January 22-26

This week we: 

*focused on the letter Nn and Rr
*learned the words "me", "with", and "she"
*reviewed our other sight words
*practiced writing numbers without reversals
*almost completed our giant snowpeople!
*learned a new math game on the iPads
*had so much fun with our theme day all about the book "The Snowy Day"
     -We read the story, looked at a Let's Find Out magazine that went along with the book, wrote our own ideas about things we like to do in the snow, made an art project, and had our Hallway Hero Science Party by making Snow Dough! It was quite the morning!

Next week we will: 

*focus on the letter Dd and introduce Kk
*learn the words "see" and "look"
*find out all about Groundhog's Day and make our winter/spring predictions
*continue to work on patterns, sorting, number writing, and strategies for solving number problems

What to ask your Kinder: 

*Write your numbers to 20 (without reversals)
*What are some words that begin with Nn or Bb?
*Tell me about your 'theme' day!
*Read some sight words in stories at home.
*Count backwards from 20.

News and Other Reminders: 

*We will be going on a field trip to Stages theater on February 8th. Permission slips and field trip admission money is due on TUESDAY, January 30. There are scholarships available. Please let me know if you are interested. Unfortunately, we cannot take parent chaperones with us on this field trip due to space. However, please let me know if you are interested in upcoming trips.

*We LOVE volunteers! If you are interested in volunteering in our classroom, we have plenty of opportunities. We have some one-time options all the way to every week. Let me know if you would like more information!

Important Dates: 

*NO SCHOOL- Monday, Jan 29 for Grading Day
*Culture Night- February 8 6-7:30
*NO SCHOOL- Monday, Feb 19 for Teacher Workshops
*LATE START- Thursday, March 1 (school will begin at 10:58)
*Book Fair- March 5-9
*Imagination Fair- Thursday, March 8
*SPRING BREAK NO SCHOOL- March 26-30
*NO SCHOOL- Thursday and Friday April 5 and 6 for conferences

Some advice to help the Vikings get to the SuperBowl!

Yesterday, the Kindergarteners pooled their ideas and offered a few suggestions to help the Vikings win this weekend. Here is what they recommend....

Kindergarten Advice for the Vikings to go to the Superbowl!

 

*Get a touchdown before the game is over

*Get more points than the other team

*So they should just, when they start, get a lot of touchdowns at the beginning

*Just kick a field goal

*Just get a 100 million touchdowns (and 100 thousand million points)

*Go where the ball is going

*Try to not let the other team tackle the person with the ball

*Keep the ball and make sure the other team doesn’t get it

*If there is an open spot, run there and if someone is tackling you put your hand out and get a touchdown

*Okay, so when you guard someone, make a silly face and flap your hands so they laugh and drop the ball. And when they do, get it and run in a touchdown.

Go Vikings!

January 15-19

This week we: 

*reviewed lowercase b and d
*focused on the letters Bb and Nn
*Read a story called "The Mitten" and worked on retelling
*continued to work on our giant snowpeople
*focused on story problems and teen numbers

Next week we will: 

*focus on the letter Rr and review Nn
*read a story called "Little Quack" and discuss plot
*learn the words me, with, she
*practice writing numbers without reversals
*continue our calendar math work

What to ask your kinder: 

*Practice read to self at home- what should it look like?
*Practice counting numbers as high as possible
*Practice writing numbers without reversals

News and Other Reminders: 

*NO SCHOOL- Monday, Jan 29 for Grading Day
*Culture Night- February 8 6-7:30
*NO SCHOOL- Monday, Feb 19 for Teacher Workshops
*LATE START- Thursday, March 1 (school will begin at 10:58)
*Book Fair- March 5-9
*Imagination Fair- Thursday, March 8
*SPRING BREAK NO SCHOOL- March 26-30
*NO SCHOOL- Thursday and Friday April 5 and 6 for conferences

January 8-12

Hello and Welcome back!!

I hope you all had a great winter break and a relaxing holiday season. It's hard to believe it's the new year already! Whew!

This week we: 

*worked on read to self and made it to three minutes!
*wrote new year's resolutions for Kindergarten and celebrated all we have accomplished in 2017!
*learned to play "telephone" at morning meeting
*learned all about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr and Ruby Bridges and why they are important
*focused on the letter Bb and practiced the difference between b and d
*worked on story problems and teen numbers

Next week we will: 

*focus on the letter Nn
*learn words in the -it word family
*work on our giant snowpeople
*continue to work on solving story problems and explaining our strategies
*continue to work with teen numbers

What to ask your kinder: 

*tell you about some friends at school
*retell a story we have read in class
*count numbers as high as he/she can. Can you get to 100 or higher??
*write the date using only numbers
*practice reading sight words around the house

News and Other Reminders: 

*NO SCHOOL- Monday, Jan 15 for MLK Day
*LATE START- Thursday, Jan 18 (school will begin at 10:58)
*NO SCHOOL- Monday, Jan 29 for Grading Day
*Culture Night- February 8 6-7:30
*NO SCHOOL- Monday, Feb 19 for Teacher Workshops
*LATE START- Thursday, March 1 (school will begin at 10:58)
*Book Fair- March 5-9
*Imagination Fair- Thursday, March 8
*SPRING BREAK NO SCHOOL- March 26-30
*NO SCHOOL- Thursday and Friday April 5 and 6 for conferences