2/8/14

I hope everyone is enjoying this snow! And staying warm. Our week was cut short last week, but I hope we can get in a full week next week, especially because since we have a week off after next week!

Focus Wall

Literacy

      I can blend my sounds together.

      I can identify the middle sound in a CVC word.

Math

      I can subtract numbers.

Bible

      John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Pictures from the Week!

How To make Hot Cocoa: We started of by drinking some Hot Cocoa of course! Then we started our writing of how to make Hot Cocoa using our transitional words (first, then, next, last). Lastly, we made our fun craft!

Our Trip to the Library. 

Our Art/ Valentines craft- We practiced drawing and cutting out hearts. It took a lot of practice and paper=) But they did great and projects turned out very cute. 

Important notes!

      

• Next week is spirit week!

Monday- Pajama Day,

Tuesday- School colors, red & yellow,

Wednesday- Crazy hair/ hat day,

Thursday- mismatch day,

      Friday- pink/red/ hearts

• On our next field trip we are going to the Portland Aquarium. This will be fun because it will be right after our ocean unit. We are expected to go on March 14^th, let me know if you would like to volunteer as a chaperon.

• SNACKS – we have decided to start having students bring their own snacks.  We think this will make it easier for everyone. Just put a healthy snack in a zip lock bag for students, and in the morning they will put them in a snack basket that they will grab out after recess.

• Our Valentines and 100’s day party is Friday!!! We are doing some fun games and crafts, and need a few more volunteers. Please let me know if you or a grandparent can come=) If you would like to bring goodies, or snacks that would be wonderful too! Lastly, a heads up I will be sending a project home on Monday for the kids to bring to build something, with a 100 some things to present to the class. I will give more specifics and examples on Monday.

Here is the class list for valentines day, I can also send the list home on Monday.

11-12-13

Parents, I am sorry I did not have a chance to post this weekend. My family and I went to Seattle this weekend for my Nieces first birthday! But I figure better late than never=)

The Week Focus Wall:

Literacy: I can blend sounds to make a word.

Math:   I can write my numbers 0-20

         I can cou:nt to 50

Bible Verse: Psalm 118:28 You are my God and I will give you thanks’ you are my God and I will exalt you.

Social Studies: Pilgrims, Indians, and the Mayflower.

We just finished our Unit 1 test in Literacy and took our big test on Friday. It took about 45 minutes! That is a long time for our little kinders, but they did great! You should have seen the test sent home in their take home folders. We are now beginning our second unit.

Ways to help at home:

1.    Help students with sounding out and blending words. For example I might ask what word is /c/ /a/ /t/? and see if they can come up with cat. Or I might do it backwards and say what are the sounds in dog? /d/ /o/ /g/.

2. Ask questions when reading with your children? For example: what was the story about? What happened first? Who was this story about?

3.  Practice counting. Our goal is to be able to count to 50. We practice every day before math but still only about ½ can do it.

Important info:

·       Please remember to bring in a white shirt for our Indian unit, I only have 2 as of now! If you do not have one and cannot get one please let me know and I can provide one.

·       Please send back field trip permissions slips by tomorrow for our Tuesday trip to the Portland Children’s Museum.

·       Harvest Dinner is Sunday. We practiced our songs today and the kids did great! I am excited to watch them.

·       Would any parents like to volunteer for our Thanksgiving party? It will be next Monday from 1:00-3:00. We will be doing craft rotations.

·       This Friday is our P-Party! Our class earned enough points to get a party. The P is for P.J.’s, popcorn, pizza, and a P movie.

·       I have math homework packets for students who would like them for extra practice. I told them if they want to, and finish it and bring it back they get to pick something from our treasure box. The homework is based on the chapter we are currently doing.

My, this time of year is sooo busy! And fun. I hope everyone enjoys their week!

~Mrs. Lee 

10-21

I hope everyone is enjoying their three day weekend! I am happy to say I have all of the report cards done, and am looking forward to seeing everyone next week. I will be sending a reminder home on Monday for the dates and times for conferences.

Focus Wall:

Literacy:     Beginning Sounds

Math:    I can count to 25

           I can recognize and write my numbers 1-8

Bible: Psalm 119:10 – I will seek the lord with all my heart.

Social Studies: Pumpkins

This last week I tested all of the students on their reading levels so I can begin sending home books with students that is at their right level. Most students are starting at a level A. By the end of the year our goal is to be at a level D.

As well, as most of you seen I have begun to send home decodable readers that we practice at school. These are great to practice sight words and to build fluency. We practice about 2-3 a week and I will continue to send these home. If students read it 5 times to someone they can earn a pint for our class. Last week we earned 7 points towards our party! We need 50 more to earn the party.

In math we will start working with teen numbers and beginning concepts of addition.

In social studies we are learning about pumpkins, which will go great with our field trip next week! We started using our science journals this week. We measured how big around our pumpkins were, weighed them, predicted if they float or sink, and labeled the parts of a pumpkin. I wish I would have taken pictures of this! Science is one of my favorite subjects to teach, the children get so excited over it.

Important notes for next week:

Field trip: we will be leaving at 8:30ish and return around 11:00ish. Please dress students based on the weather. You can bring an extra change of clothes if they are staying for after care as well. Please send students with at least $5.00 to get in and get a pumpkin.

Parent Conferences: Thursday and Friday are conferences. I look forward to seeing everyone!

Tuesday volunteer: If anyone would like to help in the classroom on Tuesday afternoon we will be cutting open our pumpkins and taking the seeds out. We will be attempting to grow our own pumpkins inside of the old ones. I have not done this before but have heard it works well.  It should be a fun experience.

P.s. I am sorry for not having any pictures this week. I will make sure to have some next week. 

10-11

10-11-13

I cannot believe we have been in school for a month! Though I also can believe it because of the progress I have seen in the students already! This week we started learning to write sentences to go with our pictures, and they are doing amazing! I cannot wait to share them with every one during conferences.

Conferences will be held on Oct. 31^st and Nov. 1^st. I sent out an e-mail to schedule a conference date. If you did not receive one, please let me know.

Field Trip

Our Field Trip to the fire station was a lot of fun. They took us on a tour of the station, we were able to see where they sleep, eat, exercise, and study. We even had the chance to watch a fire fighter slide down the pole! They gave us a tour of the fire trucks, and all of the students had a chance to sit up front. Here are some pictures.

Literacy

In Literacy we have been working on rhyming and letter sounds. Next week we will be moving on to recognizing the first sound in a word.

Ways you can help at home is by practicing with your child by asking what the first sound in a word is. For example you would say “what is the beginning sound in Car?” and they would say “/c/”. This is an important skill as students learn to spell and read. Later in the year we will focus on ending and middle sounds.

Math

In math we have worked up to number 5. Next week we will begin working on numbers up to 10. Things you can do to help at home are practice counting as high as you can, play I spy with numbers, and help them practice writing the numbers.

Important information

-Please sign up for your top 3 conference times if you have not done so already.

-Next Friday is Grandparents Day. Grandparents can come in from 8:15-12:30. We have a lot of fun activities planned, and there will be a gift for the grandparents.

- We are planning a field trip to the Portland Children’s Museum on November 19^th. I will be sending additional information home soon. I wanted to give advance notice for parents who would like to join.

-Halloween: We are not celebrating Halloween in our classroom, so we ask that students do not wear costumes to school. We will be going to the pumpkin patch on the 31^st, so we will still have a lot of fun! As well, we have the fall festival on the 26^th with a lot of fun games and activities.  

I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend!

~Mrs. Lee