Kindergarten Concert!

 

Focus on Curriculum                      May 30, 2014       

Jolly Phonics: We have completed all our jolly phonics sounds. Now we know the sounds of the letters and letter combinations: s, a, t, i, p, n, c, k, e, r, h, m, d, g, o, u, l, f, b, j, oa, oa, ie, ee, or, oo, ch, sh, ng, th, ou, qu, ue, oi, er, ar, z, w, v, y, and z.  We like to sing songs and do actions for each sound to help us remember them.  Remember to review the sounds we have learned in the letter and sound packet, which shows all the motions and sounds used to make each letter of the alphabet that we have learned this year. It is for your reference so you can practice with your children each letter and the sound of that letter.

Word Family’s: This week we reviewed the short u word families.

Reading:  This week we read A Porcupine Named Fluffy.  We learned four new vocabulary words: pleased, soggy, unkind and kind.  We also added a new poem called Summer Vacation to our poetry binders, which will be coming home in a couple of weeks.

Writing:  The children were given a sentence starter I went and they then had to use their best kindergarten writing to finish the sentence.  After they were finished they had a chance to illustrate a picture.  Finally, the children had a chance to come up in front of the class and read what they had wrote and explain their pictures.  We continued writing in our new writing journals. In our journals we focus on using a capital letter to start sentences, proper punctuation, spacing between our words, and the neatness of our writing.  We also reread our writing to make sure it makes sense.  On each page of our writing journals we have a check list to double check our writing.

Popcorn Words:  This week reviewed all of our popcorn words. We now have ninety five words and they are: I, a, it, in, see, big, my, like, up, run, on, at, we, me, am, did, not, is, can, but, to, too, ran, into, for, little, and, yes, go, no, so, the, you, down, he, she, be, here, our, out, get, help, now, look, good, jump, will, have, must, one, two, three, four, nine, said, this, that, new, soon, went, come, do, all, there, who, what, where, they, say, play, away, eat, please, want, with, came, ate, make, ride, was, are, saw, well, pretty, funny, under, find, blue, yellow, red, pink, black, orange, white, brown . Our spirals are going home today.  We are going to keep our spirals in the front sleeve of our green folder so we can practice our words at school and at home.  Please remind your child to bring their popcorn word spirals to school everyday.  Please practice the popcorn words with your child at home. 

Math:  We continued working on a combination of addition problems and subtraction problems at the same time.  We worked on addition and subtraction up to and from 18.  We also played golf addition and subtraction games.  Please continue practicing reading and writing numbers 1 through 20.  Please continue to practice addition facts that add up to ten along with subtracting numbers up to ten.

We welcomed children’s songwriter Jim Gill to school on Friday who put on a private concert for the kindergarten class.

 

Remember:

Field Trip to Brookfield Zoo Thursday June 5^th.  Look for information in your child’s folder today.

Last Day of School is Thursday June 12th

 Read to your child every night!

 

Please check the green folder daily.

Enjoy The Memorial Day Weekend!

 

Focus on Curriculum                      May 23, 2014       

Jolly Phonics: We have completed all our jolly phonics sounds. Now we know the sounds of the letters and letter combinations: s, a, t, i, p, n, c, k, e, r, h, m, d, g, o, u, l, f, b, j, oa, oa, ie, ee, or, oo, ch, sh, ng, th, ou, qu, ue, oi, er, ar, z, w, v, y, and z.  We like to sing songs and do actions for each sound to help us remember them.  Remember to review the sounds we have learned in the letter and sound packet, which shows all the motions and sounds used to make each letter of the alphabet that we have learned this year. It is for your reference so you can practice with your children each letter and the sound of that letter.

Word Family’s: This week we started working with the short u word families um and ut.

Reading:  This week we read Building Beavers.  We learned many interesting facts about beavers and how they build their homes. We read Revenge Of The DinoTrux and many other fun books.  We also added a few new poems to our poetry binders, which will be coming home in a couple of weeks.

Writing:  With our ABC countdown upon us, we wrote letters to our friends in our class.  We learned that a letter starts with Dear and ends with Your Friend.  We also learned the proper punctuation when writing a letter.  We continued writing in our new writing journals. In our journals we focus on using a capital letter to start sentences, proper punctuation, spacing between our words, and the neatness of our writing.  We also reread our writing to make sure it makes sense.  On each page of our writing journals we have a check list to double check our writing.

Popcorn Words:  This week we cut out the popcorn words black, orange, white, and brown and glued them in our spirals. We now have ninety six words and they are: I, a, it, in, see, big, my, like, up, run, on, at, we, me, am, did, not, is, can, but, to, too, ran, into, for, little, and, yes, go, no, so, the, you, down, he, she, be, her, our, out, get, help, now, look, good, jump, will, have, must, one, two, three, four, nine, said, this, that, new, soon, went, come, do, all, there, who, what, where, they, say, play, away, eat, please, want, with, came, ate, make, ride, was, are, saw, well, pretty, funny, under, find, blue, yellow, red, pink, black, orange, white, brown . Our spirals are going home today.  We are going to keep our spirals in the front sleeve of our green folder so we can practice our words at school and at home.  Please remind your child to bring their popcorn word spirals to school everyday.  Please practice the popcorn words with your child at home.  The words are getting difficult.

Math:  We continued working on a combination of addition problems and subtraction problems at the same time.  We completed party on addition and muddy subtraction.  We played Dino Makes Ten and Spring Math Making Ten.  Please continue practicing reading and writing numbers 1 through 20.  Please continue to practice addition facts that add up to ten along with subtracting numbers up to ten.

Social Studies:  Our weekly reader was all about fish. We learned that fish live in the water, have fins, have a backbone and have gills. We talked about Memorial Day and did a coloring page.  Thank you to all the men and women that serve our country.

Art:  In class we made a giraffe project with a poem on the back.  We are getting very excited about our upcoming zoo trip.

Remember:

No School Monday May 26^th- Memorial Day

Please sign and return your child’s permission slip for our field trip to the Brookfield Zoo!

 Read to your child every night!

 

Library Books must be returned the Week of May 26^th. 

 

We have gym everyday.  Please remember your gym shoes.

 

Please check the green folder daily.

Spring Colors Are Everywhere!

 

Focus on Curriculum                      May 16, 2014       

Jolly Phonics: We have completed all our jolly phonics sounds. Now we know the sounds of the letters and letter combinations: s, a, t, i, p, n, c, k, e, r, h, m, d, g, o, u, l, f, b, j, oa, oa, ie, ee, or, oo, ch, sh, ng, th, ou, qu, ue, oi, er, ar, z, w, v, y, and z.  We like to sing songs and do actions for each sound to help us remember them.  Remember to review the sounds we have learned in the letter and sound packet, which shows all the motions and sounds used to make each letter of the alphabet that we have learned this year. It is for your reference so you can practice with your children each letter and the sound of that letter.

Word Family’s: This week we started working with the short u word families un and ug.

Reading:  This week we read Moon.  We learned many interesting facts about the moon. Our new vocabulary words to go with the story were; entire, visible, remarkable, and future.  We also read The Day The Crayons Quit and Chicks and Salsa.

Writing:  We continued writing in our new writing journals.  We wrote about our favorite baby animals and a farm. In our journals we focus on using a capital letter to start sentences, proper punctuation, spacing between our words, and the neatness of our writing.  We also reread our writing to make sure it makes sense.  On each page of our writing journals we have a check list to double check our writing.

Popcorn Words:  This week we cut out the popcorn words blue, yellow, red and pink and glued them in our spirals. We now have ninety two words and they are: I, a, it, in, see, big, my, like, up, run, on, at, we, me, am, did, not, is, can, but, to, too, ran, into, for, little, and, yes, go, no, so, the you, down, he, she, be, her, our, out, get, help, now, look, good, jump, will, have, must, one, two, three, four, nine, said, this, that, new, soon, went, come, do, all, there, who, what, where, they, say, play, away, eat, please, want, with, came, ate, make, ride, was, are, saw, well, pretty, funny, under, find, blue, yellow, red, pink. Our spirals are going home today.  We are going to keep our spirals in the front sleeve of our green folder so we can practice our words at school and at home.  Please remind your child to bring their popcorn word spirals to school everyday.  Please practice the popcorn words with your child at home.  The words are getting difficult.

Math:  We continued working on a combination of addition problems and subtraction problems at the same time.  We played math scoot and addition write the room.  Please continue practicing reading and writing numbers 1 through 20.  Please continue to practice addition facts that add up to ten along with subtracting numbers up to ten. 

                       

Remember:

Please sign and return your child’s permission slip for our field trip to the Brookfield Zoo!

 Read to your child every night!

Do not forgot to place your Scholastic book orders.

 

Bring Library Books on Mondays and Wednesday * New Library Days

 

We have gym everyday.  Please remember your gym shoes.

Please check the green folder daily.

Happy Mother's Day!

 

Focus on Curriculum                      May 8, 2014       

Jolly Phonics: We have completed all our jolly phonics sounds. Now we know the sounds of the letters and letter combinations: s, a, t, i, p, n, c, k, e, r, h, m, d, g, o, u, l, f, b, j, oa, oa, ie, ee, or, oo, ch, sh, ng, th, ou, qu, ue, oi, er, ar, z, w, v, y, and z.  We like to sing songs and do actions for each sound to help us remember them.  Remember to review the sounds we have learned in the letter and sound packet, which shows all the motions and sounds used to make each letter of the alphabet that we have learned this year. It is for your reference so you can practice with your children each letter and the sound of that letter.

Word Family’s: This week we reviewed our short o word families.  We also focused on the og word family

Reading:  This week we read Getting Around By Plane. Our new vocabulary to go with the story were; travel, transportation, depart and land.  Our poem that we read was about a butterfly.  We also read Not Your Typical Dragon.

Writing:  We continued writing in our new writing journals.  We wrote about a beautiful butterfly that we saw.  In our journals we focus on using a capital letter to start sentences, proper punctuation, spacing between our words, and the neatness of our writing.  We also reread our writing to make sure it makes sense.  On each page of our writing journals we have a check list to double check our writing.

Popcorn Words:  This week we cut out the popcorn words pretty, funny, under and find and glued them in our spirals. We now have eighty eight words and they are: I, a, it, in, see, big, my, like, up, run, on, at, we, me, am, did, not, is, can, but, to, too, ran, into, for, little, and, yes, go, no, so, the you, down, he, she, be, her, our, out, get, help, now, look, good, jump, will, have, must, one, two, three, four, nine, said, this, that, new, soon, went, come, do, all, there, who, what, where, they, say, play, away, eat, please, want, with, came, ate, make, ride, was, are, saw, well, pretty, funny, under, find. Our spirals are going home today.  We are going to keep our spirals in the front sleeve of our green folder so we can practice our words at school and at home.  Please remind your child to bring their popcorn word spirals to school everyday.  Please practice the popcorn words with your child at home.  The words are getting difficult.

Math:  We continued working on a combination of addition problems and subtraction problems at the same time.  We completed a caterpillar addition project.  Please continue practicing reading and writing numbers 1 through 20.  Please continue to practice addition facts that add up to ten along with subtracting numbers up to ten.  We also took our first addition and subtraction combination timed test.

Art:  We made a few Mother’s Day projects that are going home on Friday.  Please keep an eye out for a project that we made in class with your child’s handprints.  The children were so excited to make each and every mom a special Mother’s Day project.          

Happy Mother’s Day to all!  Thank you for all you do!

Remember:

Friday May 16^th is a half-day.  Dismissal is at 12 noon.  If you are picking up your child pick-up is at 12:15 P.M. after the buses leave.

 Read to your child every night!

Do not forgot to place your Scholastic book orders.

Bring Library Books on Mondays and Wednesday * New Library Days

 

We have gym everyday.  Please remember your gym shoes.

Please check the green folder daily.

Turn in Box Tops to earn money for our school! - The class with the most box tops wins a pizza party at the end of the year.

Fun at the Museum!

Focus on Curriculum                      May 1, 2014       

Jolly Phonics: We have completed all our jolly phonics sounds. Now we know the sounds of the letters and letter combinations: s, a, t, i, p, n, c, k, e, r, h, m, d, g, o, u, l, f, b, j, oa, oa, ie, ee, or, oo, ch, sh, ng, th, ou, qu, ue, oi, er, ar, z, w, v, y, and z.  We like to sing songs and do actions for each sound to help us remember them.  Remember to review the sounds we have learned in the letter and sound packet, which shows all the motions and sounds used to make each letter of the alphabet that we have learned this year. It is for your reference so you can practice with your children each letter and the sound of that letter.

Word Family’s: This week we worked on our short o word family ock

Reading:  This week we read A Tiger Cub Grows Up. Our new vocabulary words that go with the story were; wild, tame, creep, and pounce.  Our poem that we read was Stung.

Writing:  We continued writing in our new writing journals.  We wrote about what we did over the weekend and what I like to do at school.  We also wrote about what we saw on our field trip to the Dupage Children’s Museum.  In our journals we focus on using a capital letter to start sentences, proper punctuation, spacing between our words, and the neatness of our writing.  We also reread our writing to make sure it makes sense.  On each page of our writing journals we have a check list to double check our writing.

Popcorn Words:  This week we cut out the popcorn words was, are, saw and well and glued them in our spirals. We now have eighty three words and they are: I, a, it, in, see, big, my, like, up, run, on, at, we, me, am, did, not, is, can, but, to, too, ran, into, for, little, and, yes, go, no, so, the you, down, he, she, be, her, our, out, get, help, now, look, good, jump, will, have, must, one, two, three, four, nine, said, this, that, new, soon, went, come, do, all, there, who, what, where, they, say, play, away, eat, please, want, with, came, ate, make, ride, was, are, saw, well. Our spirals are going home today.  We are going to keep our spirals in the front sleeve of our green folder so we can practice our words at school and at home.  Please remind your child to bring their popcorn word spirals to school everyday.  Please practice the popcorn words with your child at home.  The words are getting difficult.

Math:  We continued working on a combination of addition problems and subtraction problems at the same time.  Please continue practicing reading and writing numbers 1 through 20.  Please continue to practice addition facts that add up to ten along with subtracting numbers up to ten.  In our math centers we played digging for bones, gumball addition and subtraction, subtraction buzz, and games on our class ipad.

Social Studies:  Our Weekly Reader was titled B is for Babies.  We talked about different baby animals.

Art:  We made a flower project.  It will be coming home with your child today.            

We had a great time at the DuPage Children’s Museum.  Thank you to all!

Remember:

 Read to your child every night!

Do not forgot to place your Scholastic book orders.

Bring Library Books on Mondays and Wednesday * New Library Days

We have gym everyday.  Please remember your gym shoes.

Please check the green folder daily.

Turn in Box Tops to earn money for our school! - The class with the most box tops wins a pizza party at the end of the year.