1/26/18

Hi Fish Families!

Next week our handwriting letters will be d and g. Our Lively Letter is superstar i. We have a new student, Louis beginning on Monday. The children are very excited to meet their new classmate!

You may have heard that we filled the fish jar again. The children voted to have Fort Friday, so today we worked cooperatively to build forts and all of our fun Friday centers were done inside our forts! 

Have a wonderful weekend.
Kristen

Here are the pictures we took of Fort Friday:

January 19, 2018

Greetings!

Due to the inconsistency of school days this week, we will continue working on j for phonics, t and a for handwriting and the word like next week.

We made Valentine cards for the troops today with our buddies. The children were SUPER creative and are sure to bring a smile to a member of our armed forces' face next month!

Enjoy the weekend!
Kristen

January 12, 2018

Hello.

I hope you all enjoyed listening to your child read their "just right" books this week. The children were so excited to tell us who they read to and how happy you all were. 

Here is what we have been up to this week:

Readers' Workshop: We spent some time looking at more challenging books and talked about their characteristics. The children noticed more challenging books have; more words, new words, less pictures, longer words and more print that gets smaller. They are excited to tackle some more challenging books. 

Writers' Workshop: We ran a little behind with writing this week. Our writers added cover pages to their list books and we wrote a class list book. Our Narrative unit will begin next week.

Math Workshop: The children began their journey into 2 digit numbers. We have been working on sequencing numerals 10-19. The children noticed all teen numbers begin with a 1 (have a 1 in the tens place) and they noticed 10,11, and 12 are rule breakers! They don't have "teen" in their names. 

Visual Arts: Everyone painted peace signs to celebrate the work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. They have also been making and painting snowmen. 

Science: Our force and motion unit began with some time to explore with a variety of building supplies and many different balls and vehicles.  

Books We Read: Martin's Big Words, Thelma the Unicorn, Hello Snow!, Ten on the Sled

Donation Request: Valentine stickers

Up-Coming Events:

• Word of the week- like
• Handwriting- t & a
• Phonics- j
• No school- Monday, 1/15

Enjoy the holiday weekend!

Kristen

January 5, 2018

Happy New Year!

January is a super busy month for kindergartners! We will be doing lots of mid-year assessing. The growth will be reported on progress reports which will be sent home 2/2/18. Be on the look out for Book Bags to be coming home starting next week. The children are exited to share their reading work with you.  

Here is a summary of what we are working on in the coming weeks:

Readers' Workshop: We are wrapping up Unit 2 and will begin Unit 3 "Bigger Books, Bigger Reading Muscles" next week. 

Writers' Workshop: The children chose their favorite list book to fancy up (edit) next week. We will begin our next unit, which is personal narrative, sometime next week. 

Math Workshop: I am in the process of doing end-of-unit assessments for our geometry work. Our next unit is "Numbers 10-20 and Counting to 100." 

Science: The children will be learning about force and motion using ramps and balls. We will begin our learning with this science unit next week. 

Up-Coming Events:

• Word of the week- to (continued) and it
• Handwriting- s, v &w
• Phonics- ch
• No school- Monday, 1/15

Have a great weekend!

Kristen