Our reading story this week was I Was So Mad by Mercer Mayer. Through this story we learned the following vocabulary words: allow, frustrated, decide & practice.  Students made text-to-self connections about times that they have been frustrated.  The poem of the week was called, Jack-O-Lantern.  A lot of popcorn words popped up in this poem!  Our two new popcorn words this week were up & run.  Please be sure to practice popcorn words at home.  In Jolly Phonics we worked on the sounds for the letters l & f.  The capital letters we worked on in handwriting were H, K & L.  In math we continued to work on number formation of numbers to 10, counting to 50 from one and random numbers, and counting backward from 20.  We also have been working on patterns, counting objects and numbers and ten frames.  Have a great weekend!

A Peek At Next Week

Reading: Halloween stories
Vocabulary we have learned: creature, imitate, companion, explore, generous, nuisance, energetic, exhausted, soar, tangled, snooze, drowsy, pedestrian, passenger, eager, assortment, enjoy, gooey, container, scrumptious, whirl, scramble, determined, proud, snatch, furious, comfort, welcome, allow, frustrated, decide, practice
Jolly Phonics: b, j
Phonemic Awareness: letter naming, rhyming, onset fluency, blending, segmenting, substituting, adding phonemes, deleting phonemes, language awareness
Math: Numbers to 10, counting, patterns & sorting
Handwriting: U, V, W
Popcorn Word: at, on
Library: Mondays (book return/check out) and Wednesdays
Art: Tuesdays
Music: Thursdays and Fridays 
Gym & Recess: Everyday
Things to review and practice: 
phonics:recognition & sounds of/making words with s, a, t, i, p, n, c, k, e, h, r, m, d, g, o, u, l, f
Counting: forward from 1 and random numbers and backward from 20. Number recognition and counting objects #1-10
Practice popcorn words: a, I, it, in, see, big, my, like, up, run
Read together :)
A fireman from the Darien-Woodridge fire department will visit us on Monday to learn about fire safety.On October 31st, students may bring costumes to school to be put on over their clothes for the parade and party.  Weapons will not be allowed.  Candy or other edible treats are also not allowed.  Our school has a costume parade at 1:40 that day, so please come by school to watch if you can.  Our classroom party will be from 2:00-3:00 that day.

The poem we worked on this week was called, The Scarecrow.  Through this poem, we worked on rhyming, beginning sounds and found popcorn words. Our new popcorn words were my & like.  In reading, we focused on the story, When Sophie Gets Angry, Really, Really, Angry. The vocabulary words from this story were snatch, furious, comfort & welcome.  In Jolly Phonics we learned the sounds that o & u make and used these sounds to make words.  We reviewed the frog jump capitals and started working on number writing in handwriting.  Our math centers this week focused on counting to 50, counting objects to 20, making patterns, sorting by color, and using ten frames.  It was another great week in kindergarten!

A Peek At Next Week

Reading: I Was So Mad! by Mercer Mayer
Students will: take responsibility for themselves, hear and discuss a story, practice, "Turn to Your Partner", talk & listen to one another, make text-to-self connections to enjoy and understand the story as well as support their thinking.
New Vocabulary: allow, frustrated, decide, practice
Vocabulary we have learned: creature, imitate, companion, explore, generous, nuisance, energetic, exhausted, soar, tangled, snooze, drowsy, pedestrian, passenger, eager, assortment, enjoy, gooey, container, scrumptious, whirl, scramble, determined, proud, snatch, furious, comfort, welcome
Jolly Phonics: l, f
Phonemic Awareness: letter naming, rhyming, onset fluency, blending, segmenting, substituting, adding phonemes, deleting phonemes, language awareness
Math: Numbers to 10
Handwriting: H, K, L
Popcorn Word: up, run
Library: Mondays (book return/check out) and Wednesdays
Art: Tuesdays
Music: Thursdays and Fridays 
Gym & Recess: Everyday
Things to review and practice: 
phonics:recognition & sounds of/making words with s, a, t, i, p, n, c, k, e, h, r, m, d, g, o, u
Counting: forward from 1 and random numbers and backward from 20. Number recognition and counting objects #1-10
Practice popcorn words: a, I, it, in, see, big, my, like
Read together :)

Thursday, October 24th is early dismissal day in District 66. Ide students will be dismissed at noon.  Pick ups will be dismissed after the buses leave around 12:10.
On October 31st, students bring costumes to school to be put over their clothes for the parade and party.  Weapons will not be allowed.  Candy or other edible treats are also not allowed.  Our school has a costume parade at 1:40 that day, so please come by school to watch if you can.  Our classroom party will be from 2:00-3:00 that day.