Kinder News,
Our First ECO
Hello kinder families! We had a wonderful two weeks in kindergarten. We had another gem celebration last friday…an extra recess! The kids are all so kind, safe and responsible. They are amazing at keeping our classroom super clean.
Important Dates:
Tuesday, October 4th ECO at Harrison Field 8:45-10:45 (Cloudy low 31 high 64)
Friday, October 7th School Closed (Inservice Day)
Monday, October 10th School Closed (Indegencous Peoples’ Day)
Monday, October 17th Picture Day
Monday, October 31st Pumpkin Day (small pumpkin)
Pumpkin Day and Apple Donations:
We will have pumpkin day on October 31. We will use pumpkins for math, literacy and science! We are looking for small pumpkin donations…the smaller the better! Each child needs their own pumpkin.. extra donations are greatly appreciated. We also need apple donations. We are using apples for science and cooking for the next couple of weeks. Thank you for your support!
ECO:
We have ECO on Tuesday, October 4th We will walk over to Harrison at 8:30-10:30. Please make sure you help your child dress for the weather (rainy low 31 high 64). We will learn about sit spots in the forest this week.
Literacy Snapshot:
Letters/Letter sounds -V, H, E, A, M, N,
Looking for Vowels all around
Name work/Writing our names with the first letter uppercase and the rest lowercase
Letter Formation
Heart word “a”
We made two make and take books A Zoo and The ABC Book
Practiced counting Syllables and Rhyming
Discussed same and different
Started Writers Workshop
Some Books we read:
Sosu’s Call
The Feelings Book
Zombies Don’t Eat Veggies
The Busy Life of Ernestine Buckmeister
Todd Parr The Feelings Book and we made drums for Sosu’s Call
Math Snapshot:
Counted by 10s to 100
Practice counting in the teens
Practiced Proper Number Formation 0-10
Played spin a number to win
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)
Number Formation using an apple tree/ ten frame and Playdough
Science/SS Snapshot:
Life Cycle of an Apple
What is the biggest apple?
Are all apples the same? Are they different?
ECO -We take care of ourselves. We take care of each other. We take care of the EARTH!
Questions to Ask your Kinder:
What are the vowels? Why are they special? What are the vowels in your name?
Sing the Counting by 10s song.
How many kinds of apples are there?
What are you writing about during writing time?
Bus Drill…the class did an awesome job!
