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Science: Our unit on the 5 senses continued this week with the help of Grandma Marsha and Grandpa George, Taleah’s grandparents, who drove down from Ludington just to see us here in Hudsonville! They shared with us many photos of their orchard of apple trees, the many crates that they have to store apples and how high they can be stacked, we saw the different colors of apples that they grow and they even brought a special bag that the workers wear to pick apples. It had straps on it like a backpack, except you wear it on your chest. It also had an opening at the bottom, and if you open it carefully, it would help you easily pour out all of the apples you picked into the crate. We learned how that the apple pickers have to be careful pickers, so as not to bump or bruise the apples. Grandma and Grandpa also brought in an apple for each of us to have! We used our apples to help us test our five senses. It was fun!! We looked and noticed that our apples actually had many colors and not just one. We logged all of our findings into a special book and worked hard to stretch our sounds as we tried to write the words to describe what we saw, heard, felt, smelled and best of all, taste! Thank you, Grandma Marsha and Grandpa George for visiting and helping us learn more about our senses. Image may be NSFW.
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Mr. Kyle, Gabriel’s dad, also paid us a special visit this week in connection to our 5 senses, and boy-o-boy was Gabriel so proud! Mr. Kyle is a builder and shared with us how important his five senses are to his job. He really helped us to focus in on our sense of touch and brought in many cool items such as wood, shingles, two types of sandpaper. We even did an experiment to show us how rough the sandpaper was – so rough it could sharpen our pencils! It was fun to touch and feel how rough, smooth, hard and soft items could be. Thank you, Mr. Kyle, for sharing a little about your work with us and help us make connections to our sense of touch! Image may be NSFW.
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Math: This week we completed Unit 1 with an assessment test. I am in the process of correcting these and am excited to share them with you during our Parent Teacher Conferences. We are now beginning Unit #2, which will continue with numbers 1-5, but will also branch out into numbers 6-10. A letter to parents arrived home this week sharing how the children are learning how to break down a number with manipulatives for a deeper understanding using a 5-group.
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Writing Workshop: We have so many personal stories to share and our writer’s workshop time is the perfect place to do it! We have begun learning how to tell our stories with a beginning, middle and an end. A fun way to do this is by telling our stories across our fingers. We are writing these stories across 3 pages and stapling them into mini-booklets, and continue to use our ABC charts to help us locate the letters of the sounds we hear. The children are off to a great start! I am SO proud of them!
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Handwriting: We completed our lessons for learning how to form our Frog Jump Letters (F, E, D, P, B, N, M). All these letters have in common that they begin with a long first line down, followed by a “frog jump” back up to the top before creating the remainder of their letters. Please encourage continued practice for your child, as this will help them to gain confidence, and apply their knowledge, when writing these letters independently.
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Super Stars: We have begun our second round of Super Stars and the latest show-and-tell is to bring in a stuffed animal. We are learning how to develop our questioning skills and the children are very excited to have the chance to be Super Star for a second time. Image may be NSFW.
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Mystery Reader: Isaac’s eyes lit up when he saw his mom, Mrs. Davis, enter into our classroom as the Mystery Reader this week! Mrs. Davis read to us a fun and silly book called, “Q is for Duck,” by It was a great book that helped us to think about beginning sounds in words, and best of all, it really got us thinking about connections. The children had a lot of fun predicting what was to come next. Thank you, Mrs. Davis, for visiting and sharing your book with us!
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Popcorn Words of the Week: “be,” “me,” “we,” “black”
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Important Information and Reminders:
- Box Tops for Education: Please send in all your Box Tops to school with your child on Monday, October 26. Enclose them in a bag labeled with your child’s name, grade and teacher name. Thank you for supporting our school!
- Library Date change (this week only): Due to our Fall Party, we will plan to visit the library this Tues., October 27. Please help your child return their book by Tuesday, Oct. 27 so that they may check out a new book. Thanks!
- Turkey Trot: Tuesday, October 27 at Eagle’s Stadium. Packets were sent home on Friday for those who preregistered. Late registration will take place at the gate.
- Fall Parade and Party: The Kindergarten parade will take place at 10:15am, followed by our Fall Party from 10:30-11:30am on Wednesday, October 28. Please read Mrs. Reagan’s blog post for more info regarding attending the party.
- Snacks: Please help your child remember a daily healthy nut-free snack. Thanks!
- No School: Friday, October 30: Students in grades PreK-5 will not have school this Friday, due to Records Day for teachers. Please note that students in grades 6-12 are still in session.
- Parent-Teacher Conferences: November 2, 3 and 4. Scheduling is complete and your conference day and time was sent home on Wednesday in your child’s home folder. Thank you for your input on our school’s preference survey. I look forward to seeing you all soon!
Have a nice weekend!
: ) Mrs. Estefan