WELCOME TO OUR WEBSITE! LITERACY CYCLES: This is a part of our day when we break in to small groups. Each group will have a literacy element and a follow up activity. Three of the groups will have an adult with them and 1 is run somewhat independently. The activities are as follows: TRADITIONS/CUSTOMS/CELEBRATIONS: Halloween kicks off our Fall/Winter traditions/customs/celebrations unit. We will be studying different traditions /customs /celebrations that happen especially in the Fall/Winter. If you or your family have tradition, custom or celebration you would like to share with our class please let me know so we may arrange a time to have you come in to the class and share with us your particular tradition custom and/or celebration. NOODLE KUGEL: Kids will read a recipe and follow directions to make Noodle Kugle, that we will serve at our holiday party. KINDERGARTEN STANDARD: Kids will identify ingredients and follow directions. SUGAR COOKIES: Kids will read a recipe and follow directions for making sugar cookies which we will serve at our party. KINDERGARTEN STANDARD: Kids will identify ingredients and follow directions. STOCKING: Kids will listen to a story about why we began hanging stocking by the fireplace make a paper stocking of our own. KINDERGARTEN STANDARD: Kids will learn about tradition and develop fine motor skills. ALPHABET BOOKS (LETTER Kk): This will be an ongoing literacy cycle where the kids work somewhat independently on the Kk page of their book. They will use stencils to create pictures that begin with that letter . This page will be saved and added to the others at the end of the year. KINDERGARTEN STANDARD: Kids will use phonemic awareness and letter recognition to try and read words. Kids will also analyze sounds in a word and write the dominant consonant letters. WORKSHOP: This is a part of our day that is individually self paced. There are 8 activities that each child will complete in order. This is also a part of our day that where the focus is on math, science and social studies. 1. BODY BUILDING: Kids will color, cut out and put together body parts to create a whole body. They will then put labels on the parts of the body they built. KINDERGARTEN STANDARD:Kids will learn body parts and their places. They will use letter sound knowledge to read labels. 2. UP, UP AND AWAY: Kids will decorate hot air balloons and arrange them in order from 1-10. KINDERGARTEN STANDARD: Kids will learn to recognize numbers from 1-10. Kids will explain that a balloon looks smaller as it goes higher in the air. 3. COUNTING BY TWOS: The kids will illustrate a pumpkin book that will help them learn to count by twos. KINDERGARTEN STANDARD: Kids will learn to count to at least 10 by twos. 4. PUMPKINS BY THE BARN: The kids will read and color a book about pumpkins everywhere! On each page the kids will count the number of pumpkins they see on the picture then write that number on the back of the page. KINDERGARTEN STANDARD: Kids will use counting and number writing to illustrate the number of pumpkins on each page of the book. Kids will use beginning literacy skills to read the words and point out the rhyming words. 5. 10 BLACK DOTS: We will read the book 10 Black Dots by Donald Crews. Kids will then pick a number card and a color card and make their own picture using ( # ) ( color ) dots make at ____________. KINDERGARTEN STANDARD: Kids will use knowledge of early literacy skills and number sense to figure out the number and color word then create a picture. 6. MY NUMBER BOOK: We will be practicing writing our numbers and expressing them in picture, words, and tally marks. KINDERGARTEN STANDARD: Children will learn to write numbers with correct letter formation and be able to express a number in different ways to develop number sense. 7. MAKE A BRACELET: Kids will pick a pattern to follow (ie. ABAB, ABCABC, AABB, etc...) they will then lay the beads out to match the pattern they picked to follow and string it together then put the bracelet on and enjoy. KINDERGARTEN STANDARD: Children will learn about patterns. 8. HOW BIG IS A FOOT?: Kids will trace their foot and measure things around the room using their foot cut out. KINDERGARTEN STANDARD: Kids will use non-conventional measurement.