Thank you to the many people who were able to attend the May Watts Curriculum Night even with the change in date. I hope you found the information I shared to be informative. I know I covered A LOT and talked very quickly but there was just so much I wanted to say :). If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me. One thing I forgot to mention is that it is very important for you to LABEL everything with your child's name. Things get lost all the time and are found in the strangest places. If you want your items to get returned it is best to have your child's name on it. This includes water bottles, backpacks, lunch boxes, snack containers, coats, mittens, hats, folders, etc!
We had a great week in Kindergarten this week. We continued to work on Daily 5 and we practiced Work on Writing every day. The kids LOVED getting their special writing notebooks and I LOVED seeing the excitment on their faces as they began diving into their writing. I can't wait to read and share all the wonderful things they will write this year. We have been building stamina all week in our reading and writing segments of Daily 5 and next week we will train the students in Word Work. During this segment, kids manipulate letters and practice putting sounds together to make words.
Today we learned about the scientific method while doing an experiment. We planned out our experiment, gathered our materials, made a hypothesis, conducted the experiment, and recorded our results. It was so much fun to be a scientist! Usually scientists don't drink their experiments...but we did and it was delicious! :)
Next week we will be talking about the seasons...especially fall (since it arrives on Sunday). The class will hear many books about autumn and will brainstorm some fun fall activities. We will also explore the calendar and learn about the months of the year. Of course we will continue our jolly phonics lessons. Each day we learn a new sound. We are now starting to be able to read and write 3 and 4 letter words with our learned sounds in them.(s,a,t,i,p,n,e,h,r,m,o,u,g,) You should test your child at home...you will be amazed! We will also introduce the high frequency words 'I/like'. Hopefully you are beginning to learn and practice the high frequency words you brought home on Curriculum Night. We would like the kids to learn these as soon as possible.
We continue to build our number sense everyday. The things we are beginning to be able to explain with math talk-patterns and ten frames to name a few- are unbelievable. Be sure to practice explaining your thinking at home. (and refer to the vocabulary words on the right side of edline to know what words to focus on) Next week we will continue to learn new games for our math work stations. It takes awhile for us to learn all the procedures. Once the students know the routines I will be able to begin differentiating and work with small groups.
This week I sent home a link to our scholastic book order with some order forms. Scholastic books are a great way to buy books. Each time you buy a book we earn points towards books for our classroom. Several people have already placed orders THANKS! I plan to fill our classroom library with new non-fiction books to help us get to that 50-50 split I mentioned on Curriculum Night. I will be closing the order next week on Thurs. Sept.26. If you plan to order please do so by then.
Looks like a nice weekend. I hope you get out and enjoy it. I am going to try and get my teenage boys to go apple picking with me...wish me luck
