November 9-13

Hello everyone! 

Portfolio conferences are this week! I can’t wait to share the amazing work we are doing in Kindergarten! We will be celebrating the end of units in Reader’s and Writer’s Workshop. We definitely have lots of growth to celebrate!

Upcoming events

•         November 10^th and 12^th: Conferences
•          November 16^th: Half day—11:30 Dismissal
•          November 17^th: Family Yoga Night
•          November 18^th: Square 1 Art orders due
•     November 25^th, 26^th, and 27^th: NO SCHOOL
•          December 1st: Kaukauna Christmas Parade

What’s happening in Kindergarten this week?

Reading: Readers will create puppets and setting for their favorite story book. We will practice acting out the story and celebrate by presenting for our peers. Then, we will watch the videos of each child reading his/her favorite storybook. It is so exciting to see the growth these readers have made! Toward the end of the week, we will start to prepare for our next unit which involves using the classroom library to bookshop for our individualized book bins.

Writing: I cannot wait to share your child’s writing with you at conferences. They have come so far! Students will be editing their scientific writing this week in preparation for our celebration on Friday. Writers will even use a checklist to ensure that they have done everything they can to make their writing great.

Math:

•    Using a Math Expressions activity page, students will practice identifying and then building shapes using pipe cleaners and straws. After, they will use geoboards on the Ipads to build more shapes.
•  Each student will have a five frame with all five spaces filled. They will roll a 0-5 dice. They will cross out the number they rolled and write the subtraction equation that matches.  
• Students will choose a prewritten equation. They will show the subtraction problem using chips and write the equation.
•  Mathematicians will play “Garbage” This is a card game that focuses on number order. Grab a deck of cards (without the jacks, queens, and kings) and ask your child to teach you how to play at home!  

Word Study: As you read with your child at home, start to focus on the beginning letter sounds as well as sight words on the page.

The new sight words this week are see, in, you, big, & little.

Here is an ongoing list of our sight words: http://kindergartenroom82.blogspot.com/p/our-sight-words.html

Science: Our very first science unit starts this week! The unit is called Fur, Feathers, Skin, and Scales. We will begin our inquiry with questions like

•         What are the different body coverings that animals have? 
•          Why do animals have different body coverings?
•          What covers you?
•          How do you take care of your skin?

We will begin to explore these questions through books, videos, and class discussions.