Apples, Apples, Apples

What's Going on in Room 5?

We went Apple Picking!!! 

Friday we traveled to Parlee Farms for our first field trip. The weather was absolutely perfect! The kids took a tractor ride over to the orchard to pick some apples. 
After we picked apples we headed over to the pumpkin patch to select our very own pumpkin.  We took a break for lunch and then fed the animals.  We saw goats, chickens, and bunnies. At the end of our trip we were able to play in the hay maze. The kids loved walking on top of the hay bales and jumping from bale to bale. 
We had an amazing trip! 
Thank you to our chaperones who came on the trip with us.  
We appreciate you helping our class carry all of our heavy apples and pumpkins! 

                                                       

 

The apples were SO good!!

 

This week we read:

   

Apples:

This week we worked on some apple themed activities.  Our centers were apple themed. We used apples for counting, and we painted our own apple trees.  This week we made our first class book, based on Dr. Seuss' Ten Apples up on Top! Look out for this book in your child's backpack. Each night we will send the book home to be shared with you and your family.  Please return the book the next day so another student can take the book home. 

Labels:

In the beginning of Kindergarten we ask students to complete "Power Writes" to get them started in their writing.  This week's power write was focused on labeling.  To begin, we introduced the importance of labels and how they help us get information. The students were asked to make their own label/sign for our classroom.  Students illustrated and titled their signs for our touch-it board, markers, block area, and many more! 

During the week we talked about labeling pictures to show different parts. We labeled ourselves, Johnny Appleseed, and even an apple! We even learned a diagram of the inside of something is called a cross-section diagram. It shows the hidden details of an object. I cut an apple in half to show the inside or hidden details that we couldn't see when the apple was whole.   It was very exciting! The students then decided to either make their own cross-section diagram of a pumpkin, cupcake, or baseball.

Rhyme:

We are still practicing our rhyming. We continue to play games, talk about rhyme, and sing songs/poems.  We are looking for students to be able to identify when two words rhyme and produce a rhyme when a word is given.  Once we have mastered rhyme we will move on to segmenting words.

Counting:

 This week we finished  topic 1 in Envision. Students learned about counting and writing from 1 to 5.  We will continue to practice our number writing even after the end of this topic.  You should see an optional number formation practice packet sent home on Monday. This is completely optional but will support students in their number formation. 

Next week we move to Topic 2, which is comparing and ordering numbers 0 to 5. You should expect a home-connection paper to come home next week regarding the concepts, vocabulary, and content in Topic 2. 

Life Skills:

On Tuesday, Ms. Greene, the guidance counselor, stopped by to start the life-skills program. The students learned about the first life-skills: When someone calls your name, you stop, look at the person and say "yes?". The students modeled and practiced this skill and we will continue to reinforce through our owl-standing behavior system.

Looking Ahead...

-Topic 2 in math will talk about "fewer than" and "more than"

-We will begin our phonics program, Fundations. Look out for more information to come.

-We will practice how to hold a pencil and practice writing our names.

-Brown Bear, Brown Bear Read Aloud will be a theme this upcoming week!