As you can imagine, our kindergarten classroom is filled with energy and excitement during this holiday season. This week we will keep ourselves busy with reading, writing, math, and many fun projects to go along with our Gingerbread theme.
During reading, we have just begun comparing and contrasting different versions of the Gingerbread Man stories. As we read, we are talking about the 'big idea' (main idea), the 'main character', and the many different characters in each of the stories. We are also discussing the beginning, the middle, and the end of each story. The children love noticing the similarities and differences between the stories and are so good at remembering the details!
As writers, we have begun Writing Workshop. This is very exciting! We are all working on writing our very own list books. Each child has their very own book that they are writing. They are so excited to be authors and illustrators and I am so proud of their efforts during our writing time each day.
During math, we have been comparing and contrasting numbers and putting numbers in order from least to greatest and from greatest to least. Practice naming a number and then asking your child to name a number that is 1 more, 2 more, 1 less, 2 less and so forth. We are also using many different manipulatives during our math time each day.
Technology~ Last week we were very happy to have Mrs. Jones visit our classroom. She helped us learn all about ibooks and how to take care of them. We will begin using ibooks and ipads in our classroom each week to enrich our math and reading skills. Logging on and off were the tricky parts, but overall we did a great job working with the ibooks. Check out some of the websites on the left sidebar of this blog. This week we worked on Starfall. This is a great literacy site for kindergarten kids.
Holiday Celebration~ Our holiday celebration will take place on Friday, December 1:45 - 2:15. You may arrive between 1:30-1:45, but we will begin decorating our gingerbread houses at 1:45 promptly. We will need to end our celebration at 2:15 due to a school wide assembly, buses, and overall dismissal safety. You may sign your child out at this time or you may leave your child with me to attend the assembly and ride the bus home. All gingerbread houses will need to go home with an adult or remain at school until after break. I don't believe that any gingerbread house would survive a bus ride home in one piece! Thanks so much for your support!
I am looking forward to a fun, messy, and exciting week in kindergarten!
Sincerely,
Eileen Browne :)
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