Fire Safety was the theme for the week in the Kindergarten classroom. We started the week with a visit from some firefighters from the Litchfield Fire Department. They came to teach us about fire safety. We also got to look through one of the fire trucks and practice shooting water with the fire hose. We spent the rest of the week learning about fire safety. First we reviewed what to do if the fire alarm goes off at school. We practiced quietly lining up and walking out the door and down the sidewalk to our meeting place. Now that we have an escape plan at school, we talked about the importance of having an escape plan and special meeting spot at home. We also identified several different fire safety tips such as have 2 ways out, stay low and go, stop, drop, cover your face, and roll. We each had to write and illustrate one fire safety tip. Then we turned them into a new class book, Fire Safety Tips. At the end of the week, we had some fun making a fire picture while learning about mixing paint colors. We put a blob of yellow paint and a blob of red paint on a piece of paper. When we mixed it together, it turned orange. We made it look like flames. Once our paint was dry we added a house and a fire truck to our paper. A highlight of the week was making fire truck crackers. We took ordinary graham crackers and decorated them to look like fire trucks. Then we got to eat them! We ended the week with Chip and Dale, the Rescue Rangers, teaching us about fire safety.
Monday:
Reading:
Reviewed our letters and letters sounds - Sang our Better Alphabet Song
Phonological Awareness Warmups
Introduced to the letter Dd - Completed a letter Dd worksheet
Created list of words that begin with the /d/ - we even helped Ms. Torborg spell them.
In honor of National Fire Prevention Week - The Litchfield Fire Department stopped by to tell us about fire safety. We…
learned about staying safe in the kitchen when someone is cooking
saw a fire fighter all dressed up
explored the contents of the new fire truck
practiced shooting water with a fire hose
gave the fire fighters the Thank You pictures we colored.
Math:
Calendar Binder
Number Talk
watched a short video on shapes and different attributes
used our describing words to tell a friend about a given shape
Religion:
Completed our Gospel Weekly - This week we talked about taking care of God’s creation.
Tuesday:
Reading:
Reviewed our letters and letters sounds - Sang our Better Alphabet Song
Phonological Awareness Warmups
Introduced to the letter Rr - Completed a letter Rr worksheet
Created list of words that begin with the /r/ - we even helped Ms. Torborg spell them.
Listened to the story, Miss Mingo and the Fire Drill
Talked about the “Very Special Number” 911
Identified different fire safety tips and then practiced them
Stay low and go
Get out and stay out
Have 2 ways out and a special meeting spot
Feel the door and what to do if you are trapped in a room
Stop, Drop, Cover Your Face, and Roll
Math:
Calendar Binder
Number Talk
Watched a short video on patterns
Created growing and repeating patterns using pattern blocks
Religion:
Examined a rosary - After looking at the rosary and counting the different beads, we watched a video with Brother Francis explaining what the rosary is and why we say each prayer.
Wednesday:
Reading:
Reviewed our letters and letters sounds - Sang our Better Alphabet Song
Phonological Awareness Warmups
Introduced to the letter Ee - Completed a letter Ee worksheet
Created list of words that begin with the /short e/ and /long e/- we even helped Ms. Torborg spell them.
Reviewed our sight words
Read through our emergent reader, I See Firefighters
Listened to the story, Firefighter Ted
Watch a couple of Sparky the Fire dog videos and reviewed fire safety tips
Created a class book of fire safety tips - we each wrote and illustrated 1 page
Math:
Calendar Binder
Number Talk
Math Stations
Religion:
Listened to the story, I’m Happy-Sad Today
Continued our exploration of emotions - Identified how people might feel different faced with the same situation or that you can have 2 emotions at the same time
Thursday:
Reading:
Reviewed our letters and letters sounds - Sang our Better Alphabet Song
Phonological Awareness Warmups
Introduced to the letter Bb - Completed a letter Bb worksheet
Created list of words that begin with the /B/- identified word with the beginning sounds, number of syllables, broke word apart and identified corresponding letter sounds
Listened to the story, Fire Trucks
Created a fire truck cracker for snack - After watching Ms. Torborg create one, we had to copy her directions to create our own snack.
Mixed red and yellow paint together on a piece of paper to create orange paint
Math:
Calendar Binder
Number Talk
Put the numbers 0 to 10 in order
Played Steal the Number with a partner
Completed a dot to dot picture
Religion:
Reviewed the rosary and watch the movie The Day the Sun Danced, the Story of Fatima. October 13th is the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima.
Friday:
Reading:
Reviewed our letters and letters sounds - Sang our Better Alphabet Song
Phonological Awareness Warmups
Introduced to the letter Ll - Completed a letter Ll worksheet
Created list of words that begin with the /l/- identified word with the beginning sounds, number of syllables, broke word apart and identified corresponding letter sounds
Listened to the story,
Colored and cut out a picture of a house and fire truck, glued them to our “fire” paper, and added a few details to finish off our picture
Watched Chip and Dale, The Rescue Rangers
Math:
Calendar Binder
Number Talk
Matched put our dot cards, number cards and ten frame cards
Played Match It (similar to memory) with the dot cards
Religion:
Mass
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