November 18-22, Spirit Day!

 

Wear your red, white and blue to celebrate America Day on THURSDAY!

Hello,

It was SO nice to meet with you during our conference! I love having the chance to tell parents how amazing their child is during our kindergarten day- I see SO much magic happen each and every day with your son/daughter!💖

This week we will continue to practice letters l, h, k since it was a short week last week. We will also learn letters v, w and a new trick word: have. We will continue to distinguish the beginning sound in words and will also listen for the ending sounds. 

v van /v/

The children have been practicing sequencing a story as well as how to think deeper about a text. We are doing  A LOT of "noticing" and "wondering" during our Wit and Wisdom block! The children are using text evidence to answer prompts. They will be learning how to include finger spaces in their writing-It is so exciting to see them begin to write with so many letters/sounds!

This is the text with which we are working for the week!

I decided to do a review week in math last week due to the short week. This week, we will be practicing matching numbers 6-10 with quantities and will be working with 10 frames a lot! 

In science, we are learning about the changing seasons and how people and animals have to adapt. 

Our second step lesson will be about how we feel feelings in our bodies; sometimes they are comfortable and sometimes uncomfortable feelings. HERE is the home link if you want to discuss the topic with your child!

Our book order arrived late Friday- look for your books to come home Monday (unless you asked me to hold them aside:).

Here are a few pictures from our VERY short week together!

Kindergarten Kids can do lots of cool things! 

We LOVE creation station!

Looking for hiding pictures

choice time building!

Thank you so much, Mrs. Gary! We 
loved the dinosaur book you shared with us.

Only pictures that begin with the letter K can go on the kite!

practicing addition!

learning how to write the letters the Fundations Way!

November 12-15- CONFERENCE WEEK!

 

Hello,

What a FUN heart jar celebration! The children were ADORABLE making forts with anything in their path and I loved how many of them worked together so nicely. I have to admit, I was unsure we would get the room cleaned up in time for dismissal but they all pitched in and we got it done!

This week we will learn and practice letters l, h, k and a new trick word: little. We will continue to distinguish the beginning sound in words and sequencing a story. The children will be learning how to add more sounds in their writing.

    

This is how we pronounce and write our new letters

using our Fundations pictures and lines

In math, we will be practicing matching numbers 6-10 with quantities, writing those numbers and will be working with 10 frames a lot! 

The children will participate in a Second Step lesson about caring and helping. Here is a link to a home link about our lesson if you want to practice at home!

• Monday- (No School) Scholastic Book Club Book Orders are due (I extended the date a little). If you would like to order any books as a holiday gift for your child, just let me know ahead of time and I will set them aside when they arrive and not send them home in your child's backpack. You can order online- HERE is the information to order!
• Thursday is picture retake day 
• Friday is parent/teacher conferences. I am looking forward to seeing you! If you need to change your time, please try to do so by Thursday. Because of the busy schedule, I have everything organized in order of the conferences and I do not have time to check the sign up on Friday. If you can't make your conference time, please call the office so that they can let me know as soon as possible. If you are requesting a virtual conference, please log on right at your time so that it does not interrupt a potential conference before you. Please note that the conferences are for caretakers/teachers only. If you need to bring your child, I can set up a table in the hall with some activities for him/her. We only have 15 minutes and it goes by quickly so, as much as I would love to visit with my student, it is your time!😊

       HERE is the virtual link for conferences (it is also on the sign up)

Here are some pictures from last week's fun and learning!

FORT DAY!

 

Building Farms

Our Bonnie Buddy for the day!

A huge thank you to Mr. Pierce for being our Mystery Reader!

A proud student working on a sight word!

                 
 

Nov. 4-8th: NEW THEME!

  

Hello,

Happy Diwali to all who celebrate! We will learn about this festive holiday later in the school year. ENJOY!

Last week was a very busy, fun week in room 103! This week is going to be a fractured week, which is tough for consistency in the classroom. We have been working really hard on listening to teachers' directions and following those directions. The students are also working on not talking out of turn. Overall, the children are understanding what "independent work time" looks like and sounds like. They are getting so good at the routines and I love seeing the friendships forming! I have a lot to talk to you about at our November conference...(hint to sign up😂).

I will be sending home Scholastic Book order forms (look for them this week). If you would like to order books and would like it to be a surprise for your child for the holidays (or whatever), just let me know and I will set them aside when they come in and you can pick them up at our conference on 11/15 if they arrive by then. Otherwise, I will send them home in your child's backpack. The Scholastic Book Club is a great way to get amazing books at a fair price. Our classroom gets points for every dollar spent and I collect those points and get things for the classroom (like books, the little couch, academic games, supplies, etc). So, make sure to add our class code if you choose to order! The orders will be due by 11/8.

We will be reviewing all the letters learned to date since we did not have a lot of Daily 5 time last week. We will begin a new module in Wit and Wisdom and our theme will be FARMS.

As I mentioned in an earlier blog, our class has "adopted a calf" as a fun enrichment experience to complement our new theme: FARMS! This week, there is a "vote for your favorite calf" campaign (our own version of the election:). If you get a chance, please vote for our Bonnie anytime between 11/4-11/6! Your child may be bringing home a flyer to ask some family members- feel free to share the QR code💖.

This coming week:

• Tuesday- no school for students
• Wednesday- Family Cultural Night 5:00-7:00 at SL
• Friday- Live "favorite calf election" results!

In Language Arts, students will:

• learn a new sight word: is 
• practice ABC order
• match upper/lower case
• identify beginning sounds in words (and the letter of that sound if learned formally)
• listen for and try to identify the ending sound in a word
• retell a story (about Mama and Baby Echo)
• learn proper letter formation and practice letter writing
• listen and work with the book The Three Little Pigs
• listen to a non fiction book about farms              

In Math, students will:

• use mental images to show adding to 5
• use mental images to show subtraction through 5
• solve word problems to 5
• count and compare numbers to 10
• sequencing numbers

Science- continue to practice coding skills

Social Studies- learn a little about Veteran's Day, the election and a farm community

Here are some pictures from last week!

Making Haunted Houses and 5 Little Pumpkins on a Gate (tracing, cutting, coloring and gluing)

The Imagatorium!

Coding, building and exploring with science!

Daily 5 (labeling, sorting sounds, identifying beginning sounds and clapping our syllables- all with a Halloween theme)

A huge thank you to Rosie for being our Mystery Reader!

HALLOWEEN - a STEM project (making a monster) and our parade! A huge thank you to our room moms for the yummy snacks, too:)

Millie could not decide what to be so...
she opted to be a "bee-witch princess!"

getting ready!

sing a long!