Kindergarten Update 10/1-10/5

Hi Kindergarten Families!

Thank you to all the drivers and chaperones who made it to our Live Earth Farms field trip!  The class had a blast!

Words of the Week: "and", "it"

Next week, we will begin our unit on "Pumpkins".  We will discuss the life cycle of pumpkins and compare/contrast apples and pumpkins.  We will make a neat art project based around the life cycle of pumpkins which will be displayed in our classroom.

In Math, the students will be introduced to "counting collections" and a new strategy, "number bonds". We will continue to work on building numbers to 10.  We will also practice counting to 100 by 5's and 10's.  

In Writer's Workshop, we will discuss how stories have a beginning, middle, and end.  We briefly went over this last Friday and the students will continue their writing next week!

In Social Studies, we will continue our study on our brains.  We've been discussing ways to be mindful and unmindful.  We're working on strategies to keep our minds calm and clear and we are thinking about differences between "reflecting" and "reacting" to different types of situations.  Students have watched a few short videos on giving their "best effort" and I've seen the students showing their best effort in their work and during social time.  Way to go Kinders!

Reminders:
October 5th- No School, SBC Day
October 12th - Harvest Festival  

Have a relaxing weekend,
Brenda Christensen

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