It is SO hard to believe that we only have one more week until our Thanksgiving break! The students are ready for a nice break and so are the teachers. We are looking forward to spending quality time with our family and friends.
Our class got a wonderful surprise on Friday during the morning announcements. We won the Golden Spork award! It is a weekly award given to the class with the best behavior at lunch in the cafeteria!! Yay Monkeys! Great job!
During language arts this week, we really focused on nonfiction text vs. fiction text. We read a lot of nonfiction text about turkeys and learned many facts about them. Ask your child facts that they now know about wild turkeys. We then made some awesome turkeys that are displayed in the Kindergarten hallway. Make sure to come and see them!
We also worked on making lists during writing. We thought about things that we are good at doing and could teach someone else to do. We began writing facts about a topic from our lists. We are going to work on drawing and coloring pictures about our topic and writing captions.
During science the students worked on learning all about relative position. We focused on many position words such as above, below, in front of, behind, between and beside. Make sure to watch your child's video on Seesaw that they made with the Show Me app on their iPads. They had a lot of fun showing what different position words mean.
In math, we focused on measurement. The students learned about capacity and weight. In kindergarten, we focus on comparing capacity and weight. For example, a bathtub holds more water or has a greater capacity than a kitchen sink. Also, a truck is heavier than a table. Work with your child to compare various objects at home. Use the terms "holds more", "holds less", "greater capacity", "less capacity", "heavier than" and "lighter than".
The Monkeys really enjoyed comparing the capacity of various containers and measuring tools in class.
During social studies, we worked on learning about voting and elections. We learned what a ballot was and we got to vote! The students voted on their favorite fruit on Tuesday. They were about to choose between watermelon, apples, bananas and grapes. They marked their ballot and put it in the ballot box. Apples won!
It was so much fun learning all about our superstar Alice this past week!
The Monkeys look forward to learning about our next superstar, Sophia D.!
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