Kindergarten News October, 2011

Mrs. Barnes, Mrs. Dobson, Ms. Gerwitz, Mrs. Mayo, Ms. Walton

Reading: Emergent Storybook: Telling Good Stories

·  How do you get ready to read?

·  What makes a story interesting to listen to?

·  What do good readers think about when they listen to a story?

·  What do you have to know to retell a story?

·  How can rereading a book be helpful to understanding the story?

·  Vocabulary: story, characters, story language, expression, retell, story vocabulary, predict, picture walk, sequence

Home Link: Read with your child every night.

Writing: Bookmaking: Telling Stories Using Pictures and Words

·  How do writers share their ideas?

·  How do words and pictures work together?

·  What can writers learn from other authors?

·  Vocabulary: cover, author, illustrator, draft, revise, edit, publish, title

Home Link: Ask your child what stories they have been writing. Help them to come up with different events or ideas that they could write stories about. Practice writing letters of the alphabet. Ask your child what sound each letter makes.

Math: Numbers: Counting

·  What is a mathematician?

·  What are all of the ways to represent a number?

·  How should I organize my mathematical thinking?

Home Link: Your child can be practicing: counting to 100, identifying numbers 0-31, and writing numbers 0-31.

Science: Seasons & Weather

·  How do weather and seasons affect people, plants, and animals

·  Vocabulary: seasons, weather, temperature, snow, rain, clouds, sun, autumn/fall, winter, spring, summer

Home Link: Talk to your child about the weather and seasons as they change. Notice different types of weather and certain characteristics of each season throughout the year.

Science: Exploring Your Senses

·  How do we use our five senses to observe and make sense of the world around us?

·  Vocabulary: compare, hearing, seeing, senses, smelling, tasting, touch

Home Link: Help your child find one item that represents one of the five senses to bring into class for our five senses museum.

Notes from your child’s Classroom!