Busy couple weeks!

Monday, November 25, 2019 No comments
Thank you all for coming to conferences.  I really enjoyed sharing all the wonderful things your kids are doing with you.  You've got some great kids!  Also a huge thank you to all the families and grandfamilies that donated books to our classroom!  We've got a special basket in our classroom library dedicated to those books.  They have been a popular choice!

We have been reading books about kindness and manners.  To celebrate this learning and to be thankful for each other we will be having our friends feast.  On Tuesday afternoon, our room will be transformed into Wright's restaurant.  We will dine together and practice the manners we have been learning about.  Your child is invited to dress up on Tuesday to help make this day special.  If you signed up to send food please send it on Tuesday Morning.  Thank you to all those who signed up to send food and to our three moms who will be waiting tables. 

This week's learning objectives:
Reading: Sight word: is, it, in -  using the picture as a clue, looking at the first letter to identify a word
Writing:  Using word wall words to write sentences, using punctuation, introduction to writing more than one sentence on a topic
Math:  Number identification, number formation, positional words, identifying shapes by attribute
Fundations:  segmenting and blending words by sound
Science:  Understanding habitats

Our week in pictures:

Heroes Day!

This friend got to speak on the big screen!

Simone Esters - Miss Missouri twirled and spoke.

We had many families and special guests!


















These two were playing a counting game in the hall on a large game board!

Making hand print turkeys!








This month we had two citizens of the month from our class!  Congratulations friends!



We learned about habitats.  We sorted plants and animals into habitats.


Happy birthday friend!  Thanks for sharing treats!




Here is our special me for this week.  Here he is answering questions from the class.


Here's a few pictures from last week too.  I didn't do a blog post due to conferences.  Enjoy the bonus pictures!

Making snowflakes for the first snow.








Playing a counting game we call racing bears.



Playing on the kid sized game board.







Check out this awesome writing!









Number line up


Dancing into the day!

Making Turkeys.  We used the pattern blocks to make the tail.









Here's our last week's special me!  He did a great job answering questions and sharing his show and tell.

Playing roll and write to practice number formation.



Busy couple week!  We are all looking forward to some family time next week!  I will be sure to do a blog post next Tuesday so you can see some of the fun we have at Wright's restaurant for our friends feast.  Have a great weekend!  

Things to remember:
  • November 27, 28, 29 - No School - Thanksgiving Break
  • Wednesday December 4 - Early Dismissal at 12:50
  • Friday December 20 - Winter Parties 2:30


Conferences are coming

Friday, November 8, 2019 No comments
Parent teacher conferences are next week.  A schedule of the conferences can be found here.  
Conferences
Please check your time and let me know ASAP if this time will not work.  I am looking forward to sharing lots of great things with your that your child is doing.  During conferences the book fair will be available.  Mrs. Fitch and her volunteers have worked hard to get it all set up.  We will be previewing the book fair on Monday. 

This month we will read lots of books about being kind and using manners.  We will be putting this learning to good use at a friends feast.  On November 26 we will be having a friends feast.  Our classroom will be transformed into a restaurant.  Your child will be able to order off a menu and practice using table manners.  If you have a family feast for Thanksgiving your little one will be ready!  This event is for the kids only.  We will allow 5 parents to come and work for Wright's restaurant as servers.  It is super fun and I promise to take lots of pictures!   Click her for a link to help us fill the kitchen at Wright's Restaurant.

This week's learning Objectives:
Reading:  Predicting, Using the picture as a clue, new sight words:  look, like, to,
Writing:  Understanding the difference between a letter and a word, writing a simple sentence using sight words, we also created a personal word wall that they can use during writing time as a resource for how to spell the sight words we have learned.  
Math:  Positional words, representing numbers in multiple ways, number formation, matching numbers to quantity
Fundations:  Letter formation, ID and sound y, x

Our Week in Pictures:

Happy Birthday Friend!  Thanks for sharing treats!

Each day we have a leader that leads us in our Fundations letter/sound cards.

Putting together a letter/keyword puzzle


We learned about positional words with Ms. Reinkemeyer's class.


Then we went outside and did an obstacle course to practice using positional words.


Congratulations to these friends who got to eat lunch with the principal this week!

Hat day!

To prepare for Heroes Day, we made deconstructed flags.  They turned out amazing.







Searching for and sorting letters and words.




Happy birthday friend!  Thanks for sharing treats!


Things to remember:
  • Friday, November 8 - Progress Reports come home - Please check Friday folders
  • Monday, November 11 - Parent Teacher Conferences
  • Thursday, November 14 - Parent Teacher Conferences
  • Friday, November 15 - No School
  • Monday, November 18 - Heroes day - More info to come
  • November 27, 28, 29 - No School - Thanksgiving Break