WEEK 5

WEEK 5

I am so proud of the hard work that each child has been showing me. Their concentration during center time has really impressed me! Now that Kindergarten is in full swing, my volunteer schedule is going out tomorrow, Monday, October 8th.You should also receive the Star of the Week Schedule on Monday. Last week, we worked hard on learning all about the letter S and we practiced our sight words more than ever! Please make sure  you are helping your child complete the reading homework every night. In Reading, we have been focused on beginning sounds and letter identification. In Writing, we are working on writing the first sound of a word with assistance. For example, If the child draws a picture of a cat then I would sound out the word and ask what letter makes the "C" sound. Either C or K would be acceptable. We have also been writing environmental print. In Math, we have been practicing making sets, shapes and patterns. Also, this week, we met our Third Grade Buddies! They will be with us every Friday afternoon to help us with learning centers!

Take a look at some of the fun we had this week…

 

Every Monday, we practice our Mini Book as a whole class. We go on a sight word hunt. The kids LOVE coming up to the board to circle the sight words. Thanks to everyone who brought in nature objects! The kids have been practicing making AB and ABC patterns with the objects.



We had two counting stations this week; counting seeds and counting beads!



We started looking at the characteristics of shapes. We looked through old magazines and teacher catalogs to find shapes for our shape posters!





Look who came to our school on Friday! He even brought his fire truck! The kids learned a great deal about Fire Safety! I hope everyone did their escape plan homework!  Tomorrow is the beginning of week 6. We will focus on the letter D, continue our unit on the 5 senses, make a Venn Diagram comparing school and home, learn about retelling and lots and lots of other fun learning activities! Please E-mail me if you have questions or comments regarding your child. Thank  you!