Transitional Kindergarten News 

 

pastedGraphic_1.png Language Arts

We had lots of fun with Jack and Jill this week! Students practiced reciting the rhyme, sequencing the events, and illustrating the rhyme in their journals.

We also worked on:

  • Hearing and identifying rhyming words
  • Hearing beginning and ending sounds
  • Blending syllables to make words
  • Blending letter sounds to read CVC words
  • Creating an -at word family with words like at, cat, bat, and hat

Hopefully, some of those new words made their way home, and you got to hear your child read a few! 

pastedGraphic_2.png Handwriting

We practiced writing the letters i and L.

pastedGraphic_3.png Math

Our math work continued with patterns, including ABC and AAB patterns. We also practiced counting to 100 and writing numbers 7 and 8.

pastedGraphic_4.png Art

We learned about artist Piet Mondrian and how he used vertical and horizontal lines along with primary colors to create his artwork.

Students created their own Mondrian-inspired artwork using cardboard to make lines with tempera paint and then filled in some of the spaces with red, yellow, and blue.

We also had a little color-mixing fun! Students carefully squeezed food coloring into soap-holder suction cups and placed a paper towel on top. They watched as the colors absorbed into the paper towel and mixed. It was a fun way to see what happens when colors come together!

 

pastedGraphic_5.png Child-Led Art & Creating with Recyclables

We are also making time for child-led art, where students use their own ideas and imaginations to create something that is completely their own. This type of art is about so much more than the finished product! As children plan, build, tape, glue, cut, and redesign, they are developing fine-motor skills, hand strength, coordination, creativity, problem-solving, and stamina. They also learn that sometimes things don't go exactly as planned—and that's okay! Figuring out how to fix something, trying again, asking for help, and sticking with a project when it gets frustrating are all important skills.

We love seeing the variety of ideas that come from giving children the freedom to create. There is no "right" way for their masterpiece to look—their imagination is in charge!

If you have small, clean, recyclable items at home that you think might make a great building material, feel free to send them our way! We can always use small boxes, cardboard, paper tubes, clean containers, paper scraps, and other little treasures. We would also appreciate paper or plastic grocery bags that students can use to carry their creations and treasures home. 

 

pastedGraphic_6.png Journals

Students illustrated things they enjoy doing with their family in their journals. It was fun to see all the fun activities that make each family special!

 

pastedGraphic_7.png Assessments

We continued working on our coloring and cutting assessment and finished up our rote counting assessments.

pastedGraphic_8.png Snack & Sharing

Please remember to send a snack for 16 students. Snack guidelines can be found in the snack bag and on our TK school webpage.

The October Snack & Sharing Calendar can be found in your child's green folder.

pastedGraphic_9.png Next Week

Monday: No School 

Tuesday: Rubani — ME Bag

Wednesday: Teachers

Thursday: Teachers

Friday: Elle (birthday)— A Fall Decoration 

 

Have a great long weekend!!!