We are enjoying our tree study. Today we talked about how trees are a home for many animals and birds; bird nests high up and out of sight, wasp nests under the tree branches, (I heard many wasp stories - it seems as though most of you have had an encounter with them!), insects and bugs living on and under the tree bark and animals who dig in the earth and live amongst the tree roots. Fascinating stuff! We worked on Tree Parts Puzzles!
We love our math tubs - playing with bugs is fun! We sorted bug cards as a class and practiced the skills of observing and describing, sorting by likeness and differences and counting and comparing,
We are really learning how to do patterns - with our food and math manipulatives!
We learned what "picture walks" were today - when you flip through a book and look at the pictures BEFORE we read it. We had fun listening for syllables in our names as we clapped out the word parts.
Lunch time and free choice time....always good!
Your kids are finally back....I missed them! Our day flew by....and fun was had by all! Here are some of the things your children are learning....
In writing we discussed directionality - that when we write, we start on the left side of the paper and move to the right. We put a green piece of paper on the left front wall and a red piece of paper of the right side of the wall to remind us to start on the left! We also talked about book illustrations and how the picture on the cover of the book helps us to know what the book will be about. We discussed how authors use illustrations to help tell stories. The kindergartners then went to their desks to write in their journals - using pictures to tell a story. We are excited about those journals!
Our favorite book for today was "Splat the Cat". We are focusing on the letter "S" this week. Of course we work on all of the letters all of the time throughout the year but it is fun to have a theme for some of our books and literacy jobs! Friday will be "Silly Sock" day....
Hello All!
The day just flew by! We started off the day with MORE books about friendship. Our favorite for today was "Enemy Pie". We were able to have a thoughtful conversation after we read the book. What insights your little five and six-year-olds have! I was quite impressed!
We headed off to our Fire Safety assembly....
Had a good discussion after the assembly - they should be sharing some information AND asking you some questions tonight. A Fire Safety coloring book came home that should help you talk about what we talked about today...
Came back after recess and had snack that the kindergartners were crazy about....
Made new calendar markers for October....
Had math, more books, and lunch and BIRTHDAY CUPCAKES delivered by Mr. Keller!!!!
We talked (and talked...) about friendship today. Well, actually, we talk about friendship on most days but today I read many books, we made lists, we acted it out and really went DEEP talking about what it is to be a good friend. Of course I won't mention that we still had some problematic moments at recess EVEN THOUGH we spent most of the day talking about being a good friend. We will continue this important work! We read: "My Friend Rabbit", "Hondo & Fabian", and "Scaredy Squirrel Makes a Friend". Our favorite was the Scaredy Squirrel book - very witty! We are also having fun noticing the Caldecott Medals on our books!
The school photo that I shared on Friday is one that I took right before the professionals did their job.....it's not the real one! We will have to photo-shop Patrick in that one since he wasn't here on Friday!
I look forward to seeing you for our parent-teacher conferences....I am so enjoying your children - they are wonderful!
We had a fabulous Friday! We made thank-you cards for Mr. Adair, and paper pizzas for the bulletin board near the cafeteria, and smiled for the camera!
We had a wonderfully busy day! We have been discussing reading; choosing books, rereading our favorites, and how important it is to read everyday. We also are talking a lot about non-fiction reading and how reading can help us learn new things. We started the beautifully illustrated book "What Do You Do With a Tail Like This?" and we are reading another lovely non-fiction book "The Secret Life of Trees" I want your children to be non-fiction readers!
Through the various math tubs and games, and calendar activities we do each day we are learning about exploring the attributes of various shapes, naming shapes, sorting by different attributes, using positional language, using ordinal numbers, counting by 1's and 10's, comparing sizes, graphing and comparing quantities, learning to attend to print and pictures, rotating, creating and extending an ABAB pattern, matching shapes, making observations, counting and comparing quantities and exploring probability. AND YOU THOUGHT WE WERE JUST PLAYING!!!!!
