September 26-30, 2011

KM’s Week in Review:

Monday:

The rain came down all day today and we had an inside recess because it was too wet outside to play.  In PE we played a pinball game and we had a lot of fun.  We also discussed what we already know about autumn and we created questions about what we would like to learn about autumn.  Non-fiction books are great resources! 

Tuesday:
Learning about our five senses is exciting; it is amazing to see how much our world has to offer through our senses.  Another discussion about autumn and how/why leaves change color and fall off the trees kept us busy too.  In math we are comparing coins using their sizes, shapes and colors.  Yeah!  The rain stopped long enough for us to go outside for recess.  

Wednesday:
In math today, we worked in partners and used flash cards to put numbers 0-20 in order.  Then we mixed the numbers up and put them in order counting backwards.  In music we had fun singing songs using a variety of letters from the alphabet.  In Jolly Phonics we began our 5^th book of letters and letter sounds.  We also practiced writing the letter Zz. 

Thursday:
In Writer’s Workshop we spent a lot of time discovering how often capital letters are used in writing verses lowercase letters.  The students were amazed to see the difference in numbers and it was a great reinforcement of writing with lower case letters and beginning sentences with capital letters.  We also completed our KWL chart on autumn and realized we learned a lot of great facts about the season of autumn.

Friday:
Today we read a fiction story about sharing and scarecrows and each student made their own scarecrow using different shapes.  The scarecrows are going to go up onto the hallway bulletin board for everyone to enjoy.  It was beautiful enough to go out this morning for a morning recess.  The fresh air felt great!  Today was out first All About Me presentation and we had a fun time learning about Gracie and her family. 

All About Me:

Charlie Lukosus

 Reminders:

Thank you for all of the great magazines you have sent into school!

Progress Reports are coming home today and they do not need to be returned to school. 
Have a great weekend, everyone!  J

September 19-23, 2011

KM’s Week in Review:

Monday:  We are off to a great start this week!  We will be reading a lot of Clifford books this week and making connections between the books and ourselves.  We sorted in math and learned you can sort items by size, color, shape and other characteristics.  In the LMC, we listened to a book and learned that the book fair is at our school this week. 

Tuesday:  Today in Writer’s Workshop we talked about how authors get their ideas.  We made a list of our own ideas for when we are busy writing this year.  We made a Birthday Graph in math and discussed the information we collected.  July is the busiest month, for birthdays, in our class!  Our “reading to self” stamina in Daily 5 is up to 10 minutes!  We are proud of ourselves!  J

Wednesday:  Today we took part in a bus evacuation drill.  We learned safety tip about riding a bus.  It was really exciting for some of us because we had never been on a bus before.  We were so well behaved on the bus evacuation drill we were able to finish our trip around the world!  We had our celebration immediately!  All of us went outside for a morning recess; the weather was spectacular!  Ask me if I know what a deed is?  Clifford has done many good deeds!

Thursday:  Go Away Big Green Monster!  We had so much fun reading this book, completing an activity on the computer and making our own monsters!  We visited the Scholastic Book Fair and filled out our “wish lists.”  The students are able to purchase books on Monday, Sept. 16^th.  In addition, there is an evening where your family can come in and purchase books as well.  Making patterns using different colors was challenging, but makes it fun working with a partner.

Friday:  What would you give Clifford as a birthday present?  It was exciting reading about Clifford’s birthday celebration and then writing about what we would give him as a present.  We were busy this afternoon in Art and PE.  We continue to work on our reading to self stamina in Daily 5 and like using our own book boxes. 

All About Me:  Gracie Hargrove

Reminders:

Progress reports will be coming home next Friday, September 30^th.

Our classroom can purchase books from the book fair on Monday, September 26^th. 

September 12-16, 2011

Thank you so much for coming last night!  It was great to see all of you and give you a sneak peak of Kindergarten.  Enjoy the beautiful weekend!  Autumn is right around the corner.  :) 

KM’s Week in Review: 

Monday: 
Today we read a book titled Ten Apples Up on Top!  We had fun putting the numbers 1-10 in order.  We also celebrated our unique names by writing them in fun ways.  The students were introduced to the question mark and questions.  The weather was so beautiful we were able to go outside for a morning recess. 

Tuesday:
We were really busy today!  It was interesting learning about how apples grow.  It is hard to believe they begin as a beautiful, pink flower!  We also made apple mobiles that are decorating our classroom.  We visited questions again by discussing words that begin a question.  For example: why, how, can etc.  We are still talking about shapes and the shapes we see in our world around us. 

Wednesday:
Apples!  Apples!  Apples!  Today in math, we graphed our favorite type of apple.  It was fun to do and the Red Delicious apple won!  We also continued to talk about questions and had a fun time creating silly questions.  Do YOU like ketchup on your cornflakes?  We continue to work on building our reading to self stamina in Daily 5.

Thursday:

Today we read another non-fiction book on apples and made an apple book.  In Writer’s Workshop, we talked about how authors get their ideas for their stories.  We found it was easy to think of story ideas!  We are all authors, illustrators and readers.  J  In math, we discussed counting forwards and backwards and how numbers are all around us. 

Friday:

We read a couple different books about Johnny Appleseed and had fun learning about his adventures.  We also spent some time discussion the Constitution and what it means to America.  In Science, we looked at the inside of an apple and labeled the parts.  Mr. Popovich kept us very busy in PE and Mrs. Bader had us creating beautiful pictures in art. 

All About Me:

Coming soon. . . . .

Reminders:

Please send in a baby picture of your child on Monday, September 19th.  We will be doing a fun activity.  The picture will be returned to you.