Kinder News,
ECO Story Time learning about forest decomposers!
Hello kinder families! Another great two weeks. We had a gem celebration on Thursday -disco party! We all danced for a solid 15 minutes. They earned this celebration by earning gems for being -kind, safe and responsible. We now have playground bucks. They can earn these bucks for being kind, safe, and responsible on the playground. This is a whole school challenge and the bucks can be used to buy new playground equipment.
Important Dates:
Monday, October 31st Pumpkin Day (small pumpkin wear orange or black)
Tuesday, November 1st ECO (44-66 degrees, cloudy) Every other Tuesday
Friday Mornings 8:45-9:15 Mr. French’s Class Visits (Fourth Grade Buddies)
Friday, November 11th Early Release Day
Friday, November 11th We will watch the Parade!
Monday, November 21-25 No School
Lego Friends during Choice Time
Pumpkin Day Donations:
We will have pumpkin day on October 31. We will use pumpkins for math, literacy and science! The kids can also wear orange or black to school for Pumpkin Harvest Day!
ECO:
We have ECO on Tuesday, November 1st. We will walk over to Harrison at 8:30-10:30. Please make sure you help your child dress for the weather (Cloudy low 44 high 66). We go to ECO every other Tuesday. Future ECO DATES for 2022 include 11/1, 11/15, 11/29, and 12/13. We typically do not go out in January.
Nature's Kitchen
Literacy Snapshot:
Letters/letter Sounds (almost all of the letters)
Exploring Y as a vowel
Name work/Writing our names with the first letter uppercase and the rest lowercase
Letter Formation
Heart words - A, I , the, me, my, see
We are each making a thankful book- new page!
Added some new start student names
Worked on being Brave during writing and hearing the first and last sounds in a word
Labeled our pictures
Went shopping for books for our book boxes
Practiced Rhyming with Mrs. Whalen “The Hungry Thing”
Some Books we read:
Too Many Pumpkins by Linda White
Creak! Said the Bed by Phyllis Root
Ish by Peter H. Reynolds
Giraffes Can’t Dance by Giles Andreae
Leaf Trouble by Jonathan Emmett
Math Snapshot:
Counted by 10s to 100
Practice counting in the teens
Practiced Proper Number Formation 0-10
Played double dice adding games
Practiced counting to 100
Played which number will win up to 12
Apple Life Cycle Crowns with Ms Hannah
Science/SS Snapshot:
Apple life cycle crowns with Ms. Hannah from Montpelier High School
Thanksgiving Book I am thankful for…
Traditions Book
Nature's Kitchen -looked for decomposers in the forest
Composting with John Jose (Guest Speaker from Central Vermont Solid Waste Management)
Worms in our classroom!
Went to our first all school assembly and learned about playground bucks
We welcomed a new classmate!
We are looking at worms and compost with John.
Questions to Ask your Kinder:
What are our new classroom pets?
Tell me about what you are writing about during writing?
How do playground bucks work?
Count to 50 by ones.
What are the decades?
Review all of our snap words so far: I, a, see, me, my, the
Who is your big buddy?
Big Buddies Reading with us!
