Hello kinder families,
We had an amazing two weeks, and I am grateful for your active involvement. The caregiver conferences were a great opportunity to discuss your child's progress, and I truly enjoyed our meetings. Your support is invaluable.
Important Dates:
Monday, November 25-29 No School
Wednesday, December 4 ECO at Harrison Field 1:30-2:30
Monday, December 23-Jan 1: No School
Thursday, January 2 School Starts Again
Monday, January 20: No School MLK
ECO:
Upcoming ECO Day: we have an important ECO day scheduled for Wednesday, December 4. Please ensure your child is dressed appropriately for the weather. We usually have ECO every other Wednesday but do not go out in January.
Mouse Houses
Literacy Snapshot:
Letter Sounds (New letters and sounds -l,k,h,p,d,v, and w)
Writing -verbs and sentence writing
Rhymes, Initial Sound, Blending, Segmenting, Final Sounds, Counting Syllables, Adding and Deleting Sounds
Owl Time -Literacy Boxes
Handwriting -lowercase letters with the Magic C
Some Books we read:
Pumpkin Jack By Will Hubbell
Five Little Pumpkins By Ben Mantle
Mercy Watson to the Rescue By Kate DiCamillo
Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride By Kate DiCamillo
Rocket Learns to Read By Tad Hills
Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving By Dav Pilkey
The Thankful Book By Todd Parr
Math Snapshot:
Counting to 100
Ten Frames and Double Ten Frames
Before and after numbers
Number Writing Formation
Design a Fence for the five little pumpkins
Pumpkin Math activities -Pumpkin Books (measuring, pumpkin bowling, pumpkin counting)
Math Games - ten-frame memory
Stem-Build a fence for five pumpkins to sit on
Pumpkin Day!
Science/SS Snapshot:
Pumpkin Day-pumpkin life cycles (floating, pumpkin ribs, pumpkin decompose)
Mice -How do they get ready for winter?
Fourth Grade Buddies -Turkey Science
Social Emotional Lessons -What do you do with a worry?
Do all places celebrate Thanksgiving?
Thankful books
All about Turkeys
Questions to Ask your Kinder:
What do we do during Heggerty time?
Who is Mercy Watson? What are some of her adventures?
What is a ten frame? How would you make a ten frame to show 13?
What is a noun? What is a verb?
Tell me about Thanksgiving.
Twin Friends! -Emily, our Student TeacherFive Little Pumpkin Fence Stem Engineer Problem
Library Field Trip
