Hello Kindergarten Families

This week was another busy one in Kindergarten. In Writer’s Workshop we began learning about informational books by reading books about penguins, animal feet, and germs. We then thought about topics that kindergartners themselves know a lot about. Topics included Lego, ballet, video games, scooters, iPads, cats, candy, toys, insects, Fortnight, and F 5 cars.  The latter two are things the teachers will learn a lot about from the books students write over the next few weeks!

In math we continued our number work playing games of One More and Two More.  We did a problem solving activity called Which One Doesn’t Belong? with the picture of dice below.  You can make the case that each one of the dice doesn’t belong, for different reasons.

In Reader’s Workshop we continued to discover that many books have patterns of words that repeat over and over again and that when you combine that with the pictures and looking at the first letter in words you can often read a whole page or even a whole book!

It was really cold so we had indoor recess for several days.  One day we warmed up with hot chocolate at the beginning of the day and another day the Yellow Triangles baked bread. The Blue Squares will bake next week.  Hopefully we will get back outside next week.

We have had most children here at the start of the day which is so helpful to everyone’s learning. Just a gentle reminder that children should not bring toys or candy to school.

Wishing you a warm and relaxing weekend,

Dawn and Talia