Good Afternoon!
Our MACK standard this week is:
Children will learn to recognize and name emotions in themselves and others.
This lead our conversation in K group after reading, ‘Quick As A Cricket’. When we got done, friends started immediately sharing, “I’m as tough as a lion!” and “I’m as strong as an ox!”. We turned our attention to the chalkboard where we identified several shapes that we focused on last week. After we identified them, we worked together to count the sides of each shape and document it. Tomorrow, we’re going to introduce ‘vertices’ using the same shapes!
During our journal experience, one of our kindergarteners started writing her description once her picture was completed. When children start writing their letters, they usually write in all uppercase letters—it’s easier to form most uppercase letters than lowercase letters. Last week, we talked about uppercase letters as well as lowercase letters, identifying them as well as writing them. Today, she started flipping her uppercase letters to their lowercase counterpart, without any teacher prompting! Her peers noticed and shared, “Wow! You wrote a lowercase b—great job!”. Learning happens even if we don’t see it right away; children are always paying attention, soaking up conversations and when they’re ready, the new skills will present themselves.
K.G.2: Compare shapes using informal language to describe their similarities, differences, and parts (e.g., number of sides, length of sides, and vertices).
During PREK2, Miss Kim and her group focused on shape identification as well! Once they identified every shape, they worked as a team to draw a line to the correct number of sides each shape had.
The welcome activity had children matching rhyming word puzzles. Each match had two pictures so friends teamed up to complete the matches! One of the matches was ‘horn’ and ‘corn’ but friends thought that the horn picture was a trumpet! “Trumpet and corn don’t rhyme!”—we had a conversation about how ‘horn’ is a generic term for a specific group of instruments.
The rest of our morning consisted of magnatile creations, imagination at the art table, and tons of fresh air!
Breakfast– Whole wheat toast with butter and banana.
Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with marinara and shredded cheese, fresh watermelon, and fresh cherry tomatoes/pepper.
PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with fresh strawberries.
Wee Sprout– Fresh cherry tomatoes/pepper.
Have a wonderful night!
-Mindy
Link to pictures: WF 9/14
