More Apple Fun!

I hope you all enjoyed the beautiful weather this weekend.  Though it feels a bit like summer, we are learning about fall in our kindergarten classroom!

This week we will wrap up our unit on apples.  Please send in 2 apples by Wednesday.  The apples can be red, yellow, or green.  We will be using the apples for graphing, tasting, painting, adding, writing, and making some homemade applesauce in our classroom!  It will be messy, but also fun :)  Thank you for your support in helping us with this unit.

As readers, we are working on what reading looks and sounds like in our classroom.  We are 'Reading to Self'  and 'Reading to Someone/ Partner Reading'.  The children are really doing a great job with this.  We love to spend time reading pictures, words, and retelling familiar stories each day as kindergarten readers.   Practice these skills at home too.   We are also learning about the letters G, I, and T.  Please be sure to check your child's folder to see if he/she is our 'letter expert' this week! Next week we will begin  Kindergarten Reading Logs as part of our home/school connection.

As writers, we practiced writing in our journals and writing what we know.  We spent some time talking about what we are 'experts' at.  This helped us to think of ideas to get down onto paper.  We are experts at swimming, riding bikes, swinging, making cookies, making beds, climbing the monkey bars and so much more!  The children are so excited to begin the process of writing workshop.  We are currently working on using our voices to talk about our ideas, drawing pictures, and adding details.  Some of our friends are writing labels, words, and sentences too!  We will continue writing workshop time each day in our classroom throughout the school year.  :)

During math, we will continue to work on counting, building, reading, writing, and drawing numbers. We are having fun comparing numbers and talking about greater than and less than.  We will use apples this week to create graphs and patterns during work stations and activities.

Our first Scholastic Book Order was sent home last week.  You may order books online by using our classroom code or you can write a check and send in the paper order.  Whichever works best for you is fine with me! :)  I will place the classroom order on Tuesday, Sept. 30th.  The orders usually arrive quickly.

Also, our first Family Project will be sent home this week.  You will have plenty of time to work on it with your family.  Take your time and have fun! :)

I am looking forward to another fun week of kindergarten learning! As always, please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns that you have.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Eileen Browne :)