Saturday, October 29, 2022

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What a warm week ... until it wasn't! One day I am wearing a  short sleeve shirt and then the next thing I know, I am wearing a blanket with a hood on top of my jacket at a football game! Please remember to send your child with a warm coat, gloves, and hat even if it seems to be on the warmer side.  Thursday morning's weather dropped 10 degrees from arrival time to recess time!

This week we spent a lot of time learning and reflecting on how animal habitats have very important components: water, food, shelter, air, and space.  Students created their fabulous habitats during integrated arts.  I am hopeful those made it home with minimal damage.  During our Woodsy Wednesday, students watched a puppet show performance on how a little field mouse learns about the important role that habitat plays in an animal's life.  The wind made the show a little comical when the puppet theater was tossed about, exposing the puppeteer (me)!  

Yesterday we took Math outside to fill our tens frames with natural objects from the woods! The kindergartners loved this, especially when we discovered a mouse in the stumps! 

During All School Morning Meeting Mr. Albergini, our superintendent came by and told us one of his great stories of when he was a kid and fell into a bear trap! What a funny and exciting story! FYI, his leg healed just fine!

Please enjoy this week's video.  I apologize that it is a little long but the amount of awesome learning and cuteness that happens every day is hard not to capture!







Saturday, October 22, 2022

Woodsy Wednesday, Pumpkin Pie, and VT Animals

Greetings,

The air seems to be getting a crisp autumn smell that is telling us snowfall is just around the corner and we will soon be in stick season here in VT. 

On Wednesday afternoon we ventured out for our first ECO (Educating Children Outdoors) time aka Woodsy Wednesday!  This will be a time when we will be noticing the world around us through observation, games, books, songs, and exploring time. Being in the outdoors allows for curiosity and creativity to flow naturally. We will plan to go out in all sorts of weather so please help your child come prepared for this.  

In Science, we began talking about plants- particularly pumpkins and their needs. We ended our week with some tasty pumpkin pie!  This week we were fortunate to extend our Organisms unit into an Integrated Arts session.  Students chose a VT animal that they wanted to create out of clay.  We did some research on these animals and shared our findings with the class.  Next week they will create a habitat that will best suit their needs for survival.  

Math we played games called grab and count, filled in our counting book, and completed some matching numbers and pictures activities. 

Literacy we continued to practice new letters.  This week's letters were: Nn, Ee, Bb, Cc, Jj.  Students continue to enjoy stations where they are practicing letter recognition, letter formation, and letter sounds. We added the word "go" to our word wall that houses all our high-frequency words - words that we see frequently in our books.  So far we have: I, a, see, and go. 

Looking forward to another great week next week! ๐Ÿงก








Saturday, October 15, 2022

Friday Greetings

 


Greetings!
What a glorious sunny afternoon and it is predicted to be sunny all weekend!  Please get out and enjoy some beautiful autumn weather this weekend!

This week flew by in Kindergarten.  This week in Literacy we focused on the letters L, P, O, V, H.  Students are practicing these letters by playing bingo, matching games, and practicing their letter formation.  We worked some more with recognizing parts of words and counted how many syllables they had. In writing we spent time creating an All About Pumpkins book.  We shared things we know about pumpkins.  Students are becoming writers by using their letter and sound knowledge that is growing daily!

In Science, we continued our organisms conversation further on how we care for pets.  Pets depend on us to help them survive - they need water, food, air, shelter, and care. Next we will begin to talk about plant needs.

In Math, we continued to practice counting in fun ways and then writing down those numbers and showing our work with pictures. I wonder how many leaves you could find outside this weekend?  How many red? Orange? Yellow? Could you make a rainbow of colors?


Reminders:

Please continue to bring water bottles to school.





Friday, October 7, 2022


Greetings,

Feeling grateful that this week was filled with some warm sun that made the autumn leaves even more vibrant.  We live in such a beautiful state here in VT.

This week in kindergarten we began having stations during reading workshop blocks.  We focused on letter ID, letter formation, and letter sounds in small groups.  We will continue this focus in the weeks to come. 

During writing, we spent time brainstorming ideas to write about.  We also talked about when we think we are done we have just begun!  We can always add more details to our pictures and letters and words to explain our stories.  In word work, we focused on sorting pictures according to the first sound.  We also played a couple games of Memory where we had to find the matching letter or the matching rhyme. Kindergartners loved this challenge!  

In Math, we started Unit 2.  This unit focuses on counting quantities and later comparing sizes.  We are also always incorporating practice with number formation and id. Students enjoyed creating numbers out of playdough this week. 

Wishing you all good health during this fall season. Looking forward to seeing you at conferences and open house!


Reminders:


No school Monday -Indigenous People's Day/Columbus


Our next early release day is Wednesday, October 12th. Pick-ups will be at 12:15 and buses will depart by 12:30. 


Open house this Thursday morning from 7:30-8:30.



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