Goldilocks and the Three Bears

We have read some different versions of the Three Bears this week.  Yesterday we read James Marshall's version and then discussed the beginning, middle, end, events, climax and solution of the story.  

In Science, we are learning about matter.  Today we were learning about mass/weight.  We used the balance scale to measure the weight of some things around our classroom. 

Writers Workshop and Johnny Appleseed

We started Writers Workshop yesterday and making books.  We are learning how to be authors and illustrators!  Each day we will learn about what writers do and work on making books.  When we finish we keep them in our awesome writing folders that they decorated.  

It was also Johnny Appleseed day!  We read about him, watched a short video and made a Johnny Appleseed hat!

Newsletter

Kindergarten News

Week of Sep.26^th –September 30^th, 2016

Thank you for reading to your child at night and logging those minutes.  We are having excellent participation in our library reading program Most weeks the logs are returned to us before the end of the day on Monday.  If you don’t get your log back on Monday, it will come the next day.  Thank you for understanding!

Mark your calendars:

            Friday, October 7^th is a Teacher Inservice day.  There is no school for RCE students.  Middle and high school students will be in session this day!

            Monday, October 10^th is the Columbus Day holiday.  No school again for RCE students.  Enjoy a nice, long 4 day weekend!

            Thursday, October 13^th is our field trip to Dewberry Farms.  Look for permission forms to come in your child’s folder soon.

Here’s what’s new for next week:

Theme: Nursery Rhymes

Reading:  We will explore the wonderful world of nursery rhymes and fairy tales.  We will identify rhyming words, characters and setting.  We will also practice sequencing and retelling, two very important reading skills

Writing:  This week we will make literacy connections to nursery rhymes and fairy tales while using these familiar texts as a basis for our own individual writing.  We are looking forward to launching Writer’s Workshop with our AWESOME folders.  Please send the decorated folders back so we can begin.

Word Wall Words:  REVIEW: red, green, yellow, orange, purple, blue, white, pink, brown, black. My, is, like

NEW WORDS:  in, it

Word Study: We will focus on the letter sounds of N and P.

Math: This week our focus is on counting forward and backward to 20 (from any location), creating sets to 10, and beginning more/less! We have started working with the skill of estimation (making a smart guess).  We are also working on counting one to one in an organized manner. We will continue to work on numeral writing 0-10.  

Science: We are discussing matter (anything that takes up space and has mass).  We will explore the properties of matter and spend time classifying matter by its properties.  We’ll end the week using balance scales to put objects in order by how light or heavy they are.

Social Studies:  We’ll finish up our work with community helpers. 

Homework: Read 20 minutes every night.

Optional Activities:

·        Monday:  Make a list of things that start with N & P

·        Tuesday:  How many color words can you spell?  Do you remember any color songs?

·        Wednesday:  Tell your mom or dad WHO is in your bedtime story tonight.  These are the CHARACTERS.

·        Thursday:  Grab a handful of junk. Estimate how many pieces you have.  Now count and check.  Was your guess a smart guess? 

·        Friday: Read your library book and return it, along with your reading logs!

Mystery Reader

Today we had our first mystery reader.  It was Evan's dad and he did a great job!  The kids were so excited and he read some silly books that they LOVED!!  

The Shape Game

In math today, we played a game by ourselves where we rolled a dice and then colored the shape we landed on.  Each time also coloring the same shape on a graphing sheet.  When we finished we got to see which shape won. (which was the shape we landed on the most)  

Brown Bear, Brown Bear

We were talking about the color brown today and we read the book Brown Bear, Brown Bear.  The kids knew it well.  They then made their own books and are supposed to bring it home today and read it to you.  Hopefully they will!

News

Kindergarten News

Week of Sep. 19th-23rd, 2016

We loved visiting with all of you at Back to School Night…thanks for ALL of your support! 

Don’t forget to return reading logs and library books on Monday.  The kids are so excited to earn prizes for their reading!

Please send your Writer’s Workshop folders as soon as you have them    ready.  We will kick off writing workshop once we have ALL folders returned.

This week our learning will focus on the following:

Theme: The Colors Around Me continues.

Reading:  Shared reading and Interactive read-alouds of books that focus on color. We will use what we know as we ask and answer questions! We will identify characters and sequence the text, as well.

Writing:  We will continue celebrating the King and Queen of the Day. Also, this week we will make literacy connections to text while we create lists utilizing colors. 

Word Wall Words: 

REVIEW: my, is, to, like, can, see, red, green, yellow, pink, purple, black, white.

NEW WORDS THIS WEEK:  blue, orange, pink, purple, brown

Word Study: We will focus on the letter sounds of R and S.

Math: Our focus this week will be on sorting, reviewing shapes, counting to 30, and numeral writing 0-5.  We will explore numbers to 5 using ten frames and we will use various manipulatives to create sets of a designated amount. We will continue to graph as we explore the colors around us!

Science: Observing/Using the Scientific Method and using our senses to be a scientist. What is matter and how can it change?!

Social Studies:  Our unit on American symbols begins.  We start with exploring our Pledge of Allegiance.

Homework: Read 20 minutes every night.

Optional Activities:

·         Monday:  Make a list of things that start with R & S

·         Tuesday:  Count backwards from 5.  Count backwards from 10.  Can you count backwards from 15?

·         Wednesday:  Write the color words using the appropriate crayon/marker!  Can you sing/spell the color songs!

·         Thursday:  Write a sentence using the sight words MY and IS

·         Friday: Return your library books and reading log on Monday!