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An apple

September 22nd-October 3rd

Dear Parents,

Below is what we have been working on the past two weeks:

Morning Meeting- We have a morning message to outline each day's activities. We had various greetings as we were getting to know each other's names: They were a fist bump greeting, roll the ball greeting and silly face greeting. We have shared if we would rather have apple pie or apple slices and if we would rather go to a zoo or an aquarium.

Writing: We wrote in our journals about our weekends. In our Being a Writer Program. we heard the story Daniel's Good Day. Everyone shared what would make a good day for them. Then they wrote about it. We also worked on adding a lot on detail when writing. We started labeling our pictures with a beginning and an ending sound,

 
Being a Reader Program-The last two weeks in reading, we read the book,  I Went Walking. We discussed what the little boy in the story saw on his walk. We shared some things we see when we go on a walk. We chorally read some songs and poems (The Ants Go Marching, 1,2,3,4,5 Once I caught a Fish Alive)  We picked out rhyming words to some of these songs. We also matched up some pictures with the same beginning sounds. We counted words in a line. We  learned what the return sweep was. We learned the hgh frequency words (sight words): see, a, you, me, we, are.    We also learned the letters and sounds for: L, C, D, M, A, P,  F, V, G, E, B, H, K, W, O, X
 
 
Heggerty Phonics- This is a ten-minute phonics drill that has the kids listening for sounds and manipulating words around. We listened for rhyming words, beginning sounds of words, ending sounds of words. We put syllables together to make new words ( sum-mer=summer).  We also added endings to words play-ing=playing.  We changed parts of words: if the word is suntan and we change tan to screen, we have sunscreen.

 

Independent Work-The children worked in 3 centers this week: read to self, writing and word work. In the word work center, everyone worked on matching uppercase and lowercase letters, putting alphabet letters in order, alphabet puzzles, playdoh letters and rainbow words sight words. In writing, the children had a free write (write about anything) and they also worked more in their packet of how to draw different pictures such as a school, a house, a car, etc.... In it, it shows them simple step by step ways to draw these things We often hear kids say, "I can't draw or I can't do it." This is a fun ways to build their confidence and aid in the writing process.

Math-  This week we worked on numbers 0-5. We compared groups of objects, we graphed apples. We learned that graphing is a picture way of looking at numbers. We heard the story 10 apples up on top. Then everyone rolled a die and whatever number it landed on was how many apples they had to put on a picture of themselves. They are hanging outside of our classroom for all to see. But, we will send them home next week.

Science/Social Studies

This week was apple week. We stared learning about apples last Friday 9/26  on John Chapman (Johnny Appleseed's birthday). We made hats that looked like his pot. We watched a Brainpop Jr. video about his life. We sorted apples by size, color, stem or no stem. We graphed apples. We sequenced pictures of an apple being eaten. We listened to apple stories. We made an apple person project. We finished our week by making applesauce! It was a great two weeks in Kindergarten.

We had playtime and a couple of days off too. We look forward to a five day week next week.

If you haven't returned your field trip permission slip. Please send it back next week. It should be a fun trip to the farm.

It was a great week in Kindergarten!  

Sincerely,

Mrs. Fishelman & Mrs. Keirstead

 

 

 



 

 

 

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