Posted by jstutz1 | Posted in Uncategorized | Posted on October 13, 2019
10/7 – 10/11
Popcorn Words: be, me, we, will.
Color word: Purple. The Kinders loved hearing the oldy but a goody song, One-eyed, one-horned, flying purple people eater. We also made our own purple craft to match. These will go nicely as decoration in our classroom for our upcoming fall party.
Writers Workshop: The Kindergartners focused on Showing and Telling about important places. We picked to write about the library in our school. Deciding to show and tell about what we do at the library. The Kindergartners wrote a 3 page book telling what they do in the library. We wrote this book together as a class. The Kinders used all of their illustrator and writing muscles to add more and more to their pictures and words in this book.
Readers Workshop: In Readers Workshop this week the Kinders practiced looking for how the illustrator shows the feelings of the characters in a book. They practiced noticing how illustrations in books show strong feelings. Finding smiling, frowning, scared, sleepy and many more emotion-filled characters. They also looked at the words in books to see if the words match the illustration that was drawn. We explored this concept by reading books like Bear Feels Scared, I Was So Mad and Lilly’s Purple Purse. .
Math: In Math this week the Kinders continued to work on writing their numbers 0-5, comparing numbers and finding the number that corresponds to a picture. We will be wrapping up our first Unit in Math soon. The Kindergartners are doing a GREAT job!
Literacy Centers: The Kindergartners did such an amazing job this week during our Literacy Center time. They worked hard at rotating to different literacy stations throughout our Literacy time. The Kinders rotate to 2-3 stations a day where they work independently, with a teacher, a para-pro and on Wednesday’s 2 parent volunteers. The Kindergartners worked hard at reading to a stuffed animal, reading with a whisper phone, breaking apart sounds in words, letter identification and sight word practice. I am so proud of them!
Mystery Readers:
- This week Logan was THRILLED to see her Mom walk in as our Mystery Reader! Mrs. Folkert read us the book, Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? We loved this book!! Thank you for being our Mystery Reader Mrs. Folkert!!
- Kendall was SO EXCITED to see her Mom surprise us as a Mystery Reader. Mrs. Laurie read us the book, Too Many Toys. This book reminded some of us of maybe some messy rooms that we might have seen before. Thanks for visiting with us Mrs. Laurie.
- Joshua was SO HAPPY to see his Mom arrive as our Mystery Reader this week. Mrs. Fountain shared two books with us, Just Ask and My Friend Isabelle. This month is Down Syndrome awareness. Both of these books were amazing for the Kinders to learn about Down Syndrome and about how it is ok to ask questions. Thank you so much for visiting with us Mrs. Fountain!!
Fall Parent/Teacher Conferences: Parent/Teacher Conferences will be on Nov. 18 and Nov. 20 from 4:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. To help with the scheduling of these conferences we need you to please fill out this survey: November Parent/Teacher Conference Survey
Fall Party Update: Our Fall Party will be on Thursday, Oct. 31 at 2:00 p.m. The 8 parent volunteers have been contacted. Thank you for your understanding if you are not able to come to this party. I have your name listed for the next 2 parties and will be rotating so that you all get the opportunity to attend a party. If you are interested in providing supplies for our party please go to the following link: Fall Party Supplies
Upcoming Dates:
- Monday, Oct. 14…GYM
- Tuesday, Oct. 15…LIBRARY, ART
- Wednesday, Oct. 16…STEAM
- Thursday, Oct. 17…MUSIC
- Friday, Oct. 18…Early Dismissal-12:15 p.m., MUSIC, Mahlek’s Birthday!!!, Popcorn Friday, Wear Black and White (colors of the week)
- Oct. 25…Wear Orange. Football Game, cheer on Trevor, our Hudsonville Football player. Our kids will meet prior to game to form a tunnel for players. Then each gets a ticket to attend the game.
- Oct. 29…Picture Retakes
- Oct. 30…Donations due for Fall Party Supplies
- Oct. 31…Fall Party
- Nov. 18…Parent-Teacher Conferences
- Nov. 20…Parent-Teacher Conferences
- Nov. 27 – Nov. 29…NO SCHOOL, Thanksgiving Vacation
- Dec. 12…Holiday Program…Details coming
