Mrs. Miller & Mrs. O'Toole's Kindergarten Class

In math, we worked on number order and what number comes before and after a number. This was a new skill for many of our students. You can help practice this at home with your young mathematicians. Ask your child, “What number comes after the number 7?” or “Do you know what number comes before the number 10?” We also worked on the math concepts of “fewer”, “more” and “same or equal.” 

We continue to talk about how people are the same and different. Diversity activities teach young children to respect and celebrate the differences in all people. Learning about different cultural aspects offers new experiences for children. It also helps them realize that we're all humans, despite differences in how we look or dress, or what we eat or celebrate. 

In Bridge to Reading we worked on the vowel sound /e/ and the consonant sounds /w/ and /j/. Our new red words were; do and to. We also wrote factual spider stories and used our emerging letter/sound knowledge to sound out and write words. The readers are learning about stretching out a word slowly to hear all the sounds in a word and then write the letter for each sound. Some writers used an alphabet tool to help them remember how to write a letter.

We had a creepy but fun week learning about spiders! Ms. Spain, our science teacher  also included spiders in her lessons. We even made our own informational books about these arachnids, marble painted orb webs and sang some spider songs and recited spider poems. Please have your child share some spider facts with you at home.

On Thursday we had an all school Great Shake Down earthquake drill. The children were amazing and followed the school’s safety protocols to practice in the event of a real emergency. We were very proud of each child. Ask your child what they did to prepare for an actual earthquake.

Please remember to follow Mrs. Thallaug’s Halloween costume expectations if your child will be dressing in their costume on Halloween. The children are getting excited! Also make sure to mark your calendars because on October 30th, all kinders attend school 8:15-11:45! Our kindergarten Halloween parade will be held on the lower playground at 11:00! All families are invited to come and watch the parade.

Please remember that next week is Parent Conference week. All kindergarten students have the same schedule: 8:15-11:45. Please note that this is different from the upper grades so please plan accordingly if you are picking up your child after school when we are finished at 11:45. We are looking forward to seeing everyone next week and talking about how your child is acclimating to kindergarten. 

Have a lovely weekend! 

Kathy & Stephanie