Math...
Practicing our numbers. We have been practicing writing our numbers. We also have been counting A LOT!!! We will count daily. We are even trying to count to 100 and its only our third week into the Kindergarten year. Feel free to practice with your child the numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4. We have also been playing a game called "Spill the Beans!" We have 5 beans in a cup. Each bean has a red side and a white side. We have partners, shake the beans and "Spill the beans!" on the table. Then we fill in the number on our sheets that were red. It's been a very fun game for all. We have also been talking a lot about patterns. Our calendar this year is showing a lot about shapes, and the kind of shapes that are in our day to day world.
Free Choice......
BUDDIES!!!!!!!!
Woohooo!!! We have buddies from Elizabeth Tarno's 5/6th grade class. We had a great first visit. We met our buddies and then did a project with them to get to know each other a little more. It was a great first visit and we look forward to many more. Thank you buddies!!1
We started our new unit about Structure and Function.
1.) Engineer - a person who asks questions, observes, gathers info and invents things.
2.) Structure - thinking about it's shape and size. Thinking about how big, small or the shape of something that is created.
3.) Function - what we use it for.
Kids were challenged to draw a picture that might "hold water," ie: cup, pool, tea cup (were some ideas)or "something you can use to clean the table" etc.
We also had the project make a beanstalk with pipe cleaners. They had to design a structure that had the function of holding the "golden egg". We hope you come to Open House next week to see all the cool things we have been doing over the past three weeks!
Computer time....
We have computer time once a week where we get to work on a program called Lexia. For those who don't know about this program, we will discuss with you more in detail at your parent conference in the fall. In a nutshell, Lexia is a developmental reading program. It is individual and follows along with your child. As your child develops a concept of understanding within the program, it automatically advances your child to the next level. From letter ID to rhyming and recalling parts of a story and so much more.
We also have Lexia as a free time option. No one has to do it, but it is there if they want to do it.
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