October 26th, 2015

Hi Kindergarten families! 

Looks like we will have a fabulous day to go Heckrodt Wetland Reserve if this weather keeps up! Please remember that students and chaperones need a bag lunch and drink (no lunch boxes) unless you preordered a bag lunch from schoolJ

This Friday, we will have our Fall Celebration! We will meet our 3^rd grade buddies from Miss Linton’s room. We will read with a flashlight and have a snack. Your child can bring a flashlight and a book to read from home! Then, we will all head to the gym for dancing and fun!

Upcoming events:

·         Tuesday October 27^th: Heckrodt Field Trip

·         October 28^th-October 30^th: Red Ribbon Week

o   Wednesday: Wear Red

o   Thursday: Dress like a twin

o   Friday: Wear orange and black

·         November 10^th and 12^th: Conferences

·         November 16^th: Half day—11:30 Dismissal

·         November 25^th, 26^th, and 27^th: NO SCHOOL

What’s happening in Kindergarten this week?

Reading: Now that are books are filled with labels, we will talk about going back to reread the post its while reading the book! These labels really helped tie word work and writing skills into Reader’s Workshop. We will continue this work as students begin to write sentences that go with what they see in their books. Linking reading, writing, and word work reinforces the concepts we are working so hard on throughout the day!

Writing: The writers are working hard to use books to learn more and add to their writing. Students are encouraged to look through a book on their topic and find a place where they can find a new word. We will work on stretching out words, then reread to make sure we hear every sound. Towards the end of the week, we will begin to explore writing different kinds of teaching books. We will get ideas by looking through mentor texts.

Math:

1. Students will be working on writing numbers and showing the numbers in a drawing using activity pages from the Math Expressions book.
2. Using activity pages from the Math Expressions book, students will tell math stories for addition and subtraction.

3. We will be showing numbers in a ten frame. They will create the dots with bingo dotters. This is great for visualizing numbers and finding partners!

4. Students will be building numbers and comparing them using 5-groups tiles and number cards.

Word Study: We will learn a few new ways to sort this week in order to be ready for sorts next week! The kindergarteners are doing a great job learning the routines of sorting.  These are the sight words we have this week: it, me, here, can, & we. You can keep searching for our “old” sight words in books while you read! Here is an ongoing list of our sight words: http://kindergartenroom82.blogspot.com/p/our-sight-words.html

Social Studies: After introducing the new social studies centers, students will have a chance to work in each center this week. Students will create building block structures of where our school community helpers work. We will create webs that describe the work of the school community helpers. Finally, students will look at an assortment of pictures, determine the problem, and decide which community helper(s) could be called to fix the problem!