Mr. Shield's Kindergarten Field Day

Fourth Week of May: May 20-24th

Monday was Stuffy Day at Pond Cove!

Technology/ Writing

Ms. Joiner co-teaches the App Book Creator with Mrs. Cornell.

Helping each other navigate the keyboard. 

Creating his cover.

Finding the letters on the keyboard.  Learning about how to make a letter a capital.

Monday's read-aloud.

Reading Group

Independent reading work with the emergent reader: Sounds All Around

This reader focuses on the snap word (said).

Look for this one to come home to practice read to you.

Coloring and reading.

Their stuffy could join them.

Monday's Quiet Time choice.

Math

K Goal: Skip count by 2s, 5s, and 10s.

Counting by twos and writing.

Creativity with the templates.

Science/Writing

Parts of a plant.

Independent work: Labeling the plant using a word bank (reading, writing, and science).

Miss York (morning Ed. Tech.) reads the children The Circus Ship by Chris Van Dusan on Tuesday!

This is a favorite for many!

Reading Where the Wild Things Are to Mrs. Cornell and discussing the story.

Instruction on the proper formation of capital J.

Handwriting this week: Capital J.

Completing her pages in her workbook.

Reviewing letters in his handwriting book.

Quiet Time choice on Tuesday: Insect Color By Number

Butterfly

Movement break: Go Noodle

Writing/Technology: Adding to his digital story.

Learning how to add a colorful background.

Learning to use stamps and other icons in her story.

Completed cover.

A completed page in his All About Me book.

Let's Find Out

Scholastic News

Movement break during Scholastic News!

Quiet Time on Wednesday:whiteboards.

Math

Whole group 3D sort.

Pick

Name

Sort

Mrs. MacVane (afternoon Ed. Tech) names and sorts a rectangular prism.

Independent table work: Cylinders.

Naming these five  3D Shapes.

In art class, the children learned about patterns.

These beautiful owls came down and were sent home to share with you!

Read-aloud: Learning about the holiday on Monday.

Insects

Extending the lesson.

A fun game.

Independent work: Beginning Letter Sounds

Writing lowercase letters.

Using a letter bank.

Phonics

Digraph (th)

Independent work: digraph sort.

Science

Showing that they know the difference between Living vs. Non-living.

Science

Sharing his work.

Science

Sharing her writing

Math

Practicing counting objects with accuracy.

Encouraging moving each into a line as she counts.

K Math Goal: Count 20 objects.

Reading

Practicing her emergent reader called Memorial Day.

Choice time: dinosaurs.

Choice Time: Q-Tip Painting: kite

Children wrapped up their digital story on Friday.

Learning from Ms. Joiner how to take a picture and put it into her story.

Friday's read-aloud.

Great predictions and connections with this one!  

A surprise ending as this story was new to all the children!

Snap Word review:

He is pointing to all our snap words and the children are reading them together as a group.

New word study this week: (come)

Independent work: Super Hero (come).

We continued to work with the word (said) as well.

Math: Addition

Representing addition with pictures and finding the total.

Created at group.

These great masks came from art class!

They wore them home.

Some children are bringing their bush bean plants home!

Many families have asked what they can do to help at this time of year.

You can help by keeping a routine for your child at home and ensuring they are rested for school.  It is a busy time of year and many children are tired. 

Please send the Crescent Beach field trip permission 

slips to school by May 28th.  We are all set with volunteers for this field trip, thank you.

Please send folders every day.  A lot is coming home, thanks! 💕