The Kinderstars have had an exciting few weeks! Ms. Pavlicek, from the Burlington Science Center, came to visit with a tarantula, snake, and an owl. Each child was allowed to hold the snake, and see the tarantula, and owl up close!
The class as a whole earned another ten stars and had a Disney Day class reward. The Dress-up Holiday soiree will be tomorrow, October 31, 2018.
Books We Have Read
The Bad Seed
In 1492
Quinito, Day and Night
Owl Moon
All Families Are Special
Oonga, Boonga
Rescue and Jessica
A Family Is A Family
Puppy, Puppy, Please
Kevin & His Day
The Great Gracie Chase
The Night Before Halloween
Literacy
The Kinderstars have been moving right through the alphabet. These are the letters we have worked on the past couple of weeks:
A, D, E, G, H, I
We continue to work on rhyming words, both during read-aloud, and also in the poems we have read.
Math
The Kinderstars have continued to work on 2D shapes including a circle, square, triangle, rectangle, octagon, and hexagon. The past few weeks we continue to learn, and correctly form the numbers 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10. The students have been doing many class activities involving patterning, including on our calendar each day, and several worksheets.
Social Skills
We have discussed and read The Group Plan. The following Life Skills have been taught:
Life Skills 3
"When I give you a two-step direction, you do it right away."
Life Skills 4
"When something is too hard, find a teacher and say 'Help me please'."
Tuesday, October 30, 2018
Friday, October 5, 2018
The past few weeks have been very busy and productive for the Kinderstars. We have had a special visitor (Scooter), earned a Super Hero Day, and continue working hard on learning how to write, and identify letters and shapes.
It was a pleasure seeing all the parents at the Open House. The support of involved parents will surely make a difference in the academic success of your children. Thank you for your support.
Books We Have Read
Five Green and Speckled Frogs
Happy Dreamer
Please and Thank You
Oscar is Cold
The Three Little Pigs
Ben - The Furry Dog
Matthew and Tilley
All Kinds of Friends
The Lonely Scarecrow
Literacy
The Kinderstars have learned the letters N and C. They have made bracelets with words that start with these letters, identified these letters, and continue to review the letters that we have learned.
The past few weeks they have learned what a syllable is and how to find out how many syllables are in a word. They have practiced clapping out the syllables to determine the number of syllables in a word.
Math
The students have made a shape book that include circles, ovals, rectangles, squares, diamonds/rhombus, and trapezoids. They had to identify the shape on each page. We have sang songs about the shapes and they held up their shape when they heard it in the song. Kinderstars have been introduced to patterns and have made their own patterns strip using an AAB pattern. They also completed a pattern worksheet to determine what came next in a pattern.
Social Skills
The class continues to work on Life Skills 1 and Life Skills 2. We have spent the past few weeks discovering what a friend is and how to get along with our classmates.
Monday, October 1, 2018
Kickstart Kinderstars Daily Schedule
September 2018
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8:10-8:25
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Morning Preparation
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8:25-9:00
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Morning Meeting
Read-Aloud & Discussion
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9:00-9:30
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Literacy Learning Groups
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9:30-9:50
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Choice Time
*Dramatic Play *Blocks *Playdough *Art
*Science *Sensory Table *iPads
*Blocks *Writing *Library *Snack
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9:50-10:00
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Bathroom
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10:00-10:20
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Recess
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10:20-10:35
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Calendar
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10:35-11:15
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Math
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11:15-11:45
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Lunch
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11:45-12:00
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Social Skills, Science or Social Studies
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12:00-12:10
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Songs, Literacy Play, Dismissal
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It's time for Back to School Night at the BECC! We hope you can join us on Wednesday, October 3rd from 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM for this opportunity for you to see what is happening in your child's classroom on a daily basis. Please check your child's classroom blog for specific times of presentations.
This night is designed for parents and guardians only. Because of the large amount of families attending, we cannot accommodate individual conferences. We look forward to seeing everyone on Wednesday!
***Kinderstars presentation will be at 6:35 pm.
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