The kids said they had a great time bringing a bear to school last Friday. I was sad to miss it, but enjoyed looking at the drawings they did of their bear.
It was a beary busy week...
Writing:
We continued to create lists. This week, we used our list of things that are red to write individual pattern books. Everyone did a fantastic job!
We also worked on labeling. We learned that you can often find labeling in non-fiction books and that labeling helps the reader understand. The kids did a really great labeling of a panda bear:
We read non-fiction books about bears. We discussed the characteristics of non-fiction (close up pictures, labeling, table of contents). We learned that a fact is something that is true. We then created a web graphic organizer and used the organizer to help us write two facts about bears:
Math:
It was a busy week in math. We worked on our patterning using colored bears. We also made patterned Wilchester necklaces.
We continued to work on tally marks. We reread one of our favorite books, Pete the Cat Rocking in My School Shoes. In this book, Pete has a great time through various events in his school day. We then made a tally mark graph of our favorite part of the Kindergarten day. The results were a little surprising...our graph shows that most people like morning language arts centers and the fewest people like lunch!!
We continued our study of the five senses. We listened carefully and tried to identify different sounds. We also learned that the smallest bones in the body are in your ear!
We used our sense of sight to view the results of a color mixing experiment. We added food coloring to water. We observed and recorded the results of combining different primary colors.
Reminders:
*Fall picture day is Tuesday. Our picture time is approximately 9:50.
*Please return your red conference sign up form as soon as possible. I plan on making the schedule early next week. I will send you a confirmation of your conference time.
*If you have not done so already, please return your field trip permission slip. I will be drawing names of the two chaperones this week.