Samsula Kindergarten: Happy Birthday Johnny Appleseed!

We began doing our own form of team teaching this week. The students in both classes are split up based on reading ability. It has already been very benefical to several students. We worked with with the sight words in, is, it, jump, little. Every student in Mr. Gibb's class mastered this set and Mrs. Bowden's class also did well. We will be moving on next week. Remember to always go back and review all words. We also learned the letter Oo and Ff this week. We will learn Dd and Hh this coming week. We are beginning to read harder sentences. You should be so proud of your child.

In math, we reviewed all concepts and did several activities that involved apples. We read a book Ten Apples on Top and completed a craft learning about the order of numbers. We also patterned with apples and did several problem solving activities. We also learned how to recognize and write numbers to 20. We are going to be working on recognizing and writing numbers to 25 next week. We will also begin a unit on patterns this coming week.

In social students, we began our community unit. We learned about homes and familes. In Mr. Gibbs' class we built our own classroom community. As we learn new topics about our community we will add them to our town - "Gibbstown." We all made our house and already placed it in our community. Students are very excited about this and just wait till it is all completed!

We also went to the library this week. We had a great time learning how to use the library, and checking out books. We also watched a video on homes. We are truly, 21st century learners!

Our theme was apples. We completed several apple workshop crafts and even made applesauce on Friday in honor of Johnny Appleseed. We had a lot of fun this week!