We got a break from the snow clothes this week. It's interesting talking about the season of fall and getting ready for winter while the weather outside is contradicting everything we're learning! But the winter weather will be back. We worked on extending patterns, and filling in the missing elements of patterns. During these activities, we discussed pattern rules. We know that if the rule is that red must always come after yellow, then we can use that information to help us complete and extend patterns. We also focused on the letters Oo and Pp. Most of us found these easy to write. We also liked making octopus arms and popping fingers during our alphabet chant for these letters. Finally, the even day class had their very first fire drill. I was really impressed at how well they caught on to the procedures for the fire drill. We all agreed that the alarm bell is very loud and maybe a little scary but it's important to know how to stay safe.
It was a busy week in kindergarten! We were working hard to finish up our pumpkin project. We measured the pumpkin's weight and circumference. We also cut it open, cooked the seeds and carved it. For each of these activities, we made a page in our books. On Friday, we finished the books and students were excited to bring them home. We also finished out the week with an orange and black dress-up day and some Halloween-themed songs, video clips, and treats.
On Thursday, the even class got to meet Miss McCleary - our student teacher who will be doing a practicum in our classroom from mid-November until Christmas break. She came in for an orientation day, to see the school and classroom and to meet the students and staff. We were very excited to spend the day with her and are very much looking forward to her return. We continued practicing patterns in math, and also incorporated numbers into some of our lessons so we can start to build our understanding of them. In literacy, we have now practiced up to the letter Nn. We learned about letter Nn words such as nap, nest, net, and nose. |
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December 2020
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