Kindergarten Newsletter
3/3/17
Classroom News!
March has arrived and we have merrily begun the transition to our study of Dr. Seuss. With their colorful and whimsical illustrations and rhyming words, Dr. Seuss books are a tremendous draw for children of this age.
This week we:
* sang our way through the story "A Hunting We Will Go" and then each child created their own silly rhyming page for a class book.
* during math we read a story called " How Much is a Foot?" The children measured their own feet and "made" beds using their feet to measure. Wait. What? Why are our beds all different sizes? This discovery led to a lively conversation about the value of having standard units of measurement.
* we read "Extra Yarn" - a story about a little girl with a magical box of yarn who makes the world more beautiful by knitting sweaters for everything (people, trees, houses...etc). After looking at pictures of real yarn "bombs", we embarked on making our room more beautiful with yarn.
* At Writing Workshop we learned about writing books that teach. For this we need to plan what we want say on each page. We really encourage our young authors to think, plan, write and elaborate!
Conversation Starters
* How is it that the beds you measured ended up being all different sizes?
* What can you tell me about the book Miss Dowling is reading?
* Can you tell me a bit about the numbers on the second hundreds grid?
Announcement
On Wednesday March 22rd Kindergarten will be celebrating "Wacky Wednesday." In the past children have enjoyed wearing their clothes inside out or backwards and/or wearing miss-matched shoes and socks. We all look forward to a fun and wacky day.
Please keep the following in mind:
- Your child can be creative but safe shoes and appropriate clothes are necessary for outside time and PE.
- It would be best not to send your child in tights, because one art activity involves the children using their bare feet.
Thank you!