Healthy Teeth

We are learning about how to take care of our teeth in honor of February's Dental Health Month.  Today we made giant toothbrushes and wrote some ways to keep our teeth healthy.

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Kindergarten News

Week of January 26-January 30, 2015

We are so excited for the upcoming 100^th day of school on February 3rd.  Keep working on those 100 Day t-shirts….we are excited to show off at our parade at 8:15.  We hope you can join us for the parade. 

                                      

Theme: Healthy Teeth and Friends

Reading:  We are working hard to improve our reading skills in literacy stations and guided reading groups! All mid year testing is completed...hooray!

Writing:  Non-fiction writing- what do we notice about non fiction text?  For example- we see table of contents, charts, glossary, etc.

Word Wall Words:  REVIEW: the, a, in, you, it, on, is, orange, can, green, yellow, like, brown, at, she, said, my, an, of, me, red, blue, to purple, and, see, pink, he, black, white, do, to, little, has, but

NEW WORDS:  into, for

Word Study: IN Word Family 

Math: We continue to focus on problem solving and counting to 100.  Our math stations this week are reviewing area, perimeter, tally marks, and reading numbers 0-100.  We are beginning to decompose numbers, which is an early step to addition and subtraction. We will take time to explore the many combinations that make 4 and 5.

Science: Soil

Social Studies:  Taking care of our teeth J

Homework: Read 20 minutes every night.

Optional Activities:

• Monday: Make a list of 5 IN words?
• Tuesday: Tell your parents how you can keep your teeth healthy.
• Wednesday:  Count to 100 to your mom or dad!
• Thursday:  Visit www.raz-kids.com
• Friday:  Pack up your library books and practice your home reader!  Send your home reader back to school on Monday!

100 Days of School

On Tuesday, Feb. 3rd we will celebrate the 100th day of Kindergarten.  It will be a fun filled day of activities related to 100.  Today in your child's folder there is a purple note telling you about a homework project your child has to do by the 100th day.  Let me know if you have any questions.

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Kindergarten News

Week of January 20-23, 2015

Please be on the look  out for more information in regards to the 100 th day celebration for Kindergarten.  Mark your calendars for our big 100^th day parade.  You are invited to come watch us parade around  in our 100 day shirts and take pictures.  The parade will be on

Tuesday, Feb 3^rd @ 8:15!  We will send out more information  this Friday with details about the 100th day t shirt project!

Theme:  Continue winter, snow, and cold weather

Reading:  This week we will enjoy many winter stories.  We will continue to practice identifying the characters, setting, and problem.  We will retell using story arcs.  We will also predict and make connections while listening to stories.

Writing:  The children  will continue  to explore nonfiction books and what it takes to make these types of books.  We continue to develop their writing as they learn to make letter/sound connections and develop their own ideas for writing.

Word Wall Words:  REVIEW: the, a, in, you, it, on, is, orange, can, green, yellow, like, brown, at, she, said, my, an, of, me, he, she, red, blue, to, purple, and, see, pink, he, black, white, like, can, see

NEW WORDS:   has , but 

Word Study: We will review all of the word families we have learned so far. (at, an, ap,) and our new word family is OP

Math: During math workshop, We are working on combining sets to make numbers up to 6.   Exploring different ways to break down the numbers.  We will use fact families to help with this concept.  EX:  5   can be  1 and 4,  2 and 3  5 and 0

Science: Cold Weather and how animals/people adapt! We will also explore movement.

Social Studies:  continue with soil, rocks and water

Problem Solving

In Math, I gave each child 14 paper squares and a sheet of grid paper.  They had to use the shapes to figure out what the mystery shape was...a rectangle or square.  It took them a bit of time to figure it out. I saw lots of good thinking going on.  

1st one to figure it out!

2nd to figure it out!

Secret Pal

Thank you so much to my secret pal for the beautiful flowers.  What a nice treat on such a gloomy day!  

Great reading website

Check out this site www.uniteforliteracy.com for books your child can read or have read to them.

Sneezy the Snowman

We read Sneezy the Snowman and learned about quotation marks, "ot" words and rhyming words.  We also talked about cause and effect while reading and did some interactive writing about what happened when Sneezy stood by the fire, or drank hot cocoa.  After reading, we all made a melted snowman and practiced writing with quotation marks.  They did really well on this.  

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Kindergarten News

Week of January 12-16, 2015

Please return your report card envelope.  Sign the envelope and keep the report that is inside.  It is important for you to practice the sight words that your child did not know.  If you need help, please ask your teacher!  Thank you for reading your child's home reader with him or her! 

 

Theme: Winter, Snow, and cold weather

Reading:  This week we will continue to enjoy stories about winter and cold weather. We continue to practice re-telling the stories we read because our reading assessment scores require that a student not only reads but can accurately retell/recall what he has read.

Writing:  The children continue to make books and develop their writing as they learn to make letter/sound connections and develop their own ideas for writing. This week we are focusing on using illustrations to help tell the story. Specifically, we are focusing on illustrations in non-fiction text.

Word Wall Words:  REVIEW: the, a, in, you, it, on, is, orange, can, green, yellow, like, brown, at, she, said, my, an, of, me, red, blue, to, purple, and, see, pink, he, black, white, of, we

NEW WORDS:  do, little

Word Study:  OT Word Family 

Math: During math workshop, we will continue to emphasize the  measurement of perimeter/area. We will continue to count aloud and back/forth to 30.  We continue to work on numeracy and problem solving. 

 

Science: We will explore rocks and soil!

Social Studies:  continue with Martin Luther King

Homework: Read 20 minutes every night.

Optional Activities:

• Monday: Write six “OT” words. 
• Tuesday: Try to count to 100 to mom or dad.  Can you count by 10’s?  How about by 5’s?
• Wednesday:  Write the word little.  Trace over it 4 times using a different color each time.  Now do the same with the word do.
• Thursday:  Visit www.raz-kids.com

Friday:  Pack up your library books and/or home readers to return to school!

Perimeter and Area

This week we have been learning about perimeter and area in math.  We measured the perimeter and area of our learning mat.  Today we practiced independently measuring some pictures of objects.  This is something your child can practice at home too.

Ways to Make 5

In Math, we are looking at different ways we can make numbers.  Today we did ways to make 5 using two color counters.  We played a partner guessing game and then we went back to our seats and showed what we learned on our paper.

Welcome Back!

Kindergarten News

Week of January 5-9, 2015

Welcome back!  It was so great to see the kids and hear about their wonderful time with their families.  I have missed them!

The weather will be extra chilly this week!  Please remember to put your child’s name on all jackets and sweaters.  Make sure your child is dressed for recess time each day. 

On Friday, your child will bring home their first report card!  We will also send home the results of their sight word testing.  Please practice any words they did not know.  Sign the envelope and return it Monday.  Keep the report card and sight word information from inside.  Thank you!

For homework this week, please help your child to get back on schedule and read to them at bedtime.  Thank you!

Theme: Winter, Snow, and cold weather

Reading:  This week we will enjoy many winter stories.  We will continue to practice identifying the characters, setting, and problem.  We will retell using story arcs.  We will also predict and make connections while listening to stories.

Writing:  The children continue to make books and develop their writing as they learn to make letter/sound connections and develop their own ideas for writing. This week we are making stories about the winter, focusing on non-fiction attributes.

Word Wall Words:  REVIEW: the, a, in, you, it, on, is, orange, can, green, yellow, like, brown, at, she, said, my, an, of, me, he, she, red, blue, to, purple, and, see, pink, he, black, white, like, can, see

NEW WORDS:  we, of

Word Study: We will review all of the word families we have learned so far. (at, an, ap,) and our new word family is OG

Math: During math workshop, we will explore perimeter (distance around the edge) and area (distance all across the object) by using various non-standard units to measure it. We will continue to practice numeral writing, explore numeracy, and review tally making.  We will also focus on problem solving and problem solving strategies.

Science: Cold Weather and how animals/people adapt! We will also explore movement.

Social Studies:  Landforms and Martin Luther King