On The Farm

This week we spent some time learning about animals on the farm.  We did some thinking about what we know about horses, sheep, chicks, and pigs.  Then we read a nonfiction book about each animal and talked about our new learning.  We made a book and concentrated on the capital letter at the beginning of the sentence and the period at the end.

In math, we are counting numbers to 10.  At this point, kindergarteners should be able to count to 10, write numbers to 10, and recognize numbers 10.  They are also beginning to build numbers in two parts, like ten can be made up of 5 red counters and 5 yellow counters.

We had so much fun visiting with the parents and grandparents who were able to attend on Thursday.  If you weren't able to come this time, don't worry, we will have other celebrations of our learning.

Books we read this week:

          

Pumpkin Investigation

This week we investigated pumpkins.  We had a medium sized pumpkin and really observed it.  One of the most interesting things we found was that pumpkins float-even though they are so heavy!  We also started the process of counting the seeds.  Next week we will finish and come up with a final count.

We added a and g to our Fundations letters.  We practiced the word my.

  

We began Topic 3 in math.  We are learning to count 6 to 10 objects accurately and record the numbers with drawings and by writing numerals.

We are finishing our first unit in Readers Workshop next week.  We are inviting one guest per kindergartener to join us for a half hour on Thursday, October 20 from 10:00-10:30.  We will show you what Readers Workshop is all about and your child will "read" a story that we have been practicing.

We are in need of tissues, if you are able to send in a box, it would be much appreciated.  Thank you!