5 Little Pumpkins

 

This week we introduced a story called 5 Little Pumpkins. Everyday we read the story and recited the chant to ensure it is "stuck in our brains". As we read the story we are developing fluency, reciting, print awareness, and reading a story from left to right. We created actions to go along with the words we are reciting. We will continue our work with this story the next few weeks through a wall story, the passage will be printed on the wall to facilitate reading practice. Stay tuned! 

As Halloween is approaching, we continued our pumpkin inquiry in other areas of learning. Through a sharing circle we described what the pumpkin looks like, what it feels like, and what it smells like. Yesterday, we were scientists, and predicted how many seeds are inside our pumpkin. We sorted the pumpkin guts from the seeds. We are continuing our seed exploration next week! 

We learned how to draw the inside and outside of a pumpkin. Using our kid writing and magic line we challenged ourselves to print pumpkin. Please ask your child "What is the beginning sound of the word pumpkin?" or share "I can spell pumpkin using word bubblegum!"

We also learned a new Roll & Cover pumpkin game, we play this game during centre time. It has been a big hit!  

Independence

Please continue working on independently dressing. As the cold weather is here please practice putting on our snow pants and zipping zippers. We use this visual in our classroom, feel free to use it at home when practicing independently dressing. This visual is a great way to increase our confidence and independence as young learners. We read pictures from left to right :) 

Halloween 

On Thursday October 29th, please send your child to school wearing their halloween costume and mask. Please make sure your child's costume does not interfere with their COVID mask, and keep any accessories that go with your child's costume at home. Please DO NOT send any candies, treats, or non-edible gifts (e.g. pencils, stickers etc.) Due to COVID we are unable to hand out anything to students. Thank you!  We will continue our regular learning on this day with some halloween activities!  

Reminders 

• Thursday October 29th Halloween 
• Friday October 30th P.D. Day (No School K-4)