Our Zoo Project Displays were amazing. They
truly reflected all the great work, cooperation, and learning each animal team had
accomplished. The children proudly and with confidence, talked about the
animals that they had chosen to study. It was rewarding to have so many parents
attend Our Kindergarten Zoo. The children loved dressing up as zookeepers,
veterinarians, and zoo animals.
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| The tiger table: show boards, clay models, and stuffed animals. |
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| Kai shares his All About Penguin book. |
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| Sofia the veteranarian. |
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| Sasa the bengal tiger. |
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| Three generations learn about rhinos. |
Math: We are continuing to build two-dimensional
patterns with a striped design. We are working on addition and subtraction and
are making up story problems to match the number each child has selected for
that day. We have a little “Toy Store” set up with prices for each toy. The
children are counting out the nickels, dimes, and pennies to “buy” each toy.
This is fun way to practicing naming the coins and to count out money. We are
practicing building the numbers to 99 using sticks in groups of tens and ones
and soon will be building the sets to represent the numbers over 100.
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| Briana and Ava shop with exact change. |
Word Work: We are continuing with our study
of compound words and will practice using them to write sentences. Each week we
are adding five new words to our word wall. We will review reading, building, writing,
and spelling these words during the week. We will learn many other words that
have the middle sound of “u” as in the word “sun.”
Reading: We will continue to read our “just
right” books independently, with partners and with the teachers. All the
children are excited to have moved up to a higher reading level. We plan to
have the reading envelopes go home each night for the children to read their
new books to their families.
Writing:
Our new writing unit will begin next week with a return to writing about
event in our lives. We will look at the writing in our “just right” books to
find out how the authors told their stories and what details they have included
to make their books interesting to read.
Social Studies: From talking about our own
houses and others the children are familiar with, our study of houses will turn
to houses found in other parts of the world. We will talk about how these
houses are alike and how they are different from ours and why they are not like
our houses.
Science: We will begin the second part of
our physical science unit and begin our investigation of liquids. The first two
liquids that we will study will be water and glue.
Responsive Classroom: The children are learning
to greet each other by name and ask about their weekends or if they have any
news to share. Sometimes we shake hands or high five greetings. The class
enjoys playing “Toe to Toe” with partners. This team building activity helps
encourage cooperation and following directions in a fun way. We are continuing
to talk about the difference between a peacemaker and a peace breaker.
Events to Calendar:
Friday, April 19 - Celebrate the Arts Picnic
Monday, April, 22 - No school
Friday, May 3 - Kindergarten Show
