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October 31st- We will be sharing our storybook character reports . Please be mindful that masks/weapons are NOT allowed. We are looking forward to a fun day filled with lots of spooky stations full of learning. We will be rotating to each Kindergarten classroom . If you signed up for a volunteer slot, we look forward to seeing you . Mystery reader next week is :Jen Salmenson -please let me know what book/activity you will be doing In math next week: We will continue to work on our shapes unit . We will comparing 2-D and 3-D shapes . I am adding a fun play-doe station that will allow for your child to construct their own 3-D shape. Be on the look out for some fun seesaw videos . The kids love this video and it helps with identifying 3-D shapes . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cg-Uc556-Q In Writing : We will continue to work on our Informational writing unit . We will look at transition words (First, next, then and last ) . Please work with your child at home and have them use a writing journal to practice their writing .Remind them to use an uppercase letter at the beginning of a sentence, space in between their words and correct punctuation as they write. Extra practice is always a good thing :) In reading next week : We will continue to work on building your child's reading stamina and continue to work on their reading strategies. Social Studies : We will continue to work on our symbols unit .
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Here are the updates for this week : In math this week : We will continue to work on 2-D shapes . We will be introducing 3-D shapes . During our mini lessons, we will begin identifying and describing how many sides and corners these 3D shapes have, cone, sphere, cube, cylinder etc. At home, you can go on a 3 d shape hunt around the house and community! Discuss with students how many sides and corners these shapes have. In writer’s workshop we will continue to work on our informational unit. We will continue to focus on drawing diagrams and adding labels and details to these. We will go over the anchor chart “How Scientist Observe and Learn” -Look -Listen -Touch -Look Again -Ask Questions: What is the reason for?... Why does?... Say things like- I Wonder, I noticed, I’m thinking “What should I look closely at?” (Color, Size, Shape, Parts, Special Details, Texture) We will be conducting an experiment using a pumpkin and we will observe the pumpkin over the next few weeks. We will be observing how the pumpkin changes over time . We will also be working on transitional words –( first, next, then, after, finally) What you can do at home: have students practice sounding out words and writing down the sounds they hear on paper and draw pictures with details and label their pictures. You can also remind students that when writing, the first letter in a sentence is uppercase and the rest is lower case, there are finger spaces between words, and periods at the end of sentences. We will continue to work on this in class. - During reading, we will continue to practice looking carefully at the cover of our books, point under the words in the title and read them, and look carefully at the whole picture and then tell the story to match the picture. Our mini lessons will focus on recognizing how characters feel and also work across the curriculum by talking about labels in the pictures of our books. Students will continue to use sticky notes and write labels for the pictures in the story. We will continue to work in guided reading groups and students will work on building their reading stamina independently and work on IRead. During reading groups, we will be reading instructional level texts and using strategies to help us decode words. Here are the strategies that we use in class: Create a tap it out sheet - Your child will show you how to make it Use owl eyes- look at the pictures for clues Stretchy snake- stretching out the words We will also be working on comprehension: Here are some sample questions you can ask your child at home when reading:: What you can do at home: Read every night like you are working with a partner (sit side by side, have a book in the middle, read back and forth, etc.) and ask your child questions about what she/he is reading about. For students who need to work on letters and letter sounds, you can have students find letters around the house and ask them what sounds they make. For phonics we will review letters c, o, a, d, g, m, l, h and, t. We will be putting all of these letters together to practice decoding (sounding out words) such as mad, cot, mat, tom, ham, hot, etc. You can write real or silly words for students at home and have them practice sounding these out by pointing under each letter and putting the sounds together to make the word. You can practice these letters at home too. Here is a great letter/sound song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTeUONxZYAs -In social studies, we finished up our community helper unit and are moving onto our new unit What you can do at home: Discuss the following: Why is it important to be a good citizen? What is a community? What is a community helper? What role do I play in a community? Our New unit : IB Unit: How We Express Ourselves Transdisciplinary theme: How We Express Ourselves Central Idea: Symbols show information. Lines of Inquiry: Symbols and people that represent our country(perspective) Related Concepts: Beliefs, Interpretation, Values Symbols and people that represent countries around the world(perspective) How positive character traits can shape an individual( reflection/ responsibility) Learner Profile: Thinker, open-minded, caring Key Concepts: Perspective, Reflection, Responsibility Attitudes: Creativity, Appreciation, respect Transdisciplinary skills: * Thinking Skills- Comprehension * Communication- Viewing. Students will have multiple opportunities to view symbols through different types of media and interpret the information they learned. * Social Skills- Cooperating. Students will have to work together to research one country and then to present together the information they learned to other kindergarten students. * The attitudes that will be addressed through the activities will be: creativity, appreciation, and respect. Happy Friday !
Here are the updates for this week : Storybook Character Day - I sent home information in regards to storybook character day this week .Please talk with your child about what character they would like to be on October 31st. We will be working on a project with the students this week . The students will make a comparison of how they are alike and different from their storybook character . Please note : Your child may not wear a mask of any sort . Below are the new units that we will be moving onto In math this week : We will begin our shapes unit . Last week we pre-assessed your child on the new shapes unit and we wrapped up our counting unit . We will continue to work on skills necessary for counting as that is ongoing . During our mini lessons, we will begin identifying and describing how many sides and corners these 2d shapes have- square, rectangle, triangle, circle, rhombus (diamond), trapezoid, pentagon, and hexagon. At home, you can go on a 2d shape hunt around the house and community! Discuss with students how many sides and corners these shapes have. At home, please make sure students continue to practice counting to 100 by 1’s and 10’s every night and practicing writing their numbers 0-20. (Fun ways of writing numbers can be with chalk outside, in sand or shaving cream, on a whiteboard, etc.) Here are our math standards for our shapes unit: MGSEK.G.1. Describe objects in the environment using names of shapes, and describe the relative positions of these objects using terms such as above, below, beside, in front of, behind, and next to. MGSEK.G.2. Correctly name shapes regardless of their orientations or overall size. MGSEK.G.3. Identify shapes as two-dimensional (lying in a plane, “flat”) or three-dimensional (“solid”). Analyze, compare, create, and compose shapes. MGSEK.G.4. Analyze and compare two- and three-dimensional shapes, in different sizes and orientations, using informal language to describe their similarities, differences, parts (e.g., number of sides and vertices/“corners”) and other attributes (e.g., having sides of equal length). MGSEK.G.5. Model shapes in the world by building shapes from components (e.g., sticks and clay balls) and drawing shapes. MGSEK.G.6. Compose simple shapes to form larger shapes. For example, “Can you join these two triangles with full sides touching to make a rectangle?” Classify objects and count the number of objects in each category. MGSEK.MD.3. Classify objects into given categories; count the numbers of objects in each category and sort the categories by count. - In writer’s workshop we will begin an informational unit. We will discuss how we can be explorers like Christopher Columbus and go on an “exploration” outside. Students will collect items that they can give information about. We will focus on drawing diagrams and adding labels and details to these. We will go over the anchor chart “How Scientist Observe and Learn” -Look -Listen -Touch -Look Again -Ask Questions: What is the reason for?... Why does?... Say things like- I Wonder, I noticed, I’m thinking “What should I look closely at?” (Color, Size, Shape, Parts, Special Details, Texture) We will also talk about how an informational piece can be written using an example about ladybugs: I will also be showing students how we can write an introduction page before we tell about our facts and a conclusion page after. What you can do at home: have students practice sounding out words and writing down the sounds they hear on paper and draw pictures with details and label their pictures. You can also remind students that when writing, the first letter in a sentence is uppercase and the rest is lower case, there are finger spaces between words, and periods at the end of sentences. We will continue to work on this in class. - During reading, we will continue to practice looking carefully at the cover of our books, point under the words in the title and read them, and look carefully at the whole picture and then tell the story to match the picture. Our mini lessons will focus on recognizing how characters feel and also work across the curriculum by talking about labels in the pictures of our books. Students will continue to use sticky notes and write labels for the pictures in the story. We will continue to work in guided reading groups and students will work on building their reading stamina independently and work on IRead. During reading groups, we will be reading instructional level texts and using strategies to help us decode words. Here are the strategies that we use in class: Create a tap it out sheet - Your child will show you how to make it Use owl eyes- look at the pictures for clues Stretchy snake- stretching out the words We will also be working on comprehension: Here are some sample questions you can ask your child at home when reading:: What you can do at home: Read every night like you are working with a partner (sit side by side, have a book in the middle, read back and forth, etc.) and ask your child questions about what she/he is reading about. For students who need to work on letters and letter sounds, you can have students find letters around the house and ask them what sounds they make. For phonics we will review letters c, o, a, d, g, m, l, h and, t. We will be putting all of these letters together to practice decoding (sounding out words) such as mad, cot, mat, tom, ham, hot, etc. You can write real or silly words for students at home and have them practice sounding these out by pointing under each letter and putting the sounds together to make the word. You can practice these letters at home too. Here is a great letter/sound song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTeUONxZYAs -In social studies, we finished up our community helper unit and are moving onto our new unit What you can do at home: Discuss the following: Why is it important to be a good citizen? What is a community? What is a community helper? What role do I play in a community? Our New unit : IB Unit: How We Express Ourselves Transdisciplinary theme: How We Express Ourselves Central Idea: Symbols show information. Lines of Inquiry: Symbols and people that represent our country(perspective) Related Concepts: Beliefs, Interpretation, Values Symbols and people that represent countries around the world(perspective) How positive character traits can shape an individual( reflection/ responsibility) Learner Profile: Thinker, open-minded, caring Key Concepts: Perspective, Reflection, Responsibility Attitudes: Creativity, Appreciation, respect Transdisciplinary skills: * Thinking Skills- Comprehension * Communication- Viewing. Students will have multiple opportunities to view symbols through different types of media and interpret the information they learned. * Social Skills- Cooperating. Students will have to work together to research one country and then to present together the information they learned to other kindergarten students. * The attitudes that will be addressed through the activities will be: creativity, appreciation, and respect. |
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