Language

 

In language this week the jolly phonic sound is short "e" sound. During the morning message, the JK children have an opportunity to come to the chart and circle the vowels in the word and the SK have an opportunity to come to the front, stretch the sounds together and state the word. Some of the words they will find on the message chart for this sound are:

 

 

hen, ten, end, red, pet, set, men, elf, den, fed, met, pen, leg, jet, wet, hem, yet, yes, vest, well, shed, neck, deck.

 

 

 

The By Heart Word is fun and was. Many of the children are able to sound out the word fun, but because it appears many times in their reading and writing I thought we should have it on the By Heart Chart. 

Mathematics

 

The children have shown a very keen interest in conducting surveys. Therefore, I have thought of some other categories for them to survey their peers. The following are some of the ideas:

 

Monday    Do you like the rain or the snow?

 

 

Tuesday   Do you like strawberries or bananas best?

 

Wednesday   Do you like morning or night the best?

 

Thursday      Do you like carrots or celery?

 

The children will also have a bag with 2 different category items in the bag. They will select one item at a time and place it on a simple graph (with only two columns). Then they will count up the items on the graph and tell me which has more and which has less. In order to challenge the children, I will ask them to explain how they know the one category has more.

 

The children will play a simple dice game, where they roll the dice and make that many dots on a piece of paper with bingo dappers. Then they roll the dice again and make that many dots with a different colour or bingo dapper. Fun Mathematics in Kindergarten!



Dramatic Play Centre

The grocery store is not as popular as it was a few days ago. Therefore, I surveyed the children for ideas for the dramatic play centre. Here are some of their ideas:

castle

bakery

zoo

animal kingdom

restuarant

ninja house

Once again there was a vote and the winner for this time is to have the dramatic play centre be a bakery.

At this time I am requesting some of the following items:

pot holders

oven mitts

wooden spoons

measuring cups and measuring spoons

flour sifter

whisks

rolling pins

clear packaging that muffins, cookies, etc comes in from the bakery

I have one little chef hat and two aprons. I want to try to make a few more chef hats but they will be from paper, rather than cloth/material.

another else you feel will work well

I plan on getting a box for the children to paint and decorate to become a microwave and then one for an oven. The children will make a sign for the bakery and we will use playdough. I plan on also trying have some felt pieces that the children can use to pretend they are cookies, cakes, etc. We do have a cash register and a long time ago I bought a cookie/lemonade stand so I think we will use it as a counter.

The children become very excited when the dramatic play centre changes from one thing to another. The new centre will gradually be offered at the beginning of next week.

Art Gallery

 

Just a reminder, both the morning and afternoon kindergarten children will be working with pastels on Thursday, April 4th when the Art Gallery is in the Kindergarten Classroom. The children will be learning from an expert on how to complete a portrait of themselves through step by step instruction. This is a wonderful experience for the children and I am always truly amazed at how the finished product. The finished product will be hung in the hallway, outside of the classroom for all to see.

Language

 

 

The Jolly Phonic Sound for this week is:  c/k.   In the morning or afternoon message I will print a variety of simple words for the SK and some JK to stretch out the sounds, in order to figure out the word. The JK will have an opportunity to circle the vowel in the word. Some of these words are:  can, cap, cat, cut, cup, kin, cub, cot, king.

 

The By Heart Word for this week is "you".

 

 

During the Teacher Read Aloud this week the focus will be on character emotions. How did the character feel and giving the proof, either from the pictures or from the text in the story. The goal is for the children to be able to communicate their ideas. For example, I know that (character's name) was feeling ... because I saw his face in the picture or the words .... told me. 

Mathematics

 

The children will continue to be offered games that will reinforce subitizing, counting and identification of numbers. At the same time, they will be offered opportunities to conduct surveys. Each day they will be offered a new suggestion, where they will survey some of the other children in order to determine their particular preferences. The following are some of the surveys for this week:

 

 

Tuesday     Did you collect less than 10 Easter

                 Eggs or more than 10 Easter Eggs?

 

 

Wednesday   Are you like the grouchy ladybug

                    or the friendly ladybug?

 

Thursday      Are you a JK or a SK?

 

Friday          Does your Mom drive a car or a

                    van?

Discovery Centre

 

There are a variety of nature items at the discovery centre. During this time the children have an opportunity to examine a variety of the materials through the use of magnifying glasses. The children are then encouraged to sketch what the material looks like and feels like. Then I scribed what they notice about the material. The goal is for the children to sketch what they examine, rather than drawing.

 

 

 

New Sensory Bin

 

Before Easter break I took a variety of paper, tissue paper, shiny paper, cardboard, corrugated paper, etc and cut the paper into a variety of sizes. Then I hid various number of objects amongst the variety of paper. The children will draw a card and try to find that many items. This particular centre will be ongoing for the next two weeks.