Kinder News #4 October 15

 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?

Kinder News # 3

 Kinder News,

Self-Portraits/Families:

Hello and happy fall!  We had a very busy two weeks of school.  We filled our gem jar 2X again by following the school rules (We are kind. We are safe. We are responsible.)  We had 2 extra choice times in the morning!  I have several important dates coming up. 

Extra Choice Time

Important Dates:

Thursday, October 5 All School Assembly

Friday, October 6 No School Inservice Day

Monday, October 9 No School Indigenous Peoples Day 

Tuesday, October 10 ECO at Harrison Field 11:25-12:25

Tuesday, October 24 ECO at Harrison Field 11:25-12:25

Monday, October 30-November 3 PUMPKIN WEEK

Thursday, November 9 Early Release Day

Pumpkin Day and Apple Donations:

We will have pumpkin week starting October 30. 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.  Small pumpkins go quickly in the shops!  Thank you for your support.

ECO:

We have our second ECO on Tuesday, October 10th.  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 with Victoria and Mrs. Bate’s Class

RECESS:

I bring the children out for recess at least twice a day rain or shine.  It is very helpful that the children are properly dressed for the weather.  Thank you for your help!

Literacy Snapshot:

Letters/Letter sounds -M man /m/, N nut /n/, I itch /i/, U up /u/

Name work/Writing our names with the first letter uppercase and the rest lowercase.

Name puzzles

Letter formation uppercase and lowercase m, n, p, r, all capital frog jump letters.

Beginning Letter sound sorts

Segmenting and deleting syllables.

Some Books we read:

The Family Book

Our Class is a Family

The Apple Pie Book

The Dot

A Busy Year

I Want My Hat Back

Ten Apples up on Top

Math Snapshot:

Counted what was in our counting bags.

Practiced Proper Number Formation 1,2,3 playdough and writing.

Engineering apple trees (balancing and counting)

Played a dice and number match game.

Counting through the teen numbers

Discussed the teen numbers 11-16 

Math Menus and windowpanes

Science/SS Snapshot:

Life Cycle of Apple trees  

Apple Printing

Engineered harvesting pickers.

Apple Song -singing

Taste Test (red, yellow and green apples)

Fourth Grade Buddies Fridays 8:30-9:00

Self Portraits

Neighborhood Maps/Paper Bag Neighborhoods

Engineers/Apple Pickers

Social Emotional Learning:

School Bus Safety and practice

Fire Drill Safety and practice

Mood Meter Practice

Emotions

Be your Best Self

Bus Safety/Bus Drill Practice

Questions to Ask your Kinder:

What is a math windowpane?

Practice making the letter M and N? They are frog jump letters.

Sing the apple song or the pencil grip song!

How many days have we been in school (hint it’s the number after 20)?

What was your favorite apple?

Tell me about the mood meter.

Fourth Grade Buddies