Welcome Kindergarten Families!

I am so glad to have your child in my class this year and I hope this blog will help keep you updated on your child's activities at school. Enjoy and let me know if you have any feedback about the blog!
Lori Marshman

Sunday, November 7, 2010

November 12th What we are learning

Reader's workshop:
*we reviewed what we do when we are buddy reading
*we learned that strong reader's make sure they understand what they read
*we learned how we find and read different "just right books" that we can put into our book baskets.
*we learned that strong readers check for understanding but asking who is in the story and what his happening while reading the story

Writer's Workshop:
*we learned to put spaces between our words so that our words don't crash
*we wrote about what we would be for Halloween
*we learned that writer's write about what they know and has happened to them or will be happening to them
*we learned we need to "Give it a go" when we try to write a new word

Math:
*we learned the game "Buzz" which helps us practice counting to 20 and counting by 5's
*we played the number race and no ones game which helps us with counting quickly
*we solved problems about leaves on trees
*we practiced creating and labeling different patterns
*we identified and sorted different shapes

Social Studies & Science:
*we learned about the season of fall by reading a fall mini book
*we started to make a fall five season book which helps us learn more about the season of fall and what the five senses are
*we are starting to learn our addresses by making a house that the Itsy Bitsy spider climbed up (we also read a story about the Itsy Bitsy spider)