I hope everyone had a relaxing Fall Break. We return to a full week of school. The children will be getting right back into the routine of Animated Literacy, handwriting, math, reading groups, math groups, and social centers. Our theme will foucs on Bears (fiction and nonfiction).
We had a great week leading up to Thanksgiving. Our social study theme focused on Friends and friendships. Our discussions included what being a good friend looks and sounds like and how to be a good friend and how to have one. The children each brought fruit to share as we made a group "Frieindship Fruit Salad." During our class meetings, the children have the opportunity to share happening on the playground, lunchroom, classroom, restrooms, etc...positive or areas of improvement. They are working on building a wonderful, friendly classroom community.
Look for a new Helper of the Day calendar for December, poetry notebook, and math homework this week.
All of the snacks and glue sticks are very much appreciated. You all are so supportive and helpful. Thanks from my heart.
Thanks for all of your support.
Ms. Ross
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Monday, November 5, 2012
Kindergarten Stars..... November 4, 2012
We have had two wonderful productive and fun weeks. In those two weeks, we celebrated the 50th Day of Kindergarten, celebrated Halloween, and completed many assessments for the end of the trimester.
It is hard to believe the children have been in Kindergarten for 55 days. I have wathced them learn how to be a 3R Superstar everyday. They have learned morning routines, reading group and Daily 5 procedures, lunch room manners, how to check books out of the library, attend art, music, and PE, learn letter and sound relationships, and recognition of sight words. They are at school a full day and their day is full of learning.
We just finished a unit on Spiders. They love non-fiction information. Before beginning the unit, the children we built our schema and listed everything they already knew. We read many Spider books, created their own individaul spiders and labeled its parts, read spider poems, and the most fun was the book each student got to compare his/her self to a spider. I enjoyed completing our spider chart with everything they learned.
In math, the children completed Unit 2. I observed the children learning to write numbers 1-10, creating a variety of patterns, learning how groups are equal and not equal, learning to tell addition and subtraction story problems. Any counting practice to 100, by ones, twos, fives, and tens would be beneficial. Also, practicing recognizing teen numbers. We will foucs on making and recognizing teen numbers by modeling using groups of tens.
Reading groups have been running smoothly. The children are in a good routine of working in reading groups on letter-sound relationships, sight words, and sequencing activities. When not in reading groups the children have learned to work independently reading to self, listening to reading, reading to someone, word work, and work on writitng.
I look forward to seeing all of you this week at Parent-Teacher Conferences. Parent-Teacher Conferences are Wednesday, November 7 from 4:15pm-7:35 and Thursday, November 8 8:00am-7:30pm. If something changes please let me know. Thanks in advance for all your support and help.
Have a great week.
Leslie Ross
It is hard to believe the children have been in Kindergarten for 55 days. I have wathced them learn how to be a 3R Superstar everyday. They have learned morning routines, reading group and Daily 5 procedures, lunch room manners, how to check books out of the library, attend art, music, and PE, learn letter and sound relationships, and recognition of sight words. They are at school a full day and their day is full of learning.
We just finished a unit on Spiders. They love non-fiction information. Before beginning the unit, the children we built our schema and listed everything they already knew. We read many Spider books, created their own individaul spiders and labeled its parts, read spider poems, and the most fun was the book each student got to compare his/her self to a spider. I enjoyed completing our spider chart with everything they learned.
In math, the children completed Unit 2. I observed the children learning to write numbers 1-10, creating a variety of patterns, learning how groups are equal and not equal, learning to tell addition and subtraction story problems. Any counting practice to 100, by ones, twos, fives, and tens would be beneficial. Also, practicing recognizing teen numbers. We will foucs on making and recognizing teen numbers by modeling using groups of tens.
Reading groups have been running smoothly. The children are in a good routine of working in reading groups on letter-sound relationships, sight words, and sequencing activities. When not in reading groups the children have learned to work independently reading to self, listening to reading, reading to someone, word work, and work on writitng.
I look forward to seeing all of you this week at Parent-Teacher Conferences. Parent-Teacher Conferences are Wednesday, November 7 from 4:15pm-7:35 and Thursday, November 8 8:00am-7:30pm. If something changes please let me know. Thanks in advance for all your support and help.
Have a great week.
Leslie Ross
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