Week 25

I want to give one last reminder to come sign up for a Parent Teacher Conference time if you haven't already done so.   

If meeting on Thursday is not convenient for you please contact me and we can schedule another time. 

I need to meet with EVERY parent.  

The Eagle has landed in Kindergarten!

Last week we had a special treat in the kindergarten!  Bryce from The Ogden Nature Center came to our class with his eagle, Des Ta Te.  What a great way to end our eagle unit!  We learned that 17 year old Des Ta Te’s name is Apache and translates as: May the sun shine in your heart and on your face in a good way.

We also submitted our Eagle Books that we authored and illustrated to the 

Love Your Library Contest.

SCIENCE

We are continuing to learn about living and nonliving things.  This last week each of the children chose one living or nonliving thing and wrote about it.  Make sure you look for these displayed next to our class door when you come for your child’s Parent Teacher Conference on Thursday. 

MATH

We are learning how to compose (put together) and decompose (take apart) numbers less than 10.  The children are really starting to catch on to these concepts. 

      We are learning what a number bond is and how it contains 2 parts and 1 whole. 

  When we compose a number we start with 2 parts and put them together to make  a whole.  We say: “Part/Part/Whole”

 When we decompose a number we start with the whole and break it into 2  parts.  We say: “Whole/Part/Part”
          

      We can change the position of the number bond but it will still give us the same  information.  Just like in the pictures below.  Have your child explain the number  bond and tell you a story about 2 pigs and 3 frogs.

      

120 TALLY MARKS!

We earned 120 tally marks for synergizing together!  Our reward is a Board Game Activity.  This week we will get to play board games that center around math, colors, Spanish, and fine motor skills.

Have a fabulous week and remember:

• Thursday is a minimum day.  School will be dismissed at 12:45 pm  
• NO School ~ Friday the 17th & Monday the 20th