Kindergarten Blogger

Dear Kindergarten Families, We had a fun week in Kindergarten! The children had a great time painting our kiddush cups at Painted Pot yesterday! As a special treat, we also went to play at Carroll Park in the morning and it was such a joy to see the children play in the sunshine! Big THANK YOU to all the parents who helped us with the trip: Lana, Corinne, Michelle, Sara and Hila! In Math, we have continued to learn about parts of a whole. We practiced using a number line to figure out how many more we need to get... Read More

Dear Kindergarten Families, We had lots of fun this week in Kindergarten! The children were very excited to celebrate Yom Haatzmaut, Israel’s Independence Day! During the week, we learned many things about Israel: its cities, seas, history and more. We read a book “Our Jewish Dream” written by Helena Solomon and illustrated by Regina Katz. As we followed the book about Israel’s growth and development, we created our own map of Israel together. On Thursday, we began our day with a Tekes about Israel’s history. We ate an Israeli snack of Bisli and chocolates, decorated our room with our own... Read More

Dear Kindergarten Families, We had lots of fun this week in Kindergarten! The children were very excited to be back and had lots of stories to share with their classmates and teachers. They eagerly jumped into writing, reading, Hebrew, math and science. In Math, we continued to learn about parts of a whole. We practiced using unifix cubes and 10 frames to find parts of numbers between 5 and 10. We wrote sentences such as “7 is 5 and 2” or “1 and 8 make 9.” We also practiced making patterns and telling time to the hour. Please practice telling... Read More

Dear Kindergarten Families, We had a very busy and fun week! We learned all about making Matzah and had our own Model Seder! In Math, we are learning how to count forward and backward to and from 10 in preparation for addition and subtraction. We have been practicing figuring out parts of 10 (1 and 9, 2 and 8, 3 and 7, etc.). The children were counting how many objects they had and how many they would need to get to 10. For example, “I have 4, I need ____ to get to 10.”   While practicing counting to 10, we... Read More

Dear Kindergarten Families, We had lots of fun this week in Kindergarten! We continued talking about using kind words and being careful not to hurt others with our words. We read the story “Have You Filled a Bucket Today?” by Carol McCloud. We talked about using kind words and doing nice things to fill each other’s buckets. In Math, we continued learning about Time. We read “The Grouchy Ladybug” by Eric Carle and created our own pages saying what time the grouchy ladybug met an animal of our choice. We also practiced telling time on the hour with clocks. Additionally, we learned... Read More

Dear Kindergarten Families, We had lots of fun this week in Kindergarten! It was great to speak with all of you during conferences! We also talked about using kind words and being careful not to hurt others with our words. In Math, we began learning about Time. We had a discussion of what we know about time and talked about the fact that time can be measured in minutes, seconds, hours, days, weeks, months, years, centuries, etc. The children were practicing reading the names of the days of the week. We listened to a fun song by Eric Carle “Today... Read More

Dear Kindergarten Families, We had lots of fun this week in Kindergarten! In English Language Arts, we learned the letter Ww and the sound /w/ it makes (as in ‘win’). We practiced forming upper and lowercase Ww letters using our Handwriting Without Tears books, wooden planks, and finding words that start with W and drawing pictures of them. In our Words Their Way Spelling program, we practiced reading and sorting words with the short vowel /o/ and with the /sh/ sound. The children have been introduced to the /sh/, /ch/ and /th/ sounds and we will continue practicing these digraphs.... Read More

Dear Kindergarten Families, What an exciting and busy week we had in Kindergarten! We started on Monday by celebrating the 100th Day of School. We were excited to welcome Wren’s mom to teach us about being a vet for letter V. We also had lots of fun dressing up and celebrating Purim! And, on Friday, we had a Drum Circle presented by an amazing company called Musical IQ! You can see a video of our Purim Parade and other fun photos on the Hannah Senesh Facebook Page here (6:30 minute) In Math, we have been learning about comparing and combining... Read More

Dear Kindergarten Families, We had a very exciting week in Kindergarten! We welcomed in Adar with Pajama Day, a Talent show, and a parade! We even got to enjoy yummy treats and have snack with our buddies! In Math, we have been learning about counting and comparing numbers and sets of objects up to 100. We compared sets of various objects and decided how many more or less each stack had than the other. On the first day after our mid-winter break, Monday, February 26, we will have the 100th Day of School. It will be a celebration of learning and... Read More

Dear Kindergarten Families, We had a wonderful week in Kindergarten! It was fun welcoming you into our classrooms for Delet P’tucha and sharing our learning with you. In Math, we have been learning about counting and comparing numbers and sets of objects up to 100. We practiced deciding whether an item could be counted or not (grains of sand vs marbles) and counting them to compare whether there are less or more. We also introduced the Winter Olympic Games in our Math class and did many fun activities related to math and winter sports (patterns, graphs, counting, and much more!).... Read More