October 6 - 10

Notes:

• This week is Fire Prevention week. The Cologne Fire Department will be coming to the school on Wednesday to teach the kindergarteners about fire safety. 
• There are no college T-shirt days this week. 

LITERATURE
We're Going On a Bear Hunt

Focus: Predicting and Retelling
The Busy Little Squirrel
Focus: Characters and Feelings

MATH
This week our focus is patterns: Students will be working on creating and extending AB and ABB patterns using many different attributes such as shape, size, color, orientation, etc. 

During the months of September and October students will work on the following skills:

·         numbers 0-10 (ordering, identifying, representing, and writing)

·         matching and sorting: size and shape

·         2-dimensional shapes

·         patterns :AB and ABB

Throughout the year students will explore math through open-ended- problem solving journals, math stations, ipads/ipods, IXL, rekenreks, and a variety of math manipulatives.

HANDWRITING/WRITING
Letters: Nn, Hh, Ss, Ff

Students will practice the basic handwriting strokes, pencil grip, and correct posture.

Labeling Pictures

CORE KNOWLEDGE

Farms - Students will be able to explain what a farm is and why farms are important; identify animals, machinery, tools and buildings found on a farm. Students will also be able to identify the needs of animals and sequence the seasonal rhythm of planting, growing, and harvesting. 
Animal Habitats-Each day we will be learning about a different habitat and the animals that live in that particular habitat.