November 2, 2015

Happy November!

What a great way to end October! We had great time and great weather on our field trip and meeting our 3^rd grade buddies was fun during the Fall Celebration. Here are a few pictures from Friday!

Upcoming events

•      November 10^th and 12^th: Conferences
•      November 16^th: Half day—11:30 Dismissal
•      November 17^th: Family Yoga Night
•      November 25^th, 26^th, and 27^th: NO SCHOOL
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What’s happening in Kindergarten this week?

Reading: The readers have been working hard to read, write post its, and share ideas about books with their partners. Now, we are going to start to act out our books! We will act out our old favorites, focusing on the exact words in the books and the character feelings. Acting out the stories is a great way to build comprehension skills!

Writing: We have been talking about the different kinds of books authors use to teach readers: pattern books, topic books, questions books, etc. It was so great to see that the students are really transferring what we talk about on the rug to their independent writing time!!

Math:

●     We will create a mat that shows numbers 1-10. We will talk about patterns we see, five groups, and more!

●     Students will build numbers using chips. They will decide if the numbers they build are equal or unequal.

●     We will tell math story using pictures from the Math Expressions book.

     ●   Students will work on position words by creating a book about above, below, next to, etc.

Word Study: We will start our sorts this week! These individualized sorts will fit the specific spelling needs of each student. The sorts focus on skills like beginning sounds, short vowels, and digraphs.

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

Social Studies: We will wrap up our School Study unit this week! We have learned so much about our school helpers. The last project we will do is create a school map. We will design pictures that show the different parts of our school in teams. We will take a tour of the school and build a map using the pieces we created.