Kindergarten learning

A look at our learning...

Fundations: we learned the correct name, sound and letter formation for lowercase r and e this week. 

Please use the following verbal prompts (and make sure your child is saying these verbal prompts as well) when practicing at home:

r-down, up, curve

e-across, over, around, open

Shared Reading/Spelling: we've enjoyed some Fall and Halloween books and poems over the past couple of weeks.  This week, we read the book I see Halloween and the poem Pumpkins.  Both featured our word wall words a, I and see. They are also still loving our Five Little Pumpkins poem from last week! Ask them to sing it to you! It's too cute!

Next week's new spelling word:

the

Our test will be on Thursday, due to no school on Friday

Writing Workshop:  we are continuing to work on adding words, in the form of labels, to our stories.  We are writing about real things that we do at home or school.  I am so proud of the students for being brave and working hard on stretching out/sounding out words and writing the sounds they hear to add a label to their story (picture)!  This is hard work, and they are embracing it!

 

Check out some of our amazing writers below!  Are all words spelled correctly? Nope, but we don't expect that and neither should you (unless it's a Word Wall Word)!  We expect them to try and do their best!  We aren't perfect, nor do we expect them to be! Baby steps! At this point in the school year, if they have a beginning and an ending sound that's amazing!  For example: bs for bus or cr for car. 

Check out this cute writing activity they also completed!  It's on the bulletin board outside our classroom.  They all made suggestions on what I should be for Halloween!

Literacy Workstations: look at how focused our class is during literacy workstations!  Every day, they work with a partner and rotate through various literacy workstations.  These stations focus on a variety of things: letter names and sounds, practicing correct letter formation, practicing word wall words, writing, reading, rhyming, fine motor and more!  While they work with a partner at their stations, I am able to work with students one-on-one or in a small group on literacy skills at my teacher table. 

Math: we focused making combinations of 10 using a ten frame, shapes and are beginning to learn correct handwriting formation for numbers 0-10.  We discovered that if we can write those numbers, you can write any number in the whole entire world! They thought this was pretty cool!  

At the end of 1st trimester (October 31st), your child should be able to do the following:

*Count by 1's to at least 30

*Recognize numbers 0-10 (out of order)

*Write numbers 0-10 in order 

*Identify square, rectangle, triangle and circle

Can your child do these things? If not, they are great things to practice at home. 

Class goal: Last Friday, we celebrated making good choices with a substitute teacher with a pajama day.  We now have a new class goal.  We are working on earning class compliments from our specials teacher (music, art, media, P.E., library and counselor).  We are learning that it is important to listen and make good choices for ALL teachers, not just Ms. Concannon.  Every time they receive a whole class compliment from specials, we earn a leaf on a tree (see below).  Once we earn 10 stickers, they decided we'd celebrate with popsicles! Unfortunately, they only received one class compliment this week.  I am hoping this will motivate them to make good choices, even if I'm not with them.  I appreciate you talking with them about this at home.

October Reading Log and Sneaky Reading Challenge:  October reading logs can be turned in on Thursday, October 31st since the students will be off of school from November 1st-5th.  A reminder that reading, recording on the reading log and turning it in every month is a BEU school wide expectation.  K-1 students should be read to/read for at least 15 minutes/4 days a week.

This month's Sneaky Reading Challenge was "read before school."  I'd love to see more family participation with this! There is one week left to post the October challenge!  The challenge is shared every month on a note attached to the reading log.  You can post your child's photo on our class Facebook page at any time!  You do not need to wait for me to make a post!  Just snap a picture when you catch them doing the challenge and post!  Show your child you are posting the picture!  This is an easy way to promote reading and literacy, which is key in your child's education.  Thanks to those who have shared photos the past two months.  It warms my heart to see them! 

Craft: today we made these cute Candy Corn Bandits! We are so excited for Halloween and our Fall Party next week! 

Packmate of the Month: Yay Kimball!  He was chosen, by his peers, as our October Packmate of the month!  Our character trait this month was "Respectful." All K-5 winners were celebrated today at an assembly.  

Sadly, we were not reigning attendance champs, so our banner and flag will be leaving our classroom and going to Ms. Williams room, as her class had the best attendance in all of Kindergarten for the month of October! 

More fun and learning from this week...