Some of what we are choosing at Choice Time:

Practicing drawing unicorns at the easel.

Building: legos

Recycling with EcoMaine

We had some visitors from our school recycling program visit our classroom Friday to talk to us about recycling and composting, particularly in our school cafeteria. Students watched some brief videos from the EcoMaine recycling center to see the recycling and sorting process in action. They also got to practice their own sorting game with various items they might see in the lunch room. They were given some take home information and a recycled pencil.

Enjoying the fall weather!

Pretend play: Making bird nests together in nature land.

Science
Our first science lessons in kindergarten are geared towards answering the questions:
 "What is science?" and "What is a scientist?"

We have created a class book which will be coming home to share with you. 
I hope you can take a few minutes to read the book with your child and then pack it in their home/school folder to be returned to school, so that another child may bring it home to share. We hope you enjoy our book!

Mr. Davis (our Speech Pathologist) teaches a lesson on hearing sounds, differentiating sounds, sorting sounds and sorting words based on initial sounds. Thank you Mr. Davis!

Working hard on proper lowercase letter formation.

Magic c turns into a lowercase a.

Magic c turns into a lowercase d.

We read: Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr. & John Archambault.

We are working on class book that will come home for you to read with your child.

careful coloring

name with stickers

stamps

adding details

Kindergarten Math Goals:

I can count up to 20 to tell how many are in a group.

I can read numbers 0-30.

I can write numbers 0-30.

I can compare numbers.

I can sort objects and compare the number of objects in a group.

We read: This School Year Will be the Best by Kay Winters and each child whispered to me what would make a great kindergarten year for them. The children illustrated their response. 
Our Hopes and Dreams for kindergarten are hung in the hallway!

We have received our first link!
Mr. Shields sent this link our way!
We will certainly turn it into the 
office to be added to the 
school hallway link chain!

Snack time is daily mid morning. It is very helpful when you pack a healthy snack that your child enjoys in a bag or box separate from their lunch. Having water bottles at school is working well. We have a nice filling station in the lobby. We try to remember to take water bottles home on Friday to be washed.

Has your child shared that we have practiced evacuating the school building?

Our first time we practiced with a soft bell, just our class. The second drill was whole school (no alarm, just an announcement on the intercom). The children did very well both times. 

Choice time is typically 30 minutes in the afternoon. We have begun using a choice time board to select where children are working and playing. Choice Time (also referred to as center time) is a favorite time for many children!

Art Center

Having fun with Play Doh.

Building: Legos

Look what I made!

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Two boys choosing to listen to the same story.

Math center:
exploring with manipulatives.

Listening solo to a story of choice.

A group playing house in the pretend center.

Creating the cover to our reading journals.
Reading journals will be coming home in October.

Choosing stickers that are appealing to each reader.

Teacher time: practicing counting
with one to one match.
K Math Goal:
I can count and match 20 objects.