Room 127 is The Best of The Bunch!
Today is the first day of Kindergarten, Welcome! We are going to have a great first day and are going to focus on settling into school. The students will start their day by coloring a "Welcome to Kindergarten" worksheet. We will then head to our reading rug and learn eachother's names by singing the song, "We're So Glad You're Here!" Afterwards, we will read the story "Pete the Cat loves his school shoes" and talk about how we feel on our first day of Kindergarten! (ie., nevervous, excited, happy, ect.,) After our read aloud, we will make our "Hip, Hip, Hooray I had a fun first day of Kindergarten" crowns to wear home. We will then take a bathroom break and discuss bathroom rules and procedures; for example, washing our hands, no playing in the bathroom, waiting quietly in line, ect. After our bathroom break, we will head outside to play for a few minutes on our new playground! We will then head back inside and start working on our "Look How Much I've grown!" Book which outlines many Kindergarten Firsts such as writing our name, writing our ABCs, and drawing a self-portrait. Ms. Devers will hang on to these books until the end of the school year where we will complete this activity again and see how much we have grown! At the end of the day Ms. Devers will teach the children how to pack up at the end of the day! Remember our blue "take home folers" need to be checked every night and returned to Ms. Devers the next day! :) We will finish our day with reading the story "The Night Before Kindergarten"
Monday August 29th, 2016
The First Day of School!
Tuesday, August 30th, 2016
Welcome back to Kindergarten! AM Kindergarten has music and gym today! We will start our day with our welome to Kindergarten morning work.Today we will take a tour of the school and practice walking quietly in line in the hallways. Ms. Devers will focus on school rules today and introduce our color chart for classroom management. (Green= Great Day! Yellow= I had 1 warning to improve behavior Orange= I had two warnings to improve behavior Red= I had 3 warnings to improve behavior and a note/phone call will be sent to parents. Remember the chart is flexibile so just because the child moves to yellow or orange doesn't mean they can't end their day on green if their behavior improves! :) Every Friday, the students will take home their Red behavior folder, which outlines how their behavior was for each week. We will read the story "Kindergarten" and dive into our Phonics curriculum, Jolly Phonics, and work on writing the Letter S for Snake. We will also do a writing activity where the students have to build their first and last names by practicing writing and spelling it. We will also start rotating centers today which will focus on our weekly sight words: See, I and A. You will receive a ziploc bag of sight words that will need to be practiced every night at home. We will build to the vocabulary bag every week with new words to practice to help your child's fluency and vocabulary grow! We will end the day with reading the story "This School Year Will Be the Best!"
Wednesday, August 31st, 2016
PM Kindergarten has gym and music today! We will start our day with "practice raising your hand" morning work. We will read the story "Chica Chica Boom Boom" and practice singing the alphabet. We will then make our own Chica Trees to hang on display for the school to see in the hallway! We will practice our next Jolly Phonics letter A for Ant as well as start our Handwritting Without Tears Curriculum and practice the letter F. Today we will get to visit our new playground and play outside at recess! We will start math today and make a class graph for how we get home from school (ie., car, bus, ride a bike, or walk). We will discuss the properties of a graph and watch the brainpop jr. video on graphing. We will end the day with reading the story "How Will I Get to School This Year?"
Thursday, September 1st, 2016
AM Kindergarten have Art today! We will start our day by doing our morning work "To Get ready for Kindergarten, I..." We will then head to the carpet and read the book "Chrysanthemum" and discuss how we are all special in our own unique way! We will then do an art project where we will do rainbow name mosaic writing! We will also work on Handwriting without Tears and practice the letter E. We will then take a break and play outside on our new playground. Afterwards, we will do our rotating centers which focuses on our weekly sight words: See, I and A. We will do "Bippity, Boppity, Bumblebee" where we identify, clap, and count the number of syllables in our names for math today. We will complete the day by reading the story "Froggy goes to school!"
Friday, September 2nd, 2016
AM Kindergarten has Library today. PM Kindergarten has Art and Library today. Remember we will check out books every Friday in library and you must return your borrowed book back to school before library the following Friday in order to check out a new book! Today we will start our day with identifying our colors morning work. We will then head to the carpet and work on our Jolly Phonics letter T as well as our Handwritting without Tears Letter D. We will also read the book "Max Goes to the Library" and discuss library expectations before attending. We will do a pocket chart with "Cheerleader Names" where we spell everyone's name in class. We will also identify letter names and sounds by comparing and contasting who has which letter in their names (for example, does your name have the letter B in it? Yes or no?) We will end the day by reading the story "How to Make a Friend". Remember our red behavior folders go home today and will need to be returned on Monday as well as the blue take home folder. As a reminder there is no school on Monday, September 5th, due to Labor Day. Thank you for your help in making our first week a sucess!
Monday, September 5th, 2016
No School Today, Happy Labor Day!
Tuesday, September 6th, 2016
Welcome Back! I hope you enjoyed your long weekend! AM Kindergarten has music and gym today! Today we are starting our reading curriculum School Wide. I will introduce the curriculum by exposing the students to the literature that we will read in the first unit. We will talk about features of a text and introduce our first nonfiction story, "Apple". We will learn how to turn and talk with a partner which Ms. Devers will refer to as "EEKK" Elbow, Elbow, Knee, Knee. Throughout the week we will also be building on our sight words from last week (I, A, See) and learn our new sight words (The, To, And). I encourage you to be practicing these sight words every week with your child at home to help build fluency when reading. We will learn the Jolly Phonics letter I today; don't forget to complete your Jolly Phonics homework every night that your child brings home the letter page! We will also be learning about the importance of Labor Day today in Social Studies!
Wednesday, September 7th, 2016
PM KIndergarten has gym and music today! Today we will work on our handwriting without tears curriculum and practice the letter D. We will also continue Jolly Phonics and learn the letter sound for P. We will create a Birthday graph for math and analyize the graph (which month has the most? which month has the least? How many more does December have then November, ect.,) We will work on Poetry today and start our poetry folders! Our poems this week review our sight words (I, A, See, The, To, And). Our Poetry Folders will stay at school and go home as a poetry portfolio at the end of the school year. We will also do a rotating center today which focuses on sight word activites, independent reading time, and phonics-based apps on the ipads!
Thursday, September 8th, 2016
AM Kindergarten has art today! Today we will jump into school wide and read the story "The Itsy Bitsy Spider". We will learn the difference between a letter and a word and practice identifying both. Afterwards, we will make an "Itsy Bitsy" art craft! Today we will work on handwriting without tears and learn how to write the letter P. Don't forget to bring back your library book by tomorrow in order to check out a new book on Friday! I am really looking forward to seeing all of my "Apple-Solutely" Amazing parents tonight at open house! The kindergarten team will be reviewing kindergarten policies and procedures as well as explaining our curriculum and expectations for the school year!
Friday, September 9th, 2016
Happy Friday! AM Kindergarten has Library today. PM Kindergarten has art and library today! Remember, you had to have broughten back your library book by today in order to check out a new library book. If you forgot, you will have to wait until next Friday to check out a new book when we return to library. Today be will be learning the Jolly Phonics letter N. We will also be completing a caterpilar counting activity for math which is an introduction to "making 10". Today we will spend time learning about the importance of "Whole Body Listening" for social-emotional learning. We will read a whole-body-listening story and complete a self-portrait that identifies my ears, eyes, feet, hands, and mouth are listening. Thank you for another great week in Kindergarten and have a wonderful weekend!
Monday, September 12, 2016
Welcome Back Kindergarten Friends! I hope everyone remembered to sign their red behavior folder and bring it back to school. Remember, we will take it home every week on Friday and return it to school on Monday. Today there are no specials in kindergarten. We will be working on our sight words this week which are: it, my, like. Please continue practicing your sight words every week with your child at home. Today in Jolly Phonics we will be practicing the letter sound C/K for castanets. In our schoolwide curriculum we will continue working on "The Itsy Bitsy Spider" and practicing "point and sweep" when reading a word or sentence. We will follow up our read aloud with a word tile activity. The students will have to make a sentence and draw a picture that matches what the sentence says. In math today the students will watch a brainpop jr. video on shapes and explore pattern block shapes. We will also work on our poetry books and highlight sight words that are in our poems for this week.
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
AM Kindergarten has music and gym today! Today in schoolwide we will be working on learning and sharing who they are as readers. We will read the story "Excuse me this is my book" and discuss genres of books. The students will identify their favorite books during a turn and talk and will take home a survey where they will identify their favorite books. In handwriting without tears today, the students will practice the letter B. In math today, the students will be identifying teen numbers 11-19 and working on a base 10 counting activity. The students will also spend time writing in their September Journal books today. We will end our day with our literacy-based center time.
Wednesday, September 14, 2016
PM Kindergarten has gym and music today! Today in schoolwide we will be working on reading a poem called "Catch the Moon" we will act out the poem together using hand motions as a class. Today in Jolly Phonics we will be working on the letter E for egg. In math today, we will continue working on identifying teen numbers and we will complete a "making teens" activity together. We will also watch a short clip from "Harry Kindergarten" identifying teen numbers. We will also work on sight-word practice including building and spelling our sight words. Lastly, we will spend a few minutes playing on our new playground today!
Thursday, September 15, 2016
AM Kindergarten has art today! Today in schoolwide we will be exploring books! We will read the story "WIld about Books!" and identify the difference between nonfiction and fiction books. In handwriting without tears we will practice writing the letter R. We will do an art project today for math on our friend "Zero the Hero!" We will make a zero the hero page every week until the 100th day of school and we will make a zero the hero book. I will send the books home later in the school year when they are completed. Today in Zero the Hero, we are making our number 10 friend! We will end our day with our literacy-based center time. Don't forget to return your library books in order to check out new books tomorrow!
Friday, September 16, 2016
AM Kindergarten has library today! PM Kindergarten has art and library today! Remember, your child must have retured their books in order to check out new ones today. Today we will be starting our social-emotional curriculum second step. We will be working on learning to listen and meet our puppet friend Puppy! Puppy will teach us how to be a good listener and learner. Today in Jolly Phonics we are working on the letter H for hopping! In math today, we will be working on sequencing numbers in the correct order. We will complete a math activity where the students have to identify the missing number for example, 11, _, 13. We will also be journaling our behavior reports for the week identifying how the students were safe, respectful, and responsible. Don't forget to sign their behavior folders and return them back to school on Monday! Have a wonderful weekend!
Monday, September 19th, 2016
Welcome Back Kindergarten Friends! This week we will be reviewing all of the sight words we have visited thus far, including: I, A, the, and, my, to, it, like. I am encouraging the students to use their high-frequency words to build a simple sentence especially in journal writing, for example, "I like to____ (play). Today, in jolly phonics, we are meeting the letter R. In math today, we are identifying the number 1 and practicing writing it in our handwriting without tears journal. We will complete a social emotional lesson today that continues to indentify whole body listening with our puppet friend Puppy! In library on Friday we learned about growing squash. Ms. Devers thought it would be fun today to walk outside to visit Ivy Hill's garden to learn about growing squash ourselves!
Tuesday, September 20th, 2016
AM Kindergaten has music and gym today! Today in schoolwide, the students will read the poem "Catch the Moon" and identify and highlight the word "the" throught the poem. The students will also act out the poem through hand motions as they read! In handwriting without tears today, the students will identify and practice writing the letter N. In math, the students will identify the number 2 and practice writing it in their handwriting without tears journals. We will also do centers today that focus on literacy and identifying our sight words. The students will also revist their practice writing my name test and if they write their first and last name perfectly they will not need to continue writing in their name book for homework each week.
Wednesday, September 21st, 2016
PM Kindergarten has music and gym today! In schoolwide today, the students will engage in a read aloud, "Rocket Learns to Read" and identify the three ways to read: read with pictures, read with text, read with pictures and text. In jolly phonics, the students will identify the letter M. In math today, the students will identify the number 3 and practice writing it in their handwriting without tears journals. The students will also have time today to write simple sentences in their September jounal.
Thursday, September 22, 2016
Am Kindergarten has art today! Today in schoolwide, the students will have a lesson on punctuation. They will identify and practice using commas, periods, exclamation marks, and question marks. In handwriting without tears today, the students will identify and practice writing the letter M. In math today, the students will identify the number 4 and practice writing it in their handwriting without tears journals. The students will also have time today to do self-selected text independent reading.
Friday, September 23, 2016
AM Kindergarten has library today! PM kindergarten has art and library today! Don't forget to return your library book so you can check out a new one today! In Schoolwide today, the students will be engaged in a read aloud "We Are Going On A Book Hunt" and talk about best fit books for me! In jolly phonics the students will be identifying the letter D today. In math, we will be identifying the number 5 and practice writing it in our handwriting without tears journals. We will also be adding to our "Zero the Hero" journal today and making the number 20 page! In grammar today, we will practice writing simple sentences using capital letters, finger spaces, and punctuation at the end of the sentence. We will also be writing in our behavior folders and identifying how we were responsible, safe, and respectful. I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!
Monday, September 26, 2016
Welcome Back to school! Today AM Kindergarten has centers. Today in Jolly Phonics we will focus on the letter G. We will continue building on our sight words and our new sight words for this week are look, is, for. Today in second step, we will focus attention using our eyes, ears, and brain. Practice helps you get better on focusing your attention. We will demonstrate this skill by playing an attention practice game. In math our number of the day is the number 6! We will also complete our second zero the hero page today by doing a craft on the number 20! We will identify the number 6 and practice writing it. We will also highlight our weekly sightwods in our poetry folders today.
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Today is picture day! AM Kindergarten has gym and music today! PM Kindergarten has centers today. Don't forget to dress nice for the pictures and bring your completed form and fee if you want to purchase pictures! Today in schoolwide we will focus on choosing a just right book. We will discuss it's important to look at the cover, predict what might be inside, and think would this book interest me. We will also discuss it's important to pick a book that's not too easy, not too hard, but just right! In handwriting without tears, we will practice writing the letter H. In math, our number of the day is the number 7. We will practice identifying and writing the number 7. We will also write in our september writing journals today.
Wednesday, September 28, 2016
AM kindergarten has centers today! PM Kindergarten has gym and music today! Today in schoolwide the students will learn the rules for handling books properly. They will receive a reward for demonstrating careful attention to handling books in reader's workshop! Today in jolly phonics the students will learn the letter O. In math, our number of the day is the number 8! The students will practice identifying and writing the number 8. The student's will also be working in writer's workshop today where they will have an opportunity to write freely and express their thoughts and ideas through writing and illustrating.
Thursday, September 29, 2016
AM Kindergarten has art today! PM kindergarten has centers today! Today in schoolwide, the students will learn to develop strategies on problem and solution during reader's workshop. For example, problem: two readers want the same book, solution: we take turns reading the same book or problem: my mind starts to wander off of reading, solution: I think to myself, 1, 2, 3 I need to read! In handwriting without tears today, we are working on practicing writing the letter K. In math our number of the day is the number 9. We will practice identifying and writing the number 9. We will also be journaling in our September journals today.
Friday, September 30, 2016
AM Kindergarten has library today! PM kindergarten has art and library today! Don't forget, you had to have returned your library book to check out a new one! In schoolwide today, we will focus on using the picture as a tool to help us read. We will use the analogy "lights, camera, action!" where you point to the picture, say what's happening, close your eyes, and make a movie in your mind! In jolly phonics we will focus on identifying the letter U. Our number of the day is the number 10! We will practice identfying and writing the number 10. In grammar today, we will practice writing simple sentences using capital letters, finger spaces, and punctuation at the end of the sentence. We will also be writing in our behavior folders and identifying how we were responsible, safe, and respectful. I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!
Monday, October 3, 2016
Welcome Back to school! Today AM Kindergarten has centers. Today in Jolly Phonics we will focus on the letter L. We will also practice the letter L in our handwriting without tears jounals We will continue building on our sight words and our new sight words for this week are me, go. Today in second step, we will focus attention on self talk: talking to yourself out loud in a quiet voice or inside your head. Self talk helps you focus and maintain attention. We will demonstrate this skill by practicing in a drawing game. In math today we will introduce the concept compare and contrast! We will watch the brain pop jr. video on comparing numbers and read the comparing numbers story "It's A Snap!" We will also highlight our weekly sightwods in our poetry folders today. I will also have a substitute teacher today in my classroom from 11:00-12:00 today as I have a meeting to attend in the building.
Tuesday, October 4, 2016
AM Kindergarten has gym and music today! PM Kindergarten has centers today. Today in schoolwide we will focus on using images that accompany a text to immerse themselves in the key details as they read. The students will use images to visualize and to encourage with a text in order to make it more memorable. In handwriting without tears, we will practice writing the letter U. In math, we will continue exploring comparing and contrasting numbers. We will introduce the concept: greater than, less than, and equal to. We will also begin our October journals today!
Wednesday, October 5, 2016
AM kindergarten has centers today! PM Kindergarten has gym and music today! Today in schoolwide the students will learn to remember what they listen to or read in a story to hold on to important information about a subject or topic. The students will follow the content across the pages and think about what's happening and how it connects with what they have listened to or read so far.! Today in jolly phonics the students will learn the letter F. In math, the students will continue exploring greater than, less than, and equal to. They will practice this concept using the "alligator symbols" today. The student's will also be working in writer's workshop today where they will have an opportunity to write freely and express their thoughts and ideas through writing and illustrating.
Thursday, October 6, 2016
AM Kindergarten has art today! PM kindergarten has centers today! Today in schoolwide, the students will learn to share their thoughts and identify key parts of their books with their partners. Students will recommend books to their partners by retelling the main events and information and elaborating on the interesting parts of books they have read and enjoyed. In handwriting without tears today, we are working on practicing writing the letter V. In math we will continue exploring the concept greater than, less than, and equal to. In grammar today, we will practice writing simple sentences using capital letters, finger spaces, and punctuation at the end of the sentence. We will also be writing in our behavior folders and identifying how we were responsible, safe, and respectful. Lastly, we learn about Columbus Day today and decorate our own explorer ships! Remember that there is no school tomorrow due to school wide professional development and there is no school on Monday due to Columbus Day. I hope everyone has a wonderful fall break!
Friday, October 7, 2016
No School Today, Professional Development
Monday, October 10, 2016
No School Today, Columbus Day
Tuesday, October 11, 2016
Welcome Back to school! AM Kindergarten has gym and music today! PM Kindergarten has centers today. Today in Jolly Phonics we will focus on the letter B. We will continue building on our sight words and our new sight words for this week are focusing on color words: red, green, brown, yellow, white. In math today we will introduce the concept patterning! We will watch the brain pop jr. video on patterning and complete a patterning activity. We will highlight our weekly sightwods in our poetry folders today. We will also work on our October journals today!
Wednesday, October 12, 2016
Today AM Kindergarten has centers. Today in Jolly Phonics we will focus on the letter sound ai. Today in second step, we will focus attention on being assertive. Being assertive in communication is the best way to ask for help. We will demonstrate this skill by practicing responding to scenarios assertively. In math today we will work on our Zero the Hero journals and practice the number 30 for 30 days of school! In school wide today, the students will learn to distinguish realistic fiction from fantasy by noticing details in a story. Students will discuss, define, and distinguish between elements of fiction stories that are realistic or fantasy. The students will start the science curriculum in depth today and we will read the story, "What is a scientist?" and discuss how we can all be scientists in our lives and in the world.
Thursday, October 13, 2016
AM Kindergarten has art today! PM kindergarten has centers today! Today in schoolwide, the students will learn to retell familiar tales by identifying and describing the character, setting, and main events, in sequence. Students will recall and retell a traditional tale using narrative structure and story elements. In handwriting without tears today, we are working on practicing writing the letters W, X, Y. In math we will continue exploring the concept patterning and work on a patterning practice journal. The student's will also be working in writer's workshop today where they will have an opportunity to write freely and express their thoughts and ideas through writing and illustrating.
Friday, October 14, 2016
AM Kindergarten has library today! PM kindergarten has art and library today! Don't forget, you had to have returned your library book to check out a new one! In schoolwide today, we will focus on studying illustrations closely and thinking about what is happening so students will get a better understanding of the story. Students will read Goldilocks and the Three Bears to examine words and pictures that are used to move stories along and develop character and plot. In jolly phonics we will focus on identifying the letter J. In science today, the students will learn about mixing colors to create new colors. We will explore this concept in a variety of methods including: paint, playdoh, bubbles, and light. In grammar today, we will practice writing simple sentences using capital letters, finger spaces, and punctuation at the end of the sentence. We will also be writing in our behavior folders and identifying how we were responsible, safe, and respectful. I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!
Monday, October 17, 2016
Welcome Back to school! Today AM Kindergarten has centers. Today in Jolly Phonics we will focus on the sound oa. We will continue building on our sight words and our new sight words for this week are continuing to work on the color words. Today in second step, we will focus attention on identifying feelings. Students who accurately identify emotions tend to be less aggressive and more accepted by peers and have better social skills. We will demonstrate this skill by practicing looking at our faces and expressing our emotions. In math today we will introduce the concept two dimensional shapes! We will watch the brain pop jr. video on shapes and we will identify the shapes that we've learned. We will also highlight our weekly sightwods in our poetry folders today.
Tuesday, October 18, 2016
AM Kindergarten has gym and music today! PM Kindergarten has centers today. Today in schoolwide we will focus on noticing the elements of fiction by noticing when characters encounter a problem and work toward a solution to the problem. The students will be able to listen for and identify the antagonist in a traditional tale, as well as the conflict and solution or resolution in that tale. In handwriting without tears, we will practice writing the letters Q and Z. In math, we will continue exploring shapes and we will use shapes to make a shape scarecrow. We will also continue writing in our October journals today!
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
AM kindergarten has centers today! PM Kindergarten has gym and music today! Today in schoolwide the students will understand the writer's message by reading stories closely, following the characters, their problems, and how they are solved. Students will think about how characters face and solve problems and then identify the theme or lesson at the end of a story. Today in jolly phonics the students will learn the sound ie. In math, the students will continue exploring shapes. The student's will also be working in writer's workshop today where they will have an opportunity to write freely and express their thoughts and ideas through writing and illustrating. The students will also have a hearing and vision screening today!
Thursday, October 20, 2016
AM Kindergarten has art today! PM kindergarten has centers today! Today in schoolwide, the students will notice the similarities and differences in books by comparing and contrasting two stories that are alike. Students will revisit two traditional tales to identify and discuss how the characteristics are similar and different. We will also continue working on Read to Self in Schoolwide and the students will practice building reading stamina and revisiting strategies that help us read to self. In handwriting without tears today, we are working on practicing writing the letters O and C. In math we will continue exploring the concept two dimensional shapes.
Friday, October 21, 2016
AM Kindergarten has library today! PM kindergarten has art and library today! Don't forget, you had to have returned your library book to check out a new one! In schoolwide today, we will focus on inferring character's feelings and traits by thinking about what's happening in the story, studying character's facial and body language, and listening to what the characters say and think. Students will use the illustrations and text to describe each character's emotions throughout the story. In jolly phonics we will focus on identifying the sound ee or. In grammar today, we will practice writing simple sentences using capital letters, finger spaces, and punctuation at the end of the sentence. We will also be writing in our behavior folders and identifying how we were responsible, safe, and respectful. I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!
Monday, October 24, 2016
Welcome Back to school! Today AM Kindergarten has centers. Today in Jolly Phonics we will focus on the sound Z. We will continue building on our sight words and our new sight word for this week is little. Today in second step, we will focus attention on identifying other people's feelings. Students who accurately identify emotions tend to be less aggressive and more accepted by peers and have better social skills. We will demonstrate this skill by practicing identifying when someone is comfortable or uncomfortable. In math today we will continue practicing identifying two dimensional shapes! We will start our "My Shape Book" in class. We will also highlight our weekly sightwods in our poetry folders today. There will be a substitute teacher today; however, I will be present in the classroom assessing student's for the kindergarten report card screening.
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
AM Kindergarten has gym and music today! PM Kindergarten has centers today. Today in schoolwide we will focus on using schema of genre, text structure, and content to comprehend texts.. The students will be able to make predictions based on their background knowledge and textual evidence. In handwriting without tears, we will practice writing the letters G and S. In math, we will continue exploring shapes and working on our shape books. We will also continue writing in our October journals today! There will be a substitute teacher in the classroom today for the AM kindergarten class as I will be at a schoolwide professional development meeting in the building.
Wednesday, October 26, 2016
AM kindergarten has centers today! PM Kindergarten has gym and music today! Today in schoolwide the students will use their knowledge of language structure to anticipate events in a text. Students will recognize how a repeating phrase or language pattern can help them predict the events of a story. Today in jolly phonics the students will learn the sound W. In math, the students will celebrate the 40th day of school and complete zero the hero for the number 40! The student's will also be working in writer's workshop today where they will have an opportunity to write freely and express their thoughts and ideas through writing and illustrating.
Thursday, October 27, 2016
AM Kindergarten has art today! PM kindergarten has centers today! Today in schoolwide, the students will make connections to help them identify with the text, remember important information, and enhance understanding. Students will make personal connections that help them better understand the fiction texts they read. We will also continue working on Read to Self in Schoolwide and the students will practice building reading stamina and revisiting strategies that help us read to self. In handwriting without tears today, we are working on practicing writing the letter A. In math we will continue exploring the concept two dimensional shapes and continue working on our shape books.
Friday, October 28, 2016
AM Kindergarten has library today! PM kindergarten has art and library today! Don't forget, you had to have returned your library book to check out a new one! In schoolwide today, we will focus on distinguishing between realistic and fantasy fiction as they make predictions and determine the meaning of illustrations. Students will describe key details in the illustrations and tell a realistic story just like a story teller would from beginning to end. In jolly phonics we will focus on identifying the sound ing. In grammar today, we will practice writing simple sentences using capital letters, finger spaces, and punctuation at the end of the sentence. We will also be writing in our behavior folders and identifying how we were responsible, safe, and respectful. Don't forget, Monday is Halloween! The students should come dressed in costume when they arrive at school. No food or candy will be permitted at school for the celebration.The AM kindergarten will have their own parade around the school followed by the class party; dismissal will be normal time at 11:50. The afternoon kindergarten will attend the school-wide parade at 1:45 followed by a class party at 2:15. The AM class is welcome to return to school at 1:45 for the school-wide parade; however, they will not be permitted to attend the PM class party. I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend and I can't wait to celebrate with you all on Monday!
Monday, October 31, 2016
Happy Halloween! Make sure to come to school dressed in your costume, we will not be changing at school. Today is a fun-filled day for the kids celebrating Halloween! We will participate in the school-wide parade and enjoy playing games and making crafts at our class parties! I hope everyone has fun trick-or-treating! Remember to be safe, and don't eat too much candy! :)
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
AM Kindergarten has gym and music today! PM Kindergarten has centers today. Today in second step, we will focus on identifying anger and understanding empathy. The students will be able to identify anger and empathy when presented with physical and situational cues. In handwriting without tears, we will practice writing the letters A and I. In jolly phonics, we will practice the letter V sound. We will also continue writing in our October journals today!
Wednesday, November 2, 2016
AM kindergarten has centers today! PM Kindergarten has gym and music today! In place of school wide this week, we are focusing on a Halloween-pumpkin theme! We will be reading fictional stories and working on activities in the theme! Today in jolly phonics the students will learn the sound oo oo. The student's will also be working in writer's workshop today where they will have an opportunity to write freely and express their thoughts and ideas through writing and illustrating.
Thursday, November 3, 2016
AM Kindergarten has art today! PM kindergarten has centers today! In place of school wide this week, we are focusing on a Halloween-pumpkin theme! We will be reading fictional stories and working on activities in the theme! We will also continue working on Read to Self in Schoolwide and the students will practice building reading stamina and revisiting strategies that help us read to self. Last week during our read-to-self time, the students borrowed a book from our classroom library to add to their book bag. This week we will try borrowing two books to add to our book bag. Remember that even though the students are borrowing these books and taking them home, they will belong to the classroom and need to be treated with care. If the students forget to bring back the borrowed books, they will not be able to get one the following week. In handwriting without tears today, we are working on practicing writing the letter I. There will be a substitute teacher today; however, I will be present in the classroom assessing student's for the kindergarten report card screening.
Friday, November 4, 2016
AM Kindergarten has library today! PM kindergarten has art and library today! Don't forget, you had to have returned your library book to check out a new one! In place of school wide this week, we are focusing on a Halloween-pumpkin theme! We will be reading fictional stories and working on activities in the theme! In jolly phonics we will focus on identifying the sound Y. In grammar today, we will practice writing simple sentences using capital letters, finger spaces, and punctuation at the end of the sentence. We will also be writing in our behavior folders and identifying how we were responsible, safe, and respectful. I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!
Monday, November 7, 2016
Welcome Back to school! Today AM Kindergarten has centers. Today in Jolly Phonics we will focus on the sound X. We will continue building on our sight words and our new sight words for this week are you and this. Today in second step, we will focus attention on identifying the same and different. We will demonstrate this skill by practicing identifying how different people may feel the same or different about the same situation. This week we will be focusing on learning about Veteran's Day for social studies. We will learn about Veterans and why they are celebrated and important to our country. We will also highlight our weekly sightwods in our poetry folders today.
Tuesday, November 8, 2016
There is no school today due to Professional Development. Enjoy your day off!
Wednesday, November 9, 2016
AM kindergarten has centers today! PM Kindergarten has gym and music today! Today in schoolwide the students will be encouraged to get curious! Students will read the story "I Broke My Trunk" and be encouraged to generate questions to deepen their understanding and clarify details. Today in jolly phonics the students will learn the sound ch. In social studies, the students will continue to learn about Veteran's Day. In math, the students will complete Zero the Hero for the number 50! The student's will also be working in writer's workshop today where they will have an opportunity to write freely and express their thoughts and ideas through writing and illustrating.
Thursday, November 10, 2016
AM Kindergarten has art today! PM kindergarten has centers today! Today in school wide, the students will focus on learning how to read with expression. The students identify how characters use their voices in a story to identify how they are thinking or feelings. We will also continue working on Read to Self in Schoolwide and the students will practice building reading stamina and revisiting strategies that help us read to self. Last week during our read-to-self time, the students borrowed a book from our classroom library to add to their book bag. This week we will try borrowing two books to add to our book bag. Remember that even though the students are borrowing these books and taking them home, they will belong to the classroom and need to be treated with care. If the students forget to bring back the borrowed books, they will not be able to get one the following week. In handwriting without tears today, we are working on practicing writing the letter J. We will also continue to learn about Veteran's Day and create a craft including a special note to a Veteran.
Friday, November 11, 2016
Happy Veteran's Day! AM Kindergarten has library today! PM kindergarten has art and library today! Don't forget, you had to have returned your library book to check out a new one! In school wide today, the students will study characters in a story. They will learn how to identify character traits by studying what they think and do in the story. In jolly phonics we will focus on identifying the sound sh. In grammar today, we will practice writing simple sentences using capital letters, finger spaces, and punctuation at the end of the sentence. We will also be writing in our behavior folders and identifying how we were responsible, safe, and respectful. To celebrate Veteran's Day today, we will attend a school wide assembly in the morning! I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!
Monday, November 14, 2016
Welcome Back to school! Today AM Kindergarten has centers. Today in Jolly Phonics we will focus on the sound th. We will continue building on our sight words and review all of the words we have learned so far. Today in second step, we will focus attention on identifying what an accident is and how to handle having an accident. We will demonstrate this skill by learning when you cause an accident, it's important to say so, so others don't think you did it on purpose. This week we will be focusing on learning about Thanksgiving for social studies. We will learn about Thanksgiving and all celebrate all of the things we are thankful for in our lives. We will highlight our weekly sightwods in our poetry folders today. We will also celebrate Everybody Counts today and learn about how people are different in our lives and why it's important to celebrate each other's differences.
Tuesday, November 15, 2016
AM Kindergarten has gym and music today! PM Kindergarten has centers today. Today in schoolwide we will focus on inferring what characters might say and think by considering what's happening in the story and stepping into the character's shoes. The students will be able to infer a character's thoughts and dialogue by studying the illustrations and making connections to their own lives. In handwriting without tears, we will work on Capital Letter Review. In social studies, we will focus on learning about Thanksgiving and identifying what we are thankful for. We will also continue writing in our November journals today!
Wednesday, November 16, 2016
AM kindergarten has centers today! PM Kindergarten has gym and music today! Today in schoolwide the students will identify relevant and useful information. Students will identify key points in a fiction text so they can remember the important details in a story. Today in jolly phonics the students will learn the sound ou. In social studies, the students will continue to learn about Thanksgiving and identify what they are thankful for. The student's will also be working in writer's workshop today where they will have an opportunity to write freely and express their thoughts and ideas through writing and illustrating.
Thursday, November 17, 2016
AM Kindergarten has art today! PM kindergarten has centers today! Today in school wide, the students will focus on retelling stories to help them become more effective readers and communicators. The students identify key points in a fictional text so they can remember and retell what is important to the story and why. We will also continue working on Read to Self in Schoolwide and the students will practice building reading stamina and revisiting strategies that help us read to self. Last week during our read-to-self time, the students borrowed a book from our classroom library to add to their book bag. This week we will try borrowing two books to add to our book bag. Remember that even though the students are borrowing these books and taking them home, they will belong to the classroom and need to be treated with care. If the students forget to bring back the borrowed books, they will not be able to get one the following week. In handwriting without tears today, we are working on practicing writing Capital Letter Review. We will also continue to learn about Thanksgiving and celebrate what we are thankful for in our lives.
Friday, November 18, 2016
AM Kindergarten has library today! PM kindergarten has art and library today! Don't forget, you had to have returned your library book to check out a new one! In school wide today, the students will celebrate their favorite stories by performing the stories and writing reviews. The students will use readers theatre and writing to celebrate their favorite books. In jolly phonics we will focus on identifying the sound qu. In grammar today, we will practice writing simple sentences using capital letters, finger spaces, and punctuation at the end of the sentence. We will also be writing in our behavior folders and identifying how we were responsible, safe, and respectful. We will also continue to learn about Thanksgiving and celebrate what we are thankful for in our lives! Report Cards and Comments go home today, I look forward to discussing your child's progress with you next week! I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!
Monday-Tuesday, November 21-22, 2016
There is so no school due to parent-teacher conferences. I look forward to discussing your child's progress with you on Monday and Tuesday!
Wednesday-Friday, November 23-25, 2016
There is no school Wednesday-Friday to Thanksgiving Break. I hope everyone has a safe and wonderful holiday with your family and friends! I am so thankful for all of you and your children are truly a blessing in my life! I look forward to seeing the students on Monday!
Monday, November 28, 2016
Welcome Back from Thanksgiving Break! I hope everyone had a fun and relaxing break with your friends and families! Today AM Kindergarten has centers. Today in Jolly Phonics we will focus on the sound oy. We will continue building on our sight words and review all of the words we have learned so far and our new sight words for this week are you, this, me, big, in. Today in second step, we will focus attention on identifying how to be caring, compassionate, and helping. We will demonstrate this skill by learning how to be empathetic of others and how to respond to situations in a caring way. Over the next two weeks, we will be focusing on a gingerbread unit study where we will read many different gingerbread stories and complete literacy, math, science, and social studies activities within the theme. Today we will work on creating a class graph to identify story, characters, refrain, and ending as we read the different versions of The Gingerbread Man. We will also decorate our gingerbread journal covers today. You will be seeing a lot of fun activities on gingerbread men and women coming home over the next two weeks! We will also highlight our weekly sightwods in our poetry folders today.
Tuesday, November 29, 2016
AM Kindergarten has gym and music today! PM Kindergarten has centers today. Today in our gingerbread unit theme we will be focusing on a writing activity where the students have to identify "If I were a gingerbread, I would run away from.." in response to the read aloud. The students will be able to infer a character's thoughts and dialogue by studying the illustrations and making connections to their own lives. In handwriting without tears, we will be starting lowercase letters and working on the letter c. In math today we will learn about graphing and practice graphing in our gingerbread man unit. We will also continue writing in our November journals today!
Wednesday, November 30, 2016
AM kindergarten has centers today! PM Kindergarten has gym and music today! Today in the gingerbread unit theme the students will identify the give w's of the story: who, what, where, when, why. Students will identify key points in a fiction text so they can remember the important details in a story. Today in jolly phonics the students will learn the sound ue. Today in math, the students will work on Zero the Hero for the number 60! They will identify the number 60 and work on creating a new page for their Zero the Hero journal. The student's will also be working in writer's workshop today where they will have an opportunity to write freely and express their thoughts and ideas through writing and illustrating. AM Kindergarten will have a substitute teacher today as I will be out of the building for professional learning; however, I will be back to school for the PM kindergarten class.
Thursday, December 1, 2016
AM Kindergarten has art today! PM kindergarten has centers today! Today in the gingerbread unit theme the students will retell what happens first, next, and last in the story. The students identify key points in a fictional text so they can remember and retell what is important to the story and why. We will also continue working on Read to Self in Schoolwide and the students will practice building reading stamina and revisiting strategies that help us read to self. Last week during our read-to-self time, the students borrowed two books from our classroom library to add to their book bag. Remember that even though the students are borrowing these books and taking them home, they will belong to the classroom and need to be treated with care. If the students forget to bring back the borrowed books, they will not be able to get one the following week. In handwriting without tears today, we are working on practicing the lowercase letter s. In math today, we will practice counting by 10's.
Friday, December 2, 2016
AM Kindergarten has library today! PM kindergarten has art and library today! Don't forget, you had to have returned your library book to check out a new one! In the gingerbread unit theme today the students will compare and contrast two of the gingerbread stories that we have read so far in the unit. The students will use their knowledge to compare how the stories were the same and how they were different. In math today, we will focus on practicing counting one to one correspondences. In handwriting without tears today, the students will work on learning how to correctly write the letter o. In grammar today, we will practice writing simple sentences using capital letters, finger spaces, and punctuation at the end of the sentence. We will also be writing in our behavior folders and identifying how we were responsible, safe, and respectful. I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!
Monday, December 5, 2016
Welcome Back! I hope everyone had a fun weekend with your friends and families! Today AM Kindergarten has centers. Today in Jolly Phonics we will focus on the sound er. We will continue building on our sight words and review all of the words we have learned so far and our new sight words for this week are come, big, in. Today in second step, we will focus attention on identifying how we have feelings in our bodies. We will demonstrate this skill by learning how to identify our feelings and letting a grown up know if we feel worried, scared, sad, ect.,. Over the next week, we will be focusing on a gingerbread unit study where we will read many different gingerbread stories and complete literacy, math, science, and social studies activities within the theme. Today we will build on second step and work on identifying how the gingerbread man and other characters in the stories felt and responded to situations in the books because of their feelings. You will be seeing a lot of fun activities on gingerbread men and women coming home over the next week! Today, we will also visit Mrs. Zingg's class and decorate gingerbread men! We will also highlight our weekly sightwods in our poetry folders today.
Tuesday, December 6, 2016
AM Kindergarten has gym and music today! PM Kindergarten has centers today. Today in our gingerbread unit theme we will be focusing on a writing activity where the students have to identify the story elements of the Gingerbread Pirate! The students will be able to infer a character's thoughts and dialogue by studying the illustrations and making connections to their own lives. In handwriting without tears, we will be starting lowercase letters and working on the letters v, w. In math today we will learn about addition and add gingerbread men in an activity. We will also start writing in our December journals today!
Wednesday, December 7, 2016
AM kindergarten has centers today! PM Kindergarten has gym and music today! Today in the gingerbread unit theme the students will identify the sequence of events in the story. Students will identify key points in a fiction text so they can remember the important details in a story. Today in jolly phonics the students will learn the sound ar. The student's will also be working in writer's workshop today where they will have an opportunity to write freely and express their thoughts and ideas through writing and illustrating. Specifically in writer's workshop today, the students will learn about action verbs and identify action verbs from our gingerbread unit. Mrs. Burns will also be visiting the AM kindergarten today for an engineering activity where the students will have to create a way for the gingerbread cookie to safely cross the river!
Thursday, December 8, 2016
AM Kindergarten has art today! PM kindergarten has centers today! Today in the gingerbread unit theme the students will retell what happens first, next, and last in the story. The students identify key points in a fictional text so they can remember and retell what is important to the story and why. We will also continue working on Read to Self in Schoolwide and the students will practice building reading stamina and revisiting strategies that help us read to self. Last week during our read-to-self time, the students borrowed three books from our classroom library to add to their book bag. Remember that even though the students are borrowing these books and taking them home, they will belong to the classroom and need to be treated with care. If the students forget to bring back the borrowed books, they will not be able to get one the following week. In handwriting without tears today, we are working on practicing the lowercase letter t. In math today, we will practice counting by 5's. Mrs. Burns will also be visiting the PM kindergarten today for an engineering activity where the students will have to create a way for the gingerbread cookie to safely cross the river!
Friday, December 9, 2016
AM Kindergarten has library today! PM kindergarten has art and library today! Don't forget, you had to have returned your library book to check out a new one! In the gingerbread unit theme today the students will complete the unit by identifying their favorite story! The students will use their knowledge to identify the elements of the fiction text they selected. In math today, we will focus on ordering numbers correctly that are out of order. In grammar today, we will practice writing simple sentences using capital letters, finger spaces, and punctuation at the end of the sentence. We will also be writing in our behavior folders and identifying how we were responsible, safe, and respectful. I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!
Monday, December 12, 2016
Welcome Back! I hope everyone had a fun weekend with your friends and families! Today AM Kindergarten has centers. Congratulations to all of my friends for completing the jolly phonics program! Big thanks to everyone for all of your hard work at home reinforcing the letter sounds. Now, we will focus on blending the sounds together to make words and working on word families. We will continue building on our sight words and review all of the words we have learned so far and our new sight words for this week are jump, away, where. Over the next week, we will be focusing on learning about the winter holidays such as.,Hanukkah, Christmas, New Years, and Kwanza and complete literacy, math, science, and social studies activities within the theme. Today we will focus on learning about the holiday Kwanza. You will be seeing a lot of fun activities on the winter holidays coming home over the next week! We will also highlight our weekly sightwods in our poetry folders today. There will be a substitute teacher in the room today; however, I will be the classroom assessing students for guided reading.
Tuesday, December 13, 2016
AM Kindergarten has gym and music today! PM Kindergarten has centers today. Today in our holiday theme, we will focus on learning about the holiday Chrismas! In handwriting without tears, we will be starting lowercase letters and working on the letters c,d . In math today we will continue building on our addition and subtraction skills. We will also continue writing in our December journals today! Lastly, we will make our Holiday Journal covers today.
Wednesday, December 14, 2016
AM kindergarten has centers today! PM Kindergarten has gym and music today! Today in the holiday theme, we will focus on learning about the holiday Hanukkah. The student's will also be working in writer's workshop today where they will have an opportunity to write freely and express their thoughts and ideas through writing and illustrating. In math today, we will work on our Zero the Hero journals and celebrate the 70th day of school!
Thursday, December 15, 2016
AM Kindergarten has art today! PM kindergarten has centers today! Today in the holiday theme we will focus on learning about the holiday New Years and picking out our New Years Resolution for next year. We will also continue working on Read to Self in Schoolwide and the students will practice building reading stamina and revisiting strategies that help us read to self. Last week during our read-to-self time, the students borrowed four books from our classroom library to add to their book bag, this week we will pick five books. Remember that even though the students are borrowing these books and taking them home, they will belong to the classroom and need to be treated with care. If the students forget to bring back the borrowed books, they will not be able to get one the following week. In handwriting without tears today, we are working on practicing the lowercase letter g. In math today, we will continue working on addition and subtraction skills. We will also be writing in our behavior folders and identifying how we were responsible, safe, and respectful. We will also be visiting the library today instead of Friday this week as we will be attending our kindergarten Holiday party tomorrow!
Friday, December 16, 2016
Today is the last day of school before winter break and we will be having a holiday party! Please send the students to school in their pajamas and they can bring their favorite stuffed animals and blankets! We will be watching the movie toy story and enjoying our time together to have a fun-filled last day! The PM kindergarten class will also be attending a school assembly to watch the first grade show. Over your winter break, I hope everyone has a fun and relaxing time with your family and friends. Don't forget to work on your winter journals over break, and you will get a chance to share them with the class when you return back to school! I will miss you all so much and I am so blessed to have such a wonderful group of students and such supportive parents this year! Happy Holidays and Happy New Year! See you next year!! :)
Tuesday, January 3, 2017
Welcome Back from Winter Break! I hope everyone had a fun and relaxing break with your family and friends! I am so excited to see you and welcome you to the new year!! AM Kindergarten has gym and music today! PM Kindergarten has centers today. Today in schoolwide we will begin a new unit on Nonfiction! We will discuss the elements of a nonfiction text and introduce the literature for the unit. In handwriting without tears, we will practice writing the letters u and i. In math, we will continue exploring addition and subtraction. We will also begin writing in our January journals today! We will also work on highlighting our new sight words down and help in our poetry folders today! We will also be starting guiding reading this week during center time. The students will meet with me twice a week and we will read together and discuss features of a text as well as reading comprehension.
Wednesday, January 4, 2017
AM kindergarten has centers today! PM Kindergarten has gym and music today! Today in school wide we will continue introducing nonfiction and discuss what we know about a nonfiction text. We will then read a nonfiction story about soccer and discuss what we learned about nonfiction that we didn't know before. In social studies, the students will learn about New Years Eve and discuss what we want our New Years Resolution to be! In math, the students will continue working on addition and subtraction. The student's will also be working in writer's workshop today where they will have an opportunity to write freely and express their thoughts and ideas through writing and illustrating. We will also be starting guiding reading this week during center time. The students will meet with me twice a week and we will read together and discuss features of a text as well as reading comprehension.
Thursday, January 5, 2017
AM Kindergarten has art today! PM kindergarten has centers today! Today in school wide, the students will focus on learning about the table of contents in a nonfiction text. We will discuss what the purpose of a table of contents is and how to use one to navigate a text. We will also continue working on Read to Self in Schoolwide and the students will practice building reading stamina and revisiting strategies that help us read to self. Last week during our read-to-self time, the students borrowed four books from our classroom library to add to their book bag. This week we will try borrowing five books to add to our book bag. Remember that even though the students are borrowing these books and taking them home, they will belong to the classroom and need to be treated with care. If the students forget to bring back the borrowed books, they will not be able to get one the following week. In handwriting without tears today, we are working on practicing writing the letter e. We will also continue to learn about New Years Eve and celebrate the new year!
Friday, January 6, 2017
AM Kindergarten has library today! PM kindergarten has art and library today! Don't forget, you had to have returned your library book to check out a new one! In second step today, we will learn about managing our frustration. We will discuss helpful tools to use when we are feeling frustrated such as taking a deep breath and counting to 3. In grammar today, we will practice writing simple sentences using capital letters, finger spaces, and punctuation at the end of the sentence. We will also be writing in our behavior folders and identifying how we were responsible, safe, and respectful. We will also continue to learn about New Years Eve and celebrate the New Year. In math today we will continue learning about addition and subtraction. I hope everyone has a fun weekend! :)
Monday, January 9, 2017
Welcome Back! I hope everyone had a fun and relaxing weekend with your family and friends! AM Kindergarten has centers today! Today in schoolwide we will continue our new unit on Nonfiction! We will discuss the concept of using a glossary and practice using one in class. In math, we will explore using a 100's chart and create our own 100's chart. We will also work on highlighting our new sight words down and help in our poetry folders today! We will continue guiding reading this week during center time. The students will meet with me twice a week and we will read together and discuss features of a text as well as reading comprehension. We are also starting spelling tests this week! The spelling word list will go home every Monday and the students will take the spelling tests every Friday! You can expect on every spelling list to see jolly phonics sounds, middle sounds, CVC or stretchable words, and challenge words! I will then grade them over the weekend and send the graded tests home to you the following week! Please help your child be successful on their spelling tests by practicing the words daily at home! Our sight words this week are make, two.
Tuesday, January 10, 2017
AM Kindergarten has gym and music today! PM Kindergarten has centers today. Today in schoolwide we will continue our new unit on Nonfiction! We will discuss using an index in a nonfiction text and practice using one in class. In handwriting without tears, we will practice writing the letters l and k. In math, we will continue exploring double digit addition. We will also continue writing in our January journals today! In social studies this week, we will be learning about Martin Luther King, Jr.! We will be celebrating each other's differences and learning about how he made such a difference in bringing peace to our world!
Wednesday, January 11, 2017
AM kindergarten has centers today! PM Kindergarten has gym and music today! Today in school wide we will continue introducing nonfiction and discuss what we know about a nonfiction text. We will learning about using a Bold Text in a nonfiction book and practice using one in class. In social studies, the students will continue learning about Martin Luther King, Jr. and discussing how they can have a dream and bring peace in our lives. In math, the students work on adding the number zero.. The student's will also be working in writer's workshop today where they will have an opportunity to write freely and express their thoughts and ideas through writing and illustrating. We will also learn how to put a list of words into ABC order today. There will be a substitute teacher for AM kindergarten today as I will be out of the building for professional development. I will be back to school for PM kindergarten.
Thursday, January 12, 2017
AM Kindergarten has art today! PM kindergarten has centers today! Today in school wide, the students will focus on learning about the heading in a nonfiction text. We will discuss what the purpose of a heading is and how to use one in a text. We will also continue working on Read to Self in Schoolwide and the students will practice building reading stamina and revisiting strategies that help us read to self. Last week during our read-to-self time, the students borrowed five books from our classroom library to add to their book bag. Remember that even though the students are borrowing these books and taking them home, they will belong to the classroom and need to be treated with care. If the students forget to bring back the borrowed books, they will not be able to get one the following week. In handwriting without tears today, we are working on practicing writing the letter y. We will also continue to learn and celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day!
Friday, January 13, 2017
AM Kindergarten has library today! PM kindergarten has art and library today! Don't forget, you had to have returned your library book to check out a new one! In second step today, we will learn about calming down our feelings. We will discuss helpful tools to use when we are feeling upset such as taking a deep breath and counting to 3. In grammar today, we will practice writing simple sentences using capital letters, finger spaces, and punctuation at the end of the sentence. We will also be writing in our behavior folders and identifying how we were responsible, safe, and respectful. We will also continue to learn about Martin Luther King Jr. and celebrate the holiday. In math today we will continue learning about addition and subtraction. I hope everyone has a fun weekend and as a reminder their is no school on Monday, January 16th, in honor of Martin Luther King Jr., Day!
Monday, January 16, 2017
No School, Martin Luther King Jr. Day!
Tuesday, January 17, 2017
Welcome Back! I hope everyone had a fun and relaxing weekend with your family and friends! Today we are on a "Monday" Schedule. Today in schoolwide we will continue our new unit on Nonfiction! We will discuss the concept of using captions and practice using them in class. In math, we will do Zero the Hero for the 80th day of school! We will also work on highlighting our new sight words down and help in our poetry folders today! We are also start practicing our new spelling words for the week. Please help your child be successful on their spelling tests by practicing the words daily at home! Our sight words this week are play and run. In handwriting without tears today, we will work on the letter j.
Wednesday, January 18, 2017
AM kindergarten has centers today! PM Kindergarten has gym and music today! Today in school wide we will continue introducing nonfiction and discuss what we know about a nonfiction text. We will learning about using a Diagram in a nonfiction book and practice using one in class. In guided reading, the students will be introduced to the reading strategy "lips the fish" today. The students will have an opportunity to write in their January Journals today. In math, the students work on learning how to use tally marks today. The student's will also be working in writer's workshop today where they will have an opportunity to write freely and express their thoughts and ideas through writing and illustrating.
Thursday, January 19, 2017
AM Kindergarten has art today! PM kindergarten has centers today! Today in school wide, the students will focus on learning about the heading in a nonfiction text. We will apply what we have learned and hunt for nonfiction text features in books. We will also continue working on Read to Self in Schoolwide and the students will practice building reading stamina and revisiting strategies that help us read to self. Last week during our read-to-self time, the students borrowed five books from our classroom library to add to their book bag. Remember that even though the students are borrowing these books and taking them home, they will belong to the classroom and need to be treated with care. If the students forget to bring back the borrowed books, they will not be able to get one the following week. In handwriting without tears today, we are working on practicing writing the letters p,r. In math today, the students will work on adding on to ten frames.
Friday, January 20, 2017
AM Kindergarten has library today! PM kindergarten has art and library today! Don't forget, you had to have returned your library book to check out a new one! In second step today, we will learn about handling situations of waiting. We will discuss being patient and helpful tools to use when we are feeling impatient. In grammar today, we will practice writing simple sentences using capital letters, finger spaces, and punctuation at the end of the sentence. We will also be writing in our behavior folders and identifying how we were responsible, safe, and respectful. In reading today, we will read "Snowman at Night" and do a fun snowman craft! In math today we will continue learning about addition and work on adding one. I hope everyone has a fun weekend!
Monday, January 23, 2017
There is no school today due to professional development day.
Tuesday, January 24, 2017
Welcome back to school! AM Kindergarten has gym and music today! Today in schoolwide we will continue our nonfiction unit and discuss how the pictures and words work together in a text. In handwriting without tears, we will practice writing the letters n and m. In math, we will continue exploring tally marks and practice together in class. We will also continue writing in our January journals today! In social studies this week, we will be learning about Chinese New Year and celebrating the holiday together!
Wednesday, January 25, 2017
AM kindergarten has centers today! PM Kindergarten has gym and music today! Today in school wide we will continue our nonfiction unit and introduce biographies. We will read a biography together in class called Me, Jane. In guided reading, the students will continue working on the reading strategy "lips the fish" today. The students will have an opportunity to write in their January Journals today. In math, the students will be introduced to time vocabulary and will make a timeline for January. The student's will also be working in writer's workshop today where they will have an opportunity to write freely and express their thoughts and ideas through writing and illustrating.
Thursday, January 26, 2017
AM Kindergarten has art today! PM kindergarten has centers today! Today in school wide, the students will continue the nonfiction text unit and work on questioning to clarify. The students will engage in the read aloud Kookoobura and will be engaged to ask questions in the story to learn about habitats. We will also continue working on Read to Self in Schoolwide and the students will practice building reading stamina and revisiting strategies that help us read to self. Last week during our read-to-self time, the students borrowed five books from our classroom library to add to their book bag. Remember that even though the students are borrowing these books and taking them home, they will belong to the classroom and need to be treated with care. If the students forget to bring back the borrowed books, they will not be able to get one the following week. In handwriting without tears today, we are working on practicing writing the letter h. In math today, the students will continue learning about time vocabulary and will practice the days of the week and the four seasons.
Friday, January 27, 2017
AM Kindergarten has library today! PM kindergarten has art and library today! Don't forget, you had to have returned your library book to check out a new one! In second step today, we will learn about managing anger. In grammar today, we will practice writing simple sentences using capital letters, finger spaces, and punctuation at the end of the sentence. We will also be writing in our behavior folders and identifying how we were responsible, safe, and respectful. We will also continue learning about Chinese New Year in social studies today and we will make New Year hats! We will also take our spelling test today, I hope everyone practiced their new words this week! I hope everyone has a fun weekend!
Monday, January 30, 2017
Welcome Back! I hope everyone had a fun and relaxing weekend with your family and friends! AM Kindergarten has centers today! Today in schoolwide we will continue our unit on Nonfiction! We will be learning about Groundhog's Day and predicting whether we think he will see his shadow! In math, we will celebrate Zero the Hero's 90th Day of School! We will also work on highlighting our new sight words down and help in our poetry folders today! We will continue guiding reading this week during center time. The students will be introduced to a new reading strategy "sketchy snake". We are also continue practicing for our spelling test, the kids have been working so hard on this and doing a great job! Our sight words this week are funny and he.
Tuesday, January 31, 2017
AM Kindergarten has gym and music today! Today in schoolwide we will continue learning about Groundhog's Day and we will complete a writing prompt "If I was a groundhog...". In handwriting without tears, we will practice writing the letters n and m. In math, we will explore making numbers using tens and ones. We will also finish writing in our January journals today! In social studies this week, we will be learning about GroundHog's Day and discover if he will see his shadow or not!
Wednesday, February 1, 2017
AM kindergarten has centers today! PM Kindergarten has gym and music today! Today in school wide we will continue learning about Groundhog's Day and we will read the story GroundHog's Day Off. After the story, we will discuss the problem and solution of the text. In guided reading, the students will continue working on the reading strategy "stretchy snake" today. In math, the students will continue to work on to time vocabulary. The student's will also be working in writer's workshop today where they will have an opportunity to write freely and express their thoughts and ideas through writing and illustrating.
Thursday, February 2, 2017
AM Kindergarten has art today! PM kindergarten has centers today! Today in school wide, the students will continue learning about Groundhog's Day and will explore shadows. We will also practice counting syllables in words. We will continue working on Read to Self in Schoolwide and the students will practice building reading stamina and revisiting strategies that help us read to self. In handwriting without tears today, we are working on practicing writing the letter h. In math today, the students will continue learning about making numbers using tens and ones.
Friday, February 3, 2017
AM Kindergarten has library today! PM kindergarten has art and library today! Don't forget, you had to have returned your library book to check out a new one! In second step today, we will learn about managing disappointment. We will discuss and demonstrate calming down skills when you feel disappointed. In grammar today, we will practice writing simple sentences using capital letters, finger spaces, and punctuation at the end of the sentence. We will also be writing in our behavior folders and identifying how we were responsible, safe, and respectful. We will also take our spelling test today, I hope everyone practiced their new words this week! I hope everyone has a fun weekend!
Monday, February 6, 2017
Welcome Back! I hope everyone had a fun and relaxing weekend! AM Kindergarten has centers today! This week we will have a Valentine's Day themed week and we will do activities that are focused on love and friendship.In reading today, we will read a nonfiction story about Valentine's Day and we will discuss why we celebrate Valentine''s Day and identify the things in our lives that we love. In math, we will learn about addition word problems! We will also work on highlighting our new sight words down and help in our poetry folders today! We will continue guiding reading this week during center time and work on the reading strategy stretchy snake. We are also continue practicing for our spelling test, the kids have been working so hard on this and doing a great job! Our sight words this week are was and that.
Tuesday, February 7, 2017
AM Kindergarten has gym and music today! Today we will reading the fiction Valentine's Day story Splat and write Valentine's Day notes to our friends in class. In handwriting without tears, we will practice writing the letters b and f. In math, we will continue exploring addition word problems. We will also start writing in our February journals today!
Wednesday, February 8, 2017
AM kindergarten has centers today! PM Kindergarten has gym and music today! Today in our Valentine's Day theme we will read the story The Day it rained hearts. After the story, we will discuss what we would do if it rained hearts (i.e.., make a Valentine or decorate my house). In guided reading, the students will continue working on the reading strategy "stretchy snake" today. In math, the students will complete an addition craft with a word problem "How many hearts did it rain?" The student's will also be working in writer's workshop today where they will have an opportunity to write freely and express their thoughts and ideas through writing and illustrating.
Thursday, February 9, 2017
AM Kindergarten has art today! PM kindergarten has centers today! Today in school wide, the students will continue learning about Valentine's Day and will read poetry. We will also read the story there was an old lady who swallowed a rose and practice sequencing. We will continue working on Read to Self in Schoolwide and the students will practice building reading stamina and revisiting strategies that help us read to self. In handwriting without tears today, we are working on practicing writing the letter q. In math today, the students will continue learning about addition word problems. Today we will also be writing in our February journals.
Friday, February 10, 2017
AM Kindergarten has library today! PM kindergarten has art and library today! Don't forget, you had to have returned your library book to check out a new one! In second step today, we will learn about being knocked down. We will discuss and demonstrate calming down skills and how it is important to ask for more information and not assume that something happened on purpose. In grammar today, we will practice writing simple sentences using capital letters, finger spaces, and punctuation at the end of the sentence. We will also be writing in our behavior folders and identifying how we were responsible, safe, and respectful. We will also take our spelling test today, I hope everyone practiced their new words this week! I hope everyone has a fun weekend!
Monday, February 13, 2017
Today is the 100th Day of School! We are going to have a fun filled day and celebrate zero the hero by wearing our superhero capes! We will be trying 100 snacks and counting by 1s and 10s as we eat them! We will also engage in a writing activity "If I was 100 years old" and create a craft of what we would look like if we were 100 years old. We will also read books, poems, and sing songs about the 100th day. We will make a 100th day of school crown! I am so proud of the kids for how hard they have worked and the progress they made so far this school year, where has the time gone by? :)
Tuesday, February 14, 2017
Happy Valentine's Day! Am kindergarten has gym and music today. Today we will celebrate Valentine's Day by enjoying our class party! We will pass out our Valentines and we will read "There was an old lady who swallowed a rose" and complete a sequencing activity. We will also enjoying "Charlie Brown's Valentine's Day! I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday with your loved ones, I am so thankful for our little Valentines! <3
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
AM kindergarten has centers today! PM Kindergarten has gym and music today! Today in our 100th Day theme we will read the story The 100th day of School. After the story, we will discuss what we have learned in 100 days of school. In guided reading, the students will continue working on the reading strategy "stretchy snake" today. In math, the students will complete the activity, If I had 100 dollars. The student's will also be working in writer's workshop today where they will have an opportunity to write freely and express their thoughts and ideas through writing and illustrating.
Thursday, February 16, 2017
AM Kindergarten has art today! PM kindergarten has centers today! Today in school wide, the students will continue learning about the 100th Day and will read poetry. We will continue working on Read to Self and Read to a partner in Schoolwide and the students will practice building reading stamina and revisiting strategies that help us read to self. In handwriting without tears today, we are working on practicing writing the letters x, z. In math today, the students will continue learning about addition word problems. Today we will also be writing in our February journals.
Friday, February 17, 2017
AM Kindergarten has library today! PM kindergarten has art and library today! Don't forget, you had to have returned your library book to check out a new one! In second step today, we will learn about problem solving. We will discuss problem solving and how we can work together to find a solution. In grammar today, we will practice writing simple sentences using capital letters, finger spaces, and punctuation at the end of the sentence. We will also be writing in our behavior folders and identifying how we were responsible, safe, and respectful. We will also take our spelling test today, I hope everyone practiced their new words this week! I hope everyone has a fun-filled three day weekend!
Monday, February 20, 2017
Happy President's Day! There is no school today, enjoy your day off!
Tuesday, February 21, 2017
AM Kindergarten has gym and music today! This week we will be learning about President's Day and we will focus on the President's that are on the four coins: penny, nickel, dime and quarter. Today we will study George Washington and we will read a biography about his life as well as Identify what we like and learned about him. In math, we will learn about the quarter today! We have finished the handwriting without tears curriculum, you can expect to see the orange journals come home this week! We will still start a new phonics curriculum called Word Study and this week we will learn about the word family -ay. We will also write in our February journals today and highlight poems in our poetry folders. Our sight words for this week are they, but. The AM kindergarten student's will also get an opportunity to visit the 5th grade wax museum today!
Wednesday, February 22, 2017
AM kindergarten has centers today! PM Kindergarten has gym and music today! Today in our President's Day theme we will learn about President Roosevelt! In math, the students will learn about the dime. The student's will also be working in writer's workshop today where they will have an opportunity to write freely and express their thoughts and ideas through writing and illustrating. We will continue our word study program today and work on the -ay word family. The PM kindergarten will also get the opportunity to watch the 2nd grade show today!
Thursday, February 23, 2017
Today is a "Monday Schedule". PM kindergarten will have centers today. Today in our President's Day theme we will learn about Abraham Lincoln! We will compare and contrast Abraham Lincoln and George Washington. We will then make a craft that on one side you see Abraham Lincoln and when you turn it over you see George Washington! In math, the students will learn about the penny. We will continue our word study program today and work on the -ay word family. The AM kindergarten will also get the opportunity to watch the 2nd grade show today!
Friday, February 24, 2017
AM Kindergarten has library today! PM kindergarten has art and library today! Don't forget, you had to have returned your library book to check out a new one! In second step today, we will learn about invitation to play. We will discuss what we can do to make others feel included during play time and problem solving strategies for when we need a friend to play with. We will be learning about President Jefferson today and learn about the nickel! In grammar today, we will practice writing simple sentences using capital letters, finger spaces, and punctuation at the end of the sentence. We will also be writing in our behavior folders and identifying how we were responsible, safe, and respectful. We will also take our spelling test today, I hope everyone practiced their new words this week! I hope everyone has a fun weekend!
Monday, February 27, 2017
Welcome Back! I hope everyone had a fun and relaxing weekend! AM Kindergarten has centers today! This week we will have a Dr. Seuss themed week in honor of Theodore Geisel's Birthday! In reading today, we will read the fiction story "The Cat in the Hat" we will then write a persuasive letter to the cat asking him to wear the hat that we design for him. In math, we will continue identifying coins and we will work on adding coins! We will also work on highlighting our new sight words down and help in our poetry folders today! We will continue guiding reading this week during center time and work on the reading strategy stretchy snake. We are also continue practicing for our spelling test, the kids have been working so hard on this and doing a great job!
Tuesday, February 28, 2017
AM Kindergarten has gym and music today! Today we will read the book "If I ran the zoo" and we will write about what we would do if we had our own zoo. In math, we will continue adding coins today! We will still start a new phonics curriculum called Word Study and this week we will learn about the word family -ai. We will also write in our February journals today and highlight poems in our poetry folders.
Wednesday, March 1, 2017
AM kindergarten has centers today! PM Kindergarten has gym and music today! Today in our Dr. Seuss theme we will read Wacky Wednesday and write and draw about things that are wacky! In math, the students will continue learning about identifying and adding coins. The student's will also be working in writer's workshop today where they will have an opportunity to write freely and express their thoughts and ideas through writing and illustrating. We will continue our word study program today and work on the -ai word family.
Thursday, March 2, 2017
AM Kindergarten has art today! PM kindergarten has centers today! Today we will read Sneeches and write and draw about how we can be kind to others. We will continue working on Read to Self and Read to a partner in Schoolwide and the students will practice building reading stamina and revisiting strategies that help us read to self. In math today, the students will continue learning about adding coins. Today we will also be writing in our February journals. We will also have an opportunity to watch the 4th and 5th grade talent show in PM kindergarten.
Friday, March 3, 2017
AM Kindergarten has library today! PM kindergarten has art and library today! Don't forget, you had to have returned your library book to check out a new one! In second step today, we will learn about taking turns and sharing. We will be reading The Cat in the Hat comes back and we will write and illustrate a time when we were mischievous! We will also design our own Dr. Seuss character today. In grammar today, we will practice writing simple sentences using capital letters, finger spaces, and punctuation at the end of the sentence. We will also be writing in our behavior folders and identifying how we were responsible, safe, and respectful. We will also take our spelling test today, I hope everyone practiced their new words this week! I will be out of the building today for professional development as I am attending the ICE conference in Illinois so there will be a substitute teacher. I hope everyone has a fun weekend!
Monday, March 6, 2017
Welcome Back! I hope everyone had a fun and relaxing weekend! AM Kindergarten has centers today! This week we will dive deeper into our science curriculum and study weather! In reading today, we will explore the definition of weather and observe how it changes from day to day. We will also write and draw about our favorite type of weather. In math, we will complete our Zero the Hero cover pages and complete our book! We will also work on highlighting our new sight words down and help in our poetry folders today! We will continue guiding reading this week during center time and work on the reading strategy stretchy snake. We are also continue practicing for our spelling test, the kids have been working so hard on this and doing a great job! Our sight words this week are with, at, all, there.
Tuesday, March 7, 2017
AM Kindergarten has gym and music today! Today we will study appropriate clothing for weather and for each season. We will draw what type of clothing we would wear for each season. In math, we will work on a weather prediction graph today. We will continue out phonics curriculum Word Study and this week we will learn about consonants and vowels. We will also write in our March journals today!
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
AM kindergarten has centers today! PM Kindergarten has gym and music today! Today in our weather unit we will explore inclement weather. We will discuss tornadoes, blizzards, and thunderstorms as those are the typical inclement weather for our area. We will also discuss what we should do in the event we experience these types of weather! The student's will also be working in writer's workshop today where they will have an opportunity to write freely and express their thoughts and ideas through writing and illustrating. We will continue our word study program today and work on sorting consonants and vowels.
Thursday, March 9, 2017
AM Kindergarten has art today! PM kindergarten has centers today! Today we will discuss wind and what causes wind. We will also make a wind tool and go outside to observe the effects of wind. We will continue working on Read to Self and Read to a partner in Schoolwide and the students will practice building reading stamina and revisiting strategies that help us read to self. Today we will also be writing in our March journals.
Friday, March 10, 2017
AM Kindergarten has library today! PM kindergarten has art and library today! Don't forget, you had to have returned your library book to check out a new one! In second step today, we will learn about having fun with our friends and how there can be different ways to have fun. We will read the fiction text "Cloudy with a chance of meatballs" and write and draw about fictional objects that could fall from the sky. In grammar today, we will practice writing simple sentences using capital letters, finger spaces, and punctuation at the end of the sentence. We will also be writing in our behavior folders and identifying how we were responsible, safe, and respectful. We will also take our spelling test today, I hope everyone practiced their new words this week! I hope everyone has a fun weekend!
Monday, March 13, 2017
Welcome Back! I hope everyone had a great weekend! AM Kindergarten has centers today! This week we will be learning about St. Patrick's Day and appreciating all the things in our lives that we are lucky for. In reading today, we will explore why we are lucky in our lives. In math, we will practice writing and counting by skip counting! We will also work on highlighting our new sight words down and help in our poetry folders today! We will continue guiding reading this week during center time and work on the reading strategy stretchy snake, lips the fish, and eagle eye. We are also continue practicing for our spelling test, the kids have been working so hard on this and doing a great job! Our sight words this week are out, be.
Tuesday, March 14, 2017
AM Kindergarten has gym and music today! Today we will learn about leprechauns. We will be imaginative and discuss how we could catch a Leprechaun! In math, we will work on what we would we buy if we had a pot of gold. We will continue out phonics curriculum Word Study and this week we will learn about counting syllables. We will also write in our March journals today!
Wednesday, March 15, 2017
AM kindergarten has centers today! PM Kindergarten has gym and music today! Today we will talk about wishes and what does it mean to have a wish. We will continue to learn about St Patrick's Day and we will pick 3 wishes for catching a leprechaun. The student's will also be working in writer's workshop today where they will have an opportunity to write freely and express their thoughts and ideas through writing and illustrating. We will continue our word study program today and work on counting syllables.
Thursday, March 16, 2017
AM Kindergarten has art today! PM kindergarten has centers today! Today we will discuss St. Patrick and why we celebrate him in history, we will also read a nonfiction book on St. Patrick's day and discuss the holiday's traditions. We will continue working on Read to Self and Read to a partner in Schoolwide and the students will practice building reading stamina and revisiting strategies that help us read to self. Today we will also be writing in our March journals.
Friday, March 17, 2017
AM Kindergarten has library today! PM kindergarten has art and library today! Don't forget, you had to have returned your library book to check out a new one! In second step today, we will learn about how to handle a situation where we have things taken away from us. We will also celebrate St. Patrick's Day and make lucky necklaces as well as look for hidden gold coins in the classroom. In grammar today, we will practice writing simple sentences using capital letters, finger spaces, and punctuation at the end of the sentence. We will also be writing in our behavior folders and identifying how we were responsible, safe, and respectful. We will also take our spelling test today, I hope everyone practiced their new words this week! I hope everyone has a fun weekend!
Monday, March 20, 2017
Welcome Back! I hope everyone had a great weekend! AM Kindergarten has centers today! This week we will be studying dinosaurs and researching different types of dinosaurs. In reading today, we will explore introduce dinosaurs and discuss their characteristics. In math, we will practice sequencing numbers, for example what number is two less than 64 or one more than 72? We will also work on highlighting our new sight words down and help in our poetry folders today! We will continue guiding reading this week during center time and work on the reading strategy chunky monkey. We will not have a spelling test this week because there is no school on Friday. Our sight words this week are have, am.
Tuesday, March 21, 2017
AM Kindergarten has gym and music today! Today we will learn about carnivores. We will describe the characteristics of carnivores and learn about the dinosaurs that are carnivores! In math, we will continue working on subtraction problems. We will continue out phonics curriculum Word Study and this week we will learn about poetry. We will also write in our March journals today!
Wednesday, March 22, 2017
PM Kindergarten has gym and music today! Today we will talk about herbivores and the characteristics of a herbivore. We will make a schema chart together that identifies what the students have learned about dinosaurs.The student's will also be working in writer's workshop today where they will have an opportunity to write freely and express their thoughts and ideas through writing and illustrating. We will continue our word study program today and work on poetry.
Thursday, March 23, 2017
There is no school today due to Parent-Teacher Conferences.
AM Kindergarten has art today! Today we will read the nonfiction text "If the Dinosaurs came Back" and discuss what the wold would be like if their was still dinosaurs. We will also write and draw what it would be like to have a pet dinosaur. We will continue working on Read to Self and Read to a partner in Schoolwide and the students will practice building reading stamina and revisiting strategies that help us read to self. Today we will also be writing in our March journals. Parent-Teacher conferences will be held tonight and tomorrow afternoon. The conferences are optional in the spring and must be confirmed through the online sign up that Mr. Kaease emailed out. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns and I look forward to seeing you at conferences! I hope all of my awesome students have a great spring break and remember to relax and have fun! There will be no homework over spring break; however, there will be spring break journals to complete!
Friday, March 24, 2017
March 25-April 2, 2017
Spring Break, Classes will resume on Monday April 3rd.
Monday, April 3, 2017
Welcome Back! I hope everyone had a fun filled spring break! AM Kindergarten has centers today! Over the next few weeks, we will be studying habitats. This week we will start with studying the habitat desert. In reading today, we will read the story, "Coyote, Coyote what do you see?" and we will describe the desert habitat. In math, we will be introduced to 3-dimmensional shapes. We will also work on highlighting our new sight words down and help in our poetry folders today! We will continue guiding reading this week during center time and work on the reading strategy flippy dolphin. We will not have a spelling test this week due to no school on Friday. Our sight words this week are do, did.
Tuesday, April 4, 2017
AM Kindergarten has gym and music today! Today we will continue studying the desert. We will read the book "The Three Havalitas" and we will write and illustrate about our favorite desert animals. In math, we will continue working on exploring 3-dimmensional shapes. We will continue out phonics curriculum Word Study and this week we will learn about making words plural. We will also write in our April journals today!
Wednesday, April 5, 2017
PM Kindergarten has gym and music today! Today we will continue learning about the desert and we will make a habitat craft of the desert. The student's will also be working in writer's workshop today where they will have an opportunity to write freely and express their thoughts and ideas through writing and illustrating. We will continue our word study program today and work on the word family -ike. We will also continue exploring 3-dimmensional shapes in math.
Thursday, April 6, 2017
AM Kindergarten has art today! PM kindergarten has centers today! Today we will label desert features and discuss animal adaptations in the desert. We will continue working on Read to Self and Read to a partner in Schoolwide and the students will practice building reading stamina and revisiting strategies that help us read to self. In math today, we will continue exploring 3-dimmensional shapes. Today we will also be writing in our April journals.
Friday, April 7, 2017
AM Kindergarten has library today! PM kindergarten has art and library today! Don't forget, you had to have returned your library book to check out a new one! In second step today, we will review whole body listening and the classroom expectations. We will dive into our science curriculum today and learn about our five senses and how we can use them to explore the world. We will also be writing in our behavior folders and identifying how we were responsible, safe, and respectful. I hope everyone has a fun weekend!
Monday, April 10, 2017
Welcome Back! I hope everyone had a fun filled spring break! AM Kindergarten has centers today! Over the next few weeks, we will be studying habitats. This week we will start with studying the ocean habitat. Today we will do nonfiction research on ocean animals on pebblego. In math, we will be introduced to measurement and explore shorter or taller. We will also work on highlighting our new sight words down and help in our poetry folders today! We will continue guiding reading this week during center time and work on the reading strategy flippy dolphin and chunky monkey. We will not have a spelling test this week due to no school on Friday. Our sight words this week are so, what. There will be a substitute teacher today as I will be out of the building for an appointment.
Tuesday, April 11, 2017
AM Kindergarten has gym and music today! Today we will continue studying the ocean. Today we will identify ocean animals and write about our favorite ocean animal. In math, we will continue working on exploring measurement and we will measure classroom objects. We will continue our phonics curriculum Word Study and this week we will learn about making words plural. We will also write in our April journals today! We will also take some time to visit the Scholastic Book Fiar at the school today! We will go down to the book fair with a pencil and paper and create a wish list. If you would like to purchase books with your child you can visit the book fair as a family after school on Wednesday from 3:30-8:00!
Wednesday, April 12, 2017
PM Kindergarten has gym and music today! Today we will continue learning about the ocean and we will make a shark craft. The student's will also be working in writer's workshop today where they will have an opportunity to write freely and express their thoughts and ideas through writing and illustrating. We will continue our word study program today and work on making words plural. We will also continue exploring measurement in math and we will measure ocean animals. Today centers will be cancelled as the AM kindergarten class will have a unique opportunity to attend a school assembly of an author visit of Aaron Reynolds who wrote the book "Creepy Carrots!"
Thursday, April 13, 2017
AM Kindergarten has art today! Today we will label ocean features and illustrate the ocean habitat. We will continue working on Read to Self and Read to a partner in Schoolwide and the students will practice building reading stamina and revisiting strategies that help us read to self. In math today, we will continue exploring measurement. In second step today, we will discussing kindness and how we can be kind to others. We will also be writing in our behavior folders and identifying how we were responsible, safe, and respectful. Today centers will be cancelled as both AM and PM kindergarten will participate in a bus evacuation practice drill. There will be a substitute teacher today for the AM class as I will be out of the building for professional development in the district. I will be back for the PM class! I hope everyone has a fun weekend, Reminder that there is no school tomorrow due to the observing Easter Holiday!
Friday, April 14, 2017
No School today, Easter Holiday Observed.
Monday, April 17, 2017
Welcome Back! I hope everyone had a nice long weekend! AM kindergarten has centers today.This week we will continue exploring habitats and we will study the forest. Today we will do nonfiction research on forest animals on pebblego. In math, we will be introduced to measuring weight. We will also work on highlighting our new sight words down and help in our poetry folders today! We will continue guiding reading this week during center time and work on the reading strategy floppy dolphin. We will have a spelling test this week and our new spelling words will go home today. Our sight words this week are so, what.
Tuesday, April 18, 2017
AM Kindergarten has gym and music today! PM kindergarten has centers today. Today we will continue studying the forest. Today we will identify forest animals and write about our favorite forest animal. In math, we will continue working on exploring measurement and we will weigh classroom objects. We will continue our phonics curriculum Word Study and this week we will learn about making the -ake word family. We will also write in our April journals today!
PM Kindergarten has gym and music today! AM kindergarten has centers today. Today we will continue learning about the forest and we will make an owl craft. The student's will also be working in writer's workshop today where they will have an opportunity to write freely and express their thoughts and ideas through writing and illustrating. We will continue our word study program today and work on the -ake word family. We will also continue exploring measurement in math and we explore the concept of heavy and light.
Wednesday, April 19, 2017
Thursday, April 20, 2017
AM Kindergarten has art today! PM kindergarten has centers today! Today we learn about the 3 R's Reduce, Reuse, Recycle in celebration of Earth Day. We will write and draw about how we can take care of our earth. We will continue working on Read to Self and Read to a partner in Schoolwide and the students will practice building reading stamina and revisiting strategies that help us read to self. In math today, we will continue exploring weight and order objects from lightest to heaviest. Today we will also be writing in our April journals.
Friday, April 21, 2017
AM Kindergarten has library today! PM kindergarten has art and library today! Don't forget, you had to have returned your library book to check out a new one!
Today we will continue celebrating Earth Day and we will have a Lorax Day! We will read the book "The Lorax" and create a Lorax as well as write about how we can help the Lorax and our earth. In grammar today, we will practice writing simple sentences using capital letters, finger spaces, and punctuation at the end of the sentence.We will be taking our spelling test today, I hope everyone practiced over the week! We will also be writing in our behavior folders and identifying how we were responsible, safe, and respectful. I hope everyone has a fun weekend!
Monday, April 24, 2017
Welcome Back! I hope everyone had a nice weekend! AM kindergarten has centers today.This week we will continue exploring habitats and we will study the arctic. Today we will do nonfiction research on arctic animals on pebblego. In math, we will be introduced to time and the parts of a clock. We will also work on highlighting our new sight words down and help in our poetry folders today! We will continue guiding reading this week during center time and work on the reading strategy skippy frog. We will have a spelling test this week and our new spelling words will go home today. Our sight words this week are not, will. I will be out today for an appointment so there will be a substitute in the classroom.
Tuesday, April 25, 2017
AM Kindergarten has gym and music today! Today we will continue studying the arctic. Today we will identify arctic animals and write about our favorite arctic animal. In math, we will continue working on exploring the parts of an analog clock. We will continue our phonics curriculum Word Study and this week we will learn about "chunking" sounds in words. We will also write in our April journals today! Centers will be cancelled today because the PM kindergarten will get to go to a school assembly to see the 3rd grade show!
Wednesday, April 26, 2017
Thursday, April 27, 2017
PM Kindergarten has gym and music today! Today we will continue learning about the arctic and we will make walrus hats. The student's will also be working in writer's workshop today where they will have an opportunity to write freely and express their thoughts and ideas through writing and illustrating. We will continue our word study program today and work on "chunking" sounds in words. We will also continue exploring time and the parts of a digital clock in math. Centers will be cancelled today because AM kindergarten will get to watch the 3rd grade show this morning!
AM Kindergarten has art today! PM kindergarten has centers today! Today we will read the fiction story "Tooth Trouble " and make inferences about how the walrus feels visiting the dentist! We will also discuss the importance of taking care of your teeth. We will continue working on Read to Self and Read to a partner in Schoolwide and the students will practice building reading stamina and revisiting strategies that help us read to self. In math today, we will continue exploring the parts of a clock and we will make an analog clock. Today we will also be writing in our April journals.
Friday, April 28, 2017
AM Kindergarten has library today! PM kindergarten has art and library today! Don't forget, you had to have returned your library book to check out a new one! Today we will continue learning about the arctic and we will read an emergent reader text about animals in the arctic. We will then write one fact we learned from our text as well as one connection to the text. In grammar today, we will practice writing simple sentences using capital letters, finger spaces, and punctuation at the end of the sentence.We will be taking our spelling test today, I hope everyone practiced over the week! We will also be writing in our behavior folders and identifying how we were responsible, safe, and respectful. I will be out of the building today for kindergarten teacher training so there will be a substitute teacher in the classroom, I hope everyone has a fun weekend!
Monday, May 1, 2017
Welcome Back! I hope everyone had a nice weekend! AM kindergarten has centers today.This week we will be studying insects! Today we will research insects on pebblego and write nonfiction facts. In math, we will be introduced to telling time to the hour. We will also work on highlighting our new sight words in our poetry folders today! We will continue guiding reading this week during center time and work on the reading strategy skippy frog. We will have a spelling test this week and our new spelling words will go home today. Our sight words this week are yes, went. I will be be at school today in the classroom; however, I will be benchmarking students so there will be a substitute in the classroom.
Tuesday, May 2, 2017
AM Kindergarten has gym and music today! PM kindergarten does not have centers today because we will be practicing for the kindergarten show. Today we will continue studying insects. We will read about insects and describe and write about whether we think insects are creepy or awesome. In math, we will continue working on exploring telling time to the hour and practice writing the time. We will continue our phonics curriculum Word Study and this week we will learn about the -and word family. We will also write in our May journals today!
Wednesday, May 3, 2017
PM Kindergarten has gym and music today! AM Kindergarten has centers today. Today we will continue learning about insects and we will be making lady bugs and caterpillars to hang as decorations in our kindergarten show. The student's will also be working in writer's workshop today where they will have an opportunity to write freely and express their thoughts and ideas through writing and illustrating. We will continue our word study program today and work on the -and word family. We will also continue exploring time and focus on time to the half hour in math and we will practice writing the time.
Thursday, May 4, 2017
AM Kindergarten has art today! PM kindergarten has centers today! Today we will continue studying insects and we will be making coffee filter butterflies to hang in the kindergarten show. We will continue working on Read to Self and Read to a partner in Schoolwide and the students will practice building reading stamina and revisiting strategies that help us read to self. In math today, we will continue exploring time to the half hour and we will practice writing the time. Today we will also be writing in our May journals.
Friday, May 5, 2017
AM Kindergarten has library today! PM kindergarten has art and library today! Don't forget, you had to have returned your library book to check out a new one! Today we will continue learning about insects and we will read a fiction story called the grumpy ladybug! We will then write and illustrate about what "bugs" us. In grammar today, we will practice writing simple sentences using capital letters, finger spaces, and punctuation at the end of the sentence.We will be taking our spelling test today, I hope everyone practiced over the week! We will also be writing in our behavior folders and identifying how we were responsible, safe, and respectful. I hope everyone has a great weekend!
Monday, May 8, 2017
Welcome Back! I hope everyone had a nice weekend! AM kindergarten has centers today. PM kindergarten will have centers today due to cancelling centers on Tuesday for the kindergarten music show. Today we will be researching an animal of our choice on pebblego and we will be presenting the information we learned to the class. In math, we will continue practicing telling time to the hour and half hour. We will also work on highlighting our new sight words in our poetry folders today! We will continue guiding reading this week during center time and work on the reading strategy skippy frog. We will have a spelling test this week and our new spelling words will go home today. Our sight words this week are are, now. I will be be at school today in the classroom; however, I will be benchmarking students so there will be a substitute in the classroom.
Tuesday, May 9, 2017
Wednesday, May 10, 2017
AM Kindergarten has gym and music today! PM kindergarten does not have centers today because we will be practicing for the kindergarten show. Today we will be working on our mother's day project which is a surprise for our special moms. We will also watch a short video with the other kindergarten classes for "V day" on our ABC countdown. We will continue our phonics curriculum Word Study and this week we will learn about understanding alphabetical order. We will also write in our May journals today!
PM Kindergarten has gym and music today! AM Kindergarten has centers today. Today we will continue working on our mother's day project which is a surprise for our special moms! The student's will also be working in writer's workshop today where they will have an opportunity to write freely and express their thoughts and ideas through writing and illustrating. We will continue our word study program today and work on understanding alphabetical order. We will also continue exploring time and focus on time to the half hour in math and we will practice writing the time.
Thursday, May 11, 2017
AM Kindergarten has art today! PM kindergarten has centers today! Today we will continue working on our special mother's day projects! We will continue working on Read to Self and Read to a partner in Schoolwide and the students will practice building reading stamina and revisiting strategies that help us read to self. In math today, we will continue exploring time to the half hour and we will practice writing the time. Today we will also be writing in our May journals.
Friday, May 12, 2017
AM Kindergarten has library today! PM kindergarten has art and library today! Don't forget, you had to have returned your library book to check out a new one! Today we will finish our mother's day projects today and we will send them home for you to enjoy! We are so thankful for our all our wonderful mothers! In grammar today, we will practice writing simple sentences using capital letters, finger spaces, and punctuation at the end of the sentence.We will be taking our spelling test today, I hope everyone practiced over the week! We will also be writing in our behavior folders and identifying how we were responsible, safe, and respectful. I hope everyone has a great weekend and beautiful mother's day!
Monday, May 15, 2017
Welcome Back! I hope everyone had a nice weekend! AM kindergarten will not have centers today due to practicing for the kindergarten show dress rehearsal. Today we will start out plant unit! We will be planting lima bean seeds and watching them grow over the next two weeks. We will also work on highlighting our new sight words in our poetry folders today! We will continue guiding reading this week during center time and work on the reading strategy skippy frog. We will have a spelling test this week and our new spelling words will go home today. Our sight words this week are yes, went.
Tuesday, May 16, 2017
Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Today is our kindergarten show! AM kindergarten will not have gym or music today due to the kindergarten show. We hope to see you at 10:30 for the AM classes show and at 2:30 for the PM classes show! Remember to wear your best dress clothes for the show! We have been working so hard and today is truly a day to celebrate all of our hard work this school year! A big Thank You goes to Mrs. Opitz for creating such a beautiful show for us!
PM Kindergarten has gym and music today! AM Kindergarten has centers today. Today will be our last center day in AM kindergarten as we have other activities planned for the last few weeks of school! Thank you to all of the awesome parents who have come in for center time to support our classroom! Today we will create a plant craft and identify and label the parts of a plant. The student's will also be working in writer's workshop today where they will have an opportunity to write freely and express their thoughts and ideas through writing and illustrating. We will continue our word study program today and work on hearing and deleting sounds.
Thursday, May 18, 2017
AM Kindergarten has art today! PM kindergarten has centers today! Today will be our last center day in PM kindergarten as we have other activities planned for the last few weeks of school! Thank you to all of the awesome parents who have come in for center time to support our classroom! Today we will continue working on our plant unit and we will identify and draw the life cycle of a plant. We will continue working on Read to Self and Read to a partner in Schoolwide and the students will practice building reading stamina and revisiting strategies that help us read to self. We will also continue working on our word study program and work on hearing and deleting sounds. Today we will also be writing in our May journals.
Friday, May 19, 2017
AM Kindergarten has library today! PM kindergarten has art and library today! Don't forget, you had to have returned your library book to check out a new one! Today we will continue our plant unit and we will write and illustrate what do all plants need to live and grow. In grammar today, we will practice writing simple sentences using capital letters, finger spaces, and punctuation at the end of the sentence.We will be taking our spelling test today, I hope everyone practiced over the week! We will also be writing in our behavior folders and identifying how we were responsible, safe, and respectful. Today we will also have a fun opportunity in PM kindergarten to attend the allergy awareness school assembly and watch the pie in the face teacher challenge! I will be out of the building today for an appointment, I hope everyone has a great weekend!
Monday, May 22, 2017
Welcome Back! I hope everyone had a nice weekend! Today we will continue our plant unit! We will be observing our plants to see how much they have grown over the weekend! We will also be hypothesizing what will happen to our bean plants as they continue to grow. We will also work on highlighting our new sight words in our poetry folders today! We will not have a spelling test this week due to no school on Friday! Our sight words this week are too, pretty.
Tuesday, May 23, 2017
AM Kindergarten has gym and music today! Today we continue our plant unit and we will write and illustrate about the different plants that we like to eat. We will continue our phonics curriculum Word Study and this week we will learn about compound words. We will also write in our May journals today! We will also write letters to our first grade teachers todays part of our ABC countdown! I will be in the building today; however, there will be a sub in the classroom for PM kindergarten as I will be attending a meeting. AM kindergarten will also have a school assembly today and both kindergarten classes will have a chance to visit our school wide garden and plant outside today!
Wednesday, May 24, 2017
PM Kindergarten has gym and music today! Today we will continue working on our plant unit and we will read the fiction story "Peter Rabbit" we will then write and identify the elements of the text. The student's will also be working in writer's workshop today where they will have an opportunity to write freely and express their thoughts and ideas through writing and illustrating. We will continue our word study program today and work on compound words and create compound word flowers. I will be in the building today; however, there will be a sub in the class for AM kindergarten as I will be attending a meeting.
Thursday, May 25, 2017
AM kindergarten has art today! Today we will continue working on our plant unit and we will identify tops and bottoms of plants. We will also observe our growing bean plants and water them before the long weekend.The student's will also be working in writer's workshop today where they will have an opportunity to write freely and express their thoughts and ideas through writing and illustrating. We will continue our word study program today and work on compound words. Today we are going to have a fabulous time in the lunchroom practicing being first graders! Your child should bring a lunch to eat and we will eat like the big kids! The Am class will eat from 11:30-11:50 and the PM class will eat from 12:50-1:15! As a reminder, there is no school on Friday or Monday, I hope everyone has a safe and fun weekend!
Friday, May 26, 2017
There is no school today due to teacher in service day.
Monday, May 29, 2017
There is no school today due to reserving the Memorial Day Holiday.
Tuesday, May 30, 2017
AM Kindergarten has gym and music today! Today we will identify what type of job we want to have when we grow up. We will write and draw about our favorite career. We will also write in our May journals today! We will also interview our classmates for our ABC countdown today! Both kindergarten classes will have the opportunity to visit our school garden and plant in it! This event was rescheduled last week due to inclement weather.
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
PM Kindergarten has gym and music today! Today we will identify the special people in our lives. We will write and draw about someone who is special to us. The student's will also be working in writer's workshop today where they will have an opportunity to write freely and express their thoughts and ideas through writing and illustrating. We will also be working on a father's day surprise for our dad's today!
Thursday, June 1, 2017
AM kindergarten has art today! Today we will prepare for field day tomorrow! We will write and draw about our favorite field day activities and what we are looking forward to! The student's will also be working in writer's workshop today where they will have an opportunity to write freely and express their thoughts and ideas through writing and illustrating. We will also be playing games as part of our ABC countdown today!
Friday, June 2, 2017
Today is field day! We are going to spend our day playing outside and participating in various athletic stations. Please dress appropriately for a fun filled day outside! We will not have a spelling test today due to field day. To clarify due to some email confusion, we will not be eating lunch at school today. Please provide lunch for your child at home before or after school. Thank you for your understanding! As a reminder, on Monday we will be having a movie day and watching Finding Nemo with the other kindergarten classes. Your child can wear pajamas and bring a stuffed animal or blanket that day! I hope everyone has a great weekend!
Monday, June 5, 2017
Today is movie day! We will be joining the other kinder kindergarten classes to watch Finding Nemo. Feel free to bring a blanket and stuffed animal and wear your pajamas to school today!
Tuesday June 6, 2017
AM kindergarten has gym and music today. Today we will be working on our kindergarten memory books. We will also dance and draw for D Day. PM kindergarten will also get the opportunity to watch the 5th grade show today!
Wednesday, June 7, 2017
PM kindergarten has gym and music today. Today we will be working on our kindergarten memory books. We will also clean the classroom together to get ready for summer break. AM kindergarten will get the opportunity to watch the 5th grade show today!
Thursday, June 8, 2017
AM kindergarten has art today. Today we will be working on our kindergarten memory books. We will also have fun blowing bubbles outside! We will read the story "Oh, The Places You'll Go" and talk about the places we will go soon, First Grade!
Friday, June 9, 2017
Today is the Last Day of Kindergarten! Where has the time gone by? I will be passing out summer break packets today as well as our final report card. I will not have access to my email over the summer so please contact the office with any questions or concerns regarding first grade! I am so proud of all of the students for working so hard this school year. It has been my privilege teaching your students and working with your wonderful families. I hope everyone has a safe and fun summer break and I will miss all of your children's smiling faces very much! I can't wait to see the big first graders in the fall!