Wow! It finally feels like fall! We have had a great week in school! Look at all we have done.
Language Arts: Our letter of the week was P. Many of our themes centered around this letter. Our sight words were"am" and "and." We had our Review Book 6. We practiced the sounds th, qu, ou, and oi. We practiced encoding (sounding out and writing) three and four sound words.We read Pete's a Pizza and wrote a response book about our favorite pizza. On Friday, our fifth grade reading buddies visited. We made a Halloween project. What a fun time!
Math: Three dimensional shapes and positional words (behind, between, next to, above, below) were a big focus this week. We also learned a few more games which help us with numbers to ten and adding and subtraction. We read Pumpkin, Pumpkin and created a sequence book about how a pumpkin seed grows. We are practicing tracking our reading by pointing to the words as we read. We also notice repetitive text, matching words to the pictures, and that our popcorn words keep "popping" up.
Social Studies: Our Cool Tool last week and this week have been reviewing I Can Problem Solve. We discussed when it is ok to "tell" the teacher about someone and that most of the time it is not ok. We also talked about when friends copy each other. Most of the time when someone copies your idea it is because someone likes you. It is important to remember to be yourself and celebrate what you can do.
Notes: Kindergartners do not receive report cards the first quarter. You will get LOTS of information at our parent teacher conferences. Please look to your right to see the time of the Halloween parade and refer to the email that was sent last week about next Wednesday.
Thank you to Liam's mom for being a guest reader. We look forward to our future visitors.
Friday, October 26, 2012
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Oct. 15-19
We had another busy week in kindergarten! But we found TIME to make a RHYME!
Language Arts: Our letter of the week was R. Our sight word was "said." We read Oh A-Hunting We Will Go and made a response book of our own with rhyming words. We made rhyme boxes and notices rhymes in our poems this week. Miss Lundeen came in to lead a fun rhyming game. We made a rhyme game of our own to bring home. We made Review Sound Book 5. Our sounds were y, x, ch, and sh.
Math: We played a Shapes By Feel game using attributes to find a specific shape without looking! We learned a Pattern Train game which involved creating a pattern then, with a rool of a die, either extending our taking some away. We practiced writing numbers 1-20. We focused on the "over the hump" numbers like 29, 39, 49, to count to the next tens number. Teens numbers were practiced as we played the Teens Ten Frame game.
Science: Thank you to everyone who remembered to send a rock to school. We had some who brought a few and were able to share. We studied our rocks with a magnifying glass and made a rock report. It was neat to see the different types of rocks and their characteristics! It was fun to make a rock report!
Social Studies: We focused on fire safety this week. We read stories and wrote about things firefighters do to help our community.
Notes: Thank you to Mrs. Sajja for helping in the computer lab and to Mrs. Dulam, Mrs. Swanson and others for donating supplies.
Have a great weekend!
Language Arts: Our letter of the week was R. Our sight word was "said." We read Oh A-Hunting We Will Go and made a response book of our own with rhyming words. We made rhyme boxes and notices rhymes in our poems this week. Miss Lundeen came in to lead a fun rhyming game. We made a rhyme game of our own to bring home. We made Review Sound Book 5. Our sounds were y, x, ch, and sh.
Math: We played a Shapes By Feel game using attributes to find a specific shape without looking! We learned a Pattern Train game which involved creating a pattern then, with a rool of a die, either extending our taking some away. We practiced writing numbers 1-20. We focused on the "over the hump" numbers like 29, 39, 49, to count to the next tens number. Teens numbers were practiced as we played the Teens Ten Frame game.
Science: Thank you to everyone who remembered to send a rock to school. We had some who brought a few and were able to share. We studied our rocks with a magnifying glass and made a rock report. It was neat to see the different types of rocks and their characteristics! It was fun to make a rock report!
Social Studies: We focused on fire safety this week. We read stories and wrote about things firefighters do to help our community.
Notes: Thank you to Mrs. Sajja for helping in the computer lab and to Mrs. Dulam, Mrs. Swanson and others for donating supplies.
Have a great weekend!
Friday, October 12, 2012
Oct. 9-12
I hope you has a fun three day weekend with your family! I spent time with mine at Delavan Lake in Wisconsin.
Language Arts: Our letter of the week was "s" and the sight word was "can." Practice those popcorn words at home! Our jolly phonics sounds were w, ng, v, and oo. We read books about spiders and we wrote a fact response about spiders. We had fun singing "There's a Spider on the Floor" with our spider rings and we read everyone's page in our class book There's a Spider on Me. We completed our second week of FLEX groups for guided reading. The students could be with a different teacher during this 35 minute time. We work on jolly phonics, blending words, reading strategies and writing. Everyone is doing well with the routine and we will remain in these groups for a few more weeks. We had our first Literacy Center time on Thursday. The kids had a blast as they were led in different language arts and math games by our wonderful parent volunteers. A big thank you to Ms.
Math: We had a math talk with our At The Park page. Positional words were a focus in addition to questions like the examples I sent home on Tuesday. We made a spider number book matching the correct amount of spiders to the number. This book, along with another number board activity were to help students understand the value of number and how the amount increases by one as we count. We learned a fun game called Skyscrapers which is a counting, estimating and comparing game. We learned about the Tricky Teens numbers stressing that teens numbers are a group of 10 plus some more. We played a Listen and Do game showing a teens number flashcard and making a ten frame plus ___ to equal the teen.
Notes: As mentioned in the email link, WE FILLED OUR MARBLE JAR! We will be having a Pajama Day on THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18th. Please wear gym shoes that day...we have P.E. They may bring slippers for the classroom.
Also, please have your child bring in a rock by Tuesday, October 16th. It must be no bigger than your child's hand. It would be great if there was something interesting about its shape color or texture. Please send it in a labeled bag.
Have a great weekend!
Language Arts: Our letter of the week was "s" and the sight word was "can." Practice those popcorn words at home! Our jolly phonics sounds were w, ng, v, and oo. We read books about spiders and we wrote a fact response about spiders. We had fun singing "There's a Spider on the Floor" with our spider rings and we read everyone's page in our class book There's a Spider on Me. We completed our second week of FLEX groups for guided reading. The students could be with a different teacher during this 35 minute time. We work on jolly phonics, blending words, reading strategies and writing. Everyone is doing well with the routine and we will remain in these groups for a few more weeks. We had our first Literacy Center time on Thursday. The kids had a blast as they were led in different language arts and math games by our wonderful parent volunteers. A big thank you to Ms.
Math: We had a math talk with our At The Park page. Positional words were a focus in addition to questions like the examples I sent home on Tuesday. We made a spider number book matching the correct amount of spiders to the number. This book, along with another number board activity were to help students understand the value of number and how the amount increases by one as we count. We learned a fun game called Skyscrapers which is a counting, estimating and comparing game. We learned about the Tricky Teens numbers stressing that teens numbers are a group of 10 plus some more. We played a Listen and Do game showing a teens number flashcard and making a ten frame plus ___ to equal the teen.
Notes: As mentioned in the email link, WE FILLED OUR MARBLE JAR! We will be having a Pajama Day on THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18th. Please wear gym shoes that day...we have P.E. They may bring slippers for the classroom.
Also, please have your child bring in a rock by Tuesday, October 16th. It must be no bigger than your child's hand. It would be great if there was something interesting about its shape color or texture. Please send it in a labeled bag.
Have a great weekend!
Friday, October 5, 2012
Oct. 1-5
Language Arts: Letter M was the letter of the week. We had letter day on Monday, where we read a poem, practice writing the letter in the air, and brainstorm words that begin with that letter. Our sight words were "I" and "like." Our jolly phonics sounds were Sound Book 4 review ai, j, oa, ie, and ee, or. We read Caps For Sale and Go Away Big Green Monster. We acted out stories and create projects. We read a monkey fact book and wrote a writing piece focusing on verbs...What Monkeys Do.
Math: We created patterned on our peddler after reading Caps for Sale. We learned the Monkey Game which extends from Monkeys Jumping on the Bed. We practiced our number skills by counting to put specific numbers of monkeys on or off the bed. We learned the attributes of 2 dimension shapes and found those shapes in the real world. We had fun singing and playing games about shapes. We use shape templates to create pictures and patterns. We learned the Monster Squeeze Game which focuses on numbers that are "more than" and "less than." I encourage your child to do the following Math Home Links: 1.5 Numbers All Around, 2.5 Patterns All Around 3.2 Shape and Color Patterns, and 3.6 Monster Squeeze.
Social Studies: The Cool Tool for the week feelings. We read s few stories about feelings...what makes us feel that way and what we do when we have those feelings.
Notes: Thank you, parents, for filling up the spaces needed to run Literacy Centers next week. I have not yet put the sign up genius link onto my blog (technical difficulties) so please use the emails forwarded from Deborah McDonagh. Thank you to Mrs. Kalota for helping in computers and Mrs. Barello for being guest reader.
The monthly reading calendar minutes include independent AND shared reading (parents read.)
Remember NO SCHOOL Monday! Have a great weekend!
Math: We created patterned on our peddler after reading Caps for Sale. We learned the Monkey Game which extends from Monkeys Jumping on the Bed. We practiced our number skills by counting to put specific numbers of monkeys on or off the bed. We learned the attributes of 2 dimension shapes and found those shapes in the real world. We had fun singing and playing games about shapes. We use shape templates to create pictures and patterns. We learned the Monster Squeeze Game which focuses on numbers that are "more than" and "less than." I encourage your child to do the following Math Home Links: 1.5 Numbers All Around, 2.5 Patterns All Around 3.2 Shape and Color Patterns, and 3.6 Monster Squeeze.
Social Studies: The Cool Tool for the week feelings. We read s few stories about feelings...what makes us feel that way and what we do when we have those feelings.
Notes: Thank you, parents, for filling up the spaces needed to run Literacy Centers next week. I have not yet put the sign up genius link onto my blog (technical difficulties) so please use the emails forwarded from Deborah McDonagh. Thank you to Mrs. Kalota for helping in computers and Mrs. Barello for being guest reader.
The monthly reading calendar minutes include independent AND shared reading (parents read.)
Remember NO SCHOOL Monday! Have a great weekend!
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