Kindergarten MonSTARS

The K-kids had a wonderful week and stretched their minds with new learning.

Language Arts

Stations- The pumpkin themed games this week the children identified B, M, E sounds. This skill is so important and a building block for reading! The kiddos are doing a wonderful job trucking through their ‘just right’ leveled books.

Letter Bingo

Learning sight words is fun when you get to write with shaving cream!

Writer’s Workshop

We brainstormed various writing topics, which included: animals, people, places, and events. This week as we focused on events, the kiddos made a fantastic list that was meaningful to them and chose one to write about. They enjoyed sharing their stories in the share chair this week.

Math

We have continued building our number sense in math stations, guided groups, and with math journals. We are working on finding new ways to build different numbers. For example, the number 8 can be made with 8+0, 0+8, 1+7, 7+1, 6+2, 2+6, and 4+4. This is a wonderful number sense concept that we will work on all year long. We also learned about the +, - , and =. Our last big math discussion this week focused on the difference between 2D and 3D shapes. See if you can find any of these shapes at home!

The K-kids put on their scientist thinking caps as they observed a pumpkin using their 5 senses. Sticky, slippery, sphere, orange, and feels like ice where a few descriptions shared. The pumpkin was left out for the week for a fun sensory activity.