Week of August 25

So last week was good... but we know this week will be GREAT! The students are really getting the hang of CHAMPS and knowing what we expect from them. :)

Our Resources for the week are on: Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Also, we'd love if everyone can show their School Spirit by wearing silly socks on Friday. Ryan N. will be bringing in Fun Friday Snacks for the whole class, so need to send a snack in with your child. (We still have lots of available dates for Fun Friday Snacks. Check the dates on the left side of the blog, then send us an email with the date you'd like to sign up for. )

MATH
We will begin our Calendar Routine- counting the days to figure out what day it is, singing the days of the week to figure out yesterday-today-tomorrow, counting the amount of days we are in school (the 100th day is big for Kindergarten!! and we discuss how we come to school for 180 days) and counting to see how many students are in our class- boys, girls and total amount. We will also discuss why double checking our answers is very important. :) Then we will focus on numbers 0, 1, 2, 3. Making a group for each number, writing each number, counting a group of objects and then labeling it with the correct number.
We will be observing, comparing and counting the different math tools in our room- pattern blocks, geo blocks, snap cubes.  (Last week the students got to explore snap cubes, counting bears and pattern blocks. They loved them! It was amazing to see the different things they built and we loved hearing them count how many pieces they used in their creation.) If you notice your child is having trouble counting objects correctly, maybe because they go to fast... make them practice doing 1-1 matching. This means they can only count when they are pointing at one of the objects.

Here are pictures of the different math tools:

pattern blocks

geo blocks

snap cubes

 

counting bears

Here is a Youtube number writing video for you to practice writing numbers (the voice in the video has a strong Austrailian accent, be prepared to sing the song just like her. :) I was and it totally made me smile!)with your child and look back at our last post and you'll see the Counting to 100 song. Enjoy! :)


ELA
(English Language Arts~ Reading and Writing)
We are going to be busy with letters, sounds and sight words!! The letters we are focusing on our M, A, S, D and the words are color words- red, orange, yellow and green. We will read Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten, No, David! and A Day at School. The students will be asked questions about the books we read- about certain details in the story, about the events and the order they happen and how we can retell the story to others.  We will also be discussing empathy using the puppet Impulsive Puppy. :) The students will be asked why we have rules and what rules belong to the different school settings- Classroom, Cafeteria, Playground, etc.

Here is a picture of Impulsive Puppy and Slow-Down Snail.

We will begin discussing Writing Journals and the routine we will follow when we use them- writing our date at the top of our paper (simple date 8-25-14), drawing a detailed picture on the top half of a page and writing letters/words/sentences that match the picture on the bottom of the page. (We do not expect the students to be able to complete the routine at this time!! It's all an introduction and the more we practice, the easier it'll become. :)

Here are Youtube Videos for two of our stories and a fun colors song that makes you want to get up and march! We use it in class to get the wiggles out of the students.  Enjoy! :)


 **I'm not sure how many of you are familiar with No, David! so I wanted to give a quick disclaimer... David is a boy that does EVERYTHING wrong. At the 1:11 minute mark of the video, David will run down the street naked and the video will show his naked bottom. During the reading of the book we have his bottom covered up with a stickie note, but we aren't able to do that to the video.**





SCIENCE
We will continue discussing GERMS. (Please practice having your child sneeze and cough into their elbows and washing thier hands- outside, in between fingers and then the palms.Thanks!!)
We will begin discussing the Five Senses and introducing all of the new vocabulary- touch, taste, smell, hear, sight. We will discuss the different ways to describe the texture of things we touch- rough, smooth, bumpy, fuzzy, etc.

Here are two Youtube videos to get your child excited about Science.