Morning Meeting
Activity: January Poem
Math
addition
Coming up with all the number families to ten as a group.
Independent addition work.
Read the number sentence and show your work.
Stations
CVC word work practice: short a
Word: cat - change to hat, spell etc.
Stations
Independent red word this week: play
Quiet Time choice on Monday: January thin marker coloring.
K for ME read aloud
Learning important information about wolves.
We read a little of this detailed nonfiction book each day.
focus vocabulary
Literacy
I can label the parts of a wolf.
Some children chose to read, cut, and glue the parts of a wolf!
Some children chose to read and write the parts of a wolf!
Centers
A wolf, inspired by a classmate in another classroom's idea.
Can I do that?
These are hung in the kindergarten hallway.
Math
As a group, coming up with all the number family combinations to nine.
Stations
Reading group work.
The children are working hard every day to solidify concepts of print.
The are practicing the skills good readers use to tackle print.
Practicing pointing under each word as they read their book.
Working to keep careful match.
Eventually they will become good at tracking print with their eyes and pointing will no longer be encourage. This will help with fluency.
Quiet Time
One option on Tuesday:
wolf pup
I hope you get goalie pads.
Writing
Making birthday book for a classmate.
I hope the brownies are good.
I hope you get hockey nets.
I hope you get a stuffy.
The children have been working on the mechanics of a complete sentence specifically:
starting with a capital, leaving spaces between words, using lowercase letters were needed
and putting in punctuation at the end of the sentence.
Centers
Art Table
Centers
Discovery Table
pattern block owl
Centers
Blocks
a wolf
On Wednesday Mrs. McDermott's SEL lesson was about personal space.
The children showed their bubble (all different shapes and sizes) with a piece of string.
Handwriting: Ms. Cahill (OT) teaches lowercase f.
Completing her lowercase f page in the workbook.
Centers
Writing & Drawing: working on lists.
Centers
Blocks
woodland habitat
Thursday Morning Meeting: Activity
We celebrated another classmate's birthday by singing two birthday songs.
The treats he selected to help celebrate his 6th birthday!
Calendar
Moving his cupcake to six years old.
Math
As a group, generating number families to eight.
The birthday boy can take on many leader jobs.
Here he is handing out the math worksheet to his peers.
Domino addition
Addition sums of 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6.
The birthday boy can choose the indoor recess game!
Indoor recess game: Four Corners
He is counting backwards 20-0 while his classmates move to a corner.
He then listens carefully to the movement and picks a corner to capture some.
They love this game!
K math goal: I can count backwards 15-0.
Stations
CVC short e work.
Read the cvc word (fed), change to bed - spell/write bed etc.
Pleased with the gifts he received from the office!
Creating habitat dioramas for our wolf study.
Some children chose to use crayons, colored pencils, and markers.
Going from 2D to 3D (folding and gluing).
Some children took on the challenge of drawing their own setting!
He is working on a wolf den.
Some chose to paint their habitat with watercolors.
Centers
A large design at the discovery table.
Centers
Blocks
They built this habitat for the wolves.
We hope you had a wonderful birthday!
🧁 Happy 6th birthday! 🎈
He shares the same birthday as Martin Luther King, Jr. 🙂
Reading about Martin Luther King, Jr.
I was impressed to hear what some children knew already prior to our reading and discussions on Friday.
Read aloud
A poem we discussed. Many children had never heard about the golden rule.
Recess
Shooting hoops.
Some are working every day to improve their throwing accuracy even with all the gear on!
Phonics
blending
spelling CVC words
The children have a couple more lessons in Week 13.
After teaching these lessons, I will send the "Peek at Our Week" parent newsletter home.
Some families have asked how they can help their child at home with their reading
and/or reading confidence.
I would suggest reviewing the skills learned in the week
by using the ideas and language provided on the "Peek at Our Week."
There are now passages for your child to read to you.
This week's passage.
We work on these together at whole group phonics.
The passage will come home weekly for your child to share their reading skills with you!
Centers
Art Table
wolf mask
Working to add woodland animals to his wolf habitat.
We plan to make wolves this week!
Hopefully with Model Magic!
Art Table
Lots of cutting practice as they work on these masks independently at center time.
Ta Da!
Well done!
Having fun in dramatization with the wolf masks they created!
This Week:
Monday: No School Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Tuesday: Extra Spanish & Gym (sneakers please)
Wednesday: Library - If your child is ready to exchange their book, please send the it in the colorful book bag.
Friday: Library - If your child is ready to exchange their book, please send the it in the colorful book bag.
K for Me Showcase*
*You are invited to stop by our showcase sometime between 2:05-2:40 pm on Friday, January 23rd. When you are finished at the showcase you may take your child home with you or they can stay for our regular dismissal.
January is assessment time.
Some routines will be affected slightly as I gather current data.
Progress Reports will be available at the end of this month.
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