ECO Mouse Houses
Hello kinder families,
We had an amazing two weeks. I enjoyed meeting with many of you during caregiver conferences. If you were unable to attend please feel free to send me an email to set up another time.
Important Dates:
Monday, November 20-24 No School
Tuesday, November 28 ECO
Thursday, November 30 Picture Day
Tuesday, December 12 ECO
Friday, December 22 EARLY RELEASE DAY
Monday, December 25-Jan 1 No School
Tuesday, January 2 School Starts Again
Montpelier Fire Department Thank you note for our class visit!
ECO:
We have ECO on Tuesday, November 28th. Please make sure you help your child dress for the weather. We go to ECO every other Tuesday. We are now rotating the time. We will go 10:25-11:25 or 1:30-2:30. Future ECO DATE is December 12th. We typically do not go out in January.
Mouse Houses
Literacy Snapshot:
Letter Sounds (New letters and sounds -l,k,h,p and d
Writing Directions -think, draw, label, write, share
Rhymes, Initial Sound, Blending, Segmenting, Final Sounds, Counting Syllables, Adding and Deleting Sounds
Owl Time -Literacy Boxes
Handwriting -Finishing up and reviewing all uppercase letters
Some Books we read:
Pumpkin Jack By Will Hubbell
Five Little Pumpkins By Ben Mantle
Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride By Kate DiCamillo
What if Everyone Did That? By Ellen Javernick
Math Snapshot:
Counting to 100
Ten Frames and Double Ten Frames
Before and after numbers
Number Writing Formation
Math Menu Stations
Windowpane -practice our skills
Design a Fence for the five little pumpkins
Pumpkin Math activities -Pumpkin Books (measuring, pumpkin bowling, pumpkin counting)
Math Games -four in a row and 10 frame memory
Math Menu Stations
Science/SS Snapshot:
Pumpkin Day-pumpkin life cycles (floating, pumpkin ribs, pumpkin decompose)
Turtles -How do they get ready for winter?
FireFighters -Thank you Notes
Fourth Grade Buddies -Scavenger Hunt
Voted for the emotion for our class pumpkin
Social Emotional Lessons -breathing activities, What if everyone did that? How would you feel?
Pumpkin Day Activities:
Questions to Ask your Kinder:
What do we do during Heggerty time?
What does Mercy want to do in our new Mercy Watson book?
What is a ten frame? How would you make a ten frame to show 13?
Can you share some breathing activities that help your brain?
Twin Friends!
We opened an Animal Shelter
