Top It

We love to play card games in kindergarten!  We use the cards to put the numbers in order, create tricky teens by placing a "1" in front of other numbers, and play our new game Top It!  You may know this game as "War."  We practice putting cards on top of our partner's card and see who has the bigger number!  This helps us understand the connection between numbers, where numbers are on a number line and increase our number sense.

The Train Game

As we learn more about numbers, we have talked about joining and taking away.  Yesterday, we played a game using unifix cubes and different colored dice.  We first rolled a green dice and took that many cubes to build a train.  We then rolled a red dice to see how many cubes we would take away from our train.  We went back and forth as our train appeared and disappeared!

Counting On

In math, we have been practicing counting on from a given number.  We did this by rolling two dice.  First we decided which dice had the bigger number.  Then we started with that number and counted on from there using the other dice.  For example, if we rolled a 5 and a 2.  We would point to the first dice and say "5," and touch the dots on the other dice, saying "6, 7."  This is a great game to practice at home!  It is helping us to understand that we don't always start counting at the number 1.

Reading Buddies

We were so excited to meet our 2nd grade book buddies this week!  Ms. Woch's class joined us for a reading of one our favorite books, But No Elephants, before pairing up to read together.  The kindergarteners showed their buddies how we have practiced reading the pictures and using the beginning sounds of words.  The big kids also read stories while the kindergarteners practiced touching each word and turning the pages.  We can't wait until next week when Ms. Woch reads us her class' favorite book!

Bus Safety

This week, the kindergarteners met with one of our bus drivers, Ms. Jen.  She taught us all about bus safety, both on and around the bus.  We were able to learn to walk 10 feet in front of a bus so that the driver can see us, what the different lights mean, what the emergency exits are for and how to sit safely on the bus.  A great big thank you to Ms. Jen and her bus Betsy!

Specials Schedule for the week of 10/8 - 10/12

Ooops!  I forgot to send the schedule for this week last weekend.  Sorry about that!  This week we will be going to:

Monday - Art & PE (Please remember your gym shoes)
Tuesday - Media Center (Please remember your library book)
Wednesday - Music
Thursday - PE (Please remember your gym shoes)
Friday - Art & PE (Please remember your gym shoes)

Happy Birthday Clifford!

Today we celebrated the 50th birthday of Clifford the Big Red Dog!  50 years ago yesterday, the very first Clifford book was written by author Norman Birdwell!  We read the book Clifford's Birthday Party and enjoyed some special treats - cookies shaped like dog bones and Clifford himself!

Happy 50th Birthday, Clifford!