October Happenings

We had a great first week back. I would like to welcome Mrs. Anderson to our class. She is our new teacher assistant that will help support Kindergarten and 1st grade track 1. Mrs. Rodger will still be working between both track 1 classrooms. We are very excited to have her. A big thank you goes out to Mrs. Wood (Lillie's mom) for putting together the basket for the fall festival. She did a great job for those NC State fans. Dates to remember: October 8th picture retakes, Election Day PTA spirit night at buffalo lanes in Garner October 11th Field Trip October 15th JDRF Walk October 16th Sports Team Day October 17th Crazy sock day October 18th School Spirit, Early release In Math we will be working on the following standards: -K.CC.3 Write numbers from 0 to 20. Represent a number of objects with a written numeral 0-20 (with 0 representing a count of no objects). -K.CC.4 Understand the relationship between numbers and quantities; connect counting to cardinality. a. When counting objects, say the number names in the standard order, pairing each object with one and only one number name and each number name with one and only one object. b. Understand that the last number name said tells the number of objects counted. The number of objects is the same regardless of their arrangement or the order in which they were counted. c. Understand that each successive number name refers to a quantity that is one larger. -K.CC.5 Count to answer "how many?" questions about as many as 20 things arranged in a line, a rectangular array, or a circle, or as many as 10 things in a scattered configuration; given a number from 1-20, count out that many objects. -K.CC.6 Identify whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less than, or equal to the number of objects in another group, e.g., by using matching and counting strategies. -K.OA.1 Represent addition and subtraction with objects, fingers, mental images, drawings, sounds (eg. claps), acting out situations, verbal explanations, expressions, or equations. During our Letterland time we have been learning how to blend sounds together to make words. We have also begun working in our Daily 5 Reading Centers in the afternoon.