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News From the Jungle

News from the Jungle

We all enjoyed the beautiful weather. I cannot believe it is the end of October already.

We had a magic show assembly today and the children LOVED it! It was so much fun for us to watch the children’s expressions when the magician would make something disappear!

We got together with our fifth grade buddies on Friday and worked on sorting and graphing m&m’s. The children had so much fun!

Here are a few pictures:

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Upcoming Events

10/17-10/28 Savory Foods Sale

10/26 Kindergarten Parent Meeting at 8:00am

10/27 Toss or Turn? Assembly

10/28 Costume Parade 9:30 (all parents are welcome to come to the parade)/Class Party 2:00 (only parents that have been asked to help may come to the party)

10/31 PBIS Party  – Fall Fest

 

Agenda for the Week

Letters: This week we focused on the letters Ff and Uu. 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 continued practicing components of our Daily 5 curriculum. The children are building stamina during our rotation for “Read to Self” and “word work.”   We added “work on writing.” This week we learned what an event is and what setting means (where the story takes place). We also made lots of text-to-text connections across several different books we have read. The children are learning to compare and contrast.

Math: We learned how to play a new game on the Promethean board all about 2D and 3D shapes. We used the terms solid and flat to describe the differences between 2D and 3D shapes. The children are beginning to understand 3D shapes and are having a little bit of a hard time understanding that no matter a shapes orientation (if it is horizontal, vertical, or on a diagonal) it is still the same shape. We learned how many sides shapes have and did a cut and paste sort. We also listen to our favorite shape videos on Youtube. Here are the songs:

We are also working on counting. We are learning how to count by 1’s, 5’s, and 10’s to 100. We are also practicing counting by 2’s to 30.

Here are a few videos that we use in class:

Social Studies: We reviewed fire safety this week and watched some videos on our Scholastic Let’s Find Out page. There is access to this page through our “Educational Websites” tab on our blog.

The children are still working hard at being “good citizens.” We continue to work on being a good friend and learning when is the right time to tell me about something another student is doing.

Science: We continue learning about our five senses and making observations about things we can eat, see, taste, smell, and touch.

Here is a video we use in class:

 

Housekeeping Items:

Please watch the weather and make sure to dress your child for the weather. We will try to get outside as much as possible before winter! On Friday, some of the children did not have a coat or sweatshirt.  At this point in the season, please send the children with something warm to wear each day.

Reminder: gym shoes should be worn each week on Monday and Friday.

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.

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