Kindergarten News
October 20, 2017
For Mrs. Clares Class
1. Wildlife Warrior Week Rescheduled for October 29- November 3.
2. October 31st, Pumpkin Fun Day-Please come and join us at 12:30 for some
fall fun. The kids will not wear costumes at school but we will have lots of
fun!
3. Thanksgiving Break-No School November 20-24.
The Week in Focus Questions to Ask
Class Habitude: Persistence-Katie discovers the dip. Tell me what you have learned about bats and
owls?
We are only using the Classdojo Big Ideas this year. We
Are bats birds or mammals? How do you know
dont use it to track behavior. The color codes work bats are mammals?
better for the little ones right now. Are owls birds or mammals? How do you know?
Reading: Small Reading Groups, Reading Detective What is a mega-bat? What do they eat?
Strategies, Reading CVC words, Reading and Writing What is a micro-bat? What do they eat?
Sight Words Are bats really scary? Why not?
New Vocabulary: prey, predator, camouflage, talons, Can you retell the story Stellaluna
Can you find some sight words in your poetry
pupil
folder? Can you write those words?
Math: Measurement and comparing measurements
Theme: Owls
Dear Families,
The Ugly Pumpkins were a huge hit this year! Not only did the kids enjoy them but everyone who came
by our room this week commented on how ugly our pumpkins are! The kids beamed with pride every time!
We used the pumpkins to practice measuring height, weight and circumference. We also compared the
pumpkins using our new comparative math language (tall, taller, tallest, short, shorter, shortest, heavy, heavier,
and heaviest, etc.). We even found the circumference of our pumpkins. They were delighted that one of the
pumpkins was very short but also had a very large circumference. Thank you for taking the time to find and send
the pumpkins and helping to make our learning extra fun this week!
In reading and science we were learning about nocturnal animals with a focus on owls. The kids have a
few new poems about owls and bats in their poetry folder and one surprise sight word poem. They love to find
the little surprise poems. These are poems that we have not read in class but all the kids should be able to read
by using the sight words we have learned so far this year.
This week we started our Arts Council visiting artist program. Ms. Bianca Siplin comes to our classroom on
Mondays and Wednesdays after lunch to engage the kids in some dramatic arts fun! At first I was concerned about letting
go of 45 minutes twice a week with the kids. Then Bianca came and she is so wonderful! This week the kids were working
in small groups to prepare presentations about how animals act. I cant wait to see what else she has in store for our
little stars this year.
Enjoy your little one,
Mrs. Clare
[email protected]@ebrschools.org
