Mother's Day Writing
Last week you received Mother's Day magnets.
We hung the original piece of writing in the hallway for others to read and enjoy.
Eventually, these will come home as well.
Math
Lots of practice skip counting by 2s.
Small group work: Skip counting maze.
Ask your child to skip count by two for you.
Independent work at the tables - writing numbers by twos.
Choice Time: Math Table
Choice Time: Drawing and writing table.
Tuesday morning all kindergarten children participate in NWEA Reading assessments.
This is taken on your child's iPad.
Read-aloud
Writing
Working on a birthday page for the next class birthday!
Share: sharing her writing piece.
Reading his message and labels to the birthday girl.
Quiet Time Choice: Color By 3D Shape.
Taylor Palmore joined us this week for her Senior Transition Project (STP).
She is helping students with the opportunity to observe the growth of their bean plant and water if needed.
Rock exploration at recess.
Pineland Farms field trip on Wednesday.
Heading down to the barn and Farmyard.
Brittany Moon was our educator.
We learned about their two ponies first.
Felt the coarse fur on his head.
She then shared two rabbits. There were two cages.
This is Lady Marmalade. Long White Hair. Too shy to pet.
Taylor Palmore (Cape High School STP student) joined us on the field trip.
Empress Chutney's fur was short and grey and exceptionally soft!
So soft!
Up close to her favorite animal! ♥️ 🐰
We were able to see and hear about the goats in the barn.
We saw and touched the sheep in the Farmyard.
Miss York and Brittany with the children.
We learned about pigs and piglets in the Farmyard.
This peafowl was magnificent! Zeus is showing off feathers!
Lunch on the farm.
Special thanks to
Wendy Breen (Noah's mom),
Lauren Casey (Jack's mom),
Annie Coates, (David's mom),
Lauren York (Pond Cove Ed. Tech.),
and Taylor Palmore (Cape Elizabeth high school senior)
for chaperoning this field trip! ♥️
Celebrating another class birthday at our Morning Meeting on Thursday!
She is helping with the calendar.
Catching up the number of school days.
One Hundreds, tens, and ones.
Moving her cupcake to six years old.
She counted fourteen six-year-olds.
Three to go! These three children are patiently awaiting their turn.
Summer birthdays will be celebrated during the last few days of school! 😎
Ms. Forrey-Pettit came to bring her to select birthday treats in the office.
She is pleased with her choices!
Thursday all kindergarten children took the NWEA (Math).
Counting on her fingers to solve (strategy encouraged).
The children take this on their school iPads.
Questions about shapes.
Whiteboards were an option if completed and still waiting for classmates to finish.
Read-aloud
Word study this week: (said)
Reading/Science/Writing
A science emergent reader.
Coloring the cover.
Coloring and labeling an inside page.
Watch for these to come home in your child's Reading Journal bag for your child to read to you.
Encourage your child to read all the words in the book: title, sentences, and labels.
She is using several reading strategies learned to solve tricky words.
Morning recess on Thursday.
Quiet Time Choice: Cosmic Yoga
Some children rest and listen to her story, and some children try the moves!
Math
3D Shapes: Hands-on sort by shape.
We are focusing on:
Sphere, cube, cylinder, cone, and rectangular prism.
Kindergarten math goal: Name 3D shapes.
Second recess.
She lost her first tooth during the afternoon recess.
She shared it with friends, and we got a tooth necklace so it would get home safely! 🦷
These two share a birthday so we gave Ms. Carey a crown too! 🎈👑
Friday's science read-aloud.
Friday morning science with Lindsay Barrett in the school garden.
Learning about pea seeds.
Observing with a hands lens.
Observing closely peas in a pod.
Observing closely the root system of one already planted.
Mystery plant Mrs. Barrett brought for exploration and learning.
Learning about a trellis.
Soaked seeds ready to plant.
Each child planted two pea seeds in the school garden.
Learning about the "mystery vegetable" (rhubarb).
An opportunity to water.
Thank you Mrs. Barrett for all your time and knowledge! ♥️
Caring for our bean plants inside.
Science
Independent work: Plant Life Cycle.
color
Cut and sequence.
These came home in your child's Home/School folder.
Handwriting: Capital I.
Handwriting: Capital T.
Practicing the correct formation of capital I in his handwriting book.
Practicing the correct formation of capital T in his handwriting book.
Thank you Taylor for listening to children read their books this week!
Independent phonics work: digraph sort.
Spanish class with Señora Bravo: Whole Group Concentration Game
Math
Number writing
Kindergarten Goal: Recall and write the number 0-30.
You can practice this in fun ways:
chalk outside
stick in the dirt or in the sand at the ocean
on whiteboards
pudding on a plate
shaving cream on a tray
Please encourage top-to-bottom formation.
Next Week:
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