As promised, I have FINALLY put the Jump Rope for Heart and Field Day pictures on FLICKR.
:) Kristen
Tuesday, June 2, 2015
Thursday, May 28, 2015
May 28
Hello Fish Families!
Just a quick note from the fish classroom:
Field Day is tomorrow! Any family members planning to join us should be on the back playground by 9:20. Please have your child wear sunscreen and bug spray to school tomorrow. Mrs. Batchelder also told the children that they should wear a hat. We are also asking them to bring a labelled water bottle and a change of clothes/shoes for the afternoon.
The Grand Luncheon is Monday! Kindergarten is scheduled to have the first lunch from 10:30-11:05 with recess immediately following (11:05-11:25). Due to this early time, we will have "snack" in the afternoon on Monday instead of in the morning. We are all looking forward to meeting all of the special guests.
Our end-of-the-year celebration/last day of kindergarten is Tuesday, June 16. Families are invited to join us for a small performance at 9:30. School will be over by 11:00 that day.
Hope this helps clarify all of the special events we have coming up!
Kristen
Just a quick note from the fish classroom:
Field Day is tomorrow! Any family members planning to join us should be on the back playground by 9:20. Please have your child wear sunscreen and bug spray to school tomorrow. Mrs. Batchelder also told the children that they should wear a hat. We are also asking them to bring a labelled water bottle and a change of clothes/shoes for the afternoon.
The Grand Luncheon is Monday! Kindergarten is scheduled to have the first lunch from 10:30-11:05 with recess immediately following (11:05-11:25). Due to this early time, we will have "snack" in the afternoon on Monday instead of in the morning. We are all looking forward to meeting all of the special guests.
Our end-of-the-year celebration/last day of kindergarten is Tuesday, June 16. Families are invited to join us for a small performance at 9:30. School will be over by 11:00 that day.
Hope this helps clarify all of the special events we have coming up!
Kristen
Monday, May 18, 2015
Monday, May 18
Hi Fish Families.
Thank you all so much for the amazing Teacher Appreciation Luncheon and breakfast last week. The food was delicious and we enjoyed the relaxing lunch time without our duties!
I wanted to let you know that we practiced another Lock Down Drill at SMS today. The children were in music at the time. It was their first opportunity to practice this drill outside of our classroom. They did a great job. Surprisingly, many of them said it was the best part of their day.
We will be celebrating May Day on Thursday. We are doing things a tiny bit differently in the fish class this year. As our service project, we will be making Model Magic flowers and spring card for the Meals on Wheels program in the Exeter area. (In past years we have delivered fresh flowers to area nursing homes.) I am excited to participate in this new service learning project and hope it is meaningful for the students as well.
On Thursday, we will also be attending a puppet show at 12:35 in the library. Parents and younger siblings are welcome to join us. We will have an ice cream treat back in the classroom after. (Thank you to everyone who signed up on Signup Genius for this!)
Lastly, Kindergarten Field Day is scheduled for Friday, May 29th. If you would like to help out, please let me know. Volunteers are asked to meet us out by the back playground by 9:15. Field day is scheduled to end by 11:30. There isn't a rain date scheduled, so hope for nice weather!
:) Kristen
Thank you all so much for the amazing Teacher Appreciation Luncheon and breakfast last week. The food was delicious and we enjoyed the relaxing lunch time without our duties!
I wanted to let you know that we practiced another Lock Down Drill at SMS today. The children were in music at the time. It was their first opportunity to practice this drill outside of our classroom. They did a great job. Surprisingly, many of them said it was the best part of their day.
We will be celebrating May Day on Thursday. We are doing things a tiny bit differently in the fish class this year. As our service project, we will be making Model Magic flowers and spring card for the Meals on Wheels program in the Exeter area. (In past years we have delivered fresh flowers to area nursing homes.) I am excited to participate in this new service learning project and hope it is meaningful for the students as well.
On Thursday, we will also be attending a puppet show at 12:35 in the library. Parents and younger siblings are welcome to join us. We will have an ice cream treat back in the classroom after. (Thank you to everyone who signed up on Signup Genius for this!)
Lastly, Kindergarten Field Day is scheduled for Friday, May 29th. If you would like to help out, please let me know. Volunteers are asked to meet us out by the back playground by 9:15. Field day is scheduled to end by 11:30. There isn't a rain date scheduled, so hope for nice weather!
:) Kristen
Friday, May 8, 2015
Greetings Fish Families!
We filled the fish jar again today! Please ask your child how we celebrated.
I have so much to fill you all in on. It has been another learning-filled, busy week in the fish classroom!
Science: I hope you have all been hearing about our chick eggs. We are doing this science unit following an inquiry model where the children are asking questions and having "wonderings". We will then use these wonderings to learn. We predicted how many days it will take for the chicks to hatch, but I haven't told them the answer because we are tallying the days. The children and I recorded data about the 29 eggs including color, size and whether they were dirty or clean.
Writers' Workshop: We are writing like scientists! We cracked open some eggs (from the grocery store) and drew scientific pictures of what we observed. The children labelled and wrote a question or something they noticed. We began to use some egg vocabulary including; shell, yolk, & albumen.
Readers' Workshop: We began an author study this week. We will be focusing on Eric Carle over the next few weeks. We are completing a synthesis chart as we read his books. The children learned about his use of gimmicks this week. We are also developing theories about his art and writing.
Math Workshop: We finished unit #7 and began unit #8. Assessment letters will be coming home on Monday. We have been doing a lot with subtraction this week. I wanted to highlight some apps we are enjoying; Number Lines (using the counting backwards option) and Kindergarten Subtraction (which has a frog with a pink K- icon).
Visual Art: We have been busy making gifts for Mom! We are also making chick art and water colors like Eric Carle.
Music/Movement: GoNoodle continues to be a big hit with the fish! We did a lot of the Maximo choices this week. He works on deep breathing and relaxation.
Up-Coming Events:
May 13- Early Release
May 21- May Day/Puppet Show
May 25- No School (Memorial Day)
May 29- K Field Day
June 1- Grandparent Luncheon
June 16- Last Day of Kindergarten. We will be having a celebration in the classroom at 9:30 on that morning. Families are invited to attend. Dismissal will be by 11:00. If this is a problem for your family, please let me know!
Have a wonderful Mother's Day weekend!
Kristen
We filled the fish jar again today! Please ask your child how we celebrated.
I have so much to fill you all in on. It has been another learning-filled, busy week in the fish classroom!
Science: I hope you have all been hearing about our chick eggs. We are doing this science unit following an inquiry model where the children are asking questions and having "wonderings". We will then use these wonderings to learn. We predicted how many days it will take for the chicks to hatch, but I haven't told them the answer because we are tallying the days. The children and I recorded data about the 29 eggs including color, size and whether they were dirty or clean.
Writers' Workshop: We are writing like scientists! We cracked open some eggs (from the grocery store) and drew scientific pictures of what we observed. The children labelled and wrote a question or something they noticed. We began to use some egg vocabulary including; shell, yolk, & albumen.
Readers' Workshop: We began an author study this week. We will be focusing on Eric Carle over the next few weeks. We are completing a synthesis chart as we read his books. The children learned about his use of gimmicks this week. We are also developing theories about his art and writing.
Math Workshop: We finished unit #7 and began unit #8. Assessment letters will be coming home on Monday. We have been doing a lot with subtraction this week. I wanted to highlight some apps we are enjoying; Number Lines (using the counting backwards option) and Kindergarten Subtraction (which has a frog with a pink K- icon).
Visual Art: We have been busy making gifts for Mom! We are also making chick art and water colors like Eric Carle.
Music/Movement: GoNoodle continues to be a big hit with the fish! We did a lot of the Maximo choices this week. He works on deep breathing and relaxation.
Up-Coming Events:
May 13- Early Release
May 21- May Day/Puppet Show
May 25- No School (Memorial Day)
May 29- K Field Day
June 1- Grandparent Luncheon
June 16- Last Day of Kindergarten. We will be having a celebration in the classroom at 9:30 on that morning. Families are invited to attend. Dismissal will be by 11:00. If this is a problem for your family, please let me know!
Have a wonderful Mother's Day weekend!
Kristen
Monday, April 13, 2015
April 13
Hi!
Here are some quick items to highlight:
Here are some quick items to highlight:
- End 68 Hours of Hunger is looking for granola bar donations this month
- We are looking for bags of flour for our texture table
- I am also in search of an apron for our dramatic play restaurant servers to wear
- We have been using a great app called Numberlines (there is a frog on a lily pad if you are searching for it)
- There is an early release this Wednesday, 4/15 for conferences
- April vacation is 4/27-5/1
- The tentative last day of kindergarten is Tuesday, 6/16 to allow time to screen in-coming kindergarten students. (The rest of SMS has a tentative last day of Friday, 6/19.)
Enjoy this beautiful day!
Kristen
Thursday, April 2, 2015
April 2, 2015
Hello!
Thank you to all of our chaperones for the Music Hall trip today. The performance was wonderful! The children seemed to love all 3 stories.
Here is a summary of our past 2 weeks:
Writers' Workshop: We are wrapping up our "How To" unit. The children chose their piece to edit and will continue with this work into next week.
Readers' Workshop: I hope you are enjoying listening to your readers each week. The children are working hard and applying those sight words to their independent reading. We will be re-visiting reading strategies to use when we come to a tricky word/part during our next unit. This week we worked on using Post-it notes to mark when we were thinking about our books. The children are writing a "thinking bubble" on the Post-it note when they predicted or were thinking about something. Tomorrow, they will learn how to write L.O.L. when they read something funny.
Math Workshop: We have been doing lots of counting by 1s and 10s this week. We played an attribute spinner game where the children had to pick out the correct object using 4 different attributes. We continue to work on (-) and (+) number stories and adding and disappearing train games. We even mixed the two symbols this week and had a tough time tricking these kindergarten math thinkers!
Dramatic Play: Our Fish Class grocery store will be closing tomorrow and our dramatic play area will be a restaurant next week.
Donation Requests:
Thank you to all of our chaperones for the Music Hall trip today. The performance was wonderful! The children seemed to love all 3 stories.
Here is a summary of our past 2 weeks:
Writers' Workshop: We are wrapping up our "How To" unit. The children chose their piece to edit and will continue with this work into next week.
Readers' Workshop: I hope you are enjoying listening to your readers each week. The children are working hard and applying those sight words to their independent reading. We will be re-visiting reading strategies to use when we come to a tricky word/part during our next unit. This week we worked on using Post-it notes to mark when we were thinking about our books. The children are writing a "thinking bubble" on the Post-it note when they predicted or were thinking about something. Tomorrow, they will learn how to write L.O.L. when they read something funny.
Math Workshop: We have been doing lots of counting by 1s and 10s this week. We played an attribute spinner game where the children had to pick out the correct object using 4 different attributes. We continue to work on (-) and (+) number stories and adding and disappearing train games. We even mixed the two symbols this week and had a tough time tricking these kindergarten math thinkers!
Dramatic Play: Our Fish Class grocery store will be closing tomorrow and our dramatic play area will be a restaurant next week.
Donation Requests:
- bags of flour for our texture table
Up-coming Events:
- 4/8 & 4/15 will be early release days for conferences. School will end at 12:50 on those days
- 4/27-5/1 School Vacation week
- 6/1 Grandparent Luncheon (More info to follow)
Have a wonderful weekend!
Kristen
Friday, March 20, 2015
March 20
Hi Fish Families!
Happy first day of spring! Here is a glimpse of what we have been up to this week:
Read Across America: SMS is celebrating Read Across America next week! Monday will be crazy sock day. Tuesday is wear your favorite hat day. Wacky Wednesday is when we wear mismatched clothing to school. Thursday is dress as your favorite book character and Friday is bring a pillow/stuffed animal for drop everything and read.
Readers' Workshop: Your readers have been learning about the features of non-fiction and how readers read to learn new information about a topic. Some of the features we focused on this week were, Table of Contents, Glossary, bold words, and the use of headings. We talked about how non-fiction books aren't always read cover to cover. Readers can read a section of these books.
Writers' Workshop: We are continuing our work on "How To" writing. This week we reviewed planning our story across our fingers. We also worked on using our writing partners to help our writing get better. By having a partner act out our books with us, we can better know if a place is confusing and fix it. This peer editing is an important component of writing. By talking about our writing we become better writers!
Math: The math thinkers in our class have been working on rote counting beyond 50 as a math warm-up this week. We have been busy measuring lengths and using the terms longer and shorter. We also talked about how the term taller (instead of longer)is used when talking about people. The children explored with pan balances and used the measuring vocabulary heavier and lighter. We continue to work with 2D and 3D objects. Please continue to work on those math flashcards at home. We appreciate your support!
Visual Arts: We are creating beautiful spring flowers and leprechauns.
Dramatic Play: The fish grocery store is quite a busy place and the children are enjoying our new dollhouse.
Up-coming Events:
Happy first day of spring! Here is a glimpse of what we have been up to this week:
Read Across America: SMS is celebrating Read Across America next week! Monday will be crazy sock day. Tuesday is wear your favorite hat day. Wacky Wednesday is when we wear mismatched clothing to school. Thursday is dress as your favorite book character and Friday is bring a pillow/stuffed animal for drop everything and read.
Readers' Workshop: Your readers have been learning about the features of non-fiction and how readers read to learn new information about a topic. Some of the features we focused on this week were, Table of Contents, Glossary, bold words, and the use of headings. We talked about how non-fiction books aren't always read cover to cover. Readers can read a section of these books.
Writers' Workshop: We are continuing our work on "How To" writing. This week we reviewed planning our story across our fingers. We also worked on using our writing partners to help our writing get better. By having a partner act out our books with us, we can better know if a place is confusing and fix it. This peer editing is an important component of writing. By talking about our writing we become better writers!
Math: The math thinkers in our class have been working on rote counting beyond 50 as a math warm-up this week. We have been busy measuring lengths and using the terms longer and shorter. We also talked about how the term taller (instead of longer)is used when talking about people. The children explored with pan balances and used the measuring vocabulary heavier and lighter. We continue to work with 2D and 3D objects. Please continue to work on those math flashcards at home. We appreciate your support!
Visual Arts: We are creating beautiful spring flowers and leprechauns.
Dramatic Play: The fish grocery store is quite a busy place and the children are enjoying our new dollhouse.
Up-coming Events:
- Field trip to the Music Hall- 4/2
- Early Release for Conferences-4/8 and 4/15
- Phonics-review
- Handwriting-f and q
- Word-my
Have a great weekend!
Kristen
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