We know that good readers make predictions and ask questions before, during, and after reading.  We've been practicing that lately as we read informational books about seeds!  We've been connecting reading and science a lot lately, and have learned so many new things about seeds and how plants grow.  I've been encouraging the kids to find seeds outside and inside their homes and bring them in for a seed collection.  So far, we only have two.  Can you bring in some seeds from home for our new science center? 

Can you guess what these seeds are?

In writing we wrote a memory book.  We wrote about something we remembered, wrote who we were with and how we felt.  The books are super cute!!  Here's a page from three different books. 

 

 

We've also been working on stretching out our sounds with stretchy the snake in writing.  We are getting really good at stretching out three letter words like big, cup, pod, tap, and bed! 

Math has been filled with numbers, numbers, numbers.  We love to count and are really becoming amazing mathematicians.  We love to count without looking and we even have some cool strategies for counting. We've been writing numbers too.  We're just learning, so sometimes we make our numbers backwards.  Here's a link to our favorite counting songs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0dJWfQHF8Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9-pEVaO4pM

Something exciting that arrived in our classroom recently was our dramatic play set!  We have a fridge, stove, sink and pantry cabinet.  A few students have donated pretend food and plates and cups.  If you have any at home that you'd like to donate, please send them in!  This center is the #1 pick for everyone in the classroom. 

We have had some exciting mystery readers this past two weeks.  Mr. Ramienski, my husband came in and read two stories with puppets.  The next week, Mrs. Petrucci, one of our paraeducators, came in and read a story that relates to recess.  Would you like to be a mystery reader?

There are still a lot of times available to volunteer in the classroom.  We also need a few more mystery readers.  If you are able to sneak away from work for a short time, we'd love to have you visit and help out in the classroom.  

Thanks for ordering so many Scholastic Books.  Having great books at home will really help your child become a great reader!!  The December order will come home Monday, just in time for holiday shopping!

It's already November?

Time is flying by in Kindergarten!  It's amazing that it's already November.  We have had some serious fun and some great learning going on in the past two weeks. 

One highlight was our first field trip. We went to Sharp's Farm in Brookville, MD. First we fed the goats and cows, then we went on a hayride. It was a bumpy ride and we even went through a small creek! After that, we picked pumpkins. We had a picnic lunch, and then we went through a corn maze. We got to see how cotton grows and then we saw the rabbits and chickens. Before we got back on the bus, we picked an ear of popcorn! It was a terrific trip. Here are some pictures for you to enjoy!

Another exciting event was Halloween!  We had a lot of fun at our parade and party.  Here's a picture of our class all dressed up!

We love having mystery readers.  Noah's dad was our mystery reader and he read the story Abiyoyo to the class.  Everyone LOVED the story, and after Noah's dad left, we wrote him thank you notes for coming.   We also know how to write friendly notes and reminder notes!

In math, we finished the quarter by reviewing patterns, position words, and graphing.  One day, we graphed our favorite ice cream flavors!

In reading, we have been reading both fiction and non fiction books.  We are working on the comprehension skills of predicting and asking questions.  After we read a book about spiders, we made one!

Thanks for checking in! :-)