Welcome Fall!

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September 25, 2015

Jolly Phonics: This week we learned the sound of the letters e and h.  For the letter e we pretend we are breaking eggs.  To make the sound of the letter h we pretend we just finished running and are out of breath and we say h,h,h,h,h.. We know the sounds of the letters: s, a, t, p, n, c, k, i, e, and h. 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 will learn this year.  It is for your reference so you can practice with your children as we learn each new letter and the sound of that letter.

Reading:  We read Whistle for Willie.  We did many activities that centered on the story.  We talked about if you do not get something the first time you try again, and that not everything is easy.  We learned the definitions of determined, whirl, scramble, and proud.  We also read Splat the Cat: The Big Helper and Chicka, Chicka, Boom Boom!

Popcorn Words:  This week we cut out the popcorn words big and my and put them in our popcorn bags.

Handwriting: We worked in our handwriting books focusing on the letters L and I both upper and lower case letters.

Math: We talked about greater than, less than, and equal to.

Social Studies:  Our Weekly Reader focused on our feelings at school.

Art:  We made a Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom project where we wrote how many letters were in our name’s and spelled out our name’s with form letters on our projects.

Remember:

Daily 5 Night at Ide on Wednesday October 7^th. 

We have snack every morning.  Please remember to send a healthy snack with your child each day, such as a fruit or vegetable.

Also, please remember our room is a peanut/nut free room due to allergies.

 Bring Library Books on Mondays and Wednesdays

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!

Friends at School!

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September 18, 2015

Jolly Phonics This week we learned the letters n, c, and k.  For the letter n we pretend we are flying a plane.  To make the sound of the letters c and k we pretend we are playing the castanets. We know the sounds of the letters: s, a, t, p, n, c, k and I.  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 will learn this year.  It is for your reference so you can practice with your children as we learn each new letter and the sound of that letter

Reading:  We read Friends at School.  We did many activities that centered on the story.  We talked about things we do at school and the friends that we have made at school.  We learned the definitions of enjoy, gooey, scrumptious, and container. 

Popcorn Words:  This week we cut out the popcorn words in and see and put our words in our popcorn bags.  We worked on sight word make a match activities.

Writing:  We started writing in our new writing journals.  We glued in our journals the sentence “I see _____ in my class.”  We had to write the name of one of our kindergarten friends to complete the sentence and then had to create an illustration to go with our sentence.

Math: We continued working with numbers 1 through 5.  We also talked about the number 0.  We completed our Number Song Book.

Social Studies:  Our Weekly Reader focused on Apples.

Art:  We made a Zero The Hero project to go along with discussing the number zero in math.

Remember:

Thursday September 24^th is a half-day. 

Daily 5 Night at Ide on Wednesday October 7^th. 

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We have snack every morning.  Please remember to send a healthy snack with your child each day, such as a fruit or vegetable.

Also, please remember our room is a peanut/nut free room due to allergies.

 Bring Library Books on Mondays and Wednesdays

 

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!

Friendship!

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September 11, 2015

Jolly Phonics:  This week we learned the letters i and p.  We pretend we are Inky the Mouse and are itching our whiskers and saying the sound of short i.  To make the sound of the letter p we pretend we are puffing out birthday candles. We know the sounds of the letters: s, a, t, i, and p.  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 will learn this year.  It is for your reference so you can practice with your children as we learn each new letter and the sound of that letter.

Reading:  We read My Friends.  We did many activities that centered on the story.  We talked about things we have learned from our families and friends.  We learned the definitions of creature, imitate, companion, and explore.  We also read Chester The Raccoon and the Big Bad Bully and Chester The Brave.

Popcorn Words:  This week we cut out the popcorn words I and it and glued it in our popcorn word ring.  Our indexes will be going home in a few weeks once the children learn a few more of our sight words to put in our popcorn rings.  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.  We worked on sight word make a match activity.

Writing:  We started writing in our new writing journals.  We glued in our journals the sentence “ I like to play _____ with my friends. We had to write what we like to play using our kindergarten spelling to complete the sentence and then had to create an illustration to go with our sentence. 

Math: We worked on counting 4 and 5 in different arrangements and reading and writing the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. We read Five Little Monkeys.  We completed a number hunt searching for the numbers 1 through 5 and completed a number song packet to help us learn how to write our numbers from zero through ten.

Social Studies:  Our Weekly Reader focused on taking care of our class.

Art: We completed a monkey project to go along with our math story Five Little Monkeys.

Thank you to all parents for coming out to our curriculum night!

Remember:

IPADS went home today.  Please remember to charge them each night and have your child bring it to school everyday!

We have snack every morning.  Please remember to send a healthy snack with your child each day, such as a fruit or vegetable.

Also, please remember our room is a peanut/nut free room due to allergies.

 Bring Library Books on Mondays and Wednesdays.

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!

Our First Full Week!

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September 4, 2015

Jolly Phonics:  This week we learned the letters a and t.  We pretend ants are crawling up our arm for the letter a.  To make the sound of the letter t we pretend we are watching a tennis match. We know the sounds of the letters: s, a, and t. We like to sing songs and do actions for each sound to help us remember them. 

Reading:  We read Me On The Map.  We did many activities that centered on the story.  We learned what a map, town, state and country is.  We learned about think, pair, and share.  The students were asked a question about the story, then turned to a partner (facing each other) and discussed the question that they were asked.  We then came back as a group and discussed what we talked about in pairs.  We also read Chester The Brave and Pete the Cat Rocking In My School Shoes!

Popcorn Words:  This week we cut out the popcorn word a and glued it in our popcorn word ring.  Our indexes will be going home in a few weeks once the children learn a few more of our sight words to put in our popcorn rings.  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.  We also worked on  Chester The Brave activities that focused on the word a in which we had to color according to a color code.  

Writing:  We started writing in our new writing journals.  We glued in our journals our first sentence “This is me on a map.”   We had to write our first popcorn word a in to complete the sentence and then had to create an illustration to show each of us on a map.

Math: We started our first math unit.  We worked on counting 1, 2, 3, and 4 counting 1, 2,3 and 4 in different arrangements and reading and writing the numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4. 

Art:  We did a Pete the Cat project that you can see when you come to Curriculum Night this upcoming Tuesday night.

Social Studies:  Our Weekly Reader focused on trying our best.

Remember:

Curriculum Night- Tuesday September 8^th from 6:00-7:30 P.M.

We have snack every morning.  Please remember to send a healthy snack with your child each day such as a fruit or vegetable.

Also, please remember our room is a peanut/nut free room due to allergies.

 Bring Library Books on Mondays and Wednesday

 

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!