Welcome to Kindergarten! We are the Fabulous Frogs. I hope you're ready to leap into some adventures in learning with me!
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
Friday, October 20, 2017
WEEK OF OCTOBER 16
This week in...
Reading we:
Poem--
Bippity Boppity Boo
A bat flew over you
Bippety Boppity Bee
A bat flew over me
Bippity Boppity *Bohn
A bat flew over *John!
Writing we:
Math we:
WE HAD A FUN DAY AT THE FARM...Unfortunately, I didn't take many pictures :(!
Reading we:
- Had our first official meeting with our first grade reading buddies!!!
- We spent some time this week learning about how the picture AND the first letter are big clues when finding out the word on the page.
- New popcorn words: can, see
- New letters: c, o
Poem--
Bippity Boppity Boo
A bat flew over you
Bippety Boppity Bee
A bat flew over me
Bippity Boppity *Bohn
A bat flew over *John!
Writing we:
- Started our "Looking Closely" writing unit. We learn how to write like scientist by observing objects closely, drawing what we see, labeling and writing about it.
Math we:
- Learned about tricky teen numbers
- Played tricky teen BINGO
- Practiced counting on with 2 dice. Say one number and count on from there with the second dice.
WE HAD A FUN DAY AT THE FARM...Unfortunately, I didn't take many pictures :(!
Friday, October 13, 2017
WEEK OF OCTOBER 9
This week in...
Reading we:
Writing we:
"Your pictures match your words!"
"Look at all the words/letters you wrote!"
"You really stayed on topic...it's all about your field trip!"
"Your story has a beginning, middle, and end!"
Math we:
Played dot card top-it (war). Introduced language such as greater, less. more, fewer
Practice at home:
Try spelling little words instead of saying them.
For example,
Coming up: Field trip to Wolfe's Neck Farm--Wednesday!
Reading we:
- Added our first popcorn words to the word wall. Ask your children why they are called popcorn words.
- We added a song to our poem folder that teaches us how to spell the last 5 words
- For 2 days we talked about fun ways to interact with our books. One being acting our book out. The kids had fun trying it out and I had fun watching all the smiles. Here is a snip-it...
Writing we:
- Your kids are coming home with a story they wrote about our trip to the fire station. Please have them share it with you. We wrote 1 page a day together at the meeting spot and then off to try on their own. They all worked really hard on it. Some examples of reinforcing compliments to give:
"Your pictures match your words!"
"Look at all the words/letters you wrote!"
"You really stayed on topic...it's all about your field trip!"
"Your story has a beginning, middle, and end!"
Math we:
- Made shape collages
Played dot card top-it (war). Introduced language such as greater, less. more, fewer
Practice at home:
Try spelling little words instead of saying them.
For example,
- Turn the lights o-f-f
- I l-o-v-e you
- G-o to bed! :)
Coming up: Field trip to Wolfe's Neck Farm--Wednesday!
Thursday, October 5, 2017
WEEK OF OCTOBER 3
This week in...
Reading we:
Math we:
Other:
Practice at home:
Reading we:
- Practiced 1:1 correspondence with a new book "Where Are We?". Developing the habit of pointing while you read is a critical skill as your kindergartener begins their journey into reading!
- Added an apple poem to our poetry folders
- Continued to discuss what makes a good choice book for me when "shopping" for new books in the classroom
- Made scientific drawings of butterflies--After getting "feedback" from our writing partners about our first draft, we listened to their advice and completed a second, more accurate drawing of a Painted Lady butterfly. We did a lot of noticing and adding detail. We then added color and labels. It took us all week. Final drafts coming home today.
Math we:
- Talked about the difference between repeating patterns and growing patterns
- Described and compared shapes
- Learned how to cross things out as you count them on a page
- Built a 5 staircase with Cuisenaire Rods and played "Which one is missing?"
Other:
- Our butterflies hatched! Even the chrysalises that fell were safe and sound! Yea!
Practice at home:
- Count forward and backward (from random numbers)
- Remind your child of things that have happened in their lives that they can write stories about at school
- Spray shaving cream on the counter and have your children practice writing their letters and numbers in it. Clean counters and learning all in one!
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