Good Afternoon!
Our FAB’s for the upcoming week are:
K.W.5: With support, build understanding of a topic using various sources. (Identify relevant pictures, charts, grade- appropriate texts, personal experiences, or people as sources).
K.CA.5: Create, extend, and give an appropriate rule for simple repeating and growing patterns with numbers and shapes.
Our welcome activity as well as the sign in message focused on recognizing patterns as well as creating patterns.
The welcome activity allowed children to use several cards and ‘copy’ the given pattern. We looked at what the given rule would be while focusing on the colors of the blocks. (K.CA.5)
Miss Tami got us new Melissa and Doug wooden toys over the weekend. We introduced our new toys as well as figuring out what toys we should switch them out for. Children take ownership when they’re involved in the decision making process when it comes to classroom decisions.
To make it fair, we pulled names out of a jar to see who would get to experiment with the toys first. Throughout the morning, children took turns playing with the new toys in the habitrail area.
In kindergarten this morning, we got out the light table and continued with patterns. There were various patterns that we made including focusing on shapes as well as colors. At first, Jackson and Addi completed patterns that I had made and towards the end, we were making our own pattern. (K.CA.5)
Once Jackson and Addi were done with their kindergarten lesson, they got to work raking up the leaves in the backyard. SO many fell over the weekend.
An audience gathered to watch the leaves being raked up before…
We ran through the pile AND tossed the leaves up in the air!
In large group, we read ‘The Pumpkin Man and the Crafty Creeper’. Throughout the story, we looked at the pictures to tell us information. On each page, we talked about what the picture was telling us.
Breakfast– Cinnamon Raisin bagel with no nut butter and pears.
Lunch– Whole wheat noodles with butter and red beans, cauliflower, and apples from Anna and her family!
PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with raisins/granola.
Wee Sprout– Broccoli.
Have a great night!
-Mindy
Link to pictures: WF 10/17