Friday, October 22nd

It has been a FANTASTIC week in Room 301! The great news is…. The Smartboard is up and running!! YES, our kids have all used the board and they are LOVING it! I’m pretty sure many of our parents have used the board too! We are able to do our attendance in the morning on the board as well as our daily calendar. We have done several math lessons with patterns on the board as well. It is incredible to see how engaging this tool is and how excited it has made our students about learning. Feel free to come watch attendance in the morning or check it out at the end of the day! We would not have this board without a very generous grant approval from Walled Lake Schools’ Foundation for Excellence.


Reader’s Workshop: This week students worked on their “Bb” and “Cc” books! We have been practicing reading these books fluently with and without the pictures to help us. These books will be coming home with your child today. Your child also brought home a silver or gold box today! These special boxes are for your reader to use to keep their little books in at home. Please pick a special place with them to keep this box so that it stays safe and in one piece.


Writer’s Workshop: This week in Writer’s Workshop students began adding color to their labeled illustrations. They are using the color to show emotions, details and more about their story. By adding color, we are helping the students to expand orally when they talk about their illustrations. Next week we will be doing our Developmental Writing Assessment (DWA), where each child will be given a prompt to illustrate a story about and be asked to write letters or words to tell their short story. I am eager to see what they can come up with.


Math: This week in math we have completed Number 9 in our counting and shapes book. We also spent time working with all sorts of patterns (check out the photo slide show to see us in action on Wednesday). Our mathematicians had time to explore with patterns on the Smartboard as well as with manipulatives at their seats. You should point out patterns in your house or out and about with your child, so they see that we are surrounded by patterns. We looked for patterns in our room and found a whole bunch!

Snack Leaders: Monday: Mason B; Tuesday: Evan C; Wednesday: Alycia Y; Thursay: Nolan C.
Top Dog: Emma K.

NEXT FRIDAY… Next Friday is a BIG deal in Kindergarten and across ALL of Dublin! We will have a magician assembly in the morning to begin our Halloween Day. In the afternoon our parents who have graciously volunteered to help with the party, will be meeting in our classroom around 1:30pm to start setting up. At 2:00pm ALL of our kids will be putting on their costumes. If your child has a complicated costume, please plan on coming in to help! At 2:30pm there is a school-wide parade! Kindergarten tends to lead the parade that travels through the building, out the doors by the bus loop, across the street to the Nursing Home and back to Dublin (around the soccer field) and onto the blacktop of the playground. Parents and extended families can come and watch the parade outdoors on the blacktop. It is advised that you come to Dublin early, as the parking lot will be VERY busy all day long. After the parade, around 2:45 or so, we will begin our classroom party. Our students have been working on a surprise to kick off our celebration! Our party will run from approximately 2:45-3:45pm.

If you have any questions about Friday, please feel free to contact me!
Have a WONDERFUL weekend! Jen W.

A digital scrapbook by Smilebox