Category Archives: kindergarten math

Week in Preview

What a nice way to return back to school! I’m feeling energized about the amount of work we accomplished last week. We refreshed ourselves on our classroom rules and quickly got back into learning routines. And I noticed a big improvement in our tardiness problem – thank you!

Lots of math information went home in the folders on Friday. I hope you were able to read over the materials, and play the two games I sent home with your child. During Academic choice this week children had the chance to play both these games and really enjoyed them! We are moving on to Unit 4 in Everyday Math; be on the look out for more math information and family activities in the coming days.

We finished up the alphabet but that doesn’t mean we are done! Unit 2 in Fundations will be a review of uppercase and lowercase letter formation. This week we also had academic choice to practice reading and writing common sight words. This is a developing skill for many children; we will be doing word work at center time as well as working in small reading groups to enhance children’s skills. To celebrate our completion of the Alphabet we will have our alphabet party on Friday afternoon. What fun!

This week we will…

  • Continue to record the daily weather and temperature. We will also make predictions about the weather. Ask your child to explain our daily circle time math sheet to you.
  • Use sight and thematic words to write about winter
  • Read The Mitten by Jan Brett as a shared reading activity
  • Practice rote counting
  • Learn about the work and life of Dr. Martin Luther King
  • Compare numbers 0-20 through learning and playing a new math game called Top It
  • And much more!

I’m hoping to blog a couple of times this week to give you a more in depth look at our learning experiences.

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Fire Trucks and Pumpkins

What a cute group of fire dogs!

We finally made it to the Nahant Fire Station yesterday for a presentation on fire safety. Thank you to fire fighters Josh and Dave for giving our kindergarten students such a complete presentation! Children watched a short fire safety video, asked questions to the fire fighters, saw a suited up fire fighter and even got the chance to sit in the driver’s seat of a real fire engine.

Fire Fighter Josh explains the different nozzles on the fire engine.

All children went home with a bag of goodies and a fire helmet from the Fire Department. While it is fun to see all of the equipment at the station, it is important to remember why we go. Take time to make a family escape plan that your child understands in case of an emergency.

We are also having some Halloween fun in class. Children answered the survey question, “What kind of pumpkin face should we make?” on our class pumpkin. The winner – a scary face! We started the process of craving yesterday afternoon (Ms. Purdin drew the face, Mrs. Clark carved) and children had the opportunity to pull out the goop! It’s always interesting to see who really likes the feel of the “goop” and who doesn’t.

Scooping out the fun!

In Math, we were “coin detectives” this week and have been looking at the differences between nickels, dimes and pennies. We also passed 40 days of school this week (crazy!) and are continuing to practice rote counting. Use all that Halloween loot to have your child practice sorting, counting and even reading (young children often don’t realize they are reading when they recognize environmental text!)

Have a safe and happy Halloween! Please remember, Kindergarten children do not come in costume on Monday. Thank you!

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