Monday was Halloween and then we rolled into November!
We enjoyed Jack Prelutsky's famous poem!
On October 31st we said goodbye to October and our AABB pattern.
jack o'lantern, jack o'lantern, ghost, ghost
We had fun celebrating a couple of birthdays in our class, had Picture Day,
and they LOVED Halloween Day!
We read and enjoyed Creepy Pair of Underwear!
Each student designed their own pair of creepy underwear!
It was wear black and orange day too!
We also made candy corn.
Many materials were available at the art table all week.
This fine motor activity took a little longer to complete!
Showing stamina to complete an activity!
Working at choice time to finish.
Proud of her finished artwork!
Practicing partner reading!
The children select a book from their bucket and practiced reading it to their partner.
He is reading his Pumpkin Life Cycle book.
The partner who is reading practices handling the book, turning the pages,
and pointing under the print with their pointer finger to carefully match.
Partners should be elbow, elbow, knee, knee (EEKK).
They need to quickly determine who will read first.
After one partner has read a full book from the cover to the end, they switch and allow the other partner to read. He is reading his Pete Love Shoes book!
Pumpkin pumpkin
Big and round
Pick a pumpkin
and make its sound!
Phonics practice on Halloween
Pull a pumpkin and make its sound.
We are learning to listen to what is asked.
This game is looking for the sound, not the letter name.
Kindergarten Goals:
Produce all consonant letter sounds.
Produce all short vowel sounds.
Produce all long vowel sounds.
Anything you can squeeze in at home regarding sound work would be helpful.
cut
read
match
glue the label
Color scientifically
Searching for the word like.
During our reading block, we study letters and words.
You may hear your child call it a "snap word."
After studying it, they should know the high-frequency word in a snap.
Kindergarten Goal: Read common high-frequency words by sight.
We will be working on the top 40 high-frequency words for kindergarten.
We are currently about 8 words into that list.
Words we have studied: a, I, the, me, can, see, like, my
We have also worked often with the color words
red, blue, yellow, green, orange, purple, pink, black, white, brown, and gray.
When these word work worksheets come home it would be helpful if you could ask
your child to read to you the word they studied.
If they have forgotten it would be helpful to have that word hung
somewhere in the house to practice reading until confident.
These are words we are hoping they can read quickly.
Eventually, we look to see them use them in their creative writing.
Handwriting: Magic C Letters
Magic c turns into an a and a d.
Magic c turns into a g.
g is a tail letter (goes below the line).
Magic c turns into a q.
q is a tail letter (goes below the line)
Choosing to draw your own picture has been a popular choice at our choice time!
I see many working on sketching and trying to improve their drawing skills,
giving their best effort to draw more detailed pictures!
Creativity on the easel at Choice Time!
Fun with the dinosaurs!
Pretend at the doll house.
Proud to have finished the optional color-by-number (quiet time choice).
This week: Numbers 15-20.
We are getting better at reading color words!
Math: working on shape recognition and patterns.
AB
AABBCC
AAABBB
Kindergarten Goal: I can name 2D shapes.
Thursday was our day to visit the PCPA's Scholastic Book Fair!
All went well.
Thanks for your support!
I hope your child thanked you for the books and other treats! đŸ˜‰
Completing the square page in his book All About Flat Shapes.
Completing the cover.
These paper books are kept in your child's book bin at school to practice reading.
Letter and sound work with Jack Hartmann!
Phonological Awareness
Syllable work with Jack Hartmann!
Movement: Clapping, stomping, and tapping whenever we can.
Our week ended with a special opportunity at recess to watch the firefighters test their equipment!
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