Kindergarten Connection ~ November 7th

HAPPY NOVEMBER!

Last Week's Halloween Festivities

We read Ed Emberley's interactive book GO AWAY, BIG GREEN MONSTER!  
This book inspired us to make our own big green monster illustrations. The children loved this activity and really got into character as little monsters. Check out the scary monster faces below. Boo!

We saw Pumpkin Man His Friend Pumpkin Woman!

Kindergarten Together Time

We mixed our class up with Ms. Rowntree's Class to make Halloween Crafts

Making Halloween Pattern Crowns

Making Spider Webs

Reading Halloween Books

Making Giant Paper Candy Corn

Halloween Coloring

Ordering Numbers on Monster Feet

Literacy Highlights

The children are actively reinforcing new skills and concepts through motor-memory methods and kinesthetic procedures. Skywriting, tracing, tapping and finger-blending solidify learning within the brain. 

We can name all 26 letters of the alphabet and match them with their corresponding sounds!  Ask your child to chant the letters/sounds for you.  Remind your child to show you the motions that go with each letter/sound. 

Letter Name–Keyword–Letter Sound

Aa-apple-/a/

Bb-bat-/bat/

Cc-cat-/c/

Dd-dog-/d/

Ee-Ed-/e/

Ff-fun-/f/

Gg-game-/g/

Hh-hat-/h/

Ii-itch-/i/

Jj-jug-/j/

Kk-kite-/k/

Ll-lamp-/l/

Mm-man-/m/

Nn-nut-/n/

Oo-octopus-/o/

Pp-pan-/p/

Qu-queen-/qu/

Rr-rat-/r/

Ss-snake-/s/

Tt-top-/t/

Uu-up-/u/

Vv-van-/v/

Ww-wind-/w/

Xx-fox-/x/

Yy-yellow-/y/

Zz-zebra-/z/ 

Now that we have mastered the names and sounds of all 26 letters, we will learn how to blend individual sounds into words by saying words slowly to hear and record sounds. Next month we will learn how to use our fingers to isolate (tap) individual letter sounds and then blend letter sounds together to read and spell words. 

We are writing up a storm in kindergarten! We are studying various authors and illustrators work to learn how writers create engaging and informative books. This week we learned the power of word choice, full illustrations and diagramming. Encourage your child to write a book at home. Maybe you and your child can co-author a book. Happy writing! 

We can read the word can! Knowing this word in a snap is very helpful with our reading and writing work.

We can form the last letters of the alphabet the kindergarten way!

We are working to build our reading stamina! We read quietly for seven straight minutes!

We are learning how to read and write high frequency words in a snap.

We can say words slowly and record first sounds with letters.

We can work on our phonics skills using LEXIA.

Gobble, Gobble! We learned our first Thanksgiving/Turkey poem.

Mrs. Brady visited the classroom to read us two different Halloween books about witches. The children learned a little bit about our democratic government by voting for their favorite book.

Math Highlights

We are teen number experts in kindergarten! We can represent teen numbers as a group of ten and some more with ten frames, tally sticks, scattered objects and our math hands. We are learning how to represent the part-part-whole relationship of addition with objects and written equations. The children are working hard at justifying their math thinking as they work with partners and share in front of the class. We continue to practice naming numbers, ordering numbers, and counting forwards and backwards. 

We can tally to organize objects into groups of five and count quickly.

 

We are leaning about flat and solid shapes.
 Ask your children to explain to you how the shapes are the same and different.
Go on a shape hunt in your home. How many shapes can you find?

 

 

We Read Ellen Stoll Walsh's book Mouse Shapes 

and made our own shape books.

We can show teen numbers as a group of ten and some more.

HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND!