Mrs. Hendry - Archived 09/19 Notes

Mrs. Hendry's class pictures and activities

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Posted: October 30, 2018

Jerry Jellyfish and The Letter J!

The Story Bots have lots of words that start with the /j/ sound! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bGQ-XlLk8M (link is external) In our class, we have 1 student with a names starting with J - Jase.  The Sesame Street crew have some names that star with J too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKYMpRSvg2Y (link is external) We will make Jack-o-lanterns too (paper ones so far!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Mph3hygIFU (link is external) We will practice making the letter J - both the upper case that stands on the line and the lower case that looks like a fish hook hanging in the water.

Posted: October 26, 2018

We are counting and learning to read numerals!

We are learning the numbers 1-5! On the weekend the children may enjoy looking through magazines or store flyers to find pictures with 1 -5 things. See if they can make a page for each number. Write the number on the top of the page and then find as many pictures as you can with that number. For instance in a flyer you may see 2 apples or 2 shirts. We  will enjoy watching some funny videos for each number of the day.  These videos can be found on the Sesame Street website below. Click on "videos" and then type in search "number 4" or whichever number you are interested in. There will be lots of choices. Also on the same website you can click on "games" and search "counting" to find some fun activities.http://www.sesamestreet.org/

Posted: October 26, 2018

The Letter V -Vampire Bats!

Halloween is a great time to learn about the letter V too! There was a cute vampire on our door the children could read his speeech bubble as they walked in...."I am a vampire".  We read about bats and vampire bats. We found out they are not as scary as we thought! Can your child tell you how vampire bats get their food?  We found lots of other words that start with /v/ too. Grover has lots in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQb6gTJD7zA(link is external) Check out this V Video - a  volcano ! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAiLobOIUTw(link is external) And we can't forget the Story Bots: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNnVgNuagWM

Posted: October 26, 2018

Wonderful Letter W!

Mrs. Hendry's W Wand could not help pointing to things in the classroom that started with the /w/ sound! It went to a wall, Will, water, a pictures of a witch, and Willie Weasel's picture! 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? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWaF-BKPO1A   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 26, 2018

It's Time For Incredible Letter I!

Hard-working Innie Inchworm helped us learn about the two sounds for letter I. The children are getting good at hearing the i sound in the middle of words too. We had to use our sharp eyes and brains to find the tricky letter I that looks just like a lower case L! These videos help us remember the letter name: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHr9LqADJ1Q  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG1nCrnUim4  Here is the link to the StoryBots Letter I song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phqQO-istAI&feature=fvsr (link is external)  Sheryl Crow went to Sesame Street to sing with her friend the Letter I: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUcWNz4YXlA (link is external)

Posted: October 18, 2018

More, fewer and the same amount

We have been comparing amounts (dogs/balls; children/chairs...) 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 18, 2018

Groovy Letter G!

Gordo Gorilla had a fancy G g bag! Ask your child what else was in there. Did they remember the Groovy girl? the gold necklace? the garbage can? the ghost? the 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 about 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!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbZosS4dX3g (link is external) I also read them a few stories with a ghost - Halloween is coming!  

Posted: October 11, 2018

More Rhyming Fun!

http://www.professorgarfield.org/Phonemics/introCharacters.html

Posted: October 11, 2018

No Better Letter than B?

What a lot of words begin with the letter B b! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoFz9V_BEG4  The Dixie Chicks think there is no better letter:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPRgPrZCLmsYou(link is external) may want to Boogie with the Story Bots:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hGFJW3LZ98Lots(link is external) of B words in the B b Song:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdfUMGlyg-c 

Posted: October 10, 2018

Letter K: Kangaroos and Kind Kids

Today we learned about kangaroos when we talked about the "k" sound! You can learn interesting facts from this cute video:I'm a Kangaroo:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIlokXDuMWo  (link is external)Check out these videos of real kangaroos:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qBgMmRMpOohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v...(link is external)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guBPx7HhaJk(link is external) The action for Kayo Kangaroo is a karate moves! Be careful not to hit anyone when you listen to the StoryBots sing their K song:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyFJHdBDVfk(link is external) We were polite for the letter p and now we will be kind for the letter k. No wonder everyone thinks we are great kindergarten kids!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZukLiE

Posted: October 5, 2018

Turkey Time!

Thanksgiving was a perfect time to have a tur-ific time with this turkey song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxfajHBG9Rg  

We also heard a  funny story about turkeys. Ask your child what the turkeys did to trick the farmers. Check out how smart the 5 Fat Turkeys are: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4uRrx5lfm0 

Posted: October 5, 2018

Time For T!

We had a terrific time tapping our teeth with our tongue for the letter t! You may want to make time for T with these videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABaWlQgzh90(link is external) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPHaID7o_5U(link is external) 

Posted: September 28, 2018

Banana Banana Meatball - Our Favorite Pattern Song!

Can you keep up? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ9q4U2P3ig

Posted: September 25, 2018

Letter F - Francy Fish!

Francy Fish is the Zoophonics animal that starts with /f/. We felt our furry feather as we found things that start with /f/. This video helped us: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-mEmCuU95c  Our bodies had things that started with F: fingers, feet and face. We found /f/ foods in our snacks: Fruit and fish. We heard F words as we did our calendar: four, five and Friday. Tomorrow we will do the actions to the poem: I'm a Little Fishy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeQy94L_rPs (link is external)

 Listen to the Story Bots; they found some /f/ words too:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8e_Oh314Ds

Posted: September 24, 2018

We are learning about patterns!

Now that the children can identify and explain how things are the same and different and they can sort objects into groups; we are starting patterning! You may want to check out this You Tube link for some pattern videos to discuss with your child: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HIn3X14inI&index=1&list=PLP-T4lbplP2Pu1...

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