What a busy month we have had! I cannot believe we are already starting to think about turkeys and Thanksgiving!  Look below for how we have kept very busy in kindergarten.

Symmetry:

Students loved taking what we have previously learned about symmetry to create a symmetrical monster.  Students painted one side of a face they cut out, then closed the face to create a mirror image.  The kids loved adding google eyes and decorating the monster for Halloween season.

Pumpkin Glyphs:
Students used shape identification and names when answering pumpkin themed questions about themselves.  They used the glyph key to determine which shapes they used for each part of their jack-o-lantern.  Can you guess your little pumpkin's jack-o-lantern?

                                             Reading

Setting
During our whole group reading we have been focused on parts of a story. All narrative stories have characters, setting and a beginning,
middle and ending. This month we have looked at characters, the people or animals in the story. We talked about character traits they have and how characters often change during the story.  We have also learned about the setting of a story. We created this anchor chart to help us retell the setting of new stories.






Cause and Effect:
This week we have been looking at story events and why they happened.  Students LOVED listening to a read aloud of Pete the Cat My New White Shoes.  They all joined along with the reader sang his new shoe song :)  Afterwards, we used a thinking map to chart the colors his shoes turned and why they changed color.