3 weeks in Review

We had a wonderful Halloween celebration on October 30th. I have missed a few weeks worth of posts so I will do my best to catch you up on everything. Thank you again to all of the parents for their support during the Halloween party and parade. The party would not happen without your donations, time and effort put into the planning. I know the children had a blast at the party. The energy level was high and I'm sure they were ready to go trick or treating on Saturday.
November 11th we had a veterans day celebration that was very memorable for the students. THey were so excited to meet a "real" soldier. Thank you to Mr. Conley for speaking with all of Kindergarten and sharing his experiences in the army. We also got to write letters to another Veteran named George. He served as Marine from 2008-2012 and is currently an EMT in school to be a paramedic.
Here is our weeks in review:

Phonics

Our sounds of the week: /oa/ and /ie/

Sounds we know: /s/, /a/, /t/,  /i/ /p/, /n/, /c/ , /k/, /e/, /h/, /r/, /d/, /o/, /u/, /l/, /f/, b/ /j/ and /ai/

Popcorn Words

We learned: but to
Words we know: a, I, it, in, see, big, my, like, up, run, on, we, me, am, did, not, can, is

Reading

During our reading time we read the books Stellaluna and The Legend of Spookley the Square Pumpkin. Last week with the story Stellaluna we learned many new facts about bats. We mapped this information on a chart called a schema chart. On our chart we added information that we already knew about bats (schema), then at the end of the week we added all of the new information we had learned to the new information section. If we found out that one of our initial background knowledge about bats was not true we moved the sticky note that it was written on to the "misconceptions" column. We also used the information we learned about bats to make another chart. We finished the sentences Bats can, bats have, and bats are to map out this new information.

During our week of Spookley we discussed how we treat friends with respect in kindergarten and at home. In the story Spookley was different then all of the other pumpkins and the round pumpkins made him feel bad about himself. At the end of the story Spookley learns that just because he is different does not mean he is not a valuable pumpkin, he is just unique. Then we had to decide for ourselves what shape pumpkin we would be. We made a movie to explain our choices and to show you our projects. We will share as soon as it is ready.

Our poem last week was called The Scarecrow.

Our Weekly Reader was all about a Veterans and why we celebrate them on November 11th.

Math

These last three weeks in math have been focused on ordering and comparing numbers 1-10. As well as beginning our teen numbers. These tend to be very tricky for the students so we will be working very hard on these numbers at our math stations. While learning the teen numbers we are using our four counting strategies. count and check (for paper activities where the manipulatives can not be moved), count and scoot, ten frame, and count and touch.

Important Reminders
November 18th Picture retakes (remember to return unwanted pictures)

Scholastic book orders are due tonight November 13th by midnight (any gifts just let me know and I will let you know when you can come get them or I can send them home in a large unmarked envelope- if they will fit)
No school November 25th, 26th, and 27th

Email me with any questions!