Kindergator Update 11.16.18


Happy Thanksgiving! I hope this week is relaxing and restful and full of carbs. Speaking of full…here is what filled our brains with this week in kindergarten:

Reading: We used our “main idea and details” focus to learn more about Thanksgiving. We read stories about the first Thanksgiving, what life was like as a pilgrim boy and girl, how Thanksgiving became an official holiday (thank you Sarah Hale and Abraham Lincoln) and what some common Thanksgiving traditions are today. What a surprise it was to learn that Sarah Hale worked for 38 years and wrote hundreds of letters to 4 different presidents until finally Abraham Lincoln agreed to declare Thanksgiving a national holiday. She really was a hero for sure. By the way… many of the kids said they had never tried cranberry sauce or seen the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade so those might be something fun to try this year.


Math: We began our unit on measurable attributes. That means we began looking at the parts of things that we can measure and in what ways we can measure things. We started with the concept of length, but will hit weight, capacity, time and temperature too. This is an easy unit to support at home with measuring cups, rulers, scales and any bottle or can that tells the capacity on it.


Writing: We finished our latest fiction stories, bound them and titled them. Then we had partners read our stories and illustrate them based on the describing details that were included. It was so fun to watch them partner up and try to interpret each other’s ideas. We even had a few kids add some details to their stories because they hadn’t included enough for their partner to get the drawings correct. Look for these purple bound books with a yellow title in your child’s binder when we return from break.


Science: We compared and contrasted the bald eagle and the turkey after we learned that Benjamin Franklin wanted the turkey to be our national bird. We also began learning about day and night and the day sky versus the night sky.


Vocabulary: attributes, length, height, width taller, shorter, bold, poult (baby turkey), wattle


Big Things: Your child’s progress report came home yesterday. If you have not seen it, please look for it, sign it and return it to class.


Thank you to:
Everyone who came to share in our Thanksgiving Lunch. It was so nice to see everyone together and enjoy a feast of sorts together.

Grant, Harper H., Reese, Harper J and Ava who earned their STAR behavior this week.

Rayell, Gustavo, Olivia, Pennelope, Jackson, Elle, Grant, Reese and Zeb who wrote really amazing stories in class.


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