Friday, November 19th

It has been a turkey-riffic week in Kindergarten! We are getting very excited for our big Pow-Wow on Wednesday, November 24th! Our Pow-Wow will begin at 9:15am in the Old Gym. Parents are welcome to come and enjoy our celebration with us. If you have not yet sent in your child's tunic for the celebration, they are DUE on Monday, November 22nd! We need time to paint and feather them before Wednesday!!

While our morning will be consumed with the Pow-Wow, our afternoon will feature a P.J. & Movie Party! Please look for a bright pink note in the front of your child’s folder explaining the celebration we will be having Wednesday afternoon!


Reader’s Workshop: This week our students have been working on a couple of different things. While guided reading groups are meeting with Mrs. Weckstein, our students are either: a) reading independently at their seats or b) reading with a partner. This week we have discussed and practiced this routine nearly every day as it is still tricky for the kids to remain at their seats or in their spots around the room with a partner while Mrs. Weckstein is working with groups.


Writer’s Workshop: This week we began our Small Moments Unit. Students have been introduced to Vera B. Williams’ book, A Chair for My Mother, as one of our Mentor Texts for the unit. This unit we will spend time increasing our writing stamina as we learn to become authors of our own small stories. Using an excerpt from Williams’ book, we were able to zoom in on a tragedy that happens to the family, a house fire, and talk about how Williams told us the small story of this moment in time. Our authors seemed very eager and excited to write a story as well as to have the time to share their story up on the SmartBoard!


Math:This week in math we have done a few different things! We have learned about the words: shorter and taller. We read a book called Where’s My Teddy by Jez Alborough and talked about the size of the teddy Freddie, compared to the size of the boy, Eddie. We did a sort up on the SmartBoard where the kids had to compare common objects to a large teddy bear icon. We also talked about numbers this week and how numbers are everywhere in the world! To prove this point, we set out with clipboards, paper and a pencil, and went and explored the hallways of Dublin. We found several numbers as we traveled down the hallway, up into the old building, into Mrs. Vackaro’s 4th grade room and then eventually up the stairs and to the top of the old building, into the fifth grade hallway! The kids were AMAZED with how many numbers we saw, and exhausted after our hour long trek!


Important Announcements:


Snack Leader’s: Monday: Lily P.; Tuesday: Benjamin P.; Wednesday: Kasey T.


Have a fantastic weekend…. Stay warm!!


Mrs. W.