We had a great 4 day week! This week we began to talk about fall and learn color words. We have enjoyed this nice weather and even took time to do some work in Thorson's outdoor classroom!
Literacy
We focused on Knuffle Bunny, by Mo Willems, this week and we also enjoyed reading Knuffle Bunny Too and Knuffle Bunny Free! We practiced re-telling this story, made predictions, and discussed the similarities and differences between all three stories. Our poem this week was The Itsy Bitsy Spider but it was different than you might expect!
We learned about the letters Jj, Ee, Oo and Qq as well as the sounds they make and words that start with these letters. We learned the sight words "the" and "we". We found them in books, spelled them in fun/active ways, and wrote them in sentences. Also, in our Heggerty phonics curriculum we started to learn about syllables.
Writing
This week finished our first unit by having students choose one of their writing pieces and, together, we went through a checklist to learn the editing process. We began a new unit called Show and Tell. Thank you for having your child bring in one item that was special to them! We learned that we have so much more to say when we have a connection to something. We continued to practice the writing process with our special object which is to think of something to write about, put those ideas on paper with drawings, put as many labels as you can, and begin/attempt to write sentences. Today we re-read our story from yesterday and added more details such as colors and more labels.
We also started our handwriting curriculum called Handwriting without Tears. We learned how to correctly form the letters F, E, D, P using "big lines, little lines, big curves, and little curves". We also learned a song called "Where Do You Start Your Letters?"... and the answer is at the top! :) Developmentally this can be tricky because so many kids start making letters from the bottom up. 
Math
We continued to work on counting (forwards and backwards), writing numbers with the correct formation, and creating different number combinations to make a given number. We also started working on making patterns with up to three elements including AB, ABC, AAB, ABB.
Social Skills
This year as part of PBIS, students can earn Cedarburg Pride tickets. These are given to students as a reward when they are showing good character and setting a good example/being a good leader, doing what is expected of them, doing something kind for someone else without being asked, etc. We have a wonderful class and each student has earned a few tickets! The tickets all go into a grade level bucket and on the last day of each week two names are pulled. Those students then get to choose a fun prize (extra recess for the class, talking on the morning announcements, bringing in something for show and tell, etc.). We have had 3 names from our class pulled already and I will be sending you an email if your child happens to be a lucky winner! Keep showing that wonderful Cedarburg Pride kindergarteners!
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