Week of October 21, 2019

We did a special "directed drawing" activity this week and put them in our art gallery for all to enjoy!

Reader’s Workshop

    Our focus this week was voice to print match.The children are working on pointing to words as they read them and making sure they are pointing to the word they are saying. This is a tough task for kindergartners and we will continue to work on it over the next few weeks. As the children become fluent readers they won’t need to point to the words but for now it is a great way for them to track what they are reading. We also discussed the differences between a letter and a word. The children used index cards to close around just one letter, two letters, the first letter of a word, the last letter or a word as well as whole words.

Writer’s Workshop

        Our writing is really coming along. I am amazed at how much responsibility the children are taking on during Writers’ Workshop. They are trying to sound out words and write down the corresponding letters. This is wonderful! The children are very proud of their work.

Theme Time

     With Fall coming to a close in Vermont, we took the opportunity to study apples. The children were amazed at the results of our apple taste taste. Please check out the graph we created to see the results. The children made apple patterns, learned about the star in the center of an apple as well as the parts of an apple.

Math Lessons

   As we continue on our journey of learning numbers to 20 we also incorporated some pattern work with shapes and apples. The children have learned that in order to be a pattern something must repeat at least once. We have also explored growing patterns. Check out the math page of this blog for pictures of our patterns. Patterns are a great thing to practice at home. The children can make patterns out of coins, cereal, blocks...

Morning Meeting

GREETING: I Have, Who Has

(with shapes)

ACTIVITY: Buzz (a counting game)

Snack Time

   With Halloween comes candy. Please do not send in any candy for snack time. Our snack is around 9:00 in the morning and having sugar that early tends to make the rest of our day very unproductive. Please help your child by keeping the candy for an at home treat. Thank you!