Our fall weather is here, crisp and cool. 🙂
We had a super, great, fun, engaging Science lesson on Sink or Float. I was working with them on predicting and they were being Super Scientists with their predictions! They were amazing. They not only gave good predictions, but went on to “investigate” why certain things sank while others floated. They discovered that whether an object sank or floated had nothing to do with their size because a tiny metal paper clip sank but a huge wooden block floated! So, we went on to discuss how things that floated were alike and how things that sank were alike. My Super Scientists discovered something else about the objects…what they were made of helped us predict what might sink or float. Great minds, especially for beginning Kindergarteners! I am so impressed. Mr. Denison stopped in to watch us–he took a big step backwards when we dropped the big wooden blocks into the pans of water. I wonder why?? 🙂
This week…
READING-We will continue our Unit on Friends. This week theme is “What Is A Friend?”
Letter is “P p” Word is “a.”
We will be making a book but I think it will probably remain at school for a few weeks. The student s made a book last week and wanted to keep it in their Reading Book Box. You’ll get these books at home someday!
WRITING- We’ll be making picture/word webs. Picture a circle with a word in the circle. Then picture lines coming out from that circle with pictures or words attached to each line. that’s a web. A web helps kids organize their thoughts for writing. We will be making webs a lot this year.
Our Anthology story this week is a time honored classic-“The Lion and the Mouse.” The fable has a great moral.
MATH-We will be talking about different ways to count and measure. They will enjoy this. We also will play some games with Dominoes and number cards. More fun!
We will extend our counting into the 20’s and 30’s. Please keep up counting with your child. Count anything…shoes, silverware pieces, leaves, how long it takes them to wash their hands, etc. It really helps them. Keep up the shoe tying practice too and it’s time to work with them on zipping their own jackets. They can do it with practice. (Thanks parents 🙂 )
SCIENCE-Spiders Non-fiction Gathering information about spiders
SOCIAL STUDIES-We will finish our unit on Rules with a CLASSROOM RULE PLEDGE.
Please make sure your child is up to date with our sight words. Keeping up weekly is a wise study measure.
Letters-Your child should know M m A a S s P p and the sounds that each letter makes. This is very important when students are writing a word and when they are trying to read a word. When they see a word in print, they need to look at the first letter and know the sound of that first letter (and other letters in the word.)
Words-Your child should also be able to read and write A a like, The the We we Can can I
Thank you for your support at home.
Thursday—Our All School Halloween Costume Parade will be outside around the track at 1:20. Students may bring a costume to school in a bag on Thursday morning. We will change into the costumes after lunch. (Students are NOT to wear their costumes to school on Thursday morning.) If you would like to pick up your child at lunch (11:25) and take them home to dress, that is fine. No scary costumes nor full face masks. Please have them back by 1:00 so we’ll be ready for the parade. Bring your cameras for the parade! I will have a classroom party with the students later in the afternoon. My Lead Homeroom Parent, Mrs. Balestrieri, is in charge of coordinating donations for the party. If she hasn’t signed you up for the Halloween Party, she’ll catch you for another one. Thanks in advance for you donations.
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