Hello everyone!!! We have
been SUPER busy in kindergarten the past few weeks:) Mrs. Schroeder has been super busy with
conferences….THANK YOU to everyone that attended. I loved getting the chance to
talk with you about your sweet kids!!!
In literacy we have been
working very hard on our SIX high-frequency words!! We read, spell, and write
every day……and we have really COOL cheers for each word!! You can even do the
cheers with your kids at home since you have directions on how to do them!!!!
These words help us write sentences and read books…YES I said READ!!! We have
been reading every day!!! The kids are loving guided reading and working in a
small group:) Our puppet Spot has also been helping us blend
words. He says 3 sounds
like….c-a-t….and we have to say the word….cat!!
This is super tricky so you could practice with your kids at home throughout
the entire day!! This week we have been learning about how tools can help us
learn and work. Last week we discussed how we can explore using our senses!! As
we read books we talk about what kind of text it is. Is it informational or
fiction?? Ask you kindergarten kid to tell you what they know….they know about
all kinds of books!! We have been working hard on nouns ( a person, place,
thing, and animal) and they know these VERY well!! This week we started
learning about verbs (action words)!! I know they LOVE to practice action
words, like running, jumping, and hoppingJ We have LOTS of
energy!!! This week we have been talking a lot about the letter ‘P” and last
week we talked about the letter ‘S’….we have been making crafts for our
alphabet books (ask your kids about the starry sky and the playful piano:)) We can even sort pictures by their first sound
and ending sound!!!
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| Reviewing at guided reading |
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| Story time on the computer!! |
In writer’s workshop we
continue to write stories from our lives. We work hard on matching our pictures
and our words. We also try to add lots of detail to our pictures. Many of our
friends are using turtle talk (sounding out words) to write their own labels
and words!! We use a lot of what we learn during literacy (blending, alphabet
letters, and high-frequency words) to write!! Please encourage your children to
practice writing and drawing at home. They have AWESOME stories to tell you!!
In math we work hard on
building arrangements for numbers 6-10!! We just finished up the assessment for
numbers 1-5 and I must say we have some SMART kids:) This past week we were introduced to the
5-finder!! The kids love the 5-finder and finding groups of 5. They are
understanding that it is easier to count sets when we have groups of 5!! At hoe
you can even find groups of 5…..they are SO good at it!! Thanks for helping
your kids do homework….please make sure that you are just helping them and not
doing it for them.... It really does help them get smarter at our math skills!!
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| 5-finder!! |
In unit studies we
finished talking about American Symbols (you got your awesome book at
conferences:)) I will be posting a video from Constitution Day
in the very near future. Thanks to everyone that returned their family
constitutions!! The past couple of weeks we have been talking about the five
senses. We have a fun song we sing! Ask your kindergarten vocalist to sing it
for you!! They know it well!! We read books about each sense and we popped
popcorn to finish up the unit. We discussed how the popcorn sounded when it
popped (loud), how it smelled (delicious), how it felt (smooth), how it looked
(white), and OF COURSE HOW IT TASTED!! It was so yummy and buttery!! We even
through some sweetness into eat by adding m&m’s!! The kids loved this activity
and so did Mrs. Schroeder :) Who doesn’t love to snack!!
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| Listening to the popcorn!! |
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| Looking and feeling the popcorn!! |
We continue to learn new
songs. We learned the fish song the past couple of weeks ( a very silly song!!)
We learned a owl song (guess whoooooo loves owls?? We do!!!) If you ordered
books they came home today and thanks for all your participation in silly sock
day!!! We had some great silly socks!! As a reminder we will have popcorn
Friday next week and October 14th and 15th is fall
break!! I hope you have a marvelous weekend (I hope it is not freezing!)
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| Fish Song!! |
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| Sleeping day time owls!! |
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| Silly Socks!! |
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| Thanks for my teacher socks Lily!! |
Love-Mrs. Schroeder
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