Dear Families,
This was a short week. Everyday we are working on following our carpet rules, working rules, and lining up rules. We are also talking about how to treat others in the classroom and on the playground with respect. We are learning to share and we are learning to use our words to communicate with each other. I hope that this year the children will learn how to be kind to one another.
Here are some highlights for the week:
• Language Arts: We worked on the letters J, K, L, and M this week. Please review all of our alphabet letters at home, and have your child practice writing their own name properly. We have also been learning a new song called, “Clap Your Name,” where we clap the number of syllables in everyone’s name.
• Social Studies: Congratulations to Siddharth, who was chosen as our first Star of the Week! We interviewed him and learned ten facts about Siddharth. Afterwards, we made a class book for him. Over the weekend, Siddharth finished his poster and Beebear’s journal. He did a great job sharing his poster to the class. You can read about Siddharth in the “Classwork” section of our website, and click under “Star of the Week” near the top of the page. I will update information on the Star of the Week blog every week.
• Math: We completed the third chapter in the first unit of our math book. This week was all about graphing. We learned how to read graphs and figure out which is more or less popular. We also had a chance to make our own graphs and interview classmates to fill in the data. We know how to make bar graphs on our own. Some bar graphs start from the bottom to top. Other bar graphs start from left to right. Some bar graphs are colored in completely to form a “bar”, other graphs are made from pictures of objects. Those are called picture graphs. We use graphing a lot in Kindergarten!
• Computer Lab: This was our first time in the computer lab. We learned some of the rules of the computer lab and how to use the mouse. We had free exploration time on the software program, KidPix. We also learned how to do “Apple-Q” to quit a program.
• Buddies: We met our fourth grade buddies from Ms. Allen’s class on Thursday! They came over to our class and we were paired up with a big buddy. Our first activity was to interview each other and find out our buddy’s favorite color, animal, activity, and food. Then we illustrated a picture of ourselves and our buddies drew pictures too!
• Art: This week we learned a poem about apple cores. We learned how to make “tear-art,” which is when we rip paper edges instead of using scissors. This is because for some projects we want a “torn” look. We practiced using glue stick properly by gluing all of the edges of the paper, and we learned how to keep our fingers and table clean when we glue!
• Friday Centers: We painted our shoeboxes with Ms. Shama today! We got to use big paintbrushes and we used cool colors (green, blue, and purple) to paint all the sides of our boxes. They will dry over the weekend. Also, we made a math project where we used rulers to make a beehive. We used our thumbprints to make bees and we showed the difference between: inside, outside, and on the beehive.
• Assembly: Today we had a special musical assembly by Gary Lapow called, “Our Bodies Are Our Buddies.” Gary Lapow writes songs using his guitar to teach about different things. This assembly was about eating right and exercising to stay healthy!
Thank you for returning all the paperwork from Back-to-School night so promptly. If you haven’t yet, please return at least the website permission form! Thank you to all of our volunteers so far:
- Room Parents: Lalitha and Theresa
- Library Helper: Sandra
- Music Helpers: Sujata, Ashley, and Sherry
- Computer Helpers: Sandra, Sujata, Sherry, JeeHyun, and Lana
- Art Helpers: Maria, Sujata, Anni, and Naoko (Nanaka’s mom)
- Friday Helpers: Lalitha (AM), Rachel (PM), Naoko (Konoka’s mom), and Mari
Thank you for those of you who signed up to help at home. At this time, I am not sure what areas we need help with. I will email you if we need help! Thank you!
Thank you also to everyone who signed up to help with traffic duty in November. I will send a reminder as we get closer to our traffic duty week. Again, if you haven’t signed up for a slot, please consider doing so and return the sign up sheet from Back to School night. Thank you for your help!
Next week will also be a short week. If you haven’t, please remember to bring your child’s red T-shirt next week. We will be decorating them to wear for our field trips. I will also try to send home information about parent conferences next week. The dates are TBD. Have a wonderful weekend!
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