Monday 8 February 2016

A New Week in Kinder

Today was a great day in Room 138!  We are very excited to prepare and celebrate Valentine's Day AND 100's Day on Friday.  We have lots of fun things planned for the week.
This week, our letter of the week is "l".  We practised the sound that "l" makes and then listed lots of "l" words.  Our word of the week is "love".  We buttered our Love poem and turned it into a song.  Ask your children to sing it to you.  It is very catchy!
Our senior kindergarten students brought home their snuggle folders today.  Please read the important information in the folder and remember to bring them back on Friday.  Enjoy your special reading time with your children.  You will be amazed at their progress and confidence.
In Math, we worked on subitizing.  This is a way of recognizing numbers without counting them.  We looked at dots on plates ranging from  1-10.  The dots were randomly placed on some plates and others were placed in groupings.  The kids had fun doing this and did a great job describing their answers and their thinking.  It was neat to see the different ways that they came up with the answer .  (Some saw groupings, some added and used mental math to come up with their answers).
Just a reminder to send in extra mitts and spare clothes.  The students go out 2 times a day for 20 minutes each time so they need to dress appropriately.
Here are a few pictures from  today: