list I have updated what I need on my blog
Thank you!

Kindergarten Funny:
After a student used the wrong bathroom at recess...
"Well, I'm still new here, you know?"