The Kindergarten classroom was filled with lots of laughter and excitement. On Tuesday, we celebrated Halloween. We spent some time with our 5th grade buddies playing board games and with our room parents playing a ping pong game and eating a special snack. On Wednesday, we went to Mass to celebrate All Saints Day. On Thursday, we had a special Mass for All Souls Day with Bishop Zielinksi. Throughout the week, we took time to pray the litany of saints for all of those who have passed away. Our theme for the week was the creepy, crawly spider. We started off with a question, Are you afraid of spiders? and some data collection. Then we gathered information about spiders from books and video clips. We recorded many different facts on a can/have/are sheet. Next, we completed a spider writing project. We had to write about whether a spider would be a good or bad pet and why. We ended the week by creating spider webs out of glue and glitter.
Monday:
Reading:
Reviewed our letters and letters sounds - Sang our Better Alphabet Song
Phonological Awareness Warmups
Introduced to the letter Yy - Completed a letter Yy worksheet
Created list of words that begin with the /Y/- identified word with the beginning sounds, number of syllables, broke word apart and identified corresponding letter sounds
Reviewed our sight words
Introduced to the words can, it & in
Read through our emergent reader, Trick or Treat
Listened to the story Spiders and watched a couple of spider videos. Identified different facts about spiders
Completed the book Spider Facts by drawing a picture to match the words
Math:
Calendar Binder
Number Talk
Completed a survey about Spiders
Religion:
Gospel Weekly - Listened to the Gospel story from Sunday - the Greatest Commandment. Discussed how saints lived their life on earth and now are with God in heaven.
Tuesday:
Happy Halloween! This afternoon our class was filled with princesses, ninjas, ghost spiders and more. We had a fun time passing out treats, playing with our 5th grade buddies, playing games and eating snack with our room parents, and showing off our costumes at Ecumen.
Reading:
Reviewed our letters and letters sounds - Sang our Better Alphabet Song
Phonological Awareness Warmups
Introduced to the letter Zz - Completed a letter Zz worksheet
Created list of words that begin with the /z/- identified word with the beginning sounds, number of syllables, broke word apart and identified corresponding letter sounds
Listened to the story, Spiders: Spinners and Trappers
Identified different facts about spiders
Math:
Calendar Binder
Number Talk
Religion:
Talked about All Saints Day and sang a litany of Saints
Wednesday:
Reading:
Reviewed our letters and letters sounds - Sang our Better Alphabet Song
Phonological Awareness Warmups
Completed a letter Mm worksheet
Listened to the story, Aaaarrgghh Spiders!
Completed a writing project - We had to determine if a spider would be a good or bad pet. Once we wrote down our opinion, we had to write one reason why. We worked with Ms. Torborg as we wrote, so she could help up stretch out our words.
Math:
Calendar Binder
Number Talk
Religion:
Happy All Saints Day! Today we talked about All Saints Day. We took time to learn about some of the Saints in Heaven and to remember our friends and family members who have passed away. After lunch, we went to Mass.
Thursday:
Reading:
Reviewed our letters and letters sounds - Sang our Better Alphabet Song
Phonological Awareness Warmups
Completed a letter Aa worksheet
Listened to the story, I’m Trying to Love Spiders
Added a picture of a spider to our writing from yesterday. We had to trace the different parts of a spider and glue them together. Then we added eyes before we put it on a big piece of paper with our writing.
Math:
Calendar Binder
Number Talk
Religion:
Happy All Souls Day! Today we talked about how to get to heaven and why we want to go to heaven. Then we spent some time praying for those who have past away with a Litany of Saints.
Bishop Zielinski visited our classroom after Mass.
Friday:
Reading:
Reviewed our letters and letters sounds - Sang our Better Alphabet Song
Phonological Awareness Warmups
Completed a letter Ss worksheet
Reviewed some facts about spiders
Created a spider web using glitter and glue
Math:
Calendar Binder
Number Talk
Built numbers using tens blocks and number tiles
Religion:
Sang a Litany of Saints