I can hardly believe Thanksgiving is just around the corner and that we are already one third of the way through our kindergarten year. My how time is flying by! It's amazing to see how much the children have grown in such a short time. I am so proud of all they have already accomplished!
Math
This week in math we created a class graph of our favorite Thanksgiving day foods from the following choices: mashed potatoes, stuffing, cranberries, pumpkin pie, and turkey of course! We counted the number of votes for each choice and analyzed our results. We learned that the same number of students liked mashed potatoes and turkey. Pumpkin pie was the clear winner, and Mrs. Riesing was the only one who liked stuffing!! We also practiced our counting skills this week. We counted by 1's and 10's and played a game on the whiteboard to put our counts of 10 in order from 10 to 100. We revisited the concept of our "ten frame" this week by talking more about a "teen frame." We used the interactive white board to help use add two numbers with totals beyond 10. The children are doing a great job recognizing our teen numbers as "ten plus some more." The children also worked more closely with the numbers 11 and 12 in their teen number packets!
Jolly Phonics
We are cruising right along with our Jolly Phonics sounds. We finished learning the sounds for Book #6, and we will begin our final book when we return from Thanksgiving break. This week we learned some of our "H Brothers!"
/ch/ as in "choo-choo"
/sh/ as in "ship"
/th/ as in "this" or "thing"
We have been reviewing all of our Jolly Phonics sounds each week, and the children are becoming more and more confident applying their sounds to their writing. It is so exciting to see!!
Literacy
The children enjoyed listening to several Thanksgiving related stories this week including: The Pilgrim's First Thanksgiving, Bear Says Thanks, and 'Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving. We also enjoyed reading several Thanksgiving poems and even created our own acrostic poems that highlighted many of the things we are thankful for. The students added a new sight word book to their book bags and brought home a copy of our November song for their green poetry folders. Click on the link below to hear us singing it one more time!
The children have also been busy with their writing the last couple of weeks! We have been writing about our favorite Thanksgiving foods, what we are thankful for, and what we like to do in the fall. Looking forward to sharing some of your child's writing with you at conferences!!
Centers
The students did a great job during centers this week as I met with groups for guided reading!
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| Roll-a-Turkey |
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| Sequencing Numbers |
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| Writing Center |
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| Listening Center |
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| Sight Word Center |
We loved learning all about Scot this week! He did a great job presenting his "Me Box," and we had a great time learning all about his favorite things. We learned that Scot is a big fan of Legos. He loves catching bugs, and he loves dinosaurs. Some of his favorite foods are peppers and watermelon. He likes Transformers, and loves spending time with his family!
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| A special visit from Scot's Mom to read I'm Dirty! A new class favorite! |
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| Loved seeing the "Buddy Bench" in action during recess this week! |
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| PJ Day with our Furry Friends! |
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| Happy Thanksgiving from K-2! |
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