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Reading: We focused on learning the name, sound, and formation of v and w this week. We continued working on making connections as we read.

Writing: We wrote a letter to our families about what we have been learning which you will see during your parent teacher conference. We are working on stretching out words as we spell and putting a letter for every sound we hear.

Math: We practiced number formation with a fun game called Roll and Record. We continued our work with shape attributes by making them with string and toothpicks. We continued to develop our understanding of numbers with a number line game called Monster Squeeze.

Science and Social Studies: We enjoyed a Mystery Science video about how many people are in the world. We celebrated all kinds of heroes as well as reading about community helpers.

Each morning we begin our day singing the Twinkle Twinkle Song from Conscious Discipline as a way to connect with our peers. Here are the words.
Twinkle twinkle little star,
What a wonderful person you are.
With big bright eyes, nice round cheeks.
A wonderful person from head to feet.
Twinkle, twinkle little star,
What a wonderful person you are.

Singing this song to a friend helps each child both receive a kind message about themselves as well as share a kind message with another student. It sets the tone that we all are good, we all are enough and we all believe in each other.
The song also incorporates actions which the kids gently tap their friends near their eyes, and on their cheeks as well as their heads and feet. These actions are another way to build a sense of connection and kindness towards other children. Each day as we get ready for our song we first ask our partner if they would like to be touched and they can say yes please or no thank you. We listen to their wishes and make sure we do what they have requested. This is a very kindergarten way to approach the topic of consent as well as respecting everyone’s bodies and boundaries. I love this build in opportunity to introduce the idea that we are all in charge of our own bodies. We need to ask others if they want to be touched and respect what they say. We also need to communicate our own needs to others.
Here is a little video of our song. If you watch carefully you will notice that one student is touching their partner after they said no thanks and their partner is speaking up and telling them again. Everyday is an opportunity for learning!

Reading: We focused on learning the name, sound, and formation of l, h, and k this week. We practiced the sight word “this” and “me” in our little book. We practiced making connections as we listen to read alouds. We learned connections are the things books make us think of.

Writing: We continued our personal narrative unit by reading Joshua’s Night Whispers. This book tells the story of Joshua hearing sounds in the night, getting out of bed, and snuggling with his dad. We read to book to see how the author Angela showed who, what, and where in the pictures and the words. Then we tried it in our own writing.

Math: We worked on learning the formation of numerals 7-10 and 0 with the numeral song! we continued our work with counting, understanding quantity and recognizing numerals with games and activities.

Science and Social Studies: We enjoyed a Mystery Science video about why pumpkins are orange.We learned about our country’s flag, the Pledge of Allegiance, and Veteran’s Day to prepare for our upcoming Heroes’ Day celebration. Our cool tool this week was about The Pledge of Allegiance and Veteran’s Day.