Beach Buddies' Bulletin
November 7-11, 2016
Hello Kindergarten Families!
50 days of kindergarten already! Wow! What a close little class family we have become. We had a fun Friday filled with stations, floats, dancing, and more!
50th Day of School
Thanks for the donations!
Word Workshop
This week we started a new workshop time in our classroom-- Word Workshop. During this time, we will focus on making words. Right now we are working on words like AM, AT, SAM, CAT. We also made star words like IS, WE, THE, and GO.
Writers' Workshop
In writers' workshop we worked on editing our writing. We used a checklist to CHECK our writing for things like star words, punctuation, and spaces. We fancied a story and and shared it with our book buddy on Friday.
Readers' Workshop
In readers' workshop we made connections between books. We found those connections in 2 president books - Clifford for President and Duck for President.
Math Workshop
In Math workshop we told addition and subtraction number stories, made numbers with 10's and 1's, and played a "number squeeze" game that helped us compare numbers.
Mystery Guest Reader
On Tuesday, we were lucky enough to have Amalia's grandma visit and read us a story. She is a retired teacher and we sure could tell thanks to her wonderful storytelling voice. Ask your kindergartner about her favorite word! :)
Take Home Books
Thank you for reading your child's book packet at home. Remember, one book should be a book your child reads to you (pointing to the first LETTER of each word) and one book is a book you will read to your child. The kindergartners select these books from their book basket and the book center. They do this independently so I don't always know exactly what is going inside. If your child isn't getting new books or is bringing home books that are too hard or too easy, just let me know. I will then give your child more support in selecting take home books.
Let it Snow...
Winter weather could be on the way before we know it! Please send warm clothes for recess. If needed, practice zipping coats at home to be sure this can be done independently. Since we will soon be wearing boots, if your child wears tie shoes, please be sure your child can tie. Thank you!!
Scarecrow Day
Friday is Scarecrow Day! We'll be making felt vests in school, but the kinders are also invited to wear other scarecrow gear such as hats, flannel shirts, boots, jeans, etc. We will also use a small amount of face paint. If you DO NOT want your child using face paint, please let me know.
Technology to Share...
Beach Buddies' Blog
Be sure to stop by our blog to see our video from the 50th Day of School.
iPad Apps
We love the Park Math app for fun math practice.
Upcoming Important Dates:
Friday, November 18- Scarecrow Day
Wednesday, November 23 - Fruit Feast
Wednesday, December 7 - Awareness Wednesday...wear orange!
Next week we will read and write about scarecrows. We'll work on creating mental images when we read.
Wishing you peace
and everything good,
Katie
Kindergarten Beach Buddies
Email: kzuehlke@isd876.org
Website: www.kindergartenbeachbuddies.blogspot.com
Phone: 320-274-8218
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Twitter: @kzbeachbuddies