A Peek At Our Week!

  I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! It was another busy week in Room 115. Please enjoy a few of the highlights below!

Important Dates:

November 10th:

Veterans Day (observed)

No School

November 22nd:

Early Release Day

12:25pm Dismissal

November 23rd and 24th: 

Thanksgiving Break

No School

Announcements:

Parent/Teacher Conferences

Thank you so much for taking the time to meet with me over the past two weeks for Parent/Teacher Conferences. I enjoyed getting to speak with so many families about the transition to K, and all of the wonderful things your children have accomplished during our first few months together! Although formal confereces are not available again until the spring, please do not hesitate to reach out to me with any questions or concerns you have about your child's progress. Thank you!

Quiet Time Towels

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

Curriculum Update:

Pumpkin Fun!

Tuesday was a spectacular time for science and math as we participated in some pumpkin fun! 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 activity that involved opening and exploring a real pumpkin!

Seed counting was another exciting (and gooey!) part of our pumpkin exploration. We were shocked to learn that our pumpkin had 584 seeds! That's A LOT of seeds!

We also enjoyed reading Spookly the Square Pumpkin by Joe Troiano. We used this seasonal story to discuss the story elements of character and setting, then created our own square Spooklys!

Fundations

Last week in Fundations the children learned about the letters e and r. We also practiced reading the sight words "if" and "on". Our color of the week was black!

As a fun Friday project we created our own colorful elephants after reading the book Elmer the Patchwork Elephant by David McKee.

Math

Last week in math we continued to identfiy, write, and build numbers 0-10. The students were introduced to a new learning tool called a number rack, and used them to show numbers 6-10 as five and "some more". 

Reader's Workshop

In Reader's Workshop we continue to enjoy old familiar stories such as The Three Billy Goats Gruff, The Carrot Seed, and Caps for Sale. We are learning to retell these stories by using exact character words, character voices, and making sure each page we retell matches the picture.

Writer's Workshop

In Writer's Workshop the children transitioned from show and tell writing about special objects to show and tell writing about special places! We continue to develop our drawing and labeling skills through this writing, and will soon start creating books with multiple pages!

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! 🍎🚌📖

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

Important Dates:

October 31st:

Black and Orange Spirit Day

November 2nd:

Parent/Teacher Conferences

6:00-8:00pm (Virtual Only)

Announcements:

Black and Orange Spirit Day! 🧡🖤🧡

Tuesday, October 31st will be black and orange day at Boyden School! Students who wish to participate are welcome to wear these colors. Please no Halloween costumes. Thank you for your cooperation!

Bus Evacuation 

Discussions about school safety continued last week as the students participated in bus evacuation drills. They did a wonderful job and I couldn't be more proud of how attentive and engaged they were!

Curriculum:

Fundations

Last week in Fundations the children learned about the letters d and s. We also practiced reading the sight words "it" and "in". Our color of the week was pink!

As a fun Friday project we enjoyed making snakes for the letter s!

Math

In math we began our second unit in the Bridges curriculum. This unit will continue to focus on the numbers 5 and 10, and last week we practiced showing different number combinations that make 5 and 10 using cubes and ten frames.

Reader's Workshop

Last week in Reader's Workshop we continued to explore our nonfiction "learn about the world books". We learned that readers can often find pages that make them say "wow!" that they would want to share with someone else. The students enjoyed marking their wow! pages with sticky notes then sharing them with a partner. At the end of the week we read some old favorite story books such as The Three Billy Goats Gruff and The Carrot Seed as we transition into the next "bend" in our We Are Readers unit.

Writer's Workshop

Writer's Workshop was all about labeling last week! We learned that a label is a word for what something is, and practiced labeling pictures, our classroom, and even me! At this point in the year the children are labeling objects with the beginning sound. Soon we will start to include ending sounds and eventually middle sounds too!

Friday was a beautiful day to be outside! Two Room 115 friends had a great time swinging into the weekend! 😊

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! 🍎📖🚌