February 24, 2017

Hello!

We had a FUN week with all of the special themed days! Thank you for your participation in Read Across America Week.

Here are some pictures from a STEM activity we did this week. The children were challenged to build the tallest structure they could using large and small plastic cups and pieces of paper and cardboard. 

Up-coming Events:

• Handwriting- k & y continued
• Phonics- "King Ed" (silent e at the end of a word)
• Word of the Week- me
• Early Release- Thurs. 3/16
• No School- Fri. 3/17

Happy Vacation!

Kristen

February 17, 2017

Hi!

Hopefully next week will be a full week of learning here in the fish class! Here is a glimpse into what we worked on this week:

Readers' Workshop: We have been talking about super powers and how we can use them when patterns break in our stories. Patterns are changing in the "just right books" your kiddos are reading. We also worked on what to do when something doesn't make sense. Readers should stop and ask, Does it make sense? Does it sound right? Does the word look right? The children know that what we read has to make sense or we need to go back and fix it. They are practicing doing a re-tell with partners focusing on what the whole book is really saying. You can try this at home with the books that come home on Tuesdays.

Math Workshop: We continue to work on making groups of ten items. The children are thinking flexibly that 10 can be 0 and 10, 1 and 9, 3 and 7, etc. We are also building teen numbers using manipulatives. We continue to rote count to 100 and beyond.

Books We Have Read: Snowmen All Year, Froggy's First Kiss, Secret Valentine, Happy Valentine's Day, Mouse!, Should I Share My Ice Cream?, Up, Up, Down

Up-Coming Events:

•  Read Across America Week- Monday is crazy sock day!
• Handwriting- k and y
• Word of the Week-we 
• Lively Letter- superstar e 
• February Break- 2/27-3/3

 Enjoy the all of the snow we have this weekend!
Kristen

February 10, 2017

Well, the winter weather has certainly arrived!

The children have been enjoying mailing a few Valentines each day in our class post office. I am hoping to get everyone in there to "work" before Tuesday. Fingers crossed that we don't lose another day of school! Next week will continue working on the letters (y and w), handwriting (e and l) and word of the week (up) that we started this week.

There is an early release next Wednesday, 2/15.

Some Books We Have Read: Mouse Count, The Mitten, The Hat, It's Groundhog Day, Groundhog Day, North Country Night, Without You, A Hat for Minerva Louise, Annie and the Wild Animals, Snow, Snowmen at Night, Snowballs

Happy Shoveling!
Kristen

February 6th, 2017

Greetings!

We celebrated the 100th day of school today. Please ask your fish about some of our special centers (solo cups, class book, golden cuisenaire rod, Q-tip painting).

Our sight word is up this week. Our Lively Letters are x and y and our handwriting letters are 1 and e.

Have a great night!

Kristen