Math
We worked some more with the "tricky teens" this week. We practiced writing the number 13 and talked about how 13 is a ten plus three more. We used pictures to help us understand the concept of place value while focusing on the tens and ones. For example, in the number 13 there is 1 ten and 3 ones. The children also practiced counting and identifying numbers up to 20. The November calendar went home this week as well. Please find a spot at home to display the calendar and have your child trace the number for each day. We also reviewed some of our shapes this week when we made our own scarecrows. The shapes that we focus on in kindergarten include: rectangle, square, triangle, circle, oval, and diamond. Friday was an exciting day in kindergarten as we celebrated our 50th day of school!! Not only were the children excited that we were able to bundle another group of 10 on our place value chart, they were thrilled when one of the students realized that we were officially halfway to the 100th day of school. What a great observation!!
Jolly Phonics
This week we completed Book #4 in Jolly Phonics. We learned the following sounds this week:
ie as in "tie"
ee as in "see"
or as in "for"
We also watched a Jolly Phonics video to review all the sounds that were introduced in Book #4.
This week we completed Book #4 in Jolly Phonics. We learned the following sounds this week:
ie as in "tie"
ee as in "see"
or as in "for"
We also watched a Jolly Phonics video to review all the sounds that were introduced in Book #4.
Literacy
This week we enjoyed several great stories during read aloud time including--The Story of Pumpkin, The Scarecrow's Hat, and The Biggest Pumpkin Ever. We also had two guest readers this week. Olivia's mom read Froggy Learns to Swim to the morning class, which was a funny story about how Froggy learned how to swim by singing a silly tune. In the afternoon, Ella's mom read a great story called The Juice Box Bully, which was a wonderful compliment to our Character Counts program.
I met with the students in guided reading groups this week as well, so your child should have a new book in their book bag. The students also received a new sight word book to add to their sight word baggie and a copy of the October Song to add to their poetry folder as well. Click here to listen to the morning kindergarten class singing the October Song.
Centers
In centers this week, the children listened to a Halloween inspired story called The Hallo-Wiener and practiced their sequencing skills by putting the steps of a pumpkin's life cycle in order. They also used Unifix cubes to measure an assortment of objects, and they played a game called "Domino Parking Lot," which required the students to count all of the dots on our domino "cars" and park them in the the appropriate parking spots. This activity not only provided an opportunity for students to practice their counting skills, it also provided them with foundational practice for understanding addition and math facts. Using the dominos with different combinations of dots, the students were able to see that different combinations can have the same total. For example, a domino with 6 dots and 1 dot could be parked in the same spot with a domino that had 5 dots and 2 dots. For a simple game, there was lots of learning going on!
This week we enjoyed several great stories during read aloud time including--The Story of Pumpkin, The Scarecrow's Hat, and The Biggest Pumpkin Ever. We also had two guest readers this week. Olivia's mom read Froggy Learns to Swim to the morning class, which was a funny story about how Froggy learned how to swim by singing a silly tune. In the afternoon, Ella's mom read a great story called The Juice Box Bully, which was a wonderful compliment to our Character Counts program.
Centers
In centers this week, the children listened to a Halloween inspired story called The Hallo-Wiener and practiced their sequencing skills by putting the steps of a pumpkin's life cycle in order. They also used Unifix cubes to measure an assortment of objects, and they played a game called "Domino Parking Lot," which required the students to count all of the dots on our domino "cars" and park them in the the appropriate parking spots. This activity not only provided an opportunity for students to practice their counting skills, it also provided them with foundational practice for understanding addition and math facts. Using the dominos with different combinations of dots, the students were able to see that different combinations can have the same total. For example, a domino with 6 dots and 1 dot could be parked in the same spot with a domino that had 5 dots and 2 dots. For a simple game, there was lots of learning going on!
Happy Halloween 2013
The rain couldn't keep us down! We had a great Halloween parade and celebration. Be sure to click the link below to see some photos from Halloween!
The rain couldn't keep us down! We had a great Halloween parade and celebration. Be sure to click the link below to see some photos from Halloween!
Click here to see some Halloween photos.
Enjoy!
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