News from the Jungle
October 3, 2016
We had a great week and got to do some fun projects! We made jack o’ lanterns and handprint bats!
Upcoming Events
10/3 – 10/6 Popcorn Sale
10/7 Picture Day
10/7 Outdoor Movie Night
10/11 Apple Orchard Field Trip
10/11 Bingo for Books
10/14 Half Day – dismissal 11:45am
10/20 Scholastic Reading Club orders due
10/17-10/28 Savory Foods Sale
10/28 Costume Parade/Class Party (more details to come)
Agenda for the Week
Letters: This week we focused on the letters Cc and Xx. We talked about the sounds they make, brainstormed things that begin with each letter, and spent time practicing the proper formation of each letter. These letters will show up on next week’s homework for a handwriting review.
Reading/Writing: This week we practiced components of our Daily 5 curriculum. The children are learning how to do the rotation for “Read to Self.” We also began practicing “word work.” The children are doing great at adopting all the procedures for each rotation of our Daily 5 reading curriculum.
Math: We continue to work on representing quantities with dots inside a ten frame. We learned how to properly form the number 7. We reviewed our procedures for math workshop and our number talks.
We continued learning about shapes. We made jack o’ lanterns using different shapes to create the face. When the children were done building their face, they had to count how many of each shape they used. The children loved this project. Here is a picture of the completed jack o’ lanterns:
Social Studies: We continue to read books about being a good friend and following the rules. The children are really starting to get a handle on our routines and procedures.
Science: We talked about apples this week and met with the other kindergarten classes to have a “Fun Friday” activity. We all got together and made apple sauce with the apples that were sent to school. We also used some of the apples to paint pictures. The children also got to do some investigating with pumpkins. We learned if they sink of float, we measured how tall and round our pumpkin was, and we played a game called “roll-a-pumpkin.” I will post pictures of our Fun Friday soon!
Housekeeping Items:
Please make sure to empty the green folders each night! It is very difficult and time consuming to locate homework or important notes when the folder is full of papers from the day before.
When sending money to school, please be sure to put it in an envelope or baggie with your child’s name on the front.
