The Kindergarten classroom was filled with lots of laughter and excitement. On Thursday, we celebrated Halloween. We spent some time with our 5th grade buddies playing board games and with our room parents doing a craft project and eating a special snack. On Friday, we went to Mass to celebrate All Saints Day. Throughout the week, we took time to pray the litany of saints for all of those who have passed away. Our theme for the week was the creepy, crawly spider. We started off with a question, Are you afraid of spiders? and some data collection. Then we gathered information about spiders from books and video clips. We recorded many different facts on a can/have/are sheet. Next, we completed a spider writing project. We had to write about whether a spider would be a good or bad pet and why. We ended the week by creating spider webs out of glue and glitter.
Monday:
Reading:
Reviewed our letters and letters sounds - Sang our Better Alphabet Song
Phonological Awareness Warmups
Introduced to the letter X - Completed a letter Xx worksheet
Created list of words that ended with the /x/- identified the number of syllables, broke word apart and identified corresponding letter sounds
Listened to the story Spiders
Introduced to the words can, if, it & in
Read through our emergent reader, Happy Halloween
Wrote about our Halloween costumes and draw a matching picture - We turned it into a new class book.
Math:
Calendar Binder
Number Talk
Religion:
Completed our Gospel Weekly - Using our senses to see and hear God
Prayed a decade of the rosary
Tuesday
Reading:
Reviewed our letters and letters sounds - Sang our Better Alphabet Song
Phonological Awareness Warmups
Introduced to the letter Kk - Completed a letter Kk worksheet
Created list of words that begin with the /k/- identified word with the beginning sounds, number of syllables, broke word apart and identified corresponding letter sounds
Listened to the story Spiders and watched a couple of spider videos. Identified different facts about spiders
Identified different facts about spiders
Completed a can/have/are worksheet together as a class
Completed the book Spider Facts by drawing a picture to match the words
Math:
Calendar
Completed a survey about Spiders
Math Stations
Religion:
Prayed a decade of the rosary
Watched the video Brother Francis: The Saints, Our Heavenly Friends.
Started the conversation about All Saints Day
Wednesday:
Reading:
Reviewed our letters and letters sounds - Sang our Better Alphabet Song
Phonological Awareness Warmups
Introduced to the letter Zz - Completed a letter Zz worksheet
Created list of words that begin with the /k/- identified word with the beginning sounds, number of syllables, broke word apart and identified corresponding letter sounds
Listened to the story Spiders: Spinners and Trappers
Identified different facts about spiders
Completed a can/have/are worksheet together as a class
Completed a d, h, l beginning sounds sorting worksheet
Listened to the story Aaaarrgghh Spiders!
Completed a writing project - We had to determine if a spider would be a good or bad pet. Once we wrote down our opinion, we had to write one reason why. We worked with Ms. Torborg as we wrote, so she could help up stretch out our words.
Math:
Calendar
How many now? - adding one more or taking one away
Religion:
Prayed a decade of the rosary
Sang a Litany of Saints - Identified loved ones who have passed we wanted to pray for
Thursday:
Happy Halloween! This afternoon our class was filled with princesses, dragons, astronauts and more. We had a fun time passing out treats, playing with our 5th grade buddies, playing games and eating snack with our room parents, and showing off our costumes at Ecumen.
Reading
Reviewed our letters and letters sounds - Sang our Better Alphabet Song
Phonological Awareness Warmups
Completed a k, w, g beginning sounds sorting worksheet
Listened to the story, I’m Trying to Love Spiders
Completed a worksheet identifying the different parts of a spider
Added a picture of a spider to our writing from yesterday. We had to trace the different parts of a spider and glue them together. Then we added eyes before we put it on a big piece of paper with our writing.
watched a couple of videos about spider webs
Created a spider web out of glitter and glue
Math:
Calendar
Religion:
Sang a Litany of Saints
Friday:
Reading:
Reviewed our letters and letters sounds - Sang our Better Alphabet Song
Phonological Awareness Warmups
Completed a rhyming worksheet
Math:
Calendar
Religion:
Happy All Saints Day! Today we talked about All Saints Day. We took time to learn about some of the Saints in Heaven and to remember our friends and family members who have passed away. After lunch, we went to Mass.
Listened to the story I’m a Saint in the Making
Watched a short Brother Francis video about All Saints Day
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