Last week was a fun week. We had our field trip on Wednesday, which was really fun. It was perfect because there were not too many people there and the kids were able to explore a lot. We also enjoyed the My Body lab. It was a personal class just for us where students learned about their bones, the heart, and some digestion. Tuesday was also a kind of fun day. We did some St. Patrick’s Day activities and learned about the real St. Patrick. We also wrote a story about a leprechaun together, the students are going to illustrate our story now. We ended Tuesday with our Writers celebration. There was also some learning going on this week too=)

Notes

·        Next week is our sight words test, please practice!

·        Don’t forget to send back book bags on Thursday.

·        There is no school on Friday.

·        We are holding a toy drive for children at Doernbecher’s Hospital. Thank you to everyone who has already donated!

·        We have a preview night for new students if you know anyone who is interested in attending next year.

*Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Warner will be taking 3-4 students with them to Doernbeckers hospital to drop of the toys they have raised. She will be picking students based on a story or paper they write. If your child would like to enter the contest to see if they can go, the writing should answer “If you could spend one day with a child from Doernbecher’s, what would you like to do with them?”

Reading-

Next week we will be doing a lot of review for our sight words and unit test, all on Thursday!

Math-

Last week we began our Measuring unit. The students are really enjoying it, and catching on pretty quickly. One hard concept for them to understand is taller and longer. They sometimes switch the meanings. K.MD.A

Writing-

This week we began our unit on persuasive writing. On Friday I taught the kids how to write poster about something they feel strongly about. They had fun with this! So if your child comes home wanting to make posters to hang around the house you will know why=)

Bible-

We have had so much fun this week in Bible. Every day until Easter we open one Easter egg to help us learn about the Easter story. Here is what we have done so far.

Day 1- There was a leaf in the egg to show how people laid down palm leafs for Jesus as he walked into the city.

Day 2- Our egg had bread in it to represent the last supper.

Day 3- We opened an egg with money in it, and talked about how Judas, his disciple, had betrayed Jesus for money. But then afterwards how bad Judas felt. 

January 30th, 2015

1/30/15

Happy Friday! Our field trip went great today. The students had a lot of fun, they were pretty exhausted by the time we got back though. We kept the rest of the afternoon pretty low key.

Here are some pictures from our last week

Playing with wind

We learned that wind is moving air 

Portland Children's Museum

Sharing Writing

Notes

·         I have not heard of any parent who would like to volunteer for the Valentine’s day party. Again please email or come talk to me if you can help set the party up.

·         I have about half of my students bringing back their book bags back every week (Dr. Seuss bags). If you can’t find it please email me so I know and we can work something out.

·         Our class chapel is on Monday. Please, please help them practice this weekend.  

·         New sight word lists will come home on Monday. Again practice those nightly=)

Literacy-

·         Middle CVC sounds. K.RF.2d- I can read decodable words.

·         Blending sounds together. K.RF.2c- I can put words together. I can take words apart.

Writing-

·         We are continuing to work on stories about ourselves. This week we are talking about speech bubbles and how to be an editor. On Friday we are going to have our writers celebration. Students will pick their best piece to share with the class. We will have some cookies and juice to celebrate their hard work=) Students will be bringing their work home to share. W.K.3- I can narrate a story about a single event. W.K.5-With guidance and support , I respond to suggestions from peers to strengthen my writing.

Math-

·         Last week, we started our chapter on addition, which will continue into this week. We have some new math stations for addition, so students have been learning about those as well. K.OA.1- I can represent addition using fingers, drawing and objects.K.OA.2- I can solve addition story problems.

·         We are continuing to practice our counting, and writing our numbers. K.CC.3- I can write my numbers to 20.K.cc.1 – I can count to 100.

Social Studies-

Next week we are starting our unit on “All about me”. We will be learning about our bodies, our senses, and how to stay healthy.

Bible-

Verse- Psalm 100:1 “Make a joyful noise unto the lord.”

Next week we will be learning that Jesus heals, prays, and preaches

I hope everyone enjoys this beautiful day! Have a great weekend=)

Mrs. Lee 

4-21-14

Sorry I was not able to get my post out this weekend, it was a little crazy with the field trip and our family going up to Seattle for Easter. I hope everyone enjoyed their Easter as well!

 I will make this post short, but I will add some cute pictures! I am sorry if I did not get all the students=(

Below are the pictures from our shared writing. Students were in groups of three and they had to come up with stories on their own. They had a blast working together!

The students got postcards back from Disney land!! So exciting!

Notes:

If you have not turned in the field trip slip for the bank trip on Thursday please do so very soon!!! I would hate for anyone not to be able to go.

·         Kindergarten graduation pictures are on April 30^th.

·         Our Mother’s Day Tea party is on May 9^th. I hope everyone can make it, it should be fun and there is a little surprise for everyone=)

·         Tickets are now on sale for our Auction. The cost is $10. As of now it is adults only, unless anyone would be willing to watch the kiddos;)