A Peek At Our Week!

 I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend and enjoyed Saturday's beautiful weather! It was another busy week in Room 115. Please enjoy a few updates below!

Important Dates:

November 23rd:

Early Release Day

12:25pm Dismissal

November 24th and 25th:

Thanksgiving Break

No School

Announcements:

Turkey Projects

A friendly reminder that your child's turkey in disguise project is due tomorrow (Monday). I am looking forward to seeing all of their creative designs!

Happy Birthday Teddy Bears!

On Wednesday, November 16th the kindergarten classes will celebrate the 120th birthday of the teddy bear! The children are invited to wear their comfy pjs and bring a teddy bear (or other furry friend) to school on this day to celebrate. We will also be participating in many fun teddy-themed activities in class. It is sure to be a beary fun day! 

Quiet Time Towels

Your child's quiet time towel was sent home on Thursday for washing. Please return your child's clean towel to school tomorrow for Quiet Time. Thank you!

Curriculum Update:

Fundations

Last week in Fundations the children learned about the letters p and j. We also practiced reading the sight words "at" and "up". Our color of the week was pink!

Math

Last week in math we continued to explore numbers 0-10. Our week began by learning about tally marks and how they can be helpful for organizing our numbers and counting by fives. The class had a great time representing numbers 5-10 by using popsicle sticks as tally marks!

The class also enjoyed completing their first Write the Room activity! Write the Room is a fun way to get the students up and moving, and can be done for any subject area. The students below had to count and write the number of tally marks on their recording sheet for last week's Write the Room.

Reader's Workshop

In Reader's Workshop we continued to build our early reading skills last week. The class practiced rereading familiar nonfiction texts and worked hard to notice new details in the pictures that they may not have seen before. At the end of the week we practiced noticing words in the texts that we have become experts on.

Writer's Workshop

Last week in Writer's Workshop we started our very first multi-page books! While each child is creating their own Show and Tell text, we are all writing about the same topic, Boyden School! The topic of each child's first page was all about our classroom. They are now working on subsequent pages about different places in our building including the cafeteria, media/stem lab, playground, and gym!

Social Studies

In Social Studies we learned about Veterans Day and the heros in the armed forces who keep us safe from the land, air, and sea. We also discussed what it means to be patriotic and how we show our patriotism each day as we say The Pledge of Allegiance. Thank you to all of our veterans both past and present!

Boyden Buzz Podcast

I am excited to share that our class will be featured on a November episode of the Boyden Buzz podcast! Last week Mrs. Carol and some her of fifth grade technology helpers stopped by our classroom to start recording each child as they shared something that they are thankful for. Be on the lookout for the completed episode which should be posted in the next week or so!

Thanks so much for taking a peek at our week! Please check back soon to watch us learn, grow, and play in the wonderful world that is K!