Kindergator Update 10.4.19 and Pumpkin Request


Kindergator Update 10.4.19

We had a fun STEM day today and I will post lots of pictures on the BLOG this weekend for you to see the great work your child did to create a brand new roller coaster!

Reading: We are working hard on “how to retell a story” starting with characters and setting then moving on to the conflict and resolution. We are continuing with blending sounds and introduced the “trick” of letters that work together to make a sound in some of our groups this week with the sw, sc, and st sounds. We did all this during out unit on pumpkins!

Math:  We are into 3d shapes like cone, cylinder, cube and sphere. Just pronouncing the word sphere is funny for many kids. We have shifted our vocabulary to edges, faces and vertices as we describe these shapes and we even used them in our roller coasters today to see which shapes move best. The winner was sphere by the way.

Writing: We are working on adding descriptive color words to writing like “a basketball orange shirt” or “lollipop blue boots.” We will be working on descriptive words for a while as we continuing working on writing well-spaced sentences.

Vocabulary: characters, setting, conflict, resolution, edge, vertices, face, describe, gravity

Big Things:
Please return your conference confirmation forms if you have not already. We are missing a few.

We really want to carve pumpkins in class next week. Please consider donating carving size pumpkins for our class so we can study them inside and out. We also need small pumpkins for a mini STEM project on shape and motion as we hold our own pumpkin rolling contest!

We are working hard to assess the kiddos for report cards and conferences. Much of this is done one-on-one. Please make sure your child is coming to school on time each day. Coming in late may mean your child misses their play time to make up work they missed.

Thank You To:
  • Everyone who sent in paper towel rolls and supplies for our STEM day.
  • Marshmallow, Pixie, unnamed sloth, and Forky for visiting our class this week as STAR behavior stuffed animals.
  • Elaina, Hadley, Fiona and Will who earned STAR behavior this week.
  • All the kiddos that did double homework this week. We had 7 students showing off with that today!




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