Celebrating Fall

We didn't waste a minute of our shortened school week!  This week we were introduced to our Poems and Charts folders, the sight word me, celebrated the first day of Fall and Johnny Appleseed's birthday. We also continued to work in our math program and DreamBox.  A link to DreamBox is now on the right side of the blog if you need it.

Our Poems and Charts folders store exactly what the name suggests, all of our favorite poems and charts that we learn throughout the year.  Some of our favorites so far are Rain Rain, Sheep in a Jeep and the ME poem we learned this week.  Students can read their folders alone or with a buddy. 

Kindergartners read their Charts and Poems folders that are stored in
their book boxes.  Students practice how to read with a buddy.

Madison and Lucy practice reading our alphabet linking chart.

Ayler and Summit decide on a book.

There was lots to do on the first day of Fall.  We began the day by review the sight words it, is, I and see. We wrote two sentences on sentence strips: I see leaves and It is Fall.  We broke the sentences apart by carefully cutting the spaces between words. Each kindergartner got a chance to hold a word as the class tried to put the words in the right order.  We made a lot of silly sentences and had lots of laughs as we tried to put ourselves in the correct order.  After we practiced a few times, everyone got their own sentences to cut apart and build again.  We glued the sentences onto the colorful trees we made.

Joe, Charlie, Josh, Summit, Henry and Lia each hold a
word as the class works together to build sentences.

Ayler, Summit, Henry, Lucas R, and Charlie begin work on their trees.

Sadie and Samantha get ready to build their sentences.

Rose and Josh work together.

It was a beautiful afternoon to go outside and observe some of the first signs of Fall.  We couldn't go into the woods because of the bugs but we still found plenty of neat things near the building.  We will visit the woods once we get the okay and see what has changed since the first day of Fall.  Each kindergartner kept track of what they found using a scavenger hunt checklist.  It was a perfect afternoon!

We are ready for our first scavenger hunt!

Scientists make observations with their eyes.

We spotted a group of birds and checked it off on our lists.

Taking a break in the shade.

A chipmunk ran right in front of us.

Clara and Lia work together to check off some
 final items on their scavenger hunt list.

Clara and Joseph draw some of their findings.

Lucas L. and Josh collect lots of acorns.

Alice finds some moss.

Rose finds some pine needles.

We continued to write in our handwriting books and learned how to form the number four.  Last week I shared a little about how we use Wet Dry try while we are first learning to properly form letters and numbers.  Below are some picture that show you just what we do.

Charlie makes a four with his wet sponge.

Lucas L, Lia and Summit have got the hang of making fours.

After we are comfortable making our numbers
with a wet sponge, we give it a try with chalk.

Ayler and Sadie show off their number fours.

Next week, we will march in the school wide 3Bs parade.  Kindergartners are encouraged to wear black and/or yellow on Wednesday, October 1.  We will be making bee headbands to wear in the parade.  It will be an exciting week as we begin our first cycle of WIN (WIN stands for What I Need) groups...lots more information to come about WIN groups.