Hello everyone! This week has been a long one!

This week in Math we continued to work on ordering numbers. We are starting to work on remembering how to count to twenty and beyond, and working on identifying number words. Students used pumpkins to practice putting these numbers in order. They also took a test to evaluate where students were at with their understanding of ordering, and students did great! Next week we will also be introducing tally marks, while building on these previous skills!

We also played a group game to practice these skills. Students loved taking turns and working together to figure out the correct quantity for each number!

In reading this week we did the letters Ff, Uu, Zz, and Ww. They enjoyed these letters because of how similar they look in both upper and lowercase! We are also still working on matching upper and lowercase letters with each other, and working on our handwriting skills. Now that we are nearing the end of the alphabet, we also have been starting to introduce letter sounds. When we are done, we will start over going through the alphabet and focusing solely on the sounds each letter makes. Then we will begin isolating letter sounds in words and putting sounds together to make words!

We also learned the words ‘that’, ‘are’, ‘of’, and ‘see’.  Students worked on identifying these sight words to do some coloring activities. Students have also been practicing  getting exposure to new words that they can try and sound out, and have been enjoying it! It makes them feel so excited and accomplished! Be sure to continue working on the high frequency and sight words that I sent home on Friday. Students memorizing these words will make reading so much easier for them!

In Science we discussed the things that living things need to survive. Students made their own drawings depicting each thing we need. Next, to go along with learning about frogs, we made some charts to write down a list of the things we already know about frogs and the things we are wondering about frogs. We will continue learning about frogs next week, specifically about their life cycle.

For Halloween, we made some spiders to decorate our classroom with! These kind of step by step art projects are great for students to practice following directions. They also got a lot of fine motor skills practice folding the legs for their spiders.

We also discussed in Social Studies the different places kinds of neighborhoods people can live in! We learned the words urban, suburban, and rural. Next we will be working on learning what an address is!

Students have also been working on learning the colors in Spanish. Next week we will start learning some more colors, and practice labeling things in our room! We also did the color purple this week.

We are looking forward to our Halloween party next week — don’t forget that unfortunately we won’t be allowed to wear costumes or have our parade, but we will still get to wear Halloween colors and enjoy a little party in our classroom!

Kindergarten also filled up the jar of stones we collect for good behavior, and decided to use it for a pajama day! This will happen on November 2nd. I will send more information on it next week! I am so proud of them for filling it up so quickly!

Enjoy some photos of students using their scoop chairs and putting on a puppet show performance for me during free play. 🙂

 

Love,

Ms. V