Next week we will do our sharing time, which takes place during Morning Meeting, in a new way. Every day a student is invited to share some news on his/her heart or an item from home. Your child should be prepared to speak about why the item/news is important to him/her. Students who forget an item, can always share news. Also, students do not need to share if they don't want to. Your child will know when it is his/her turn. It is your child's responsibility to remember that their turn is coming. I will not be emailing you about your child's upcoming turn. Sharing is a time to learn more about one another and to demonstrate listening and questioning skills. Please note, in an effort to avoid "Bring and Brag" sharing, please discourage your child from bringing in toys/trophies. This week, while modeling, I shared a photo, my favorite book, and some news. Other ideas include letters/postcards, treasures found, and an item from a collection. Sharing time will continue in this manner throughout the year and your child will have multiple turns. Please contact me with any questions regarding sharing time.
We began our Emergent Reader unit this week in Reading Workshop. Everyone is reading our classroom favorites! Soon, your child will choose one to bring home and "read" to you. This week, we learned that readers look at the pictures to help them remember the story. Readers also have to be careful to not get ahead of the pictures while telling the tale: the story and pictures must match. We are also working on retelling a story. We made puppets from The Three Billy Goats Gruff, so we can act out the story and practice our retelling skills at home. Ask your child to act out the story for you!
In Writing Workshop, we learned how we can solve our own problems. We are learning to become independent writers. We also did our first Character Friend page, writing about the little boy in our classroom favorite, The Carrot Seed.
We began a new unit in math this week, and each student is making a counting book. This book will take a while to finish. We are working on numeral formation (handwriting), developing strategies for accurately counting and keeping track of numbers, connecting number words, numerals and quantities and representing quantities with pictures.
Along with writing numerals in handwriting, we used our slates for the first time to do "Wet, Dry, Try". The students used this multi-sensory technique to learn correct letter formation for a few first letters.
In social studies, we read about being a "Bucket Filler" and made a chart about how we can fill one another's buckets with good feelings. We also want to fill the buckets of other Ox Ridge citizens, so we made a list of all the adults who care about us at school and came up with ways we can greet them when we see them. We want to fill everyone's buckets!
In science, we gathered data on September's weather and made graphs in our science notebooks. We are searching for changes in weather patterns.
News and Notes:
- Save the date/time: Kindergarten Halloween Parade 10/31 at 9:45 a.m. Parents welcome. More info coming soon!
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| Reading our classroom favorites |
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| Reading a counting book example with Ms. Coyne, the math specialist |
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| Acting out The Three Billy Goats Gruff. Studying characters and setting. |
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| Wet, Dry, Try |
