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Posted: October 18, 2016

Kindergarten Counters!

Kindergarten will be practicing making our numerals to 3. We are really good at counting that high but we like to take a break and watch these counting videos. The "Counting Crows": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llezjMibxp4(link is external) The Clumsy Baker videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXnxTbCECjw&list=PL6DB1240B37018C21(link is external) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmfSEuq1F3w(link is external) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUqwzttQ3wQ(link is external)

Posted: October 18, 2016

The Wonderful Letter W!

Mrs. Hendry's W Wand could not help pointing to things in the classroom that started with the /w/ sound yesterday! It went to a whale, a walkie-talkie, water, a picture of a witch, Mr. Henderson's watch and a lego wagon! Wow! Our Zoophonics animal is Willie Weasel but since it is so close to Halloween we had to talk about Wanda Witch too! Check ou this video; did you notice the weasel? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDJ0a_g-weU(link is external) The children laughed at the antics of the letter W with Kermit The Frog: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vN_0HDXCyNs(link is external) The Letter W was tricky getting away from the Detective. How did he get away? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0iLTufp_bk(link is external)

Posted: October 18, 2016

The Incredible Letter Ii!

Kindergarten learned about the hard-working letter I! It makes 2 sounds - /i/ like in "Inny Inchworm" and /i/ like in "ice cream". I is also a word - we have been writing it and have it on our word wall now. You may enjoy watching these Ii clips with your child. How many /i/ sounding words can they remember? They may show you how smart they are by saying words with the /i/ sound in the middle. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phqQO-istAI(link is external) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUcWNz4YXlA(link is external) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG1nCrnUim4(link is external) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHr9LqADJ1Q(link is external)

Posted: October 18, 2016

G is Great!

We have been so busy since Thanskgiving that I have not been keeping up to date! Sorry! I'll catch up today!
Gordo Gorilla was hiding in the fancy G g bag! Ask your child what else was in there. Did they remember the the Groovy girl with the gold necklace? the garbage can? the guitar? glasses? Good for them! Check out the gorilla song that taught us interesting gorilla facts: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3QkwLkkgUY(link is external) We also learned the word go and watched this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PaKQ9dVk1U(link is external) Don't feed them too many Gummy Bears or you may need to do this dance to wear it off!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hn61z3FlMQ(link is external) I also read them a few stories with a ghost - Halloween is coming!

Posted: October 4, 2016

More, fewer and the same amount - a game to play.

We have been comparing amounts (dogs/balls; animals/dots...) and using the terms more, fewer and the same amount. Check out this link with your child to have some fun with the terms at home: http://www.ixl.com/math/kindergarten/fewer-and-more-comparing-groups Fewer is a bit tricky because we tend to say "a few more" but be careful - fewer actually means less!

Posted: October 4, 2016

It's Time For T!

Timmy Tiger is our Zoophonics animal that teaches us the letter and sound for Tt. We made "time for t" this week since it is almost "turkey time"! This video was terrific!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABaWlQgzh90 How many /t/ words can you think of? Tap your toes for each word. We even heard /t/ at the end of some words!

Posted: October 4, 2016

A is for Apple - and Allie Alligator

Allie Alligator has been helping kindergarten with the sound for the letter /a/. We learned how to make an upper case A and a lower case a. Check out this link for the song that helps us with Allie's sound: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tif2a8vXeAA (link is external)   You may enjoy this cute apple song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKmFHRrkFuQ

Posted: September 27, 2016

Grade 1 Counts to 20!

Grade 1 is learning to count, make numerals and number words to 20 this year. These videos may be a fun way to review. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eDiZHMt49E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-FVERzap9E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srPktd4k_O8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zw6Fps2O7XY Don't forget to skip count and count backwards!

Posted: September 27, 2016

The Letter B

What a lot of words begin with the letter B b!  The Dixie Chicks think there is no better letter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPRgPrZCLms(link is external) You may want to Boogie with the Story Bots: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hGFJW3LZ98(link is external) Lots of B words in the B b Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdfUMGlyg-c(link is external) We made some beautiful bumblebees that will come home later- they are decorating our classroom for pattern day!

Posted: September 20, 2016

Did you ever see a teacher kissing a creature? What!?!

The children had a great laugh over Raffi's version of Down By The Bay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CSxGHve60E There are alot of other versions - can you and your child find a funny rhyme to share in class?

Posted: September 19, 2016

Francy Fish and the letter Ff

We are learning about the letter Ff! The Zoophonics animal to go along with the letter is Francy Fish. We found words that begin with the letter Ff. Some are body parts: feet, fingers, fist. Some are animals that begin with the letter f (frogs, fish, foxes). Listen to the Storybots and see what /f/ words they found:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8e_Oh314Ds(link is external)  Sesame Street has a funny Letter f video too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-mEmCuU95c(link is external) Remember to keep practice printing the letter too!         
 

Posted: September 15, 2016

The "an" word family...can you spell lots of them Grade 1?

Practicing your spelling words Grade 1? Here is a link to a video that might make it fun! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgZOFdQqwTc

 

Posted: September 15, 2016

Sammy Snake and The Letter S

Sammy the Snake came to our class today and brought his S box. Everything in it started with the /s/ sound! Can your child tell you some things that were in it? You may want to check out these fun links for Letter S videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpvnvudDGMw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koZhWlZh4b8

Posted: September 14, 2016

Pattern Fun in K/1!

 
Kindergarten knows lots about sorting in math class so we will be patterning like our Grade 1 buddies! Both grades may want to check out this You Tube link for a colleion of pattern videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HIn3X14inI&index=1&list=PLP-T4lbplP2Pu1Y...(link is external) We will be making and extending patterns with sound, pictures and real life objects

Posted: September 14, 2016

Missy Mouse and The Letter Mm for Kindergarteners!

We met Missy Mouse - our Zoophonics friend who helps us learn about the Letter Mm and its sound. We checked out the M box that was full of things that had the sound/m/at the start - money, mittens, mirror,... The children also heard lots of words that start with m-m-m-m when they watched these videos. See how many you can name when the video is over. Maybe you can find a mini marshmallow to eat for each M word? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kk8zEeD47qw(link is external) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGbncOU3qlc(link is external)

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