Week 8

What a great trip to the zoo!!! Room 177 has been learning about classifying animals.  Our trip to the Franklin Park Zoo really helped. 
We are learning to become keen observers. We learned that mammals are warm blooded, they give birth to live babies, they drink milk from mothers and that mammals are covered with hair or fur.  We began with a comparison of bat vs owl and were able to extend the comparison to mammal vs reptiles. Next week we will look closely at turtles and beavers. 

Excited to see the lions

Looking closely at bones. 

Recordeing observations on the scavenger hunt.

Riding in the Safari Jeep

Waiting to visit with the gorillas.

Halloween was lots of fun. We had a great time visiting the other kindergarten classrooms and participating in Halloween themed crafts and activities. Once again, we had great parent volunteers. Each child brought home a reusable blue bag containing all of his/her projects and treats. Please empty the bag and return it to school on Monday. We will put these bags to good use throughout the year.

Ask your child to retell Witches Brew or the story of Stellaluna. Retelling familiar stories in sequence is an important skill we will continue to retell and compare stories throughout the year. 

Math:

We completed Unit 3 Counting Numbers to 10. 

Based on the results of our end of the unit assessment, we will revisit using a tens frame to count and compare. Be sure your child can recognize and write the numbers to ten. Unit 4 focuses on Comparing number to ten. The new vocabulary words are: compare, difference, greater than and less than.  ( <  > )

Reminders:
Return yellow folders each Monday
Return the green folder each Thursday
Library day is Friday.

November 10th No School, (This is a correction!!!)
November 11th No School
November 25th Half Day
November 26th & 27th Thanksgiving break
December 3rd Parent Teacher Conferences, A schedule will be sent home Monday
  
We are still missing our Ten Black Dots, class big book. Please look one more time.