DATES TO REMEMBER:
-Wed., Oct. 2—Student Count Day
-Fri., Oct. 4—Progress Reports Home
OCTOBER SNACK CALENDAR & PARENT VOLUNTEERS:
The October Snack Calendar is available for viewing on my blog (scroll to the bottom). I am currently working on setting up the parentvolunteer calendar as well, which will be included on the snack calendar. My hope is to send home a printed copy by the end of this week. A big thank you to the many parents who have already been volunteering and helping us establish our classroom
routines. :) I couldn’t do it without you!!
READING:
This week we will be reading Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten as we work on comprehension skills, vocabulary, and identifying characters. This week we will introduce 2 new bean baby strategies: Jabber the Reteller (comprehension) and Lips the Fish, who reminds us to look at the first letter of a word and get our lips ready with the first sound while reading.
WRITING:
This week we will learn about the importance of ‘details’ in our writing/drawing as we practice drawing a detailed picture of Mrs. Brinks. We will continue working on listening and speaking while storytelling & we will develop an Anchor Chart for “What do I do to write a story?” We will also begin reading some ‘small moment’ stories in preparation for our next unit on small moments.
MATH:
We will continue to work on writing and identifying our numbers 0-9 and spend some time reading, extending, and creating patterns. Students will be introduced to coins this week and will practice sorting coins based on their size, color, and distinguishing features. We will also introduce graphs as we create a class birthday graph together.
SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES:
Fall is officially here! This week we will finish up our study of apples and begin talking about the seasons and all of the changes that occur in the Fall. We will read several books related to Fall; some Narrative and some Informational. Our friend Scrappy the Squirrel (puppet) will also drop by for a visit to share what he is up to this time of year!
“Gotta Go! Gotta Go! Gotta Go to Mexico!”
