Calendar
Last day of September
Brown leaf, red leaf, brown leaf, red leaf.
ABAB Pattern
What a busy month!
Reading our changing weather graph.
We were fortunate in September!
We have had 18 kindergarten school days at this point.
We count orally every day.
We count backward 15-0 every day.
Kindergarten Math Goals:
Count orally to 100.
Count backwards 15-0.
It would be helpful to practice when you can.
Math
Roll the Die Game
Roll and Write
Roll and count dots.
Roll and record the number for the dots.
Math
Independent practice.
Roll and Write Practice.
Phonics
Capital Letter Alphabet Bridge
Kindergarten Goal: Sing the alphabet.
If it is difficult for your child to sing the alphabet and keep a match,
it would be helpful if you practice when time allows.
Phonics Focus: The letter Mm and its sound /m/.
Identification, sound in isolation, and formation.
Quiet Time choice on Monday: Fall Fun coloring sheet.
Centers
Number mats 1-9 were added to the art studio Play-Doh center.
Writing
Communicating through images.
The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney
I see ______.
It make me think _______.
Working on setting and characters.
Creating an illustration from a book we have read together.
The alphabet chart is used as a resource to write the sounds she hears for the word she is spelling.
Realistic Fiction Read Aloud
Using details from both the words and the illustrations to learn about the characters
and events in the story.
The vocabulary we focused on.
Lots of review with characters and setting as well.
Centers
Q-Tip Painting
an apple
Coloring the leaf and the stem before painting.
Reproducing parts of Abuela's setting: New York City.
Morning Meeting Activity
Song and actions.
Ask your child to sing it to you!
A fun read-aloud to guide discussions about Wednesday's
field trip to Pumpkin Valley Farm!
Practicing the number formation before using the marker.
Math
Pumpkin counting and number writing practice.
Phonics Focus: Capital and lowercase Ss and the sound in isolation
(recognition, writing, and sound practice).
Modeling a new station with our whole group.
Pumpkin pumpkin
Big and Round
Pick a pumpkin
Make its sound
Isolating letter sounds.
Playing the sound game at a station.
Stations
Playing Peer Memory at a station.
Stations
Reading Station
Enjoying a book.
Stations
Building names with name puzzles.
Quiet Time Choice: Fall Color By Number 1-10.
Learning color words: blue, orange, brown, purple, green, yellow.
Centers
Art Studio
Mixing Colors: Black was added to create shades of color.
Centers
Blocks
Centers
Puzzles
Capital Letters
Centers
Puzzles
Number puzzle 1-10.
Blocks
Wednesday's field trip was a highlight of our week!
It was an active morning.
There was more to explore than we could fit into our available time block.
The children did very well! ♥️
Thank you to the following chaperones for making this field trip possible!
Sarah Yantakosol Gayer (Leif's mom)
Elizabeth Goodspeed (Elliot's mom)
Terri Mayer (Gloria's mom)
Patrick O'Neill (Rowyn's dad)
The corn pit!
As you know the children have been provided with sensory opportunities in our classroom
and there will be more to come,
but this opportunity exceeds anything we will have in the classroom!
The expressions of pure joy are priceless! ♥️
Saying hello to the rabbits!
The water pumps!
Working to move the little plastic duckies!
Our class' turn on the jumping pillow!
There were several animals to visit.
For fun!
What a beautiful setting for our group!
Trying out the mini corn maze!
We have got this!
Which way should we go!
Exploring an ear of corn up close!
There were a couple hints inside to guide us, but only a few.
Hello!
And this team is out! 🌽
Exploratory bubble fun!
Wow!
It's our turn to go on the wagon ride to the pumpkin patch!
Farmer Kevin drove us out to the pumpkin patch
and invited the children to select a pumpkin of their choice!
Thank you to our parent chaperones for assisting the children in their selection, cleaning and taking the pumpkin off the vine if necessary, and labeling the pumpkins with names!
Check out this pumpkin, stem, and vine!
Love this! Fun!
They appeared pleased with their selections.
The pumpkins went home to enjoy!
We ate snacks and lunch and got ready to board the bus for the ride home!
I am thankful we were able to provide this opportunity for the children.
We had a beautiful autumn day to enjoy it!
Thanks for sending in all that was needed to enjoy this field trip!
Mrs. McDermott taught her first Social Emotional Learning (SEL) lesson.
She explained what her role as a School Counselor is at Pond Cove.
The children went on a walking field trip to her space.
She will come approximately twice a month.
A choice after their morning jobs are completed:
Children could choose to finish something in their box or play with the wild animals.
Awaiting morning announcements on the intercom.
Morning Meeting Share: Would you rather ...
Math
Practicing counting strategies: touch counting,
to confirm what he thought it was when counting with his eyes.
Recording the number practicing formation (top to bottom).
Independent practice after the lesson.
Using a number line as a resource.
We have been practicing the formation of 0-10 with lots of practice at school.
Phonological Awareness lesson: Rhyming
Say the two words after me.
Thumbs up if they rhyme, thumbs down if they do not.
Phonics
Letter Aa (capital and lowercase): recognition, formation, and sound work.
Stations
An opportunity to practice skills previously taught.
Mm Sort
Begins with /m/ or No.
Write your name, cut the picture in the square, say the word, sort, and then glue.
The children are learning to be responsible for turning their work in under the apple,
as well as taking care of their own materials when finished while I work with a small group.
If time allows the children colored the ones that had /m/ as a beginning sound.
Quiet Time choice: Cosmic Yoga.
Practicing using details in their drawings, creating a setting, and using characters.
Read Aloud
Vocabulary: amazing, fantastic, and adventure.
Centers
Writing and Drawing Scavenger Hunt
Meeting staff in our school and interviewing them about their role.
Ms. Joiner assisted the children with this.
Math
Ask your child about the Magic Number game!
Also known as "puff"!
Friday was 1 to 10 and 10-0.
Movement break: Counting 1-20 with motions.
Slowing down our speech with 13, 14 & 15.
Snack
You can help ...
We have 15 minutes (sometimes 20 minutes) for snacks.
Please pack your child's snack in a separate snack box (or pouch).
Please only pack a couple choices. Too many choices in the snack box have been hard to manage.
Thanks for your support with this!
Stations
Hidden Pictures Mm
/m/ practice
Practicing sketching and labeling.
Using our alphabet chart to write the letters for the sounds she hears in the word she is writing.
Labeling her picture.
The children are enjoying the opportunity to share their work under the document camera.
Labeling their characters (mouse or lion).
Acting out parts of the story Amazing Grace!
Characters: Nana, Grace, and Ma.
How is Grace feeling on this page?
How should the actor make their body look to show those feelings?
New characters to act out the ending.
How is Grace feeling now?
Did her problem get solved?
More labeling of characters!
We had a great week!
Next week:
No School for children on Friday, October 11th.
Teacher Professional Development Day.
No school Monday, October 14th.
Indigenous Peoples' Day
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