November 2022 Kindergarten Newsletter

By Jenny Collins & Kindergarten Team
Kindergarten
November 03, 2022

Important Dates & Reminders

 

  • November 8: Holiday- Election Day 
  • November 9: Family Market at Timber Lane ES
  • November 11: November 11 - Student Holiday - Veterans Day (School Planning Day & Parent Conferences)
  • November 23-25: November 23-25  -  Thanksgiving Holiday

Language Arts

What We Learned This Past Month:

Reading: 

  • We learned to ask questions before, during and after reading
  • We learned to make predictions about what might happen next in a story.
  • We learned about breaking apart words. 
    students in a circle with teacher
    Kindergarten readers practice reading fluency in their poetry center!

     

Writing: 

Students designed a book cover
Friends in Ms. McGregor's class retold, "Thank You, Omu", & designed a new cover for the book.
  • We learned to match what we are writing to the story we tell.
  • We learned to write stories about one idea or time.

What We Will Be Learning Next Month: 

Reading

  • We will learn how to use patterns to help us read books.
  • We will learn to use our phonetic skills to read words.
  • We will learn to point to words while we read.

Writing:  

  • We will write books that follow patterns.

Math

What We Learned This Past Month:

  • We learned to follow number sense routines
  • Students worked on counting forwards to 20 and backwards from 10
  • Students worked on writing numerals 0-10

students solving math problem in the garden

What We Will Be Learning Next Month: 

  • Students will learn to create patterns
  • Students will learn to identify the core of a pattern 
  • Students will learn to extend a repeating pattern

Science & Social Studies (Content)

What We Learned This Past Month:

students look at community map
Kindergartners created class community maps to learn about places we go in our community & the community members that help us!
  • We learned about community helpers
  • We learned about maps 
  • We learned about rules in a community
  • We learned about our 5 senses

What We Will Be Learning Next Month: 

  • We will be learning about community helpers
  • We will learn about using our 5 senses

Community (Concept)

What We Learned This Past Month:

  • We learned that communities have rules
  • We learned that our families and our classroom are a community
  • We learned that community members help each other
  • We learned that everyone in a community matters

What We Will Be Learning Next Month:

  • We will learn about plant life cycles
  • We will learn about animal life cycles
  • We will learn about patterns in nature

Concept - Patterns

What we learned this past month:

  • We learned about community 
  • We learned communities have rules
  • We learned our class and families are communities
  • We learned community members help each other
  • We learned about the places we go in a community
  • We learned about how community helpers work in a community students creating community map

What we will be learning next month:

  • We will begin to learn about patterns
  • We will  learn that life cycles are patterns
  • We will learn about patterns we follow in our days  

Photo Gallery

Kindergarten Mathematicians are working on counting collections & are learning how to play games like roll & write to help build number writing & subitizing skills!

kids counting

student counting a collection

 

student working on math in the garden

 

 

 

 

Ms. Collin’s taught Kindergarteners all about iPads! Kindergarteners are enjoying exploring ST Math, Lexia, Starfall, and Wixie!

students using ipads to learn

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kindergarten students worked hard creating their own community book to share with friends, teachers and families at our community celebration!

students writing