October Week 1

Kindergarten News 10/4/19

Greeting: Pass the Rainbow Stick

Activity: Color Songs

Muscle Words -
  This Week: is & see
  Review: he, she, me, we, be, yes, no, I, & a
  Next Week: to & do

Readers Workshop: We spent time playing with language through songs and games.  A highlight of the week was reading The Hungry Thing and then acting it out.  Each student got to feed The Hungry Thing Puppet pieces of food that rhymed with his silly requests.
Reading Bags: The students received new books to put in their reading bags. They also got a fun bookmark from the reading dogs! The kindergartners are excited to read their new books to themselves, their classmates, our stuffed animals, and using our blue and green whisper phones!
Reading Strategy: Our class learned the reading strategy called Pointy Porcupine. Pointy Porcupine says - Point to each word.

Math: We made bar graphs this week. Our colorful graphs will be on display in our classroom at Open House! The students are hard at work on our new October Bridges Work Places (math centers).
Math Bags: The students love using their math bag materials to work on numbers 1-10 and beyond.

Fundations -
This Week: s
  Review: a, d, c, g, o, q
Next Week: l, t, k
Writers Workshop: We talked about how knowing the letters of the alphabet can help us.  We spent time stretching out words and recording the sounds we hear on dry erase boards.

Science and Global Citizenship: We worked on learning color words and songs! We read books and did activities that focused on the different colors.
Guidance: The students are learning to use Kelso's Wheel to solve small problems.
Special Activities: We had a STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) Lesson about rainbows with Mrs. Horton!
Dates to Remember:
Tuesday, October 8th - Book Orders are due
Wednesday, October 9th - No School
Wednesday, October 16th - Open House
Friday, October 18th - No School
Thursday, October 24th - Guest Teacher
Friday, October 25th - 8:10am - COL
Tuesday, October 29th - Guest Teacher

Color Songs

Red Song

(to the tune of The Farmer in the Dell)

R-E-D spells red

R-E-D spells red

Apples, tomatoes, cherries, too

R-E-D spells red.

Orange Song

(to the tune of The Wheels on the Bus)

The pumpkins in my garden are orange, orange, orange

 orange, orange, orange, orange, orange, orange.

O-R-A-N-G-E

The oranges on my tree are orange, orange, orange

orange, orange, orange, orange, orange, orange.
O-R-A-N-G-E

Yellow Song

(to the tune of Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star)

Yellow, yellow is the sun.

Shine on me so I can have fun. 

Y-E-L-L-O-W, Y-E-L-L-O-W

Yellow, yellow is the sun.

Shine on me so I can have fun.

Green Song

(to the tune of London Bridge is Falling Down)

G-R-E-E-N spells green,

Like a frog,

 or a tree.

G-R-E-E-N spells green, 

Just like broccoli.

Blue Song

(to the tune of Are You Sleeping?)

B-L-U-E, B-L-U-E

That spells blue, that spells blue

That's the color of the sky

That's the color of the sea

B-L-U-E, B-L-U-E

Purple Song

(to the tune of This Old Man)

P-U-R-P-L-E

Spells the color purple you see.

Like the grapes on a vine, 

or some plums on a tree. 

P-U-R-P-L-E

Number Writing Poems

0- Around we go to make zero. 

1- A straight line down is so much fun, that's the way we make a one. 

2- For number two go right around, then make a line across the ground. 

3- Around the tree and around the tree, that's the way we make a three. 
4- Down and across and down once more, that's the way we make a four. 

5- Go down and around and then you stop. Finish the five with a line on top.
6- A line and a loop. 6 makes a hoop.
7- Go across and make a slant. That's the number 7 chant.
8- Make an S but do not wait. Go back up to make an 8.
9- A loop and a line. That makes a nine.
10- 1 and a 0. 10 is a hero.