October 3-7, 2011

KM’s Week in Review:

Monday:   We began introducing our popcorn words today!  This week’s popcorn word is a.  We are reading many books this week and making text to text connections between the books.  Ask your child what connections the books Goldilocks and the Three Little Bears and The Three Little Pigs have in common.  We also discussed shapes we see in our world and made a shape collage in math.  Thanks for all of the magazine donations!  They will come in handy throughout the year.  J

Tuesday:  We loved reading and making connections between the two books The Enormous Watermelon and The Enormous Carrot!   Some of the kids said they would want an enormous watermelon and a few of the students said they would like an enormous carrot.  In art we are creating pumpkin patches and we will be painting next week.  The students are excited about painting and using their art smocks!! 

Wednesday:
We compared two new stories today~The Umbrella and One-Dog Canoe.  One Dog Canoe was a funny story!  We also learned the Jolly Phonics song for the letter Yy.  We learned more about our five senses while we took a trip with Ms. Frizzle and the Magic School Bus!

Thursday:
Today we made a class book Kindergartners, Kindergarteners, What Do You See?  It was fun to create our own book and make connections between our classroom book and Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See?  Along with the book Polar Bear, Polar Bear What Do You Hear?   Thank you to Mrs. Wohlfeil who visited our room to kick off our monthly Kin-Connect activities.  The kids had so much fun creating their book worms!  Thanks, Mrs. Wohlfeil!!

Friday:

The weather has been so beautiful this week, we have taken advantage of it and gone outside for morning recess each day!  The students have also completed another “trip around the world” so they had a celebration today.  They were able to have extra social center time.  They loved it!  We compared the two books If You Give a Mouse a Cookie and If You Give a Pig a Pancake.  There are so many connections we can make!  In math we learned about spatial vocabulary.  For example, under, over, beneath, between, inside, around etc. 

All About Me:

Corina Xiong

Reminders:

Please have your child bring their art smocks next week as they will be painting in art. 
No School on Monday, Oct. 10th
No School in the afternoon on Wed. Oct. 12th.  Dismissal is at 12:15