We can safely say that we had a wonderful second week in Kindergarten! The children are learning to listen to and follow directions. They are learning to use materials and put them away. The children walk in a safe and caring line and are learning one another’s names as we greet one another at meeting time.
The students have begun their first of many innovations. This one is following the predictable words of Brown Bear, Brown Bear by Bill Martin, Jr. The children have also taken part in interactive writing with our daily news and announcements. They have also learned poems, participated in shared reading, and have listened to many stories. They are doing a great job rotating around to their daily work centers and have been enjoying all the painting, gluing, and clay!
We have started making letter/alphabet books. We are going in the order that the letters are presented in Fundations. The students have completed the T and B books and will start their F books next week. I would encourage you to put these books and other books that your child makes in a shoe box or on a special shelf so that they can find them and read them often.
In math, the children are practicing counting, representing, and writing numbers 1-5. I hope the math papers that are coming home are helpful for you to see what they are doing in math. The homework sheet is optional but would be a great tool for you to use with your child for further practice. I would encourage you to practice writing the numbers 1-5 with your child during the next couple of weeks to make sure your child is getting lots of practice with them. Feel free to get creative with it...they can write the numbers in sand, salt, or even shaving cream! During calendar time, the students follow patterns and practice counting and have been working on learning the days of the week.
Our first field trip will be Thursday, October 13th. We are going to the Franklin Park Zoo! The cost of the trip is $6. Checks need to be made payable to Francis Wyman Kindergarten and should be in by October 6th. We can only bring a limited number of chaperones so if you are interested, please let me know by the end of next week so I can pull names from a hat if necessary. More information about the trip went home in your child’s folder today.
The students enjoyed seeing the book all of you helped make at the Back-to-School Night last week that included the drawings of your faces! I won’t say which children looked proud and which ones looked embarrassed. :) I do want to thank all of you for willingly participating in such a fun project for the students! The students also completed the same project as a work center and enjoyed guessing who their friends were on each page. Both of these books have started circulating as Class Books. Please enjoy reading them with your child when they come home and return them on the next school day so they may be shared with other families.
I sent the class directory home today as well. I wouldn’t be surprised if I made a few typos in all those numbers! Please check your information and let me know if I need to make any changes.
Have a great weekend!
Melanie Duncan
Please label your child’s jackets, sweatshirts, hats, etc. with his/her name. It will be much easier to find out what belongs to everybody that way! Thanks!
Here are a few pictures from this week. Enjoy!
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