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Sunday, November 5, 2023

Last week in October: October 30th - November 3rd.


Monday's science read-aloud.


Passing a pumpkin to see how much it weighs before making a prediction.



Will the pumpkin sink or float?





Nine children predicted it would sink, seven predicted it would float.


Reading about giant floating pumpkins after our experiment!



Getting ready for two birthdays on Wednesday.






Reading
Recognizing a pattern.
Carefully keep match (pointer finger points under the words).
Reading snap words (high-frequency words).
Getting their mouth ready to look at the first letter - making that sound.
Using picture clues.


Monday's Quiet Time Option: Mindful Coloring
Fine motor practice.


Math: practicing strategies to count to 20 carefully.
Touch count
Mark off each as you count.
Circle as you count.
Recheck your counting.



Finding the number on a number chart.




Kindergarten goals:
Count accurately 20 objects.
Identify 0-30.


Choice time: watercolors



Pretend: Fairy Tree


Easel drawing


watercolor painting




Morning Meeting Activity: Halloween Poem


The Little Old Lady That Was Not Afraid of Anything by Linda Shute.


Working on another birthday book.




Orange and Black Day



Creating a birthday page for birthday child number two.






















We had a lot of fun creating these!

Candy corn collage.









Tuesday's Quiet Time Choice: Color By Number 15-20 


Nonfiction Read-Aloud


Scholastic News Leet's Find Out





Dance Break: Pumpkins


October's Calendar Math Pattern: Jack o'lantern, Jack o'lantern, ghost, ghost
AABB


Morning Meeting Share



On November 1st we celebrated two birthdays!


Movement


Scholastic News



Owl on the Prowl Rhyming Game

K Phonological Awareness Goals: 
Determine if two words rhyme or not.
Produce words that rhyme.


Technology
iPad


Learning the app Moose Math.


Our high school mentor comes once a week
He joined us for technology this week.


Addition practice


The birthday girls get their treats from the office!


Look what I picked!



Wednesday's Quiet Time Option: whiteboards



All Hands in!
Taking pictures for our contract.
Everyone was in school!




Both girls led when we traveled.


She LOVES rabbits!


Enjoying the beautiful weather!




 butterflies


easel


Thursday's Writing: Creating pages for the birthday boy on Friday!






Reading
Word Study: my
Independent work: my star worksheet.




Reading: Practicing reading I Can See Halloween.
She has her own copy and it is kept in her reading bucket.




Gym Class with Mr. Shields.
Partnering with the Cape Elizabeth Firefighters to teach in-home fire safety.


Mr. Shield's homework can come to school any day you have it completed.  
Place it in your child's Home/School Folder and I will put it in Mr. Shield's mailbox.  
The children are excited about the drawing: a chance to win a ride to school in a fire truck!
Last year someone in our class won! 🚒



Celebrating our third birthday this week!
He is moving his cupcake from 5 to 6!


Signing our class contract!


Our contract is almost done.
We are just waiting on one child's signature.






Reading her own copy of Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See?


Private Reading: We are up to 7 minutes!


Private Reading (read to self).  Teachers listen to children read or work with groups during this time.


Thursday's Quiet Time choice: Dinosaur Park yoga!


Math: Practicing forming 7 and 8 on the chalkboards.



Wet try, feeling the number 8.


Completing pages 7 & 8 in his handwriting book.




Choice Time: easel


                                                                          Choice Time: 
Choosing to make cards with the snap words we have studied.


Coming back with the birthday treats from 
Ms. Karnes and Ms. Forrey-Pettit!

Three peers turned six this week.
🎈We hope you had a great birthday! 🧁

Watch for an email from Dr. Records 
(or Ms. Karnes) sharing new conference dates.

Next Week:


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