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On Monday we are not going to be at school because it is Martin Luther King, Jr Day. It is a day to celebrate his ideas and how he saved the world from the "white only" signs. When the laws were changed the "white only" signs were taken down. He changed the world with peace. We learned through our Read Aloud today that when he was young he was no longer allowed to play with his friends because of his skin color. Today, we can make all kinds of friends!
Mrs. Maynard came to our class last week. It is such a special treat to have her come in to read to us because she finds some great books for us. We've recently come to enjoy an author named Olivier Dunrea. He wrote A Christmas Tree for Pyn and Hanne's Quest. On Monday Mrs. Maynard brought us some of his small picture books about Gossie. Cole thinks that Olive will LOVE them!
Check out the Hopkinton Library website here to see the exciting and upcoming Library Events.Fiction vs. Non-Fiction
We spent last Friday learning how to identify fiction stories and non-fiction stories. One trick is to think about the beginning sound of fiction-it starts like fake. Fiction=Fake. Fiction is not real. Non-fiction means that it is not fake or real. We can tell that a story is a fiction book because most times it has illustrations or drawings or paintings and we know that animals can't talk or walk on 2 feet so that makes it a fiction book.
A non-fiction story usually has pictures or photographs that looks like real stuff. Most times it has a table of contents and has factual information.
In Kindergarten children have learned to identify and describe plane shapes such as circles, rectangles, squares and triangles as well as recognize solid figures like a sphere, cube and pyramid. This year in chapter 5 children will extend that knowledge to compare shapes and determine how they are alike and different by describing the shape's attributes and properties.
Next week you'll see a math practice packet come home with more details and objectives and how you can help reinforce these concepts at home. Here's what the class wanted to share with you on the blog:
Cody has learned that a square has 4 equal sides. Sophia knows that a circle has 0 sides and 0 corners. Cassidy shares that regular (or plane) shapes are flat and solid figures are objects you can hold. Nolan knows that rectangular prisms have rectangles in them. Cole has observed that a diamond (or rhombus) looks like a square, but just flipped around. And a big reminder for all: a triangle has 3 sides.
Nice work everyone! Keep up the great work. And thank you everyone for making it such a special day for my birthday today.
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