Halloween!!

We have had a super busy week in Kindergarten!  Mrs. Deaton has been testing us on our math and reading skills.  She has to get ready for report cards to go home.  We are definitely getting smarter every day!  Mrs. Deaton says she is so proud of us!

We are getting excited for Halloween next week.  This week, we did a lot with pumpkins and spiders. In Math, we glued jack-o-lanterns in order on a sentence strip.  Some of us had the numbers 0-10 and some of us had the numbers 11-20.  We got to make a hat with it. We put 5 different pumpkins in order on a gate during Work Centers. They are in order from smallest to largest.  We also wrote about pumpkins in our journals.  Next week, we get to carve a pumpkin in class.  We can't wait to count all of the seeds inside the pumpkin!  Then, we get to make a jack-o-lantern. Yay!

Our spider hats were one of our favorite things we did this week.  We matched pictures to letters and glued them on the spider legs.  Then, Mrs. Deaton and Mrs. Feller made us silly spider hats to wear.  We love them!  We also practiced our letter sounds by gluing pictures under the right letter.  Mrs. Deaton wanted us to write the letter or try to write the picture word.  We are so smart!

In Math, we did a lot with numbers.  We practiced saying our numbers and writing them on dry erase boards.  We put our numbers in order on a Count Dracula during Work Centers.  We also matched our numbers to dots on a spider in math.

We made pigs in Art today.  This got us really excited about our Farm field trip next week.  The farm is coming to our school on Wednesday!  We can't wait!

We have had a very busy, fun week in school.  Here are some things we wanted to say about this week and about next week...

"I am excited about the farm and about Fall Festival!" Riley
"Math centers are fun because we get to do a lot of math.  I like math." James
"The cool part of PE is when we get to play on the flat scooters." Linkon
"We got to build a spider hat. It was fun to work on it." Destiny
"I am super ready for the farm because it is going to be fun." Brayson
"I am super excited about the Fall Fair because we are going to play games and get prizes." Ali
"I really like to go to Music during school because we get to sing." Carolina
"I like to go to PE because we get to play different things." Manju
"I am excited about the Fall Fair because there are going to be games." Casey
"I really like school because we get to play outside with our friends." Kaitie
"I am excited about carving a pumpkin because we will get to take the goo out of it!" Lydia
"When we carve the pumpkin, there will probably be 50 seeds!!" Cever
"I like when I get to go to treasure box at school." Justin
"At the end of the day on Friday, we get to play in free centers.  It is so fun." Taylor
"We like to go outside to play." Saatvik

Fire Truck and Sparky!!

We had a visit from the Mooresville Fire Department this afternoon.  We got to see the firetruck and some firefighters.  Mrs. Webb dressed up like a firefighter.  It was so funny!  We know that we shouldn't be scared of a firefighter if he comes into our house to rescue us. The firefighters talked to us about fire safety rules and let us walk through their firetruck.  We also got to see Sparky the dog.  It was an awesome afternoon!!

Our Narrative Writing!!

We have been working hard on something new in Kindergarten this week.  We have been learning all about Narrative Writing!  Narrative Writing is when you write a story. Our class is really good at writing stories.  We want to write a Narrative Writing about our day in Kindergarten.  Here we go...

Some children ride the bus to school and some children ride in a car.  We have two children who walk to school because they live close by.  Taylor and Riley walk to school every morning.  If we ride in a car, we get dropped off at the front of the school and then have to walk in by ourselves.  We love when Mrs. Feller is outside helping us get out of our cars.  We always give her a big hug when we see her.  Today was Linkon's first day to be dropped off at the car rider line.  He was very brave and walked in all by himself for the first time!!

When we come into school, we walk to Mrs. Deaton's classroom.  We unpack our book bags by putting our folders in the two baskets.  We make our lunch choice and start our morning work at our seats.  When the bell rings, we stand up and say the Pledge of Allegiance.  Then, we all gather at the carpet for Math.  We have been practicing shapes, counting and sorting by color.  We work hard in our Math Centers. Last week we worked on numbers and got to play a partner game. It was so much fun.

"We put numbers in order and made a firefighter hat." Carolina
"We count things in bags and write the number." Linkon
"We have Math Club with Mrs. Deaton. We practiced our shapes." Riley
"We have been learning about shapes." Casey
"We go on the iPads and play IXL math." Alexandra

After math, we go to Specials.
"I like to go to Music." Lydia
"In P.E., we play sports and play games." Cever
"We go to Art and color and paint." Justin

When Specials are over, we come back to the classroom to eat our snack.  We have to eat fast and go to the bathroom before our next part of the day.

The next thing we do is Daily 5.  We are working so hard to learn to read and write during Daily 5. Mrs. Deaton told us that all of our reading levels are going up.  That's because we are super smart! Letterland is the next thing we do in Kindergarten.  This is such a fun part of the day.  We have been working with Annie Apple, Clever Cat, Dippy Duck and Harry Hatman.

Lydia's mommy, Mrs. Moore, came to work with our class today.  She is so nice! 

The next thing we do is go eat lunch in the cafeteria and then go outside to play.  Recess is awesome!!

When we come back inside, we are usually hot and sweaty.  We love to get some cold water before we get started on Journal Writing.  This week, we have been writing stories, just like the story we are writing right now!  This kind of writing is called Narrative Writing!

The last thing we do before we pack up to go home is Work Centers.  This is when we get to do some art projects.  We also practice with our letters and sounds.

"We have been doing firefighter trucks. We write the words 'I see a'" Destiny
"In Work Centers, we made Sparky the dog." James
"We are sorting pictures for the letters Dd and Hh." Casey
"We do the pattern block horse and dolphin." Riley

Last week, we learned about our 5 Senses.  This is our Sammy or Sally Senses that we made! 

Kindergarten is very busy but it is super fun.  We love our whole day in school!  

Yesterday was National Walk to School Day.  Over 100 students and teachers met at a church parking lot and then walked to school together. Four of our students in our class walked to school with Mrs. Deaton.  It was awesome.  Those four students even got a brag tag from our principal.

Brayson is gone to Disney World this week.  We really miss him!  These are some pictures he sent us.  It looks like he is having so much fun!