As we move through the school year, the youngest Hawks are forming strong friendships, adapting to the routine of their schedules, and being introduced to Hunter’s holiday traditions and festivities. At Grandfriends Day, the kids performed four classic songs and played Grandfriends Bingo. For Halloween, they marched in the annual parade, where they showed off an amazing array of creative costumes. Then they joined parents in the classrooms for a variety of Halloween-themed games, crafts, and activities, such as cupcake decorating, making Q-tip skeletons and pipe-cleaner spiders, a beanbag toss, and more. A few weeks later, for Fun Friday, kids and teachers hosted parents again to play Thanksgiving sudoku and make Lego-block-print corn. In preparation for their upcoming Winter Concert, the kids have been practicing their songs with Ms. Ayana. Kids and parents alike are enjoying these fun ways to form a strong Hunter community,
Simultaneously, Kindergarten academics are well underway! In math, the students are exploring describing objects then sorting them by attributes, such as thick or thin, how many sides, and other characteristics. In reading, they have been working on the “Short A” word family.
In an effort to integrate the Guss and Koon classes, the kids are continuing their Centers rotations together and seeing their 4th Grade Buddies every other week. In addition, they have started swapping classrooms for social studies and science, using their special connecting door. With Ms. Koon, the classes are discussing families of all different kinds and formations, including siblings, grandparents, blended families and even pets. With Ms. Guss, they are studying the life cycle of pumpkins and apples.
Another seasonal highlight was the recent Thankful Project, which is currently displayed in the K hallway. Kids drew on their fine motor skills to make colorful feathered turkeys bearing a personal message of thanks. Kids did all their own cutting, writing, spelling, and pattern creation.
Next up: Both classes will be going for their library cards the first week in December, in preparation for field trips in the upcoming Visit Our Communities segment.
One of Bryson's classmates had baby pigeons in for her birthday. How cool is that!
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