November 18 - 22, 2024

Morning Meeting

Activity

Ask your child to sing Hello, Mr. Turkey to you! 🦃

Math

Representing thirteen several ways.

Understanding teen numbers.

Small groups are working with me to practice counting groups over ten with accuracy.

Kindergarten Math Goal: Count 20 objects accurately.

Phonics

Listening for beginning sounds.

Drawing pictures that begin with these sounds: /w/, /e/, and /j/.

/w/ - window

/e/ - envelope

/j/ - jump rope

Reading

Practicing concepts of print in the emergent reader: The Frog.

Practicing one-to-one match.

Stations

Working independently in their emergent reader (color and read).

Quiet Time Choice: Capital A-Z Dot-To-Dot Turkey 

Read Aloud

Centers

Science and Engineering

Life Cycles

Read card, create, and describe.

Centers

Puzzles

1-10

Centers

Fish Puzzle A-Z (match capital to lowercase).

Centers

Writing and Drawing

Centers

Created at Writing and Drawing.

\

Centers

Blocks

Pond Creatures

A fun read aloud.

Quiet Time Choice: Fall search and find, color words, and number writing how many found.

Phonics

Letter Zz and its sound /z/.

Reading to Mrs. Cornell.

We are adding books to the children's individual book bins daily.

Several children are feeling more comfortable reading to me or a peer.

The Life Cycle of the Salmon.

A read aloud to generate ideas for writing.

Writing

I am thankful for ...

Color, cut, & glue the turkey down.

Centers

Science and Engineering

Completing life cycles.

The Life Cycle of a Salmon

The Life Cycle of a Turtle

The first two disguise a turkeys arrive!

princess

Math

Mix and Fix: Sequencing turkeys by 10s.

Kindergarten Goal

Count by 10s to 100.

Phonics

New red words: or and for.

Phonics

Letter Xx and its sound /k/ /s/.

Beginning sound work with Mrs. Cornell.

Turkey First Sounds

Listen, determine what sound begins the word, and write the letter that makes that sound.

Read aloud

We had some great conversations about gratitude.

Writing

I am thankful for ...

Mrs. Cornell, read aloud, my food, Tucker, milk, and my bed.

Meso (her cat), Veronica (her cat), Keko (her cat), my parents, my sisters, and my friends.

Softball, Mom and Dad, Declan, Mac and cheese, Mrs. Cornell, and soup.

The children are writing the sounds they hear in words for any word that they do not already know 

how to spell.

This writing is hung in our hallway for others to read.

Writing

Working on a Thanksgiving card.

Centers

Writing and Drawing

a mermaid and ocean scene

Centers

Easel

Many, many fish eggs!

Morning Meeting Share

Disguise a turkey.

a rock star

a black cat

a bowling ball and pin

Math

Showing 14 several ways.

Kindergarten Goals: Recognize and write 0-30.

Accurately count 20 objects.

Practicing counting by tens by sequencing turkeys 10-100.

Coloring her own turkeys.

cutting

Phonics

Practicing blending consonant, vowel, consonant sounds (CVC).

Phonics

Letter Yy and its sound /y/.

Handwriting

lowercase a practice

lowercase d practice

dry try

wet try

Magic c turns into an o, c, and d.

Practicing the correct formation of lowercase a and d.

Centers

Art Table

Art Table

Crayon resist with watercolors based on the story Swimmy.

Special thanks to Pat (Gi Gi) for volunteering her time at the Art Table 

to paint hands to get the children's Thanksgiving Day cards ready for writing.

Centers

Blocks

salmon

Protecting salmon eggs in a river.

Morning Meeting Share

Disguise a turkey.

a bat

a pirate

Luke Skywalker

Thursday and Friday's read aloud. 

Math

Sequencing turkeys 10 to 100.

Color, cut, and glue in sequential order.

Counting out loud for practice.

Reading her turkeys 10 to 100.

These will be coming home.

Please check in with your child.

Can they count by tens yet on their own without reading?

If not yet, it would be helpful to hang this at home for practice.

Writing tens in shapes.

Writing tens.

Phonics

Reading red words.

 A dozen have been taught.

Stations

Reading to Mrs. Cornell.

Stations

Red Word Work: (or)

Working on the cover of her Thanksgiving Day card.

Her card is going to her dog Winston.

Painting hands to make the turkey.

Decorating the inside of the card.

Gooogly eyes are always popular.

Her card is going to her Mom and Dad.

Her card is going to her Nana.

These are coming home as they finish so that they hopefully reach who it is going to.

Please look for them in your child's Home/School Folder Monday and Tuesday.

Centers

Blocks

Salmon in a river!

Crayon resist with cross hatching created at The Art Table.

Inspired by Leo Lionni's Artwork.

We have read Fish Is Fish and Swimmy.

A fun week!

Eight Turkey's in Disguise so far.

Keep sending them in!  

We are enjoying sharing them!

Next Week:

Short Week (2 Days)

More learning about fish and aquatic habitats! 🐟 🐠

If you know your child will be absent from school, 

please email me.

 It is helpful for my planning to know ahead, thank you!

Monday: SEL with Mrs. McDermott

First Library of the trimester.

Please return your child's library book in their colorful library bag.

Dance party at the end of the day ! 🎉 

The cold weather is here.  Please remember we go outside daily whenever possible, so warmer clothes are needed.  When your child wears boots to school (due to rain or snow), please have a pair of shoes available (no slippers please). The boots will stay in your child's locker and clean shoes will help keep our carpet and classroom floor dry.  If you have an extra pair of sneakers they can stay in your child's locker rather than travel back and forth daily.  It is up to your family.