This week was another busy and fast week in K2! I can't believe that we are almost to the 40th day of kindergarten already.
In ELA we talked about how tools help us explore. We named all different types of tools and the tools that different workers use to make their jobs easier. We even brainstormed some tools we use at school such as pencils, crayons, erasers, and scissors to make it easier to do different things. Our vocabulary words were tools, discover, defeated, fetch, and rumble. We listened to the Informational Text stories The Handiest Things in the World, and Discover With Tools and we also listened to the Tale Timimoto. Ask your child how Timimoto fended off the night giant and what "tool" he used.
We worked on the letter Pp and listened for where in a word we heard the /p/ sound. We started to build and read words that had the letters m, a, s, and p such as map, sap, Sam and Pam.
We also introduced the sight word "a". We have now introduced six words. We are now reading sentences using the sight words and this week I introduced the class to a fun activity where they listen to a sentence and put the words in order.
Please continue to practice the sight words at home. If you need another set of sight word flash cards please send a note in your child's message tube and I will be happy to send a set home.
In Math we continued working in Topic 3 titled "Numbers 6 - 10" where we are working on counting, reading and writing numbers 6 - 10. Almost every day we start our Math lesson with a "Solve & Share" activity. The problem is read to the children and they try and solve it. As I circulate the room I am looking to see what strategies the K2ers are using to solve the problem. As they finish they go sit at the board to go over the problem. I then ask different K2ers to come up and show how they solved the problem. This is such a great way to show how many times there is not just ONE way to solve the problem. The students who come up and share then need to explain to the class what they did to solve the problem. They already have such amazing "math conversations"...it is so great to listen to them.
We have read through chapter 24 of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. We have been busy discussing why some of the children have had certain things happen to them when they were touring the factory. So far they have said that Augustus Gloop, Violet Beauregard, and Veruca Salt do not listen and do not follow rules. Ask your child what happened to each of those children while they were at the factory. They are REALLY into the story...it has been fun reading it with them. We will be finishing up the School-Wide read aloud on Thursday and then on Friday we will be attending the Charlie Fair during the school day.
As a reminder, Parent/ Teacher Conferences will be held on Monday, November 23rd and Tuesday, November 24th. Reminders of your day and time will be sent home the week of November 15th. If you can no longer make your scheduled time, please let me know as soon as possible so we can reschedule it.
I hope everyone has a great weekend!
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