Kindergator Update 1.17.20


Kindergator Update 1.17.20

Happy (almost) Martin Luther King Jr. Day and three-day weekend! The rain made it a yucky, mucky mess outside, but we managed to trudge through lots of skills this week. One of our favorite parts of the week was working on our new STEM project. It involves making a map of the school and programming our robots to find their way out of the building in case of a fire. A bid thank you to Dillan's family for getting us an Amazon gift card to buy the robots!

Reading: We continued our unit on Fairy Tales by reading the original version of The Frog Prince and a few alternate versions. The kids liked the idea of throwing a frog against a wall to turn it into a prince much better than having to kiss it! We continued to work on our reading “tricks” focusing on how / why vowels change their sounds from short to long and bossy-r.

Math: We continued our unit on addition. We are working on making addition models, number sentences and how you can flip-flop the numbers and still get the same answers! We worked on some new kinds of word problems and learning how to make new shapes by putting known shapes together.

Writing: This week we focused on how to write a resolution for a story. We discussed how great resolutions solve the conflict, tell how they came about and how the character feels at the end of the story. We keep reminding the kiddos to write one sentence then check it’s beginning and ending before writing another.

Vocabulary: addition, conflict, author, illustrator, fairy tale, compose, decompose, resolution

Big Things:
Don’t forget there is no school on Monday in honor of MLK Jr. Day.
Please send in an extra set of clothes with your child in case of emergency. The nurse is out of spare clothing in many sizes.

Thank You To:
  • Everyone because the homework this week was beautifully done. The sentences looked great with capital and endings and most kids knew not to pick the leopard because cats drool- dogs rule. Haha!
  • Eldabelle and Jacob who learned all 100 sight words and got to take Honey Bunny and Mr. Carrots home with them to keep!
  • Will and Ethan who celebrated their birthdays this week!
  • Jacob and Avery who earned the STAR behavior this week.
  • Caitlin who rocked “stop” and “go” addition problems during number talks.
  • Eldabelle who handles her bells in music quite well.
  • Will and Dillan who “sang their name” beautifully in music.
  • Mae-Claire and  Sawyer for her amazing math models.
  • Hadley for an amazing “tape name” art project.
  • Duncan whose conflict turned from blue to yellow this week.
  • Dillan who wrote a great conflict about wind blowing Eldabelle away.
  • Arielle who wrote a great story about a sabre tooth lion, even if it was about a cat and all!
  • Daniel, Eldaballe, Kendal and Fiona who finished the word search challenge.
  • Lennox for helping us all spell the word lightning which is “the hardest thing to do.”
  • Mila for helping us clean up when she wasn’t even asked to and always passes her paper before taking one.





Popular posts from this blog

KIndergator Update 9.14

I am watching a 6 year old jump off a high diving board here at Georgia Tech as I type this. There is so much excitement and fear at the same time in her eyes as she gets ready to jump. It reminds me of how our kiddos look right before they sound out a big word in class. It is such fun to watch. Here are some things we worked on this week: Reading: We continued blending sounds together in guided reading groups. We began introducing the “letters that work together to make one sound” trick with blends like (sw, sn, st, sp). We also began our study of the parts of a story by discussing characters. Did you know anything can me a character if you write a story about it? We read about a blue dot as a character and a chameleon. We also reviewed th difference between real reading and fake fiction through our topic of chameleons this week. Math: We finished naming all the 2d shapes and describing them. Next week we will begin “eating” them. If your child can correctly describe the at...
Read more

KIndergator Update

Happy first week of Kindergarten! It has been a really smooth transition so far, so thank you parents. Here are some things we worked on this week: Rules, rules and more rules. What to do if you don't know what to do......raise your hand or look for a clue! Who are the people in your campground (school)? Who are the people in you camp (through sharing our all about me bags)? Next week we move into our regular schedule and begin curriculum. Our focus will be getting used to the schedule, building independence and an "I can" attitude. Look for an update next week to see how well we did. In the meantime here are some great quotes from our class this week. "I have a joke for you" "Okay" "What did the corn dog say?" "What?" "No. no monkey!" The whole class falls out laughing. "The lunch choices are hamburger, mac and cheese or salad. What would you like?" "Pizza." "Well there is ...
Read more

Kindergator Update 9.21 and some requests

Break time! I hope you have a wonderful week off. We can all use some rest and hopefully some fall weather. Here are some things we worked on this week. Reading: We continued working on the difference between real reading and fake fiction with our unit about apples. We also began our talk of how to do a great story retelling by focusing on the who (characters) and where (setting) in our first sentence. Math: We worked on comparing and contrasting 2d shapes and introduced vocabulary for 3d shapes such as edges, vertices and faces. Social Studies: We compared and contrasted the GA and US flags. Vocabulary: Cube, edge, vertices, orchard, pollen, nectar, symbol Big Things: We have had some big chats this week about how we treat others. Within the past week I have heard kids tell Mrs. Watson she doesn't pack them up right. After a student dropped their fruit on the ground they told Mrs. Watson she was supposed to clean it up for them. She and Mrs. McGhee have been told just ...
Read more