The Buzz in Room 103: November 17-21st

Hello,

It was SO nice to meet with you during our conference! I love having the chance to tell parents how amazing their child is during our kindergarten day- I see SO much magic happen each and every day with your son/daughter!💖

One of the reaccuring topics during conferences seemed to be how you as a parent can help your child determine if a problem is small/big and how to react appropriately (and change the channel in their brain after!). I found this poster which is an easy, concrete way to explain size of problem to a child:

Here is a list of books to read with your child to help differentiate big/small problems (or you can do a read aloud video with many of these on you tube)

Book titles

Don't Squeal Unless It's a Big Deal by Jeanie Franz Ransom
Big Problems Little Problems by Ben Feller
Solutions For Cold Feet And Other Little Problems by Carey Sookocheff
Bumps, Hills and Mountains: A Book About Identifying the Size of a Problem
The Problem-Reaction Meter: Choosing the Size of Your Reactions
Gloria's Big Problem
Barnie's Little Big Problem
A Very Big Problem
What Do You Do With a Problem?
My Day is Ruined!

I hope this helps!!💖

The children have been practicing sequencing a story as well as how to think deeper about a text. We are doing A LOT of "noticing" and "wondering" during our Wit and Wisdom block! The children are using text evidence to answer prompts. They will be learning how to include finger spaces in their writing-It is so exciting to see them begin to write with so many letters/sounds!

This is the text with which we are working for the week!

We will be learning letters v, w this week.

This is how to write these letters with the Fundations lines:

Here is a video of how we pronounce the letters and the pictures associated with the letters/sounds

v van /v/

In math, we will be counting and writing numbers 6-10. The children will also be counting on from a number to 10. They are practicing matching quantity to numbers and using a 10 frame to have that concrete visual. They are also practicing counting with 1:1 correspondence!

In science, we are learning about the changing seasons and how people and animals have to adapt.

Our second step lesson will be about how we feel feelings in our bodies; sometimes they are comfortable and sometimes uncomfortable feelings. HERE is the home link if you want to discuss the topic with your child!

Here are some pictures from our very short week!