A Peek At Our Week!

Happy Birthday!

Our class had a fantastic time celebrating the 114th birthday of the Teddy Bear last week! Wearing our jammies and snuggling with our furry friends was definitely a highlight of the day!

Backwards Day!

Participating in "Backwards Day" was another exciting part of our week! The class had a great time wearing their clothing backwards and had to work VERY hard to read our morning message which was written backwards!

Literacy

Last week in Literacy we read the book Animal Babies in the Grasslands by Jennifer Schofield. When reading this selection we discussed the question, "Where do animals live?" and also explored animal babies and their parents! We learned that a baby lion is called a cub, a baby kangaroo is called a joey, and a baby prairie dog is called a pup! We also learned about the sound that "P" makes and were introduced to THREE new sight words "we", "my" and "like". It sure was a busy week!

Math

Last week in math we continued to explore numbers 1 to 10. We were introduced to the counting tool known as a "ten frame" and enjoyed working in our very own Number Books! We will complete our exploration of numbers to 10 this week, and will begin learning about the numbers 10 to 20 after the Thanksgiving break!

Thanks SO much for stopping by to learn about all of the fun and exciting things happening in Room 202! I hope everyone has a wonderful week and a very Happy Thanksgiving! 

A Peek At Our Week!

I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend and enjoying this beautiful fall weather! It's hard to believe November is here already! This year sure is flying by!

Announcements

Conferences

It was so wonderful to get the opportunity to chat with parents these past two weeks at conferences! While this round of meetings has come to a close, please do not hesitate to contact me anytime with questions or concerns regarding your child’s progress. I can be reached by telephone at extension 1202, by note or by email! Thank you!!!

Rest Time Blankets

Rest time blankets/towels were sent home on Friday for washing. Please have your child bring their clean rest items back to school with them on Monday. Thank you so much!

Halloween!

Our week got off to an exciting start as the children in Room 202 had a SPOOKtacular time celebrating Halloween! Check out their awesome costumes below!

Pumpkin Fun!

Not only did the students have a great time showing off their costumes in Boyden's Halloween parade, but they also had a blast partaking in some pumpkin fun!

As part of our investigation, the children predicted how many cubes tall our classroom pumpkin would be! We discovered that our pumpkin was exactly 12 cubes tall!

We also learned that pumpkins will float when placed in water!

These kinder kiddos had a great time collecting and counting our pumpkin's seeds! We discovered that our pumpkin had 630 seeds altogether! That's A LOT of seeds! We also learned about the different parts of the pumpkin including the stem, skin, pulp, and fibrous strands! As a grand finale we carved our pumpkin. The students voted to give our pumpkin a ScArY face!

Curriculum

Literacy

Last week in Literacy we read the book Life in the Ocean by Carol K. Lindeen. This book helped us discuss the question, "What is in an ocean environment?". We also learned about the letter S and were introduced to two new sight words "have" and "is".

The students tested their ocean animal knowledge by sorting animals that can be found in the sea and animals that can be found on a farm!

Math

In math we continued to practice comparing and ordering numbers 0-5. We learned the new math vocabulary words more, fewer, same as, column, and row and also used a tool called a ten frame!

The students filled the two rows of their ten frame with counters and then practiced answering the questions "Which row has more?" and"Which row has fewer?". We also began to explore how many more and fewer were in each row.