It was another busy week in Room 202! Please enjoy a few of the highlights below!
Important Dates:
November 1st:
Picture Retake Day
Smile!
November 11th:
No School
Veteran's Day
November 24th:
Early Release Day
November 25th and 26th:
No School
Thanksgiving Break
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 5406, by note or by email! Thank you!!!
Curriculum Update:
This Week's Sight Words: if, on
Fundations
Last week in Fundations we learned about the letters S and D! The class had a fun time making slithery snakes to help them remember the Fundations letter, picture, sound: s, snake, /s/! We also practiced reading the sight words it and in.
Reader's Workshop
Last week marked the end of our Old Storybook Favorites unit in Reader's Workshop. We had a fantastic time reading and retelling classic stories such as The Three Billy Goats Gruff, Mrs. Wishy Washy, The Three Little Pigs, and The Carrot Seed throughout this unit. We celebrated our reading success with a storybook parade which included the three other Kindergarten classes.
Math
Last week in math we continued to practice logging into our Chromebooks and accessing the ST Math program. On Friday we had an exciting visit from Boyden's technology specialist Mrs. Carroll, who brought Osmos for us to try! The class had an absolute blast using the Osmos to practice ways to make different numbers. In the week ahead we will begin number writing!
Writer's Workshop
Not only did we finish up a unit in Reader's Workshop last week, but we completed a unit in Writer's Workshop as well! During last week's lessons the children worked hard to publish their stories by including color, labels, speech bubbles, and covers to their pieces. On Friday we had our first writer's celebration, and each child had the opportunity to share their finished story with the class. I am SO proud of how hard the children worked throughout this unit and I look forward to watching them continue to grow as writers throughout the year!
Science
Last week was a spectacular one for science as we learned all about pumpkins! We began our exploration by learning about the parts of a pumpkin and the pumpkin life cycle. All of this learning culminated in an exciting surprise on Friday when we actually opened and studied a real pumpkin!
Seed counting was another exciting (and gooey!) part of our pumpkin exploration. We were shocked to learn that our pumpkin had 438 seeds! That's A LOT of seeds!
Thanks so much for taking a peek at our week! I hope everyone has a safe and Happy Halloween!
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