Friday, November 30

Friday, November 30
Happy Birthday Destanie! (December 2)

Character Education: Mrs. Weninger will not be visiting us today.
Library Day

DECK THE HALLS WITH BOUGHS OF HOLLY...

This morning, we are making three different holiday decorations to fill the kindergarten hallway. This is sure to heighten the holiday spirit! They will be making a Santa, silly Christmas star, glittered ornament and Christmas tree. 

Math: Part-Part/Whole
 New Concept: Yesterday we played a game where we counted the cubes out of our bag and thought about all the different ways we could make that number.  For example, we counted out 7 cubes...4 of them might have been orange and 3 might have been green. Today I want to show you a new tool you can use to put numbers together and to take them apart. First I am going to count out 5 cubes and snap them together. Then I am going to count out 5 more, but I am going to break them into two parts. I am going to put 2 on one side and 3 on another. Then I can use my “math talk” cards to read my mat. "2 and 3 make 5." 

Whole Group Explore: Partner one will roll the dice, count the dots on the dice, and build a row with that many cubes. Partner one will put it on the “whole” box on their mat. Partner two will count out the same number of cubes, then break them into two parts. Partner two will place these parts on the “part” boxes on their mat. You will use your math talk cards to talk about what you built.
Student Application: Students will practice breaking whole numbers into parts while writing their numbers.

Music Today
The children will be previewing Santa's Secret Shop this afternoon. If you wish for them to shop, their day is Wednesday, December 5th.
 

~It's Christmas in Maple Lake.. .Santa is coming to the school tomorrow around 11:00!