Friday, October 8th

"The truck was the BEST part of the assembly. They even turned on their hose!" Anonymous 301 Kindergartner

It’s been a fabulous  week here in Room 301! Our kids have been busy learning all about fire safety as it was Fire Prevention Week at Dublin. We had our first assembly on Thursday with the White Lake Fire Department. They talked to the kids about the importance of “Stop, Drop and Roll” as well as having a plan in your house for what to do if you wake up in the middle of the night to the sound of a fire alarm. This would be a great time to review your plan with your child at home.

Reader’s Workshop: This week in Workshop we spent time with a new little book, “A Fireman”. We practiced reading this book on sentence strips, as a whole group and in the little books many times! An important part of Reader’s Workshop is the Independent Reading time. While many of our kids cannot fully “read” just yet, they are getting better and better at the routine. Our kids’ ability to recognize words in the little books is getting more and more frequent and they are starting to notice letters, sounds and how we blend the sounds together to make words. Our focus word this week was “the”.

Writer’s Workshop: In Writer’s Workshop we are working on adding words to the drawings we have created the past couple of weeks. By creating a drawing to represent stories, each child has now added labels onto important parts of their illustrations. Be sure to ask your child what they have been drawings on their pages for Writer’s Workshop.

Math: In Math we have been playing with numbers! We have been counting objects, counting on the calendar, counting on the hundreds chart and even counting the number of holes in buttons! We have read a couple of stories that have involved counting including: Ten Black Dots and Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed. With the Five Little Monkeys book we even learned the song and had volunteers act out the parts of the monkeys with monkey stuffed animals, the mom had a phone and the doctor had a stethoscope of course!

Science: We also began talking about our upcoming Science kit this week! Our kit will teach us about plants and trees. In a few weeks we will even be planting a maple tree as a grade level at Dublin! Look for our new tree, Mr. Maple, to be outside by the bus driveway soon. We began talking about trees by reading Eric Carle’s Tiny Little Seed book. We talked about the voyage the little seed made before becoming a large flower! Students worked on a painting project this week were they used their hands and fingerprints to create the fall colors of an autumn tree!

Important News: Snack Leader’s next week include: Monday – Thomas; Tuesday – Lily; Wednesday – Ben; Thursday – Kasey

Next Week’s Top Dog is…  (to be determined in class on Friday!)

A big THANK YOU to all that came out to help with the Dublin Fun Run on Friday! Look for pictures to be posted to the blog soon! :-) 

We took this picture after we received a gift of new books from Mrs. Weckstein's Grandparents!!!