Happy Halloween!

It's hard to believe that October is almost over. During the last two months the students have learned so much. They are beginning to read and write independently already. It certainly is an exciting time in kindergarten!

In Math we just finished Chapter 3 and we will begin Chapter 4 next week. We will be learning about numbers 6-10. Continue to practice writing numbers 0-10. Some of the numbers are very tricky to write! We will also continue talking about before and after on a number line.

In Language Arts we are reviewing setting, character and sequence. We will be learning about main idea next week. So far we have focused on letters Mm, Tt, Aa, Ss and next week we will practice Pp. We have also been learning that nouns are naming words and they name a person, place, thing or animal. We also discussed proper nouns this week. Next week I will be introducing adjectives.

I am very excited to share kid writing journals with you at conference time in November. I think you will be impressed with how well you child is writing. I have a handful of students writing completely independently and by late December my goal is to have the entire class writing one complete sentence independently. Continue to practice the sight words and sounds at home because that makes writing much easier! In the picture above, Aiden shows off his wonderful kid writing work!

This week in Science we learned about our hands. We did a little activity where each student had to write his/her name without the use of their thumb. We learned how important our thumbs really are! Next week we will learn about bones and muscles!

Look for the November Newsletter in the Weekly Communicator Folder that will be sent home Friday. It has some important information on it!

In the pictures below, Adrian is working hard on his tissue paper pumpkin. Mackenzie and Reilly are showing off their pumpkins!

Happy Halloween!

Parent Visitation Week!

Thank you to all of the parents who came in to visit our kindergarten classroom. I hope you enjoyed your visit!

This week in Math we continued talking about the terms more and fewer. We also started learning numbers 1-5. Since it can be difficult to write the numbers, I would encourage you to have your child practice writing them at home! When we learned numbers 1-4 the students glued pumpkin seeds onto their pumpkin worksheet. In the picture above, Aiden is gluing his seeds. In the pictures below Matthew and his family smile for a picture and Lea shows her finished math project!

In Language Arts we talked about compare and contract. We review letters Mm and Tt and we learned letter Aa. At home you can review these sounds along with the sounds for the other letters in the alphabet. You could also say a word and ask your child to identify the first sound they hear in that word. Also, you can say two words and ask your child to identify whether the words begin or end with the same sound. We are beginning to learn how to decode words. Some words we learning to read are (mat, map, at, Tam). We also learned two new sight words, have and is.

In Science we continue our discussion about external body parts. We also learned about some internal body parts like the brain, lungs, heart and stomach.

Have a great weekend!

This Week...

We are officially finished with Unit 1 in Language Arts. We will have our Unit 1 test on Monday, October 18th. I would be good to review the sight words, rhyming words, letters Tt/t/ and Mm/m/, character and setting. I have placed the Unit 2 sight words in the weekly communicator folder so you can begin to practice those new words with your child!

In Math this week we worked on the terms fewer, more and equal groups. Next week we will learn numbers 0-5. We continue practicing counting from 1-31 and identifying shapes and colors. It might be a good idea to have your child practice drawing the shapes at home. Also, please continue to practice patterns!

In Science we began discussing external body parts. Next week we will finish making our scarecrows and we will talk about internal body parts. In the pictures below Kyla and Adrian and Kiersten and Collin are taking turns identifying external body parts.

Parent Visitation is Tuesday, October 19th and Wednesday, October 20th. I look forward to seeing you! Please remember to keep to your 30 minute scheduled time period since I have many visitors coming in both days.

Thank you to everyone who donated Clorox wipes and tissues. I greatly appreciate it!

Fire Prevention Week!

This week we learned all about fire safety. A special thank you to the Bath Fire Department for coming to our school and talking about fire safety. I would encourage you to talk more with your child about fire safety at home! In the picture to the left, Gizem and Ashley smile by a fire truck. In the pictures on the bottom, Mrs. Ginther in wearing the full firefighter gear while Nate is wearing the hate and jacket.

In Math we will be having our Pattern test on Tuesday. Children will be expected to copy a pattern, identify what comes next in a pattern, and identify what shape is missing. On Wednesday we will start Chapter 3 and we will begin learning the terms more and less.

In Language Arts this is our last week in Unit 1. We will be reviewing character, setting and classify and categorize. We will review all sight words (to, the, I, am, little, a). We will review letter Mm /m/ and we will concentrate on our next letter, Tt /t/. We will also continue working on nouns for people, animals and things. Remember to save those tan booklets that are sent home each week. You can have your child practice reading those throughout the year!

Since we do not have school Monday (10/11) I will be sending homework home on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday night. Please make sure your child writes his/her name on the homework and that it is completed neatly.

This week we also made some seasonal crafts to decorate our classroom and hallway. Vrai and Matthew are holding the bats they made Friday.