What We Did During Our Week:
This week we learned about the letters J, Q and P! We did some work with syllables and rhymes. This week we sorted our names into columns of 1,2 or 3 syllables. We also spent some time talking about the difference between letters and words. When they are writing we talk about having spaces between words and that these spaces help us know that it is a new word. This is another skill to practice at home. Write a sentence and have them count the amount of words and then the amount of letters. We also wrote about our star student, Zayn!
A note on book bags….
There may only be a small handful of books in their bag, but they can never be read too many times! The repetitiveness is good for them. 🙂 When I meet with them in small group, we don’t always get new books. We reread familiar books, practice building words with magnets, work on rhyming, syllables, and we also write about our books. So, if you do get tired of reading the books try writing about them one night! Think of something to say about a certain book and have them try sounding out the words and then they write the sentence too.
We have introduced an online program called, “Seesaw”. With us living in a world surrounded around technology, I am trying to get kindergartners as used to using it as possible. On this site, I can post assignments for the kids to do, they do the work, take a picture of their work, and then record themselves talking about their work. For example, this week they simply drew a picture of themselves, took a picture of their picture, and then recorded themselves talking about it! I have sent home a sheet to connect to your child’s seesaw account. You will be able to see their posts on here. 🙂 Seesaw also has an app on the phone! We are still getting used to this website, so please do not expect a lot of work to be done on here right away. Haha it will be a work in progress throughout the year! But we are excited about seesaw!
We have started our new math module on shapes, this week we talked about….
- What a straight line is versus a curved line
- Triangles and all the properties of a triangle
- Rectangles and all the properties of a rectangle
- Circles and hexagons and the properties of each
- Positional words
Other:
Friday we met with big buddies and completed a thankful turkey. They told their big buddies what they are thankful for, and big buddies wrote it down for them.
Reminder for feast – please drop off all donated food in the office by noon on Tuesday the 20th for our feast! Thank you for all the help!
Parent teacher conferences are finished, it was so great to see all of you and talk about the amazing progress from each and every child. 🙂
With snow upon please – make sure to go over changing shoes with your child. They should be able to get in and out of their boots and regular shoes on their own. We still need them to be in gym shoes on Tuesday and Friday if they want to participate.
Upcoming Events:
Monday, Nov. 19 – Tumblebus – dress appropriately (the bus is heated)
Nov. 21-23 – No School for Thanksgiving Break
Friday, Dec. 7th – 1st spelling test! (more information to follow)
Wednesday, Dec. 12 – Late Start
Friday, Dec. 14 – No School for Kindergarten
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