Number Stories

We used the white boards to practice writing number sentences and number stories today. 

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Kindergarten News

Week of March 30- April 2, 2014

In your child's folder today is a flier about our Spring Field Trip.  We are thrilled to be visiting Memorial  Middle School on Friday, April 17th to see The Little Mermaid!  The cost is $5.00 per child.  We will leave at 9:30 to see the show.  Afterwards, we will picnic at Bendwood Park.  Parents are welcome to meet us at MMS to see the show and to follow us for the picnic at the park.  If you want to join us, email your teacher and send $5.00 for yourself, as well.    

Please send in any individual picture money/forms and signed report card envelopes.

Remember tomorrow is another testing day at RCE- 4th grade is taking the STARR writing exam. Thank you for not visiting campus.

Our new field day is May 1st! Details to come.............

During this changeable “spring” weather, don’t forget to check the forecast before sending your child to school. Or, you could just be sure there is always a light jacket or sweater in their backpack. Even when it is warm outside, the classrooms can be chilly!

Theme: Plants and their Needs

Reading:  Shared reading and interactive read-alouds about plants and their needs, with focus on the elements of non-fiction writing.

Writing:  Plants and spring.                                             

Word Wall Words: 

REVIEW: red, blue, black, green, yellow, pink, purple, white, orange, a, it, she is, and, on , love, me, to the, for, him, we, go in, are, an, but, see, there, if, her, said, like, you, dear, was, into, he, can, do, of, has, what, little, all, very

NEW WORDS:  FIRST, YOUR

Word Study:  UT word family

Math: ways to make combinations up to 10, review 3D shapes, and working with more/less

Science: Living Things/ Plants

Homework: Read 20 minutes every night.

Optional Activities:

• Monday:  Pick 5 words from our word wall and write them using rainbow letters
• Tuesday:  Make a list of 10 “UT” words.
• Wednesday:   Write a list of what plants need to grow.
• Thursday:  Write a math story using two numbers that can be combined to make eight. (Ex: There are 4 caterpillars in the garden. 4 more came along. How many are there now?
• Friday:  Pack up your library books and practice your home reader! 

Word Work

We worked in small groups today to make ug words.  They built the words w magnetic letters and then wrote them on a white board.  Then we shared what words we made.  

Word Problems

We were doing some word problems today on the active board and the kids really liked the site.  It is called abcya.  Here is the link to what we did.
http://www.abcya.com/kindergarten_word_problems_add_subtract.htmThere are lots of alphabet activities, math activities and more.

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Kindergarten News

Week of March 23- March 27, 2015

We hope everyone had a good break. It was super fun to hear all about last week.  They always have so much to share!  Now that Spring Break is over, the rest of the school year will fly by quickly.  There will be lots of learning going on between now and the end of this school year!

If you haven’t done so, please sign and return your child’s report card envelope. 

Theme: Living Things and Plants

Reading:  Shared reading and interactive read-alouds about plants and their needs, with focus on the elements of non-fiction writing.

Writing:  Plants and spring.                                              

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, there, are, was, for, we, all, dear, love, do, little, him, her, has, but, into, all, very

NEW WORDS:  We have no new words this week.  At home, please focus on the sight words your child has not yet mastered.

Word Study: UG Word Family 

Math: Review combining sets up to 10 and 3D shapes.

Science: Living Things/ Plants

Homework: Read 20 minutes every night.

Optional Activities:

• Monday: Write 5 sentences about what you did on Spring Break and draw a picture to illustrate it.
• Tuesday:  Make a list of 10 “UG” words.
• Wednesday:   Practice your sight words.  Make flash cards with words your child does not know.
• Thursday:  Write a math story using two numbers that can be combined to make nine. (Ex: 2 plants bloomed in the garden. Then 7 more bloomed. How many were blooming altogether?)
• Friday:  Pack up your library books and practice your home reader! 

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Kindergarten News

Week of March 9 - March 13, 2015

     

 Friday morning before school is Donuts with Dads.  If you choose to participate, send your little one to school with dad or another special someone to share a donut before school in the cafeteria.  PTA provides donuts and juice. They ask that each child have one donut J

This begins at 7:30 a.m. 

This Friday is also Field Day.  Kindergarten's designated time is 9:00-9:50.  If you would like to join us, stop by the office and grab a sticker.  Most of the activities will take place on the field where Boosterthon was.  Our class will rotate through 6 stations and then the  gym.  Afterwards, the kids will have a popsicle.  It is important that your child wears tennis shoes that day.  For those that buy a lunch, the cafeteria will be selling sack lunches only.  I am not sure what the sack lunch will be at this time.  I haven't received the field day shirts, but once I do, I will send them home asap.  If you didn't buy a shirt, no worries.  The theme for the day is orange and blue so wear those colors!!

Theme: Finishing Texas and Beginning our study of Plants!

Reading:  Shared reading and interactive read-alouds about cowboys and cowgirls, focus on predicting events and comprehension.

Writing:  We are finishing our Texas stories this week!

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, there, are, was, we, dear, love, do, little, has, but

NEW WORDS: all, very

Word Study: UN Word Family 

Math: Ways to make 8 and 9, reviewing solid shapes and coins

Social Studies:  the Rodeo in Texas

Science:  Finishing up Earthworms…...beginning to look at living vs. nonliving

Homework: Read 20 minutes every night.

Optional Activities:

• Monday: See how many of our sight words you can read?  Make flash cards for any words you do not know.
• Tuesday:  Make a list of 10 UN words
• Wednesday:   Visit www.raz-kids.com
• Thursday:  Write a math story using two numbers that can be combined to make six. (Ex: 4 longhorns were branded, then 2 more. How many all together?)
• Friday:  Return your library books to school.

 

Gummyworm vs. Earthworm

Today we measured our gummy worm and earthworm and compared the two.  When they finished they got to eat the gummy worm and then write some facts we've learned about worms.  Next week we will begin our focus on living/nonliving things.  

Texas

We have been learning lots about Texas and I have forgotten to post some of it.  Here are some pics of their cowboys and cowgirls they made and wrote about being one and also the ones they made at art center.  Most of our stuff will come home next week in their folders.  

3D Shapes

We are learning about 3D shapes in math.  Today we looked through magazines searching for cylinders, spheres, cones and cubes.  We found tons of cylinders, but the rest were a little harder to find.  Have your child do a scavenger hunt at home and look for these different shapes.  

Worm Exploration

Today we got to meet our worms.  The kids got to look, touch and even hold them if they wanted to.  Most of them did, only a few were a little afraid.  Throughout the week, we will be experimenting, measuring and reading about worms.  

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Kindergarten News

Week of March 2 - March 6, 2015

Remember that our class picture is TOMORROW!!  Dress cute and smile pretty J.  Class pictures need to be preordered.  Send your envelopes WITH checks or credit card info.  Individual pictures will also be taken and you can order those later. 

Spring Break is the week of March 15-19^th!

 The Rummel Creek Auction is an event you don’t want to miss…stay tuned for details.  It will be Saturday, April 11^th in the evening.

                    

Theme: Cowboys and the rodeo

Reading:  Shared reading and interactive read-alouds about cowboys and cowgirls, focus on predicting events and comprehension.

Writing:  We are writing again this week about cowboys and the rodeo.                                              

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, there, are, was, for, what, when, we, all, dear, love, do, little, has, but, him, her

NEW WORDS: what, if

Word Study: EN Word Family 

Math: Continuing to explore combinations of numbers 0-8, while we dive into 3D shapes

Social Studies:  the Rodeo in Texas

Science:  Continue with Earthworms

Homework: Read 20 minutes every night.

Optional Activities:

• Monday: Make up your own three-sentence story about a cowboy or cowgirl and draw an illustration to go with it.
• Tuesday:  Make a list of 10 “EN” words.
• Wednesday:   Visit www.raz-kids.com

• Thursday:  Write a math story using two numbers that can be combined to make five. (Ex: 2 cows were branded, then 3 more. How many all together?)
• Friday:  Return your library books to school.