Math
The class has been practicing using several counting strategies to carefully count objects.
Touch counting
Moving each counter.
Recounting
Counting on
Using the dry erase marker to write the number for how many she counted.
Remember to make the one first for teen numbers.
Math
Independent practice counting work.
This one practicing groups of numbers 11-20.
K Math Goal: I can count 20 objects accurately.
Using a number line to help write the number for how many she counted.
Monday
SEL with Mrs. McDermott.
Practicing a safety drill. An outdoor walk to a safe spot.
A beautiful day for an outdoor walk.
Listening for birds. Using an app to identify bird songs.
We heard 5 or 6 different types of birds.
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Quiet Time Option
Coloring Happy Fall
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Handwriting
Practicing proper formation of lowercase d.
Magic c turns into a d.
Magic c, up, up, up
bump and down
wet try
Hands on practice of lowercase d with chalkboards.
Kindergarten Goal: Read and write all lowercase letters.
Morning Meeting
Greeting
Roll the ball
Children greet a peer, wait for a return greeting, then roll the ball to that child.
This greeting requires the children to watch and keep track of which peers have had a turn.
Special Visitor
As part of our K for ME unit Our Community we had a special visitor come
explain his role in our community!
Officer Galvan from the Cape Elizabeth Police Department.
Officer Galvan read this story to the children.
He taught the children about his job and how his uniform helps him do his job.
Role Playing
What to do if ever separated from your parents or guardian.
Officer Galvan shared with the children how important it is to learn:
Their parent's names.
Their phone number.
Their address.
911
Please practice the above with your child when time allows.
Office Galvan handed out squishy police cars, and two different stickers.
Happy to have these surprises!
Stations
Review of the sounds for a, m, & s.
Beginning Sound Sort
Color, cut, sort, and glue.
Letter Nn
Uppercase formation.
Lowercase formation.
/n/ sound
Words with /n/ initial sound.
Stations
Small group work with Mrs. Cornell.
Do you hear the initial sound /m/ or /n/?
Do you hear /m/ or /n/, show me.
Quiet Time Option on Tuesday
Apple Tree Dot-To-Dot
Sequencing numbers 1 to 31.
K for ME Week 4 Read Aloud
Learning about personal recounts.
Listening to a story where the author tells about what happened, an enjoyable story.
The children expressed how much they liked this one and made good connections
to something in their life and other stories.
Bippity Bop Barbershop Vocabulary
Morning Work
Colored circles/chips
Sorting by color.
Sorting by color while waiting for announcements.
Wednesday Morning Meeting
Share
Would you rather...
The children did a great job sharing their thoughts!
Read Aloud
Working on our classroom community.
Tracing his own hand to add to a class poster we are creating.
The children are working on a poster that represents what our classroom should work towards to be a place where they can do their best learning.
Choosing to work together as partners.
One partner traces the other's hand and then they switch.
Cut
Fancying her contribution to the poster.
We will work more on this poster next week.
Indoor recess due to rain.
Playing 4 Corners.
Some were excited to be the one who gets to be blindfolded.
Practicing backwards counting 15-0.
K Math Goal: I can count backwards 15-0.
It would be great if you could practice when time allows.
Move on to 20-0 if your child is secure with 15-0.
Working lowercase letter identification in our literacy block.
Pointing out the vowels on the Alphabet Bridge.
Pointing and reading the consonants of The Alphabet Bridge.
Letter Ff
Recognition
Sound
Formation of uppercase & lowercase.
Stations
Sort
Letter
Word
Sentence
How do you know?
Centers
Art Table
Watercolor Painting Fall Leaves
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Centers
Math
Partners playing Bump.
Math
Independent practice work.
Identifying and sequencing numbers.
Color, cut, sequence, and glue.
The children had to carefully read what number they were given,
not all had the same numbers to sequence.
K Math Goals
I can identify and name numbers 0-30.
I can count to 100 by ones from any number.
Letter Vv
Recognition
Sound
Formation of uppercase & lowercase.
Stations
Ff & Vv initial sound sort.
Say the word.
What first sound do you hear?
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Cut & Glue based on initial sound.
Kindergarten Goal: Provide the sounds for all the consonants and vowels.
Practice when you can!
A Quiet Time Option on Thursday: Cosmic Yoga
Off to Costa Rica to meet Frank the Frog.
Handwriting
Practicing correct formation of lowercase d in their handwriting books.
K for ME Week 4 Read Aloud
Celebrating names.
What does it mean to be a member of a community?
Your name is important.
We will work more with this story next week.
We are focusing on our classroom names.
Centers
Writing & Drawing
Writing classmates names.
"How of you spell your name?"
Counting and recording how many letters in each child name.
Our names are displayed in several places in our classroom!
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The children worked hard on this assignment.
A finished piece!
Great job!
This is a lot of work to complete at centers in one day! Well done!
Centers
Art Table
Cutting her beautiful watercolor leaf!
Goal: To have at least one leaf from each of the children in our windows!
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They are coming out so beautiful that they want to take them home!
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Centers
Blocks
A princess castle.
Recess
It is nice to see the bonds children are creating!
Another great week in kindergarten!
Enjoy the long weekend!
On rainy days if you send your child into school in rain boots, please pack dry shoes (sneakers), so that we can leave the wet rain boots in the lockers and keep our carpet dry, thank you!
Coming up this week:
Monday: No School Indigenous Peoples' Day
Continuing Week 4 Bridge to Reading (short week last week).
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