Kinder News,
Hello kinder families! We had an amazing short two weeks. The kids earned another gem celebration for being kind, safe and responsible.
Important Dates:
Tuesday, October 24 ECO at Harrison Field 11:25-12:25
Monday, October 30-November 3 PUMPKIN WEEK
Thursday, November 9 Early Release Day
*Friday Mornings 8:45-9:15 Mr. French’s Class Visits (Fourth Grade Buddies)
*Every other Tuesday ECO at Harrison Field 11:20-12:20
Pumpkin Week:
We will have pumpkin week starting October 30. We will use pumpkins for math, literacy and science! We have enough pumpkins for everyone. Thank you so much for all of the tiny pumpkins and apple donations.
ECO:
We have our next ECO on Tuesday, October 24th. We will walk over to Harrison at 11:25-12:25. Please make sure you help your child dress for the weather. We usually go rain or shine!
ECO Insects:
Literacy Snapshot:
Letters/letter Sounds - Oo Octopus /o/, Uu Up /u/, Aa Apple /a/, Gg Game /g/
Learning all about Vowels-Syllables, blending and segmenting sounds, compound words, counting words in sentences, beginning and final sounds in words.
Name work/Writing our names with the first letter uppercase and the rest lowercase
Heart words - A -A Zoo Book, Me Labeling Pictures
HandWriting -Review letters and new letters K, U, V, and W
Started Using our Writing Journals
Some Books we read:
10 Red Apples
Mercy Watson to the Rescue
I Can Save the Earth
Zombies Don’t Eat Veggies
Playing in Kindergarten
Math Snapshot:
Counted by 10s to 100
Practice counting in the teens.
Practiced Proper Number Formation 0-10
Played partner Number Knockout
Played apple tree math game with a partner.
Started using ten frames for representing a number.
Continued our work with teen numbers 11-16 (10+4)
Apple Math 5 Frames
Science/SS/SEL (social emotional learning) Snapshot:
Life Cycle of an Apple
Apple Cooking Apple Sauce
Apple Store
Label the parts of an apple
Emotions and Breathing Activities
Insects at ECO
Recycling and Composting with John Jose (Guest Speaker from Central Vermont Solid Waste Management)
Leaf Rubbings and Paintings (so beautiful)
John Jose Presents Us Super Sorters
Questions to Ask your Kinder:
Did you like the apple sauce we made in the crockpot?
Who is Blue Benny?
What does subitizing mean?
What is a syllable?
How do you build your brain muscle? What is Heggerty?
What is the top dog?
