I'm really impressed with how well the children have learned our school routines after only four weeks of Kindergarten! We celebrated the 20th day of school on Thursday! These Peeps know exactly what to do when they get to school, they consistently show wonderful listening behaviors, and they are contributing great ideas! Show and Tell this week was a lot of fun, as we got to know each other even better by seeing some of our favorite things. Thank you for sending items in!
This week we've learned how to turn a book into an "old favorite." If you enjoy a story, read it again, and again, and again! Soon you'll know it by heart, and it will be a story that you can "read" to yourself! Even though we're not focused on reading all of the words on a page word by word, the Peeps are busy building very important reading skills. They are using storytelling voices to sound like fluent readers. (This will give them a frame of reference later when they are reading word by word and their reading sounds choppy.) We are having lots of fun using character voices when reading The Three Little Pigs, The Little Red Hen, and Bark, George! We have lots of "old favorite" books in our classroom!
No more potato people! No more stick people! We've been adding lots of details to our drawings, making sure that the characters in our work have the details they need. We've been drawing animals, and adding backgrounds to the pieces in our writing folders. We're developing our planning skills by discussing with a partner what we'll add to our writing, and then adding it. I'm very excited by the careful work I'm seeing during Writer's Workshop. The children will have a very nice collection of pieces to share with you by the end of October when we have conferences.
As we've focused on number 4 this week, we've reviewed writing numbers 1, 2, and 3. We've learned how to play "Connect Four" and develop our strategies for winning the game! We've learned all about rectangles, too. This afternoon, the Peeps made pizzas to go with the story The Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza. We graphed the toppings that went on the pizza, and had a lot of fun painting the sauce and gluing the toppings on! Even though they aren't real, those pizzas sure do look tasty!
The Little Red Hen is a character who knows how to Begin With the End in Mind. That's habit #2! This week, we met Tagalong Allie Mouse, another character from 7 Oaks. (She's a puppet that many of the children have had fun using to retell her story!) We read When I Grow Up, and talked about all of the things that we'd like to do when we grow up! The Peeps have some amazing and impressive plans!
Monday is B Day - Music
Tuesday is C Day - P.E. Be sure to wear tennis shoes!
Tuesday and Thursday are coupon days for the fundraiser; return coupons to school so your child can earn more emojis!
Wednesday is D Day - P.E./Health Be sure to wear tennis shoes!
Thursday is E Day - Library/Technology Remember to put your library book in your backpack!
Friday there is no school; it's a Professional Development Day for teachers.
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Dates to Keep in Mind:
Friday, September 23: No School (Professional Development Day)
Wednesday, September 28: Picture Day
Friday, October 14: Half-Day of School (Record Day for teachers)
Monday, October 24 and Wednesday, October 26: Parent/Teacher Conferences (more information will be coming home soon)
Sunday, October 30, 4-6 pm: Trunk or Treat
Monday, October 31: Halloween Parade (1:40), Halloween Party (2:00-3:00)
Have a great weekend!
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