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We had very short in-person week in kindergarten. Look what we did at school.

MATH: We took our unit #2 math test. This kinders did a great job! We also practiced putting numbers 1-10 in the correct order by playing a fun fall fox game.

WRITING: We continued to work on writing our personal narrative/small moment stories this week. The kinders thought of a real story that happened to them. They told the story to their partner and then worked on their OWN story by writing the beginning and middle of their story in a 3-page writing booklet. They can finish the ending at home. They were reminded to use ALL of our writing charts when writing real stories. They learned that writers say their sentence, working hard to write word after word on their paper.

READING: We added another Super Power to our chart. PERSISTENCE POWER reminds us to never give up when trying to tackle unknown words. Using our Super Powers really helps us be Super Readers!

zPOPCORN WORDS: AN, CAN, MAN, RAN The kinders were excited when they noticed that “an” was hiding inside of our other popcorn words. Our shared poem and book also included this week’s word…..can. We had fun making up a new story for when Max gets ready for a rainy day after reading how he gets ready to play outside.

HANDWRITING: We completed learning the proper formation of the lower case letters j,g,q,p,y, This booklet came home with your kinder. Please refer to it as you practice at home.

BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS for this month

SPECIAL TO GO BAGS: You are welcome to use the supplies inside of your kinder’s to go bags but please keep all materials inside the bag. Once we return to school, the kinders will be asked to return the bags to school for usage during their special classes.

LEARNING PACKETS: Please refer to the 2 learning packets that your kinder took home this week. Be mindful of the week’s dates as you continue learn at home.

UPCOMING DATES

*Thurs Nov 19 At home learning. Please refer to the learning packet.

*Fri Nov 20. At home learning. Please refer to the learning packet. Class Zoom Meeting 10:30-11:00. Link will be sent to your email this weekend.

*Mon Nov 23 At home learning. Please refer to the learning packet.

*Tues Nov 24. At home learning. Please refer to the learning packet.

*Nov. 25—Nov. 27—NO SCHOOL, Thanksgiving Vacation

*Mon Nov 30 At home learning. Please refer to the learning packet.

*Tues Dec 1 Virtual learning begins

Again, thank you for taking the time to attend your kinder’s virtual conference this week. You have amazing kinders and I am so grateful to spend my days with them. If you have any questions, please do not hesitant to contact me at kbohl@hpseagles.net. I am willing to help you as we navigate and learn together in kindergarten.

I am very THANKFUL for each kinder and how they make a difference in our class family. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

It is hard to believe that it is mid-November and we are looking forward to Thanksgiving. We had some fun making some silly looking turkeys to decorate our classroom. They will come home soon.

POPCORN WORDS OR FOR

READING: We continued learning about our Super Reader Powers! We practiced reading using our POINTER POWER, our REREAD POWER, our PARTNER POWER (which we practiced by reading The Itsy Bitsy Spider), our PICTURE POWER and our SNAP WORD POWER! Wow…we have a lot of reading powers! We loved looking for SNAP words (popcorn words) in their books and writing them down! I’m so proud of how hard they are working!

WRITING: The kinders worked on writing a small moment story. We practiced writing a beginning, a middle and an end. The Kinders drew pictures on each page, labeled the pictures and wrote words to go on each page. They even added a speech bubble to tell what someone in their picture was saying! The kinders are taking risks writing and doing a fabulous job!

HANDWRITING: We practiced writing the TAIL FAMILY letters (j,g,q,p,y) We will review all of the lower case letters next week and begin practicing the proper formation of the upper case letters after Thanksgiving. Keep working at home….it is helpful!

MATH: The kinders practiced identifying their shapes and learned about new shape…a hexagon. The Kinders had to find certain shapes and color them the correct color. We also helped Puzzled Penguin write his numbers in the correct order. Good thing we helped him, he gets puzzled sometimes. On Friday, the kinders worked in their own office space to take their Unit #2 math test. I am excited to grade them and share their progress with you..

WANTS AND NEEDS: We read Berenstain’s Bears get the Gimmies to help us learn the difference between wants and needs. Wants are things that we wish we had.(doll, baseball, Xbox games, ipad) Needs are things that we need to have.(food, water, clothes, shelter) Then we sorted pictures of wants and needs. We sorted pictures of things we want and need. We completed a few worksheets to help us in our learning…a coloring paper and a cut and paste activity.

SPLIT LIT: This week we started our new Split Lit. center activities. After getting a chance to assess and re-assess the kinders, I was able to create a group of activities that enables them to work on the skills they need to practice the most. The kinders spend this time with working in small groups either with Mrs.Bynum, myself or working independently on literacy activities such as identifying and writing letters, reading emerging books, rhyming words, beginning sounds and more.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS:

We celebrated Kylie’s birthday on Tuesday.

We celebrated Katelyn’s birthday (a day earlier) on Friday. Happy Birthday girls!

MYSTERY READERS: There are many dates available for you, a grandparent or an older sibling to be a mystery reader. If one of the dates listed do not work for your schedule, please contact me and we can make other arrangements. Here is the link to sign up.

REMINDERS

Now that the snow season has arrived, please remember. When snow is on the ground, please have the following in your kinder’s backpack:

Snow pants
Boots-designed for the snow
A Warm Coat
Mittens/Gloves
A Hat

P.E. C.A.R.E.S food drive will be ending on Thursday, Nov. 21. Please bring in non-perishable food items for Love Inc. in Hudsonville. Food items to consider are canned vegetables and fruits, pasta, rice, baked beans, black beans, kidney beans, peanut butter, tuna fish, etc. (please no ramen noodles)

The class with the most items at the end of the day on Nov. 21 will win a bowling trip to Hudsonville Lanes and a P.E. C.A.R.E.S t-shirt.

UPCOMING DATES

*Monday, Nov 18—GYM; Parent-Teacher Conferences Book Fair Preview Day Allan’s birthday celebration

*Tuesday, Nov 19—ART

*Wednesday, Nov 20—STEAM; Library–Please help your kinder remember their library book. (I think that Mrs. VandenBerg is coming into the classroom so that the kinders can check out a new book.) Homework packet is due Parent-Teacher Conferences Book Fair Purchase Day

*Thursday, Nov 21–-MUSIC

*Friday, Nov 22—GYM

*Nov. 27—Nov. 29—NO SCHOOL, Thanksgiving Vacation

*Dec. 12—Holiday Program… 6:30 p.m. at Fair Haven Church in Jenison. More details coming as date approaches. The kinders are very busy practicing their songs!

Have a great weekend. I am looking forward to meeting with you next week to share your kinder’s progress. You will receive your kinder’s report card at conferences. Mrs. Bohl

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