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.