A Note About Conferences- Our conferences in February are by appointment only for Tuesday Feb. 15th, Wednesday Feb. 16th, and Thursday Feb. 17th. I will send out invitations for children that I feel a conference would be beneficial. If you do not receive an invitation but would still like to meet, I welcome everyone to sign up outside of our classroom's door!
This week in the classroom, we reviewed letter formation and began to look closely at how capital letters are formed. We worked on the letters, A, B, C, D, E, and F. In math we explored the subtraction symbol with some number stories, as well as looked at attributes of shapes and how we can sort them. We finished our creative writing piece about Winter and I will hang them for hallway display tomorrow (Friday, Jan. 28th). All the kids worked very hard to write in their nicest handwriting and they all came out so well! So be sure to stop by to see your child's writing piece!
Our 100th Day is approaching fast! In the Friday Folder this week, there is a white piece of tag board with an attached letter about our 100th Day celebration. Please read this letter with your child and I hope you both enjoy the creative homework assignment!
Start looking for a shoe box that your child will want to use for a Valentine's Day mailbox! I will send home a letter about our Valentine's Day party in the next Friday Folder (Feb. 4th).
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Friday, January 21, 2011
Week of Jan. 17-21
This week in the classroom, kids worked on the letters "x" and "y." This completes all the letters in the alphabet so we will review how to write all the letters in the weeks to come, as well as start building words using letter sounds in Fundations. In writing we continue to write narratives and our topics this week were to tell about their weekends and to tell about what the kids like to do in the Winter. Kindergarteners created snowmen faces that will be put into the hallway next week, and they will also create a Winter writing piece that will also go into the hallway. So if you have time next Friday or the week after, please come visit after class to see your child's work!
In math, we learned how to use two dice to play Roll and Record. Kids took turns rolling two dice, adding the dots, and recording the number on a paper to make a graph. Next week we will make a classroom graph with these results. Kids also explored Geometry by making shapes with their bodies and string.
To help with your kid's phonemic awareness, have them really listen to sounds they hear in words. Next week I'm sending a list home of words that you can say and your child can tell you all the sounds they hear. For example, you would say "Sam" and your child would respond, "/s/ /a/ /m/." This takes practice and we need to train their ears to hear all those sounds in order to become better readers!
February Parent/Teacher Conferences are by appointment only! Next week I will have conference times posted outside of my door. If you want to meet with me for a conference, please stop by our door and sign up!
In math, we learned how to use two dice to play Roll and Record. Kids took turns rolling two dice, adding the dots, and recording the number on a paper to make a graph. Next week we will make a classroom graph with these results. Kids also explored Geometry by making shapes with their bodies and string.
To help with your kid's phonemic awareness, have them really listen to sounds they hear in words. Next week I'm sending a list home of words that you can say and your child can tell you all the sounds they hear. For example, you would say "Sam" and your child would respond, "/s/ /a/ /m/." This takes practice and we need to train their ears to hear all those sounds in order to become better readers!
February Parent/Teacher Conferences are by appointment only! Next week I will have conference times posted outside of my door. If you want to meet with me for a conference, please stop by our door and sign up!
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Week of January 10th-14th
So far January has been a very busy, but fun month!
In the classroom this week, kids explored the new letters "q" and "z" as well as learned how to segment words into their sounds. We will continue to work on this skill so that our kids become better readers! Because this is the middle of the year, I will be assessing kids this month in Mondo Oral Language, DIBELS, and DRA2. It is exciting to see the growth in all the kids! They have been working very hard and it shows. In writing, we are working on the narrative genre. This is still difficult for the kids, so we plan one day then write our sentences the next. In this genre, kids tell what happened first, next, and last during an event. This week our topics were- "Tell about a time you helped someone," and "Tell about a time you spent with a friend." In math we explored the calculator, worked on counting by 5's, as well as interrupted counting (stopping kids and starting, sometimes changing different start numbers). We also worked on extending patterns.
**Next week I will begin working with struggling readers in the morning. Permission slips for this extra tutor time will be in the Friday Folders of the applicable kids. This means that in the mornings, I will be unavailable to watch kids. So please have your kids line up at the normal time out front and if there is an emergency that you have to drop them off early, the office would be happy to have your kid sit inside.**
Please get those permission slips for the eye screening and signed report card envelopes in to me! I just need the signed envelopes returned, the report cards themselves are yours to keep.
This is a friendly reminder for your kids to not bring toys/dolls to school. Unfortunately, since we are so busy with our half day, we cannot do Show-and-Tell, and having toys in the room usually creates a distraction and conflicts with the kids. So please leave them at home! :)
In the classroom this week, kids explored the new letters "q" and "z" as well as learned how to segment words into their sounds. We will continue to work on this skill so that our kids become better readers! Because this is the middle of the year, I will be assessing kids this month in Mondo Oral Language, DIBELS, and DRA2. It is exciting to see the growth in all the kids! They have been working very hard and it shows. In writing, we are working on the narrative genre. This is still difficult for the kids, so we plan one day then write our sentences the next. In this genre, kids tell what happened first, next, and last during an event. This week our topics were- "Tell about a time you helped someone," and "Tell about a time you spent with a friend." In math we explored the calculator, worked on counting by 5's, as well as interrupted counting (stopping kids and starting, sometimes changing different start numbers). We also worked on extending patterns.
**Next week I will begin working with struggling readers in the morning. Permission slips for this extra tutor time will be in the Friday Folders of the applicable kids. This means that in the mornings, I will be unavailable to watch kids. So please have your kids line up at the normal time out front and if there is an emergency that you have to drop them off early, the office would be happy to have your kid sit inside.**
Please get those permission slips for the eye screening and signed report card envelopes in to me! I just need the signed envelopes returned, the report cards themselves are yours to keep.
This is a friendly reminder for your kids to not bring toys/dolls to school. Unfortunately, since we are so busy with our half day, we cannot do Show-and-Tell, and having toys in the room usually creates a distraction and conflicts with the kids. So please leave them at home! :)
Friday, January 7, 2011
Week of Jan. 3rd-7th
Happy New Year kindergarten families!
I hope you all had a restful and joyous Winter Break! This week was short for the kids and I tried to ease them back into the routine. We worked on letter/sound review as well as a new sight word book that is going home in their Friday Folders. In math, we learned a new math game called Top It. Kids can play this game, and others, online at everydaymath.com! In writing, we learned a new kind of writing called Narrative writing. In this type of writing, they recount what happened during events. This will be tough for our kids but we will work away on it every week so that they get better! This week they wrote about three things they did over Winter Break.
In the Friday Folders this week there is a permission slip from the school nurse. The Lions Club is offering a free vision service for the kids at Leawood. Please read this paper carefully and take advantage of this great, and free, opportunity!
Continue to get those signed report card envelopes back to me! This lets me know that you saw the report card and I use these envelopes for the next report card. Thanks!
I hope you all had a restful and joyous Winter Break! This week was short for the kids and I tried to ease them back into the routine. We worked on letter/sound review as well as a new sight word book that is going home in their Friday Folders. In math, we learned a new math game called Top It. Kids can play this game, and others, online at everydaymath.com! In writing, we learned a new kind of writing called Narrative writing. In this type of writing, they recount what happened during events. This will be tough for our kids but we will work away on it every week so that they get better! This week they wrote about three things they did over Winter Break.
In the Friday Folders this week there is a permission slip from the school nurse. The Lions Club is offering a free vision service for the kids at Leawood. Please read this paper carefully and take advantage of this great, and free, opportunity!
Continue to get those signed report card envelopes back to me! This lets me know that you saw the report card and I use these envelopes for the next report card. Thanks!
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