2021-2022 EHS Kindergarten

 Today was a fabulous day at school!  We continue to learn about bats and how they hibernate in the winter.  We spent time exploring bat books to look closer at bats.  We had 3 bat centers where we used playdoh to make a bat, used magnifying glasses to look at crickets closely and we used loose parts to make homes for bats.  Please ask your child what bat center they liked best.  Please ask your child to share 2 bat facts with you. We had music with Mrs. Coulson.  Please ask your child what they did in the music room.  We had gym with Mr. Campbell and continued playing the pirate game to move the gold. Please consider donating to our Families Helping Families this holiday season. Tomorrow at school is festive hat/hair.  We look forward to seeing everyone in the holiday spirit. Friday is AM Kindergarten.

 We have been having a blast in music class.  We have a student teacher, Miss White, who is amazing and she has been teaching us instruments, songs and games.  Since the last update we have and continue to: 1. create movements 2. Play unpatched and pitched instruments 3. Sang and learned about special holidays (Thanksgiving, Halloween, Hanukkah...) 4. Tempo (fast/slow), dynamics (loud/quiet),  5. Listening and responding 6. Beat and Rhythm

 Today we had new arrival centers.  We continued to learn about hibernation. We started to make a hibernation booklet and made a page about how bears prepare for hibernation. We started to learn about bats. We looked at what we already know about bats and what we wonder about them. We read a story and watched a video about bats.  We had gym and participated in an obstacle course.  We had centers. Mrs. Mask's PM class had music.  This Friday is AM kindergarten.  Every Wednesday in December will be  Spirit Days: Dec. 1 - Festive Hat/Hair Day Dec. 8 - Festive shirt/sweater day or green and red day Dec. 15 - Pajama Day

Today we continued to learn about hibernation. We took a closer look at bears and explore some non fiction stories about bears. We had many inquiries and wonders about bears and made a list of questions we want to know more about. We looked at how bears prepare for hibernation. And watched a video of some bears getting their den ready for hibernation. Ask your child how they prepare their den for hibernation. We did a science experiment to learn about the bears fur and their layer of fat that helps keep them insulated and warm during the winter months. We explored this by feeling ice on our hands and then using a layer of fat (butter) and placing the ice over the fat. Ask your child what they noticed.  We played a math domino game in pairs. We are practicing how to recognize numbers in a small set (subitizing) and then count on from that set.  The children had music and gym today.  Tomorrow there is NO school due to parent teacher conferences. You will receive a link in your email to t

Today we continued to learn about hibernation. We looked more closely at bears by watching videos, looking at pictures and used loose parts to make bear dens.  We began to explore what bears look like. We practiced the number 10.  We drew 10 bears on the number 10 and counted forwards and backwards to 10. Thank you to all our families who are supporting our Book Fair - we appreciate it! We look forward to meeting all our families virtually at conferences on Thursday and Friday.  Thank you to everyone who has booked a conference.  Please remember there is no school Friday.

We played a new math game today. We are learning about counting on from the biggest number. It was called Animal Race. Ask me how to play. We started to learn about hibernation today with Ms.Mach - ask me if any of these animals hibernate? Frogs, Birds, Bears or Rabbits? We then drew an animal in our visual journal of an animal that is hibernating (sleeping). Ask me what I drew in my visual journal. We had gym, music and centers. Reminders: Thursday, Nov.25 - Regular full day of School / Parent Teacher Interviews Friday, Nov.26 - NO SCHOOL / Parent Teacher Interviews

We had a preview of the book fair today. If you would like to purchase a book, you may send some cash with your child in their backpack and we will send them to the book fair to purchase. Today we listened to the story  Another Book About Bears  and then we worked on making new animals for a window book.  Please watch the classroom windows this week as the our book will begin to appear for all to enjoy. We had gym with Mr. Campbell where we played Mission Impossible.  There were many obstacles set up and we had so much fun pretending to be spies as we worked our way through the course. Thank you to all those families who booked conferences for Thursday or Friday.  If you have not booked an appointment with your child's teacher, please book ASAP.  Thank you!  We look forward to meeting with you all virtually this week. Parent teacher conferences are Thursday November 25 and Friday November 26.   Bookings for conferences opened on Saturday morning. Thursday November 25 is a regular d