Beach Buddies' Bulletin
September 12-16, 2016
Hello K Families!
We had another fast-paced, learning-filled week in kindergarten. A huge thank you for attending Explore K Night on Thursday. We had an excellent turn out! I appreciate you making kindergarten such an important place to be.
Explore Kindergarten Night
Readers' Workshop
In readers' workshop we worked more on building our stamina to read independently. We also noticed that readers THINK while reading. We wrote and drew about our thinking when reading our FOREVER books.
Writers' Workshop
In writers' workshop we have been working on stretching words like a "slinky" to write as many sounds as we can hear. We are writing books about "things important to us".
Math Workshop
In math workshop we have used apples to make patterns, sort, count, and measure. Thank you for the help supplying our apples! Wednesday we ate apples in different ways - with caramel, apple juice, and plain. We graphed what we liked best.
Choice Centers
A favorite time of the day continues to be our "choice center" time where the kindergartners can choose their own center to explore. This week we opened up the Makerspace Center and Sensory Table.
Apple Trees
On Friday we read the book The Seasons of Arnold's Apple Tree and worked in cooperative groups to make an apple tree for winter, spring, summer, and fall.
Butterfly
A huge thanks to Josie and her family for sharing her chrysalis with us! We loved releasing the butterfly on Friday. What an excellent, authentic learning experience for us!
Bye butterfly!
Razzle Dazzle
I hope you all have been keeping track of your reading at home this week on your Razzle Dazzle sheet. Remember, these come back to school each Monday. A new sheet will come home with your child on Monday.
Bus Safety
Monday we enjoyed a puppet show from M&M about being safe in and around the school bus. Ask your kindergartner about rules for the bus.
Technology to Share...
Blog update
Check out our blog for the video showing during Explore Kindergarten. "A Day in Kindergarten" will give you a glimpse of our day. Watch it with your kindergartner and hear more about the various activities.
iPad Apps
Drawing Pad
Drawing Pad is one of the best creative drawing apps I have found. We'll use it frequently in kindergarten to share our thinking.
Upcoming Important Dates:
Return First Razzle Dazzle sheet: Monday, September 19
Return Field Trip Permission Slip: Monday, September 19
Homecoming pepfest (wear Red and Black!): Friday, September 30
Field Trip to Fair Haven Farms: Thursday, October 6
Next week we will examine our Hope and Dreams to make class guidelines and read more books about CARES values. We look forward to starting new literacy center tubs as well.
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