12/14/14

I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend! I can’t believe there are 4 more days until Christmas break! This next week will be a pretty light week for the students, though they still may come home tired from the excitement=)

All next week we will be practicing our dress rehearsal for the program. For parents who can’t come we are going to try to video tape it. We will also be finishing our presents for you, and learning a little more about Christmas around the world.

On Thursday, the program will begin at 9:00 and end probably a little before 10:00. Parents can take their child home if they would like. Though, after the program they will have recess, and a little party. We will be eating snacks/treats. If you can bring something that would be great. We will be opening presents (you are not required to buy anything! We will normally get something small for the kiddos), and doing our ornament exchange. After the exchange, hopefully there will be enough time because we would like to build our gingerbread houses. If you leave before that it is okay, if you would like to stay and help that would be great as well!

Also, on the day of the program students should wear black clothes, the kinders will be dressed as animals. They can bring a change of clothes if they would like. If the outfits change I will email everyone.

That was kind of long=) so here is what you should remember.

1.   Bring an ornament for the ornament exchange.

2.  If you would like, bring a treat (cookies, cake, crackers, juice, ect...) for our after program get together.

3.  If students are staying after the program, bring candy, grahams, or icing for gingerbread house.

4.  Please bring students at the normal time on Thursday!

5.  If you would like to help with dressing students on Thursday, let me know. 

Thank you! 

Mrs. Lee

12-6-14

It seems like the weeks are going faster as we get close to Christmas. Last week our students did a lot of practicing for their program. We will keep practicing every day until the program. I know not everyone can make it because of work, but we will make sure to video tape it for everyone=)

You may have noticed that I took out the Bible verses from the folders. Mrs. Strickland said I can shorten the verses for the students. I will retype them and send them home on Monday. We are practicing these everyday with signs as well.

_{What are we learning?}

Parents, one of my new goals this year is to better communicate what we are learning and the standards that go with it. I don’t only teach to the standards or to the book, but I do think they are important and I want to communicate them more with you. In my blogs I am going to try harder at addressing which standards I am working on, how we are meeting them, and sometimes what you can do at home to help=)

If you are still unsure about what the standards are, here is an awesome video that explains it easily. Also here is the website for our standards. If you have any questions about the standards please let me know!

Video- http://vimeo.com/51933492

Common Core homepage- http://www.corestandards.org/

*The K in the standards just means kindergarten. The R is for reading and the W means writing.

Literacy-

Phonological awareness- Students are learning how to hear beginning sounds, middle sounds, and ending sounds in CVC (consonant, Vowel, Consonant) words. RF.K.2b

Phonics- We are continuing to work on our sight words through our poems, flashcards, and emergent readers. RF.K.3c/ RF.K.4

Writing-

In writing we will be focusing on opinion writing. Would they rather be an elf or reindeer? Would they rather build a snowman or go sledding? Why? W.K.1

Math-

In math our main objective is counting to 100, and writing our numbers up to 20.However, we are also working on patterns, adding more to make another number, and counting on. Counting and Cardinality (cc) K.cc.1/K.cc.3

Pictures!

In social studies we are learning about Christmas around the World. In the Netherlands they put shoes out for Saint Nicholas to fill. They were so excited to see their shoes the next day with candy, and ornaments in it! 

Practicing our Daily 5 again. Reading to Self

Students writing together. They loved it!

Practicing our program

Cute little elves we made and hung in the room

Have a great weekend!

Mrs. Lee