Mrs. Vetter's Kindergarten : October 2016

Good Morning! I am sitting here with my Diet Coke (terrible habit! it's my "coffee") because I just have to get these pictures to you. October is such a busy month for us in Kindergarten so I am going to split it into two posts. I cannot get my iPhone pictures and my "big camera" pictures to sync in chronological order. They appear so in my computer's drive, but I've loaded them twice here and this is what I get. Oh well. Enjoy!

PAJAMA DAY! The kids voted, with a quick lesson on democracy, and this was our winning idea to celebrate 60+ Soaring with Pride stickers. I am really proud of them!

A little outside drawing time... this group was so excited to draw during recess ;)

FUN RUN!

We were so fortunate to see so many parents, and grandparents, on this morning. Thank you all for supporting the UES PTA.

That field was wet so we dried out our shoes while we had Literacy Centers and Guided Reading Groups. I swear a little exercise and room to wiggle our toes made for one of our most productive LA blocks ever! :)

I introduced the reading phones. You would have thought I was passing out gold! The kids loved using them during reading groups.

Recess :)

We are so fortunate to have so many visitors in our classroom who share such important information and skills with us. Mrs. dela Vega visited us on the first Monday of the month to help us with pencil grips and scissors grip. She is a school based OT who works for the Developmental Center. She is in our building quite often and she taught a lesson and share a song with us to help remind us about proper grip. We have been practicing with a puff ball, which the kids hold in their palm with their ring and pinkie finger as the other three fingers control the pencil. Please ask your child to show you and to sing this song for you :)

Here is a short video that demonstrates the grip and the song.

https://safeshare.tv/x/ss58037dd2b42f2

We had our first "Write the Room" activity of the year and the kids just LOVED it. I told them that there are many, many more to come. It gets them moving about the classroom while practicing a particular academic skill. In this, they search for cards with words that began with the letter G.

Mrs. R returned to teach us about using our brains and how neural connections form and strengthen over time and as we practice skills and concepts.

Here is a video link that the kids may enjoy that reinforces the ideas she shared.

https://safeshare.tv/x/ss57d2ba08987e4

Math Rotations :)

The kids have really enjoyed our unit on Attributes.

We had a wonderful time at the Urbana Volunteer Fire Station. We were able to see and explore the various trucks as well as see a fire fighter dress in his gear.