Life in Kindergarten

I hope your child shared his/her many fire safety experiences this week.  Children had a chance to visit the Yarmouth Fire Station, go through the smoke trailer, and go up on the ladder of the ladder truck!  Many of you joined your child for the ladder and smoke trailer.  Thank you very much for your help supervising and transporting the children.  

Reminders:

• October book orders are due Wednesday, October 17.  Please use the Scholastic Book Clubs tab to order books.

• We will be going on a field trip to Wolfe's Neck Farm on Tuesday, October 23.  If you haven't already, please return your child's permission slip when possible.

This week in Reading we:

• Practiced identifying and sorting the letters d, k, and l.
• Practiced reading like storytellers.
• Became more familiar with returning and choosing new books from our classroom library.
• Used sticky notes to mark  spots in our books we want to share with a friend.

This week in Writing we:

• Brainstormed a list of writing topics for days when we can't think of what to write about.
• Worked on putting "finger spaces" between words to separate them.
• Discussed the differences between our best work and work that is rushed.
• Practiced writing the letters R and N during handwriting.

This week in Math we:

• Played "Spin a Number" with a friend.  Children spun a number on their game board and then moved that many spaces.  This game worked on number recognition, counting, and one-to-one correspondence.
• Went on a pattern scavenger hunt on our playground.  The purpose of this activity was for children to realize that patterns exist in the world around us.
• Played oral counting games to practice counting by ones through movement activities.