“What’s a town?”
“Tell Your Town”
“If you live in the country do you live in a town?”
“I don’t live near the post office or near the stores”
“The USA is inside of North America”
“The countries are all teams, some are fighting, like in Egypt they are fighting.”
“There are all different teams but everyone is on the World team, right?”
Song:
“Make new friends, but keep the old
one is silver and the other, gold
A circle’s round, it has no end
that’s how long I want to be your friend”
“I’m realizing that a circle that never ends could take up the whole world and the whole space.”
On being absent: “It’s kind of boring when you’re not at school.”
Listen to The Kissing Hand written and read by Audrey Penn
See you tomorrow for the First Day of KINDERGARTEN!
Watch this video by Katie Davis, Author of Kindergarten Rocks!
Chamomile Blossoms from Dr Mazes Farm
http://www.mightybook.com/MightyBook_free/artgallery/gallery.html
Google’s new Museum Art Project is really great too! Enjoy!
January 14, 2011 – FRIDAY LETTER
Reading:
The books used to highlight the character development and talking bubble books include Caldecott Honor Medal Books: Knuffle Bunny, The Pigeon Wants a Puppy! Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!, Don’t Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late! by Mo Willems.
Some websites to go on:
Please feel free to comment so we can add to this list!
Math:
- We explored the use of symbols to compare quantities.
- We discovered a different way to set up a number sentence.
- We found patterns on number lines.
- New math terms include: ‘minus’, ’plus’, ‘equals’.
Social Studies:
To prepare for Dr. Martin Luther King’s Birthday we discussed peace in action and using peaceful words. Our K-2 Prayer Service highlighted his commitment to Peace. We read “The Sneetches” by Dr Seuss and discussed fair and unfair rules and kind vs unkind words.
“It was a really hard life trying to get people to be nice and to have Peace” Sydney
Happy Birthday Dr King!
“I Have A Dream” Speech here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbUtL_0vAJk
“Recycle Runway” is planned for this evening, January 17, 2011 at 6:00 PM.
There is NO SCHOOL on Monday, January 17, 2011 to celebrate Dr. King’s Birthday.
Hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful day of snow! The snow on the trees makes it look like a magical land out there!
We are slowly rolling out this blog to try to get an idea of how it all can work to keep us all connected!
Thank you!
Kindergarten 😀
Friday Folder Letter Jan 7, 2011
Reading: Ask what a “Goldilocks Book” is!
Writing: Character Study: Our new genre bin is “bubble books”. Ask us about what they are about!
Word Work: In our ‘tool box’ we reviewed letter sounds, vowels, letter pattern groups, and ‘instant words’.
Math: Patterns on number lines.Greater than/less than/equals
We talked about math terms such as ‘before’ and ‘after’
Social Studies: For Kindertown we discussed poverty and the many possible causes of poverty. We thought about “Rescue Teams” and what kinds of organizations help people.
We raised $85.27 in our Christmas Cafe! We decided on which animal we would fund for a family using Heifer International. Heifer is a rescue team organization that helps with farms and food. We decided to purchase Bees and Trees!
Hello Parents!
We are very excited to launch this new blog! We will use this site to add photos, videos and posts about what we do in Kindergarten! We hope this streamlines our communication as well as give us the opportunity to connect with you on a regular basis!
Welcome Back and Happy New Year!
The Treehouse 