Measuring Mrs. Hanlen

We had a long afternoon in the room due to the spirit rally.  Olivia's mom came for Mystery Reader and then we had a fun measurement activity.  We measured me (well a close outline of me) with four different nonstandard units of measurement.  The kids all got to help and it was lots of fun!  Great way to wrap up measurement for the week!  

October Secret Pal

So excited about my secret pal gift filled w Amazon gift card, jalapeno chips, almonds and dark chocolate.  Yum!!  Just made my day.  Thank you!!  

Video of Parade

Mrs. Harrell made a video of the storybook character parade.  Check it out...

https://animoto.com/play/w40ylIijEEltbw688Ow7Yw

Storybook Character Parade

Can't wait to see all of your kiddos in their costumes!  If you come, please don't have your child change out of their costume until we get a group photo.  

Halloween Measurement

We learned about measuring how tall and wide objects are today.  Then we measured some different halloween shapes with cubes to see how tall and how wide they are.  

In Song - Sight Word In

Letter W Song Video

Letter J Song Video

News

Kindergarten News

Week of Oct.26 - Oct.30, 2015

Thank you so much for coming to your child’s conference.  It was a treat to visit with you!  Our book character parade will be THIS Thursday right after announcements. 

This is the LAST week to get your reading logs turned in…they are due

November 1st!

Theme: Fall...Halloween!

Reading:  This week we will enjoy fall stories!  We will identify characters, setting, and problem.  We will retell using picture cards.  We will utilize the cognitive skill of mental imaging while listening to stories.  This skill will help us add details to our writing!

Writing:  This week we will make literacy connections to stories while using these stories as a basis for our own individual book making/writing! We will focus on use of capitals, periods, and appropriate spacing as we write.  We will continue to incorporate sound words (Swoosh!) during writer’s workshop, as well as adding other illustrative details to make our writing more interesting. We will begin the idea of non-fiction writing as we discover the life cycle of a pumpkin.

Word Wall Words:  

REVIEW: red, green, yellow, orange, purple, blue, white, pink, brown, black, I, the, can, and, to, my, is, like, see, it, go

NEW WORDS FOR THE WEEK: IF, IN

Word Study: We will focus on the letter sounds of J and W.

Math: During math workshop, we will measure (length and width), create/extend patterns, create numeral sets, count forwards and backwards, and problem solve.

Science: Magnets!

Social Studies:  Map Skills!

Homework: Read 20 minutes every night.

Optional Activities:

• Monday:  Make a list of things that start with J and W  
• Tuesday:  Visit the book fair at Barnes and Noble!
• Wednesday: Have your mom or dad pick a number from 11-20.  Can you count forwards from that number?  Can you count backwards?
• Thursday:  visit www.raz-kids.com
• Friday:  Return your library books and practice your home reader this weekend! TURN IN ALL READING LOGS- LAST CALL!!

    

Early Dismissal

Don't forget tomorrow and Friday are early dismissal days.  We get out at 12:15.  I look forward to meeting with you about your child's progress.  

Writer's Workshop

We are working hard on our writing.  Today we shared our books we have been writing with a friend. 

News

Kindergarten News

Week of Oct. 19-23, 2015

Thank you for coming to the RCE Fall Festival.  It was a huge success.  It was fun to hear the kids talk about it today!

Reminders for this week:

1.  Keep sending your library reading logs each Monday. There is still time….so keep reading.  If you can’t remember the day/time you signed up for a conference, contact us!

2. Thursday and Friday are noon dismissal days.  We do eat lunch at school, but

    everything happens earlier J

Remember there is a different lunch menu for that day in the cafeteria. 

Theme: Fall is in the air!

Reading:  This week we will enjoy Halloween and Fall stories!  We will identify characters and setting.  We will retell using

 story arcs.  At literacy stations we will complete our nursery rhymes and fairy tales unit with a variety of activities, such as sequencing, sentence construction, and writing

Writing:  This week we will make literacy connections to Halloween stories while using these stories as a basis for our own individual book making/writing! We will focus on use of capitals, periods, and appropriate spacing as we write.  We will incorporate sound words (Swoosh!) during writer’s workshop. We continue to focus on using illustrations to better tell our story.

Word Wall Words:  

REVIEW: red, green, yellow, orange, purple, blue, white, pink, brown, black, I, the, can, see, like, is, my, and, to NEW WORDS FOR THE WEEK:  it, go

Word Study: We will focus on the letter sounds of L and K.

Math: During math workshop, we will create/extend patterns, create numeral sets, count to 50, review ordinal numbers and problem solve.  

Science: We will explore light, sound, and heat energy!  

Social Studies:  Creating and using maps! We will also review the meaning behind some special US symbols.

Homework: Read 20 minutes every night.

Optional Activities:

• Monday: Make a list of L and K words.  
• Tuesday:  Teach your parents Five Little Pumpkins.  
• Wednesday: Write a simple sentence using IT and GO.    Do you have a capital and a period?  
• Thursday:  Count to 50!  Now pick a number and count backwards J

·       Friday:  Read your home reader and return it, along with your reading log/library books on Monday. This weekend if you have time, visit www.raz-kids.com

Fall Festival

We have had a busy week and now Fall Festival afterschool from 4 to 7.  Hope to see you there!  The kids are super excited!  Some of our friends still have their tickets in their blue folders, make sure you get them.  

"The Letter F Song" by ABCmouse.com

"The Letter D Song" Music Video by ABCmouse.com

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Kindergarten News

Week of Oct. 13th-17th, 2015

Thank you for sending your child with their library books, reading logs, and home readers.  You are helping us to grow readers!  This Friday will be the RCE Fall Festival.  We hope to see you at this fun event! J

This week we will explore the following:

Theme: FALL!!

Reading:  We will have fun with Fall stories, focusing on story elements.  We will also sequence and retell, which are two very important reading skills!

Writing:  This week we will make literacy connections to Fall books for our own individual book making/writing! We will learn the routines of Writer’s Workshop.  Our authors will be very busy!  We will write about colors we see, fall, etc.  Hooray!

Word Wall Words:  

REVIEW: I, the, can, see, my, is, like, red, yellow, blue, green, orange, black, brown, white, pink, purple

NEW WORDS FOR THE WEEK:  and, to

Word Study: We will focus on the letter sounds of F and D.

Math: This week we will continue problem solving, focusing on acting out to solve a problem and/or drawing a picture. Using the math workshop approach, our focus this week will be on: ordinal numbers, patterns, and sets to 10.

Science: Light and Heat give us energy!

   

Social Studies:  Map Skills and Fall Traditions

Homework: Read 20 minutes every night.

Optional Activities:

·       Tuesday: Make a list of F and D words   

·       Wednesday: Write a simple sentence using and and to.  Do you have a capital and a period?  

·       Thursday:  Visit www.raz-kids.com

·       Friday: Read your home reader this weekend.  Return your book bag and your library book/reading log on Monday!

Pumpkin Math

Today we made pumpkins in math and graphed how many shapes we used making the face.  

The Bald Eagle

This week in Social Studies we learned about the bald eagle.  We made one and wrote about what we know as a class.  Tomorrow we will learn about Mount Rushmore.  

A Fun Way to Practice Letter Sounds

"The Letter H Song" by ABCmouse.com

"The Letter C Song" by ABCmouse.com

Kindergarten News

Kindergarten News

Oct. 5-9, 2015

Important Dates:

Oct. 14- Our Field Trip to Dewberry Farm…details to come!

Oct. 16- Fall Festival!

Oct. 29- Book Character Parade J

This week we will explore the following:

Theme: We will continue with Nursery Rhymes and Fairy Tales

Reading:  We will continue to explore the wonderful world of nursery rhymes and fairy tales.  We will identify rhyming words, characters and setting.  We will also sequence and retell, which are two very important reading skills!

Writing:  This week we will make literacy connections to nursery rhymes and fairy while using these familiar texts as a basis for our own individual book making/writing!

Word Wall Words: 

REVIEW: is, my, like, I, the, red, green, yellow, orange, purple, blue, white, pink, brown, black,

NEW WORDS FOR THE WEEK:  can,

see

Word Study: We will focus on the letter sounds of C and H.

Math: This week we will continue estimating and counting objects with one to one correspondence.  We will also work on counting/creating/identifying sets to 10.  We will count forwards and backwards to 20, as well as create number lines to 20.   

Science: We will continue to explore matter, focusing on how matter can change.

Social Studies:  US Symbols and what they mean to us.

Homework: Read 20 minutes every night.

Optional Activities:

·       Monday:  Make a list of things that start with C & H

·       Tuesday: Take a handful of junk/tiny treasures.  Sort them into sets and describe how you sorted to mom or dad.

·       Wednesday: Write a simple sentence using can and see.  Do you have a capital and a period? 

·       Thursday:  Pick a US Symbol.  Tell Mom or Dad what it means.  Why is it important to us?

·       Friday: Bring back your library books, reading log, and home reader bag!  Remember there is no school on Monday!