K for Me read aloud.
The children loved this one!
Vocabulary focus
After break two special visitors from the Middle School came to teach
a wonderful lesson on mindfulness.
Thank you Hope (Joy's sister) & Eve! ♥️
Stations
Reading Group
Practicing an emergent reader: Where Does Food Come From?
Stations
Red word practice.
Centers
STEM Center
Planting with volunteers.
Thank you Ms. Richie and Mrs. Ready (Wesley's mom) for volunteering to do this
fun hands on experience with the children!
Working with some fun tools!
They made seed blocks for planting!
Some children enjoyed getting their hands dirty, others not so much.
Planting seeds.
The children planted radishes, beans, & lettuce.
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Exploring the seeds.
Decorating a clay pot for flower planting.
She is using acrylic paint markers.
Adding detail.
A finished clay pot ready for soil and seeds!
Recess
Helping volunteers PCPA gardeners spread mulch in the outdoor garden.
They had gloves and small shovels for the children.
Rakes and soil bags
Stations
Reading to Mrs. Cornell and discussing the story.
Stations
Reading Group
Decodable: Bess Gets a Ball.
Challenge word work related to the rainforest after reading their text.
Writing
A fun read aloud to help prepare the children for an new genre of writing, argument!
They love this story (many knew it!)
Ready for planting at centers.
STEM Center
A fun hands on center activity.
water
soil and seeds
In the window for sunlight. We'll watch for growth!
Centers
Art
Math
Skip count by 2's!
K Goal: I can skip by twos to 30+.
Ask your child to show you how far they can go!
Wednesday was SEL with Mrs. Ms. Dermott.
She read this great story and they discussed being upstanders and bystanders.
Stations
Word work that ties in with The Great Kapok Tree read aloud.
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K for ME read aloud on Wednesday & Thursday.
Focus vocabulary.
Handwriting this week: Capital V & W.
Math
The children have been learning about comparing and ordering numbers.
We have a numbers chart that we work with daily in the classroom, but they enjoyed using this interactive number chart during recent whole group lessons!
It is always nice to hear, "That was math today?" & "Can we play that again?"
Stations
Red word work: (just) & (find) this week.
Picking up trash. Littering.
Picking up trash.
Love the Earth. 🌏
Writing
Earth Day
Our Earth Unit
I want to help the Earth survive. 😍
Work with the Earth.
Do not litter.
Recycle.
Plant a tree. 🌳
Picking up trash. Not littering. Recycle. ♻️ Planting a tree.
Not litter ever in your life. 🚯🚮
Centers
Writing & Drawing center.
A lovely note to her brother! 💌
Friday's read aloud.
This Coming Week:
Wednesday: Field Trip to Wolfe's Neck Farm.
Kindergarten T-shirts are helpful.
Please pack a lunch and water bottle
(unless you already pre-ordered one from the cafeteria).
5:30-5:50 pm Pond Cove Art Gallery Walk
Thursday: Library book exchange. If your child has returned all their library books they can select another to take home. They do not have Library this trimester, but will have an opportunity to take a new library book home every other week.
Please look for books that are overdue
and return them to school as soon as possible.
