Week of September 6, 2016

We are off to a great start.  Thank  you so much for all your donations to our classroom.  I am so grateful for your generosity.

We had a great 2 days last week.  We read some special stories - the Kissing Hand, Brown Bear and Chrysanthmum.  We are getting to know each other and working on learning the rules and procedures for Springdale School and our classroom.  We had our first fire drill as well.

This week we will be learning about the three ways we can read a book - look at the pictures, read the words or retell the story.  We will practice reading to ourselves and with a partner.  We will continue learning and practicing our rules and procedures.  We are working on math calendar
routines - day of the week, days in school, attendance.

We will be working with our names - writing them and spelling them and adding our names to our word wall.  We will continue to work on some special projects as well.

REMINDERS
Please remember to send all forms back to school.  I am still missing some emergency forms.  In addition, if I do not hear from you this week, I will assume that pictures of your child can be posted on this blog.

Thank you so much for your cooperation and have a wonderful week!

August 28, 2016

WELCOME TO KINDERGARTEN!

I am so excited to meet my new Kindergarten students.  I look forward to seeing you Wednesday morning for Kindergarten Orientation day.  We are going to have an exciting year.  Please check back for weekly updates.  See you soon!

Week of June 6, 2016

Pictures from our End-of-Year Picnic

We had a lot of fun at our picnic.  Thank you to all the parents who came and who contributed to the picnic.

This week during our literacy block we will read and write stories about marine animals, insects and do some poetry.

In math we will review concepts learned during the year and work on addition and subtraction number stories.

We will learn about contractions, and review short and long vowels.

Week of May 31, 2016

DAD'S SWEET TREAT AFTERNOON

Our Dads bring a Sweet Treat Afternoon was a huge success.  Thank you to all the dads, moms,  and grandparents for coming and making it such a special afternoon.

During our literacy block this week we will finish up our animal unit and do some poetry.  We will read poems for fluency and look for rhyming words.  We will write some of our own poems.

During math we will work on solving word problems, both addition and subtraction.  We will compare numbers and work with place value.

We continue to work with both short and long vowels and rhyming words.  We will continue to work on sounding out words and reading and writing kindergarten sight words.

REMINDERS:

FRIDAY, JUNE 3RD IS OUR END-OF-YEAR PICNIC AT COVE BEACH.  ALL ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND.  WE WILL BE IN THE PLAYGROUND PICNIC AREA.

PLEASE PROVIDE A BAG LUNCH - NO GLASS BOTTLES- FOR YOUR CHILD ON FRIDAY.  SNACKS AND WATER BOTTLES WILL BE PROVIDED.

STUDENTS SHOULD BRING A TOWEL TO SIT ON AND MAY BRING SOFT TOYS BUT THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY TOYS THEY BRING.  PLEASE DO NOT BRING EXPENSIVE TOYS THAT MAY GET LOST OR BROKEN.

Week of May 23, 2016

During our literacy block this week we will talk about the life cycle of animals with a focus on chickens, frogs, and some insects.  We will write stories with a beginning, middle and end.

We are reviewing math concepts learned this year and I will be meeting with each student.

We will be reviewing sight words, phonics skills - rhyming words, reading and sounding out consonant vowel consonant words, vowel sounds - both long and short.

Our chickens hatched and it was very exciting.  Below are some pictures:

REMINDERS:
Wednesday, May 25th is an early dismissal day.

Friday, May 27th is dad's special day.  Bring a sweet treat for your child.

Please remember to continue to practice sight words and counting to 100.
Have a great week!