Another Secret Pal

I was so excited today to get another secret pal gift.  Ya'll are spoiling me. Thank you!  

What if We Had Animal Teeth?

We read What if We Had Animal Teeth?  and then we wrote about what kind we would have and then made face with animal teeth.  

In Math today we practiced doing things for 100 seconds.  We sat like a statue, we stood on one foot, we ran in place and we wrote our names.  The picture below is them running in place.  

Thank you!

I just got this yummy treat from my secret pal.  Can't wait to have some.  These are my favorite!  

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Kindergarten News

Week of January 25-January 29, 2016

We are so excited for the upcoming 100^th day of school on February 2nd.  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. 

Thank you for sending in the cereal boxes.  Keep them coming!  We will use them to make our Valentine’s boxes.  If you have lost your class list, let us know and we can send you another.  It is time to make Valentine’s cards!

This morning in the library, the children who participated in the Cookie Primary Reading Program (back in October) received a book in their honor.  This book is to be enjoyed at home a week or so, and then returned.  Check out their name in the front of the book!

Today we made a tooth brushing chart.  If the children brush their teeth morning and night (and record it on their chart!), they can return it next Monday for a magic ticket.  Happy tooth brushing!  If they didn’t brush this morning, they have some catching up to do after school.  ;)

                            

Theme: Healthy Teeth and Special Friends (the groundhog!)

Reading:  We are working hard to improve our reading skills in literacy stations and guided reading groups! Please continue to send your child’s home reader back each Monday.  Make sure you are listening to your child read J

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: I, the, see, like, my, is, and, was, me, go, said, that, for, in, if, you, can, to, on, into, he, she, it, has, but

NEW WORDS:  we, little

Word Study: OT Word Family  

Math: We continue to focus on problem solving and counting to 100.  We have been decomposing numbers, which is an early step to addition and subtraction. We have explored the many combinations that make 4 and 5.  For the next two weeks, we will focus on 100!!  After that time period, we will resume our combinations of numbers (6-10)

Science: Rocks

Social Studies:  Taking care of our teeth J

Homework: Read 20 minutes every night.

Optional Activities:

• Monday: Make a list of 5 OT 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!

TGIF

I decided we needed to do some art today so we made some hearts to get us in the mood for Valentine's Day.  They turned out super cute and are hanging on our classroom windows.  

Thank you for sending in those cereal boxes for their Valentines.  We have almost enough.  

Word Detective

We searched for -og and-op words today during word detective.

Scrambled Sight Words

This morning we each got a certain colored letter and we had to go find our partners with the same color letters.  Then we had to figure out what sight word we had.  

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Kindergarten News

Week of January 19-23, 2016

Due to the holiday, we will be going to the library on Wednesday this week.  If you haven’t returned your books, send them by tomorrow!

The 100^th day of school will be on Feb. 2^nd.  Attached is a separate letter in regards to this special day!  Stay tuned for details on our 100 day parade which will take place on that same day, as well. 

Our new school building dedication also will be Feb. 2 at 4 pm.  All are welcome!  An invitation via email is forthcoming today.

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 or 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: I, the, see, like, my, is, and, was, me, go, said, that, for, in, it, if, you, can, to, on, into, he, she,

NEW WORDS:  has, but

Word Study:  OP Word Family  

Math: During math workshop, we will continue to emphasize numeracy and problem solving to 20. We will begin to explore number sentences with real problems we can act out in class.  This week we will decompose the numbers 5 and 6.  

Science: We will explore the seasons!

Social Studies:  What jobs can we do to help others?

Homework: Read 20 minutes every night.

Optional Activities:

• Monday: Write six “OP” 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 has.  Trace over it 4 times using a different color each time.  Now do the same with the word but.
• Thursday:  Visit www.raz-kids.com
• Friday:  Pack up your library books and/or home readers to return to school!  

Rainbows

We have been learning about weather and what kid doesn't like rainbows.  Yesterday we read What Makes a Rainbow and learned the science behind rainbows on pebblego.  Today we read the poem Rainbow Hair and made Roy G. Biv to help us remember the order of the colors.

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Kindergarten News

Week of January 11-15, 2016

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! 

Each day please send a water bottle and snack.  All jackets should be labeled with your child's name.  Thank you!

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 or 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: I, the, see, like, my, is, and, was, me, go, said, that, for, in, it, if, you, can, to, on, into, all color words

NEW WORDS:  he, she

Word Study:  OG Word Family  

Math: During math workshop, we will continue to emphasize numeracy and problem solving to 20. We will begin to explore number sentences with real problems we can act out in class.  This week we will decompose the number 4.  4 can be 2 and 2, 3 and 1, 1 and 3, 4 and 0, and 0 and 4.

Science: We will explore weather!

Social Studies:  Martin Luther King and new school routines

Homework: Read 20 minutes every night.

Optional Activities:

• Monday: Write six “OG” 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 he.  Trace over it 4 times using a different color each time.  Now do the same with the word she.
• Thursday:  Visit www.raz-kids.com
• Friday:  Pack up your library books and/or home readers to return to school!  

1st Week

It has been a fun first week in our new classroom and school.  We have learned our routines and gotten busy.   We are now doing our lunch count on the active board which has been an adjustment, but the kids LOVE using it.  We have been talking about nonfiction in Writer's Workshop and in a few weeks hopefully everyone will give nonfiction writing a try.  Today we read Sneezy the Snowman and practiced writing with quotation marks on our melted snowmen.  We also had our library orientation so books may come home today.  In a couple weeks, we will be back to our normal Monday library day so start finding all those library books.  I will be doing reading groups next week so expect to start seeing home reader bags come home next Friday.  Have a wonderful weekend!  

The 1st Day at Our New School

We had a great day today in our new classroom!  This morning we took a LONG tour to find out where everything is.  In math, we played a dice roll game and then had some math tub time.  We started our new quiet literacy journals after lunch.  We discussed temperature in science and completed a page in our weather book.  They did a really good job at recess staying off the grass. Hopefully we will be able to get on it sooner than later.  We finished the day singing Kyle Happy Birthday and getting a bday treat to take home.  They should be exhausted...I know I am.