Starting off Week 4!

It was a busy Monday in Kindergarten.  We started our day off with a Morning Meeting and then continued our work on oral storytelling.  This morning we read the book Sally Goes to the Beach by Stephen Huneck and learned that this author writes lots of stories about adventures with his own dog, Sally.  Some Kindegartners then chose to tell us some stories which helps in building ideas for our writing and drawing books to come.

After playing and snack time it was time for Math.  Last week we discussed a very fancy math word: subitizing.  Subitizing is the ability to "see" a small amount of objects and know how many they are without counting like when you roll dice and instantly know how many.   Subitizing helps a child form mental pictures of numbers and to realize that a number can be representing in many ways.  We have been practicing with cards with dots on them different cards have the same amount but they are arranged in different ways.





This afternoon we read our first non-fiction, or "learn about the world" book, What do You do with a Tail Like This? by Steve Jenkins and Kindergartners really enjoyed learning what animals use their eyes, ears, feet, noses and tails for!  Last Friday we also started our first chapter book, one of my favorite's, Mr. Popper's Penguins and learned that penguins live in the south pole, or Antarctic, and polar bears live in the North Pole, or the Arctic.  Today Mr. Popper learned that he will be getting a special package from the South Pole and we are excited to learn what it is!  Many predicted it would be penguins but then we wondered how penguins could fit in a mailbox! We'll just have to read to find out!

Many thanks to those families who have returned the permission slip and payment (and even some extra) for our trip to Shelbourne Farms - if you need another permission slip please let me know.