Pete the Cat ~~~ Finishing up ... Week # 3

It’s beginning to look like Fall!

Our Rocking Shoe

 and Big Grovey Button!

Creating our Pete the Cat!

Our Hallway display of Pete the Cat!

Button sorting work job .. 

the children discovered 

they could sort the buttons

 by color, size, shape and 

by the number of holes in

 the buttons.

Poor Pete the cat needs

 to find his matching shoe. 

 Cut out the small sheet of

 shoes and glue next to the 

matching shoe.

Concept of spoken word. 

Take turns reading the 

sentence. Try to touch

 each word as you read.

Our first attempt at clipboard

 cruising.  Lots of assistance

 with this work job. We started 

off with 4 words.

The children are enjoying Gym!

More work on patterns!

I made some new playdough. 

 By the number of children

 around the table this rainy

 indoor recess it was a hit!

Mark Enman, is our Literacy Coach.

 He was in to read a story and will

 be working with us some this week.

McKinley was so excited with

 her sticker picture. She did 

a great job of showing and 

telling about her picture. 

McKinley made it at home

 and added Pete the Cat!

We were using the whiteboards.

 Deandra drew a picture of her and me.

Some learning centre pictures!!!

Pete the Cat ~~~ Week #2

Pete the cat has numbers on him. 

Attach the correct number of 

buttons on Pete’s shirt.

Use the letter tiles and place 

the letters on the Pete the cat words.

Each student has a t-shirt sheet. 

There is a container of buttons.

 Roll the dice and add that number

 of buttons to your t-shirt.  See

 who has the most buttons on their

 t-shirt when all the buttons are gone.

Pete the cat board game. 

Roll the dice move that 

number of spaces.

We voted on our favorite

 Pete the Cat story. 

Pete the Cat- The Wheels

 on the Bus was the favorite this year!

This was Stefen’s morning 

job this week.  He was our

 greeter.  McKinley decided

 she would like a high five.

Last week we created our

 Rocking School Shoe.  

This week we are creating

 our Big Groovy Button!

I introduced the whiteboards.

 First we do some letter

 formation and than the 

children had a few minutes 

to draw anything they wished.

My interactive Pete the Cat

 and his groovy buttons.

 Each student had a turn

 to change the number 

and add the buttons.

Pete the Cat

Concentration Card Game…

 turn over two cards if they

 are the same have another turn.

Our Terry Fox Walk… 

we walked inside the 

soccer field and after

 the children had some

 time in the playground

 with the students in KB.

September 4 - 13 ~~~ Routines and Week # 1 of Pete the Cat

Look who’s Popping into Kindergarten!

First day of kindergarten pictures!

Creating our Pete the cat headbands.

Pete left us a clue to follow in his book

 “ I Love My White Shoes”, we followed

 the cues for a tour of the school and

 ended up back in our class for a 

tasty Pete the Cat cookie!

Getting right into a routine. 

Stringing beads - great

 for fine motor.

Magnetic fun!

Pattern blocks!

Playdough!

Working with puzzles.

Our first attempt at turn 

and talk. One person talks

 while the other person listens

 and then switch. 

We ended the day with a 

freeze dance. Lots of great moves!

Learning centre time 

choice board. Each day

 different children

Choose first. I try to do

 two rotations daily in

 the afternoon.

Our first art activity.  Cut out,

 decorate a  rockin’ shoe any

 color you wish and then we

 added a few sparkles.

Our Wall of Art!

I use handwriting without

 tears as we begin letter 

Formation and sounds.

 Here are the steps for letter S and A.

Each day we complete work 

jobs. Each student does one

 job per day by Thursday 

everyone has had a turn at each work job.

This work job was a Pete the Cat Puzzle.

Roll the dice.  Whatever

 number you roll is the

 number your color.

Turn over a card, name

 the letter if you don’t know it

 ask a friend. Sometimes it

 says sing a song. Move your 

game piece up a block.

 Race to the top.

Color Pete the Cat 

by color code.

Oh dear… I accidentally spilled

 a large container of cube blocks.

 I asked the children to sort the 

blocks into colors.  Well done!

We worked on AB patterns. 

 We only had two boys present

 so this is as far as our girl boy

 pattern could extend.

Some learning centre pictures. 

 The children are learning to

 choose a centre and stay there

 until it is time to rotate. Lots 

of social skills occurring - 

turn taking, asking nicely,

 sharing, inside voices, 

cleaning up, helping each 

other, manners and so much more!!!