November 22, 2013

Hi!

Here is a glimpse of our week in the fish room:

Language Arts: The children went upstairs to 5P for buddies this week and they loved it! We did guided reading groups and read from our 'book barns' as well. Our shared reading book, What is a Huggles? by Joy Cowley focused on the sight word is and we practiced 1-1 correspondence where our spoken words matched the words we were pointing under as we read.  We wrote and illustrated about something we are thankful for.

Math: The children have been working on representing numbers using ten frames. Today we used the Promethean board to do it. We worked with cuisenaire rods and continue to work on number formation using the Letterschool app and our handwriting journals. The children also were introduced to the app Monkey Math and love it!

Science: Our apple is finally rotten! It took 60 days. Back in September, we had some super close estimations on how long it would take. The closest guesses were 52 and 59.

Book of the Week: Hibernation Station by Michelle Meadows
Song of the Week: Albuquerque Turkey (Tune of Oh My Darlin' Clementine)

Up-coming Events:

• Tuesday,11/26- Class Breakfast from 8-8:30
• 11/27-11/29- Thanksgiving Break
• Book Fair Shopping- 12/2 at 12:30
• Word of the week- the
• Handwriting- a,d & g
• Phonics- sh
• Early release- Wednesday, 12/11
• Thursday, 12/19 at 12:30 Gingerbread Decorating Party 
• Winter vacation- 12/23/13-1/1/14

November 15, 2013

Hi Fish Families!

The SMS Safe program is participating in a coat drive until 11/26. If you have any gently used coats that aren't being used at home, please consider donating them.

Here is a glimpse of our week in the fish classroom:

Language Arts: The children learned about the superstar u this week. We continue to sound out CVC words at morning meeting. Our shared reading book was The Tree House by Joy Cowley. We learned about ending punctuation. The children know that a period is like a stop sign for readers. It is where we take a breath before reading more. The class wrote and illustrated a version of the book.

Math: We have been practicing counting beyond 25 and proper formation of the numbers 0-9.  The children continue to play Monster Squeeze using the app by McGraw-Hill. I have linked the website version to our blog (student resource section).

Social Thinking: This week we practiced using our faces and bodies to express emotion. The children did some role playing and practiced guessing the emotions. We talked about how unexpected behaviors can cause people to have uncomfortable thoughts and feelings.

Visual Arts: We have been busy painting and making turkeys this week.

Up-coming Events:

• Book Fair Shopping- 12/2 at 12:30
• Word of the week- is
• Handwriting- v,w & t
• Phonics- s & z
• Thursday, 12/19 at 12:30 Gingerbread Decorating Party (Save the date. More info to come.)
• Tuesday,11/26- Class Breakfast from 8-8:30
• 11/27-11/29- Thanksgiving Break

Have a great weekend!

Kristen

Update

Hi Everyone.
I sent home the SMS holiday book fair packets without filling our shopping time in. SORRY!
The fish class will be shopping on Monday, 12/2 at 12:30. Please join us if you are able, but don't worry if you aren't. We will make a wish list to send home with the children.
Thanks,
Kristen

November 8, 2013

Hi Fish Families!

Here is a glimpse of our week together:

We have completed the review of uppercase letters in handwriting. The children are excited to begin working with lowercase letters next week.

Up-coming Events:

• Word of the week- and
• Handwriting- c,o & s
• Phonics- u
• Thursday, 12/19 at 12:30 Gingerbread Decorating Party (Save the date. More info to come.)
• Monday, 11/11-No School for Veteran's Day
• Wednesday, 11/13- Early Release (12:50) for conferences
• Tuesday,11/26- Class Breakfast from 8-8:30
• 11/27-11/29- Thanksgiving Break

Fondly,

Kristen

Reminder

Reminder

Tomorrow is an early release day (12:50 dismissal) for parent conferences and there isn't school on Friday or Monday. Enjoy the holiday weekend!

I also uploaded the fire safety photos to our Fickr photostream.

~Kristen

November 1st

Hi Fish Families!

Thanks to everyone who helped make our costume parade and special snack possible. The children loved showing off their costumes to SMS and family members!

Today we learned about fire safety. The children visited 4 stations (plus snack). They saw the tools on a fire truck and got to go in the truck, too. They saw a fire fighter all dressed in his gear and hear the oxygen tank. He taught the children to go towards that sound and never hide if there is a fire. We practiced stop, drop and roll and got to meet SPARKY! Thank you to all of the volunteer fire fighters who made this possible!

This week we had guided reading groups for the first time. The children were excited to be working on reading with their peers. Right now, we are doing this during center time. In math, we have been playing games and I have been doing the end-of-quarter assessing. The children should be proud of their growth!  Our halls are decorated with fall art. This week the children created scarecrows.

Donation Requests:

• craft feathers
• small plain white paper plates
• large plain white paper plates

Up-coming Events:

• Handwriting- G, T, and J
• Word of the Week-so
• Phonics- l and r
• Thursday, 11/7- Early Release for conferences
• Friday, 11/8- No School for Teacher Inservice
• Monday, 11/11-No School for Veteran's Day
• Wednesday, 11/13- Early Release for conferences
• Tuesday,11/26- Class Breakfast from 8-8:30
• 11/27-11/29- Thanksgiving Break