Weekly News (Oct. 17-21)

It's amazing how fast the days go by when you're having fun!! We've been busy learning and growing in kindergarten. This is what we have been up to this week!

All About Me
The class loved learning all about Elizabeth this week. We learned that Elizabeth loves to play music on the piano and spend time with her family. She is also an avid reader and loves to play with her Shopkins and other toy figurines. She is a big fan of the movie Frozen, and she enjoys coloring and drawing.

Thank you to Elizabeth's mom for coming in to read
a great story about friendship--Nugget and Fang.

Math
This week in math, we spent some time reviewing shapes. The children practiced identifying, naming, and describing the attributes of several 2-D shapes. Then we played a game using a covered box of shapes. Students had to reach in with their eyes closed to find two matching shapes using their sense of touch.

Math at recess?? You bet!! We also spent some time this week exploring spatial vocabulary as we completed an obstacle course outside at recess. We learned the following spatial vocabulary words: next to, between, behind, in front of, around, over, inside, outside, above, on top, up, and down. Take a peek at us in action below during our obstacle course!

On top of the hill

Up the stairs and down the slide

In between the swings

Under the basketball hoop

Jolly Phonics
We learned three new sound this week including:

"ai" as in rain
Jj as in jello
"oa" as in goat

We also added several sounds to our Jolly Phonics rings in our blue bookbags. I can tell the children have been practicing their sounds. Keep up the great work!

Literacy
Reading Workshop
This week during reading workshop, the children learned two more ways to be strong readers. First, we learned how to solve problems that arise during independent reading time. Then we also learned 4 steps that good readers use to help them better understand and enjoy a book. Take a peek below to see us in action using these four steps!

Writing Workshop
This week during writing workshop time, the students reviewed how to use words to help communicate their ideas in writing. We learned that we can add labels to our pictures to give our reader more information. We also learned that kindergarten writers can write a sentence to further describe their picture. We used the phrase, "If you can think it, you can say it. And if you can say it, you can write it!" They did a great job adding labels and writing a sentence for their "ouch" stories!

Science
Click here to see what we learned this week about weather.

Digital Citizenship
Mrs. Frantz, our technology facilitator, came into the class during Digital Citizenship Week to help our kindergarteners understand how to use technology, safely, responsibly, and respectfully. The children had great insights and comments to share, and they were a TERRIFIC audience!

Centers

Sight Word Practice

Ten Frame Practice

Little Boo! at the Listening Center

Lego Fun

Thanks for reading!