Read Aloud
A powerful connection between a child and their parent
as they experience the beauty and wonder of nature.
I love reading this story to the children each year!
Owl Moon vocabulary focus.
Math
Practicing sequencing numbers.
Monday was dress head to toe in your favorite color day!
She wore a rainbow outfit for this fun day!
tricky teens
ninety nine and up
Stations
Reading Group with Mrs. Cornell.
Practicing reading an emergent reader:
The Life Cycle of a Salmon.
Learning concepts of print.
Centers
Discovery Center
Light Up Board
Making owls!
Ta da!
Puzzles
Turkey
Working in pairs to create an owl together.
Dramatization
puppet play
A very fun puppet available to play with at Centers at Dramatization!
Math
Number sequencing with writing.
What comes before?
What comes after?
number sequencing
Dot-to-dots are a great fine motor activity and can be helpful for learning sequencing.
I recommend them for home at the level your child is practicing.
This one was the numbers 1-28.
PCPA/Nonesuch Book Fair
Wednesday was our class' day to shop at the book fair!
Mrs. Babcock (owner of Nonesuch), helps the girls select
and purchase a book that they might enjoy!
Parent volunteers helped children look through books and find a good match for them!
He was happy with his book selection, an activity book.
Wednesday was also our first day on the playground with the new snow!
The children enjoyed playing in the new snow Wednesday morning!
Everyone had the gear they needed to fully experience the snow!
THANK YOU for your support! đŸ’•
It was wet enough to roll snowballs.
Some children worked together to make a snow person.
They did well packing the snow on their own!
The slides were faster!
Social Emotional Learning (SEL) with Mrs. McDermott
Feeling Monsters Station.
Building feeling monsters with clay.
Breathing Station
Star breathing was the class favorite!
Imagination Station
Bring yourself to your happy place.
Bring yourself to a place that makes you feel happy and safe.
The Feelings Book Station.
Connecting with a book about feelings.
The strategies taught went home in your child's Home/School Folder.
Handwriting this week:
lowercase h formation
Completing the lowercase h page in his handwriting book.
One How To this week was to try drawing an owl!
She was willing to give it her best!
She was very please with how it came out!
Fantastic!
Thanks for taking a risk!
The children are learning that they can do hard things!
One step at a time!
Centers
Writing & Drawing
trying an owl
an owl in habitat
An owl landing on a branch!
Centers
Art Table
Enjoying making a salmon collage.
She is very happy with her collage!
The salmon were finished this week.
The children will paint a river for them!
Centers
Puzzles
Science
Sequencing the life cycle of a salmon!
The Discovery Center
Light Up Board
Pairing up to use pattern blocks to make animals in habitat.
Thursday was National Sock Day!
Wear your coziest, silliest, or mismatched socks
and bring pair to donate to Preble Street!
Morning Meeting Share: showing off the socks in our class.
Thanks for the sock donations! đŸ§¦
Math
Counting by tens practice!
Playing and learning with base ten blocks.
K Goal: I can count by tens to 100.
Practice when you can.
If your child is secure have them continue to 200.
Working with units of ten and ones to write the teen number.
Put ten in your head and count on.
How many tens?
How many ones?
Writing the number for his amount of cubes.
Carefully counting, no guessing.
Counting on from 100.
What does that look like?
How many groups of one hundred?
How many group of tens?
How do you write that number?
Kindergarten Math Goals:
I can count to one hundred by ones.
I can write numbers 0-30.
I can count backwards 15-0.
Ask your child to count from 15-0 for you.
Can they do that?
Try 20- 0.
Kindergarten Math Goal: I can skip count by tens to one hundred.
Recess
Working with what's left of the snow after hundred of children play on it!
Phonics
I can say the : /z/, /ks/, and /y/ sounds.
Due to the short week (first snow day) we will complete the work for week 10 on Monday.
I will then send home the Week in Review, so that you can see what we learned
and help your child review as needed.
Stations this week:
Word Work: red word (for).
Stations
Activity this week: Roll a Red Word.
Six recent red words I hope your child can now read and write.
Practice these when you can!
Stations
Reading group with Mrs. Cornell: Reading a decodable reader titled Tap! Tap! Tap!
Practicing concepts of print.
Centers
Art Table
A new medium was introduced.
Exploring with cray pas (oil pastels).
Creating an outdoor setting like the ones in the story Owl Moon.
Experiencing blending and mixing colors to see what happens.
We will add owls to these scenes this week!
Centers
The Discovery Center
Pairing up to create owls with pattern blocks.
symmetry
Library & Listening
Drama
Writing & Drawing
The Art Easel
Writing
Creating birthday book for the next birthday child in the class.
Fancying up the page with his favorite colors
I hope you get a cake!
I hope that you get what you want for your birthday!
Sentence: I hope that you get a truck!
Labeling: blue, red, cake
labeling: balloon, cake
Sentence: I hope that you will get a cookie!
Have a great day!
Mrs. Dalassandro was a Guest Reader on Friday!
She read this great story: The Gift of Words by Peter Reynolds in which Jerome uses his collection of wonderful words (from the Word Collector) to decorate a giving tree so that the special words can be shared with the world,
bringing peace and positivity when we need it most.
Generating positive words.
These will be hung soon on a "Tree of Joyful Words" that has been created by Ms. Gaare.
It will be located in the Pond Cove Lobby!
If you are into school, stop by to see it.
Writing
Non-Fiction Writing Reports
The children voted on which type of report we would like to do as a class.
Frogs were chosen!
A few wanted Salmon. We will see if they wish to take on a book of their own.
Friday's K for ME read aloud.
We are only a few pages into this great book.
We will work more with it next week!
Friday we celebrated another class birthday.
He selected his birthday treats!
Happy 6th birthday on Saturday, December 6th!
Mrs. Forrey-Pettit brought him to select treats from the office as well!
I hope you enjoyed celebrating your birthday at school!
Friday was Wear Flannel Day!
Also sharing a wonderful owl shirt! ♥️ đŸ¦‰
Singing happy birthday songs as an activity at morning meeting!
Completing calendar jobs.
He was our leader all day!
Morning Meeting
Message
Math
Carefully counting each tower of ten by tens.
Stations
Reading to Mrs. Cornell.
Stations
Working in the app Little Writer.
Stations
ABC
letter stamps
Matching lowercase to uppercase.
Centers
Cray Pas (oil pastels)
A beautiful setting!
Writing & Drawing
Working hard on their owls!
Writing & Drawing
Just like the owl in Owl Moon.
team work
Libray & Listening
A winter story, A Long Way from Home by Elizabeth Baguley.
In the month of December there will be many fun days for your child to participate in if they choose.
Below are next week's.
Please see the Principal Notes for all the events.
Next Week:
Student Spirit Days
Monday, December 8th: Wear your favorite Cape Swag.
Library - If ready to exchange, please return the book in the library bag.
Tuesday, December 9th: It's Sweater Weather - Rock your favorite sweater!
Wednesday, December 10th: Library - If ready to exchange, please return the book in the library bag.
Thursday, December 11th: Sparkle and Shine - Wear something sparkly that has lights, sequins, or glitter!
Friday, December 12th: Early Release Day (dismissal 11:55 am)
MAD about PLAID - Wear your favorite plaid or flannel today.
Library - If ready to exchange, please return the book in the library bag.
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