We had our special visitor on our tenth day of school today - it was Zero the Hero! Zero the Hero is a special hero that comes to our classroom on any school day that ends in a ZERO! The great thing about Zero the Hero (according to the boys and girls) is he always brings a yummy treat in the shape of a zero to share with the class!
Everyday during our calendar time together we keep track of our days using straws. We add a straw each day until our very last day of Kindergarten. Today we took the 10 straws from our ones pocket and bundled them up with a rubber band and moved our new group of 10 to the tens pocket. Tomorrow - you guessed it - we will add one straw to our ones pocket to illustrate our 11th day of school. By the time March comes the boys and girls wonder if we will have enough straws to finish out our year together. Calendar time is an excellent opportunity for us to explore number patterns together. Soon we will add pennies to help us count our days for each month. We will gradually add nickels and dimes as we learn coin recognition. Already we are using tally marks to help us count our days for the month. This will help us learn to count by fives. Each month we begin our tally marks again.
Don't forget tomorrow is library day as we celebrate Wonderful Wednesday!
Your child's teacher,
Mrs. Straight
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