Happy Thanksgiving From Hammond Kindergarten!

We are so thankful for the opportunity to be with your kindergarteners each day.

 We are filled with

THANKFULNESS.

We wish for each of you a safe and enjoyable holiday.

We are looking forward to hearing all about your special time with family and friends.

Please return the Tuesday envelopes and clean rest mats on Monday, December 1st. 

 

 

Happy Thanksgiving!

 

Look how big and Thankful Henry Hawk has become!!

Kindergarten Team Work!

Everything But The Turkey

Please remember that the kindergarten classes are collecting cans of  SWEET POTATOES throughout this week for our "Everything but the Turkey" project. Thanks to everyone for participating and sending in cans to help feed families in need. These families live in our state, South Carolina, and are very thankful for receiving a meal on this Thanks giving holiday. Kindergarteners have enjoyed working together with all Lower School Skyhawks on this service project.

A Published Author visits Hammond Kindergarten

A great big thank you to the author of the book

 Charley's Columbia Backyard,

Caroline Bennett,

 for visiting kindergarten last week. The children enjoyed hearing a story about their city, Columbia. It was very exciting for our young writers to hear how a professional author publishes a book from start to finish. If you would like to purchase an autographed copy of her fantastic book please turn in the order form that was included in last Tuesday's envelope.

Sight Word Study November 17th-24th

Please review all blue sight words we have covered to help your kindergartener gain more self-confidence in reading and writing. It is fun to take the words off of the ring and make sentences. You can add words to make the sentences complete. Practice writing and illustrating the sentences when complete.

Sensational Science experiments with Mrs. Dreesen

Kindergarteners enjoy science experiments with colors.

November in Kindergarten

Columbia, Our Capital City

We are very excited about our special guest author, Mrs. Caroline Bennett, visiting with us today. She will be reading her book, Charley's Columbia Backyard. This is a perfect introduction activity for our Social Studies curriculum as we introduce our study about the city in which we live. We will be discussing why our city is important to the state of  South Carolina and sharing our favorite places we know about in this big city. Be sure to look in today's Tuesday envelope for an order form to purchase a personalized copy of this book.

                         

Math Matters

Now that November is here we have introduced the Nickel.
The children are learning this nickel poem. You may enjoy practicing it at home.

"Nickel Poem"

Nickel, Nickel

Thick and fat

You're worth five cents

I know that.

 

  

 

Sight Word Study of Number Words Continues This Week

Number words one-ten
(Please note that the number words, with the exception of one and two, are not blue or purple words). We will be studying these sight words at school this week. The children will be making their own number word flash cards to bring home and practice.

 Please share any of your ideas on activities reinforcing sight words.
Simply send a note in to your teacher and we will be happy to post new ideas to our list.
Have fun learning your sight words!

Suggested Activities and Games to reinforce sight words

While riding in the car, have your child look for familiar sight words on billboards and signs. If you keep a Magna Doodle or a small writing pad in the car, have them write the word when they see it.

See if your child can find the words on items around the house (cereal boxes, packaged goods, newspaper headlines, magazines, etc).

 Everything But The Turkey

Please remember that the kindergarten classes are collecting cans of sweet potatoes throughout the next two weeks for our "Everything but the Turkey" project. As always we are encouraging our children to earn the money to purchase the food by doing various selfless acts. We would love to hear the different ways our kindergarteners have worked towards their goal by filling in feathers to help Henry Hawk get ready for the holidays. Thanks to everyone for participating and sending in cans to help feed families on this Thanksgiving holiday.

Help Henry Hawk earn more feathers!

It's Always A Fun Day in Hammond Kindergarten!

 Happy Halloween!

The kindergarten classes enjoyed every minute of Halloween last Friday! Thank you for the special Halloween treat provided by Homeroom Moms. As you can see below, the costumes were awesome!



Happy Halloween from Pete The Cat (AKA your kindergarten teachers)

Happy Halloween From The Tiger Cubs

Happy Halloween From The Ducklings
 



Happy Halloween From The Bear Cubs

Happy Halloween From The Friendly Frogs

                                                    

Nutrition Update

Last week the kindergarteners enjoyed eating the various parts of plants. We tasted the seeds (sunflower and pumpkin), roots (carrots), stem (celery), leaves (spinach), flowers (broccoli), and fruit (tomatoes). This was a fun activity for all, and we were excited to learn which "parts" grew above the ground, and which grew below. Each class read the book Tops And Bottoms, by Janet Stevens which fittingly opens from top to bottom instead of from side to side making it the perfect choice for understanding where various foods grow.

Reminder

We have enjoyed seeing the disguised turkeys which have been strutting into our classrooms! As a reminder, please return your turkey no later than this Friday, November 7th. The "turkeys" will be displayed in the hallway then sent home before Thanksgiving break. Have fun and be creative!

Math in Kindergarten

In class we have been learning the number poems for proper formation of numbers zero through ten. We encourage children to say these poems as they are writing numbers because we find that it can greatly reduce reversals. Please remind your child to say these poems when practicing at home.

A copy of the "Number Poems" will be inside today's Tuesday envelope.

Sight Word Study November 4th-11th

Number words one-ten
(Please note that the number words, with the exception of one and two, are not blue or purple words. We will be studying these sight words at school this week. The children will be making their own number word flash cards to bring home and practice.

New This Week!
 Please share any of your ideas on activities reinforcing sight words.
Simply send a note in to your teacher and we will be happy to post new ideas to our list.
Have fun learning your sight words!

Suggested Activities and Games to reinforce sight words

While riding in the car, have your child look for familiar sight words on billboards and signs. If you keep a Magna Doodle or a small writing pad in the car, have them write the word when they see it.

See if your child can find the words on items around the house (cereal boxes, packaged goods, newspaper headlines, magazines, etc).

Science Update

Yesterday, the kindergarteners enjoyed a field study at City Roots in Columbia. We were able to see and feel the hot compost piles, visit with the hens, see a live tilapia, dig up worms in the greenhouse where microgreens grow, and watch the many honey bees fly around their hives. This was a fabulous, fun trip that reinforced many of the facts we have been learning about in science. We also learned many new things about how farmers grow and maintain their crops on a sustainable farm. City Roots is the only in-town sustainable farm located in the city of Columbia.

 

 

NEEDED ASAP!

Please send in to school a WINTER change of clothes. With the cooler temperatures here, we are in need of an extra change of clothes for those "just in case" times.

Thank you!