Fall is in the air. This week the kindergarteners explored fall and leaves. Did you know the job of the leaf is to make food? Did you know that leaves don’t really change color? They just stop making so much food, so the other colors show through. This week we learned all about how leaves grow, their job, and why they change color. We went on a walk to look for signs of fall and to collect leaves. We used those leaves for a little exploration and experimentation. We also created a new class book about a squirrel that visited us while we ate lunch outside. Finally we created a dancing leaves picture with our arm and hand as the tree trunk and branches and painted dots as the leaves.
Monday:
Reading:
Reviewed our letters and letters sounds - Sang our Better Alphabet Song
Phonological Awareness Warmups
Introduced to the letter Aa - Completed a letter Aa worksheet
Created list of words that begin with the /short a/ and /long a/
Listened to the stories Fall Leaves and Leaves - Discussed how things change from Summer to Fall/Autumn
Went on a Fall walk looking for sign of fall. We marked off on a worksheet as we identified them. We also spent some time looking at the different colored leaves. We each had to collect 1 leaf.
Math:
Calendar Binder
Number Talk
Collected some data on the leaf we found. We measured it with blocks, covered it with pennies, and check to see its buoyancy. We also examined how it looked and labels the parts.
STEM kit - Zometools - Building Shapes
Religion:
Reviewed the story of Adam and Eve and colored a picture and watched a short video
Tuesday
Reading
Reviewed our letters and letters sounds - Sang our Better Alphabet Song
Phonological Awareness Warmups
Introduced to the letter Gg - Completed a letter Gg worksheet
Created list of words that begin with the /g/
Reviewed the difference between letters, words, and sentences - completed a sorting worksheet
Listened to the stories Fall Leaves Fun and Leaves and watched a short video on why leaves change color in the fall
Math:
Calendar
Explored repeating and growing patterns using pattern blocks
Religion:
Gospel Weekly - Following Jesus
Wednesday:
Reading:
Reviewed our letters and letters sounds - Sang our Better Alphabet Song
Phonological Awareness Warmups
Introduced to the letter Qq - Completed a letter Qq worksheet
Created list of words that begin with the /q/- we even helped Ms. Torborg spell them.
Created a class book about a squirrel stealing part of our lunch as we ate outside under a tree. After we wrote our words, we drew a picture to match it.
Math:
Calendar
Played Match It (similar to memory) with the dot cards
Religion:
Wrote a special intention on a footprint
Today is the Feast of the Guardian Angels. After talking about how our guardian angel helps us, we watched a short video about guardian angels. Then we said a special prayer to thank them.
Colored a picture as Thank you for our special visitors on Monday.
Thursday:
Reading:
Reviewed our letters and letters sounds - Sang our Better Alphabet Song
Phonological Awareness Warmups
Introduced to the letter Oo - Completed a letter Hh worksheet
Created list of words that begin with the /short o/ and /long o/
Reviewed why leaves change color in the fall
Created a ‘Leaves Dancing’ picture using our arm as the tree truck and dipping our finger tips in different colored paint.
Colored a leaf picture according to the color words
Math:
Put the numbers 0 to 10 in order
Played Steal the Number with a partner
Religion
Virtus lesson - safe boundaries
Friday is the feast of St. Francis of Assisi. He loved animals, so he is the patron saint of animals. As we colored his picture in our Saint coloring books, we watched a short video about St. Francis of Assisi.
Friday:
Marathon Day!
Comments