Snowy Day!

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January 30, 2015

Jolly Phonics:  This week the class learned the letter combinations of ue and oi.  For oi we say, “Ship ahoy”.  We also learned that oy makes the same sound as oi. Now we know the sounds of the letters: s, a, t, i, p, n, c, k, e, r, h, m, d, g, o, u, l, f, b, j, ai, oa, ie, ee, or, z, w, v, y, x, oo, ch, sh, th, ng, qu, ou, oi, and oi.  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:  This week we read the book The Snowy Day and did many activities including a Snowy Day packet.

Word Family’s:  We worked on the am word family this week.  First we started with the word am and then we add different letters to the beginning of the word am to make new words.  For example, for the am word family we formed the words (pam, ham, ram etc.)

Popcorn Words:  This week we cut out the popcorn words get, help and now and glued our words in our popcorn word ring.  We are going to keep our popcorn word rings in the front sleeve of our green folder so we can practice our words at school and at home. Please practice the popcorn words with your child at home.

Math: We continued counting to 100 by ones and tens.  We also continued our subtraction unit. Our center activities have a winter theme.  Next week we will be working with a combination of addition and subtraction

Writing:  We wrote in our journals.  Each day we write the students are becoming more confident in their writing skills and are more eager to share their experiences, thoughts and ideas.

Social Studies: This week in our Weekly Reader we read about the “Frozen City” and the people who build ice castles and how the ice castles are built.

Remember: 

Valentine Party Information- Our Valentines Party is on Thursday February 12^th. On the valentine cards please have your child only sign their name and not who they are sent too.  Please do not bring any candy or treats with the valentine cards.  We have 19 students in our class.

Do Not Forget To Order From Scholastic Books! 

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 Thursdays

We have gym everyday.  Please remember your gym shoes.

Please check the green folder daily and turn in Box Tops to earn money for our school!

Building A Snowman!

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January 23, 2015

Jolly Phonics:  This week the class learned the letter combination of qu and ou.  For qu we pretend that we are a duck saying quack, and for ou we pretend we poked our finger with a sewing needle and we say ou, ou, ouch.  Now we know the sounds of the letters: s, a, t, i, p, n, c, k, e, r, h, m, d, g, o, u, l, f, b, j, ai, oa, ie, ee, or, z, w, v, y, x, oo, ch, sh, th, ng, qu, and ou.  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:  This week we read the book Winter Wonderland and Snow.  We compared the two books Winter Wonderland, a non-fiction story, and Snow a fiction story.

Word Family’s:  This week we started our word families.  We worked on the an word family.  First we started with the word an and then we add different letters to the beginning of the word at to make new words.  For example, for the at word family we formed the words (can, pan, ran, man, etc.)

Popcorn Words:  This week we cut out the popcorn words here, out and our and glued our words in our popcorn word ring.  We are going to keep our popcorn word rings in the front sleeve of our green folder so we can practice our words at school and at home. Please practice the popcorn words with your child at home.

Math: We continued counting to 100 by ones and tens.  We continued our subtraction unit. Our center activities have a winter theme.  We even did a subtraction lesson where we put a certain amount of goldfish in front of us and ate a certain amount (take away, minus, subtract).   “We ate our math homework.”  The children had so much fun with this activity.

Writing:  We wrote in our journals.  We also did two writing activities the first one stating, “I like my warm hat!”  The second one stating, “ Here is the snowman!”

Social Studies: We read our Weekly Reader that focused on animals and winter.  We talked about whether or not the animals liked the snow or not.

Art:  The children had an opportunity to build their own snowman.  The children cut out one snowball for every letter of their name and then one additional one for the snowman’s head.  On each snowball the children wrote one letter of their name and when the snowman was complete and you stood it up the snowman spells out the names of each child.  The children were able to add arms and a hat.  The projects will be on display on the walls by the kindergarten classrooms.

Remember:

Do Not Forget To Order From Scholastic Books! 

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 Thursdays

We have gym everyday.  Please remember your gym shoes.

Please check the green folder daily and turn in Box Tops to earn money for our school!

Winter!

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January 16, 2015

Jolly Phonics:  This week the class learned the letter combination of ng and th.  For ng we pretend that we are strong.  Now we know the sounds of the letters: s, a, t, i, p, n, c, k, e, r, h, m, d, g, o, u, l, f, b, j, ai, oa, ie, ee, or, z, w, v, y, x, oo, ch, sh, th, and ng.  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:  This week we read the book Love You Forever.   We also listened to an audio version of the book without pictures, and listened to the story read to us on the computer.  We took a big piece of construction paper and folded it in half.  On one side we drew a picture of what we saw when the audio version of the book was read to us and on the other half we drew a picture after we saw the pictures from the story.  We also read some winter stories such as Snowmen At Work, Snowmen All Year and The Mitten!

Word Family’s:  This week we started our word families.  We worked on the at word family.  First we started with our sight word at and then we add different letters to the beginning of the word at to make new words.  For example, for the at word family we formed the words (cat, bat, hat, mat, rat, etc.)

Popcorn Words:  This week we cut out the popcorn words he, she, and be and glued our words in our popcorn word ring.  We are going to keep our popcorn word rings in the front sleeve of our green folder so we can practice our words at school and at home. Please practice the popcorn words with your child at home.

Math: We continued counting to 100 by ones and tens.  We started our subtraction unit. Our center activities have a winter theme.

Writing:  We wrote the sentence: He is a strong man!  The children noticed that three of the words are our popcorn words and the other two words the children were able to read using their decoding skills.  After they wrote their sentence, they had a chance to color the strong man on the page.  Using the word strong was a good review of the ng jolly phonics lessons from this week.

Social Studies: We read our Weekly Reader that focused on Martin L. King Jr. and his fight that all people would live in peace.  We did a writing activity that focused on Martin L. King Jr.

Art:  We completed a mitten project, which is hanging on the bulletin board outside our classroom.

Remember:

No School-Monday January 19^th Martin Luther King Day

Join us at Ide for Literacy Night on Thursday, January 29^th.  Please use the link below to sign up! –

 http://goo.gl/fJ0vz8 

Do Not Forget To Order From Scholastic Books! 

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 Thursdays

We have gym everyday.  Please remember your gym shoes.

Please check the green folder daily and turn in Box Tops to earn money for our school!

BRRR IT'S COLD!

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January 9, 2015

Jolly Phonics:  This week I introduced the letter combination ch and sh.  For the combination ch we pretend we are a train by saying ch,ch, ch.  For the combination sh we pretend a baby is sleeping and we are quieting the baby.  Now we know the sounds of the letters: s, a, t, i, p, n, c, k, e, r, h, m, d, g, o, u, l, f, b, j, ai, oa, ie, ee, or, z, w, v, y, x, oo, ch and sh.  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:  This week we read The Relatives Came and winter books, sharing all our thoughts with all the cold weather and snow we have had lately.

Popcorn Words:  This week we cut out the popcorn words the, you, and down and glued our words in our popcorn word ring.  We are going to keep our popcorn word rings in the front sleeve of our green folder so we can practice our words at school and at home.

Handwriting:  We continued writing in our journals. We also wrote about our winter break and a snowman. 

Math: We continued counting to 100 by ones and tens.  We continued our addition unit. Our center activities have a winter theme.

Stay Safe and Warm!

Remember:

Friday January 16^th is a half-day.  Dismissal is at 12 noon. 

No School-Monday January 19^th Martin Luther King Day

Join us at Ide for Literacy Night on Thursday, January 29^th.  Please use the link below to sign up! –

 http://goo.gl/fJ0vz8 

Do Not Forget To Order From Scholastic Books! 

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 Thursdays

 

We have gym everyday.  Please remember your gym shoes.

Please check the green folder daily and turn in Box Tops to earn money for our school!

Gingerbread Week!

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December 19, 2014

Jolly Phonics:  This week I introduced the letter combination oo.  Now we know the sounds of the letters: s, a, t, i, p, n, c, k, e, r, h, m, d, g, o, u, l, f, b, j, ai, oa, ie, ee, or, z, w, v, y, x, and oo.  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:  This week was Gingerbread Week.    We read many books about our new friend the Gingerbread Man, who mysteriously ran away from our classroom.  We read the books The Gingerbread Man, The Gingerbread Pirates, The Gingerbread Cowboy, The Gingerbread Baby, The Gingerbread Girl, and The Gingerbread Man is Loose in the School to try and find clues of where our new friend went.  The Gingerbread Man also left us clues to where he might be.  We even made Gingerbread friends in hopes that he returns.  Along with reading those books and gingerbread activities we did many other fun holiday activities.  We read stories about the Gingerbread Man’s friends, Pete the Cat, Olive The Other Reindeer, and Clifford’s Christmas.  The students created their own Rudolph bag and we put Reindeer food inside to prepare for the upcoming holidays.

Popcorn Words:  This week we cut out the popcorn words go and so and glued our words in our popcorn word ring.  We are going to keep our popcorn word rings in the front sleeve of our green folder so we can practice our words at school and at home.

Handwriting:  We continued writing in our journals and we also wrote “If I were a Reindeer…..”

Math: We continued counting to 100 by ones and tens.  We continued our addition unit. Our center activities have a holiday theme.

Art:  We created our very own Gingerbread Man!

You would never guess it but our new friend the Gingerbread Man did return on Friday morning just in time for our Holiday Party.

I want to wish everyone a very safe and happy holiday season and best wishes for the New Year!

Remember:

Winter Break is December 22, 2014- January 4, 2015.  School resumes Monday January 5, 2015

Do Not Forget To Order From Scholastic Books!  The books are great stocking stuffers.

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 Thursdays

We have gym everyday.  Please remember your gym shoes.

Please check the green folder daily and turn in Box Tops to earn money for our school!

Holiday Time!

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December 12, 2014

Jolly Phonics:  This week I introduced the letters y and x.  For the letter y we pretend we are eating yogurt and for the letter x we pretend we are looking through an x-ray camera.  Now we know the sounds of the letters: s, a, t, i, p, n, c, k, e, r, h, m, d, g, o, u, l, f, b, j, ai, oa, ie, ee, or, z, w, v, y and x.  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 the book Arthur’s Perfect Christmas.  We learned the meanings of the definitions of family tree, related, and cousin.  We also read The Littlest Elf, Mooseltoe, and Howard B. Wigglebottom and the Power of Giving. We added the poem Five Yummy Gingerbread to our poetry binders.

Popcorn Words:  This week we cut out the popcorn words yes and no and glued our words in our popcorn word ring.  We are going to keep our popcorn word rings in the front sleeve of our green folder so we can practice our words at school and at home.

Handwriting:  We continued writing in our journals and we also wrote about the best gift we could give.

Math: We continued counting to 100 by ones and tens.  We also started our addition unit. Our center activities have a holiday theme.

Art:  We made a present for our parents.  I will be wrapping the presents for the parents this weekend and they will be coming home with your child next week.  The children were very excited to make the gift for you and are eager to give them to you.

Social Studies: We will finish our Junior Achievement program on Monday.

Next week we will be doing gingerbread activities.  Some of the activities we will be doing include reading gingerbread stories and searching for a gingerbread man who ran away inside our school.

Remember:

Tuesday December 16^th is a half-day.  Dismissal is at noon. 

Friday December 19^th is our Holiday Party. Please do not send treats to school.  The party planners will provide sufficient snacks and entertainment for our party.

Winter Break is December 22, 2014- January 4, 2015.  School resumes Monday January 5, 2015

Do Not Forget To Order From Scholastic Books!  The books are great stocking stuffers.

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 Thursdays

 

We have gym everyday.  Please remember your gym shoes.

Please check the green folder daily and turn in Box Tops to earn money for our school!

December!

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December 5, 2014

Jolly Phonics:  This week I introduced the letters w and v.  For the letter w we pretend we are the wind and for the letter v we pretend we are driving a car saying “vvvvv”.  Now we know the sounds of the letters: s, a, t, i, p, n, c, k, e, r, h, m, d, g, o, u, l, f, b, j, ai, oa, ie, ee, or, z, w, and v.  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 the book Me And My Family Tree.  We learned the meanings of the definitions of family tree, related, and cousin.  We also read Snowman Magic and Dinosaur Rescue. We added a Snowman poem to our poetry binders.

Popcorn Words:  This week we cut out the popcorn words and and little and glued our words in our popcorn word ring.  We are going to keep our popcorn word rings in the front sleeve of our green folder so we can practice our words at school and at home.

Handwriting:  We were able to have free choice while writing in our journals.

Math: We started our counting to 100 units.  We have started counting to 100 by one’s and tens.  Our center activities have a winter theme.

Art:  We made a Holiday Tree that is now on display outside our classroom on the bulletin board.

Remember:

Do Not Forget To Order From Scholastic Books!  The books are great stocking stuffers.

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 Thursdays

We have gym everyday.  Please remember your gym shoes.

Please check the green folder daily and turn in Box Tops to earn money for our school!