I hope everyone had a nice Valentine's Day! Thank you to Ms. Favela and Mrs. Laird for organizing and running a fun party! This week we said hello to a new student to our classroom. Welcome to May Watts, Mary!
The letter of the week was "K" and our sight words were "come" and "one." We read the story Kind Bidgood in the Bathtub and imagined and wrote about what we would do in the bathtub if we were like King Bidgood. We read many watched many different versions of King Midas. In this folklore, we learned that it is not good to be greedy but to be happy with the little things. One student said, "If you have love, you ARE rich." I love that!
A few activities we did we centered around Valentine's Day. We read a book about adjectives and went on a heart hunt. We wrote adjectives to describe where certain hearts were found in the classroom. We worked cooperatively to solve a valentine math problem. We realize that not ALL math problems need for us to write an equation to get the answer. We practiced our counting by ones, twos, fives, and tens in our heart sequence paper.
Also in math, we practiced numeral writing, solving word problems by showing our thinking and picture, writing an equation, and labelling the answer, and recognizing more and less. We played a challenging game on the website abcya (see link to the left). Go to 1st, math, and click on the owl 100 grid. This reinforces numbers in relation to other numbers. Notice what strategies your child uses to find the numbers on the grid.
We learned a little bit about our first president, George Washington and made a silly craft to decorate our room.
We had a GREAT Poetry Assembly put on by our PTA. The children enjoyed experiencing the rhythm and rhyme AND FUN in poetry.
Remember that there is NO SCHOOL on Monday and Tuesday of next week! Enjoy the long weekend!
Friday, February 15, 2013
Friday, February 8, 2013
Feb. 4-8
Our kindergartners are 100 times smarter! Happy 100 Days of school!
The letter of the week was H and are sight words were "have" and "here."
We read Animals in Winter and learned about animals who migrate, hibernate, gather and hunt. We played a fun sorting game to recall what each animal from our story did in the winter. We read Abe Lincoln's Hat. We made a fun art project and wrote what WE would like to keep under a large, black hat if we had one! We read Hector the Hermit Crab and retold the beginning, middle, and end. We read a few 100 Day books, and wrote about 100 things we would like to have and 100 things we are glad we don't have. We are really taking off in writer's workshop! We had a share day to celebrate writing and inspire the other authors in our room. We can learn from each other. I have sent some of the students writing home. Please celebrate their successes!
In science, we conducted a few experiments. The first was to see if magnets can attract to each other through a variety of objects. As we discussed our results, we found that our answers varied depending on the strength of our magnets. We also read a magnet book about the north and south poles. We had a blast discovering what happens when two north poles or two south poles are put together. do they magically move? NO! They repel!
Math involved addition and subtraction stories using dice, manipulatives, and dry erase boards. We have a daily math journal that provides the opportunity to use essential math vocabulary, engage in math talk to explain our thinking and learn from each other that math problems can be solved in a variety of ways. For each problem we include 1. Drawing our thinking and picture 2. Writing the math equation 3. Labelling our answer.
Please send your child with valentines for 27 students in a bag labeled with your child's name. Make sure they are signed and ready for passing out. This means that I should not be pulling apart Valentines and helping your child to sign them. Also, if you decide to send something extra, like a sticker, pencil, or eraser, they should be ATTACHED TO THE CARD so that your child makes one round of passing out. Your help with this is truly appreciated.
Thank you to Mrs. Thippisetty, Mrs. Ashish, Mrs. Lee, Mrs. Swanson, and Mrs. Yack for running the 100 Day Celebration centers. The kids had a great time!
Please check your child's backpack for a white letter addressing conferences.
Have a great weekend!
The letter of the week was H and are sight words were "have" and "here."
We read Animals in Winter and learned about animals who migrate, hibernate, gather and hunt. We played a fun sorting game to recall what each animal from our story did in the winter. We read Abe Lincoln's Hat. We made a fun art project and wrote what WE would like to keep under a large, black hat if we had one! We read Hector the Hermit Crab and retold the beginning, middle, and end. We read a few 100 Day books, and wrote about 100 things we would like to have and 100 things we are glad we don't have. We are really taking off in writer's workshop! We had a share day to celebrate writing and inspire the other authors in our room. We can learn from each other. I have sent some of the students writing home. Please celebrate their successes!
In science, we conducted a few experiments. The first was to see if magnets can attract to each other through a variety of objects. As we discussed our results, we found that our answers varied depending on the strength of our magnets. We also read a magnet book about the north and south poles. We had a blast discovering what happens when two north poles or two south poles are put together. do they magically move? NO! They repel!
Math involved addition and subtraction stories using dice, manipulatives, and dry erase boards. We have a daily math journal that provides the opportunity to use essential math vocabulary, engage in math talk to explain our thinking and learn from each other that math problems can be solved in a variety of ways. For each problem we include 1. Drawing our thinking and picture 2. Writing the math equation 3. Labelling our answer.
Please send your child with valentines for 27 students in a bag labeled with your child's name. Make sure they are signed and ready for passing out. This means that I should not be pulling apart Valentines and helping your child to sign them. Also, if you decide to send something extra, like a sticker, pencil, or eraser, they should be ATTACHED TO THE CARD so that your child makes one round of passing out. Your help with this is truly appreciated.
Thank you to Mrs. Thippisetty, Mrs. Ashish, Mrs. Lee, Mrs. Swanson, and Mrs. Yack for running the 100 Day Celebration centers. The kids had a great time!
Please check your child's backpack for a white letter addressing conferences.
Have a great weekend!
Friday, February 1, 2013
Jan. 28 - Feb. 1
100 days SMARTER!
It was really great to see that almost every
family was able to attend our Open House. I hope you found the evening to be
enjoyable and that you learned a little about your child's school day. We are
very busy in Kindergarten, as I am sure you could tell, but never too busy to
also have fun.
Next week we have a special celebration! Tuesday is the 100th day of school! Your child will officially be 100 days SMARTER! We will celebrate with centers that are filled with fun 100's day activities. Thank you to the flexible and helpful parents willing to come in and help. I would not be able to do these types of things without parent helpers. 100's day will be exciting!
The letter of the week was L and the sight word was "what." We visited a website about lions to learn facts and watch video clips about lions. We made long lions by writing sentences about facts that we learned.
In math we practiced number equations, graphing, comparing amounts fewest to greatest.
Our science unit is magnets! We began with exploring magnets in the classroom. We concluded that magnets stick to certain kinds of metal and not wood, plastic and paper. We predicted, experimented and recorded the data we collected to find out what objects stick to magnets. We will continue our magnet unit next week.
Some important events are coming up in the next few weeks. Valentine's Day will be celebrated at school on Thurs. Feb. 14th. Please have your child bring in a Valentine for EACH child in the class. Please have them address their cards to MY FRIEND. I know this may seem impersonal, but when they are passing out the cards and they can't read the names it takes a looooooong time. Imagine 25 kids having to ask you how to read a name on a card 25 different times-that is 625 names! Now do you get it? :) Also, please remember that the May Watts school rule is that no food items can be attached to the Valentine cards.
Conferences are also coming up in February. Conference notices will be coming home at the end of next week. We only have one day of conferences this time around (Feb. 19th) so that does not allow me time to meet with every parent. This round of conferences is usually reserved for students that there is a specific concern about (could be anything). If I do not request a conference with you nor I haven't already met or talked with your recently, you can assume that things are going great with your child and they are progressing satisfactorily. If you still feel the need to meet, we can do a phone conference, a quick check through email, or set up a conference time. Thanks for your understanding.
Have a great weekend!
Next week we have a special celebration! Tuesday is the 100th day of school! Your child will officially be 100 days SMARTER! We will celebrate with centers that are filled with fun 100's day activities. Thank you to the flexible and helpful parents willing to come in and help. I would not be able to do these types of things without parent helpers. 100's day will be exciting!
The letter of the week was L and the sight word was "what." We visited a website about lions to learn facts and watch video clips about lions. We made long lions by writing sentences about facts that we learned.
In math we practiced number equations, graphing, comparing amounts fewest to greatest.
Our science unit is magnets! We began with exploring magnets in the classroom. We concluded that magnets stick to certain kinds of metal and not wood, plastic and paper. We predicted, experimented and recorded the data we collected to find out what objects stick to magnets. We will continue our magnet unit next week.
Some important events are coming up in the next few weeks. Valentine's Day will be celebrated at school on Thurs. Feb. 14th. Please have your child bring in a Valentine for EACH child in the class. Please have them address their cards to MY FRIEND. I know this may seem impersonal, but when they are passing out the cards and they can't read the names it takes a looooooong time. Imagine 25 kids having to ask you how to read a name on a card 25 different times-that is 625 names! Now do you get it? :) Also, please remember that the May Watts school rule is that no food items can be attached to the Valentine cards.
Conferences are also coming up in February. Conference notices will be coming home at the end of next week. We only have one day of conferences this time around (Feb. 19th) so that does not allow me time to meet with every parent. This round of conferences is usually reserved for students that there is a specific concern about (could be anything). If I do not request a conference with you nor I haven't already met or talked with your recently, you can assume that things are going great with your child and they are progressing satisfactorily. If you still feel the need to meet, we can do a phone conference, a quick check through email, or set up a conference time. Thanks for your understanding.
Have a great weekend!
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