My how we've aged!

Friday, February 1, 2019 No comments

We had a super fun day celebrating the 100th day of school. We did lots of fun activities surrounding the number 100. We made hats with 100 things on them and we made necklaces with 100 fruit loops. But the most fun of all was having Mrs. Wrong come to teach that day! No one was quite sure what to make of 100 year old Mrs. Wrong. :)

There will be no reading bags this week. In our reading groups, we've focused heavily on skills the past couple of weeks. Once we get through a week with no late start or snow day we will be able to get both skills and books into a week!

On February 14 we will be passing out valentines. This is a great way for kids to practice writing and reading each others names. Everyone enjoys being the mailman and passing them out. In the Friday folder, you will find a list of kids names. It might be a good idea to have your child fill them out a few each night until then as to not overwhelm him/her. We will make valentine bags here so you won't need to make a box at home.

Next Wednesday is Global School play day. This will be an awesome experience for our kiddos. We will play the whole day! The only catch is that there are no electronic toys. your child may bring a game or toy from home as long as it isn't electronic and it isn't a weapon type toy. I am so excited to enjoy the day with our kids!

Here are this week's objectives:

Reading: Cross checking the picture and the word, learning the sight word can, tapping to read

Writing: Tapping to spell, looking at non-fiction books to see how they are different from fiction. Next week we will begin writing our own non-fiction books.

Math: Solving story problems and showing how you know on paper.

Fundations: segmenting and blending words, (we call this tapping because we tap our fingers for each sound)

Our week in pictures

PTA came to tell us about the Circus on February 9. We hope you can come!

These friends won 5 flash bucks!

Trying out our new "classroom" literacy center

Learning about first grade's service learning project. They are collecting pull tabs for Ronald McDonald House. Thank you to everyone who sent them in already!

This friend did a great job hiding! :)

Lunch with the Principal

Mrs. Wrong - the kids didn't know what to think!

Making 100th day hats

Fruit loop necklaces

The old men

The old ladies

Segmenting and blending words using magnetic letter tiles

Finding the word can in books

Buddy Reading

Let's hope next week is a full week! Have a great weekend!

Things to remember:

Wednesday, February 6 - Global School Play Day
Friday, February 8 - Dress for your career day (More info to come)
Saturday, February 9 - BEU Circus

Click here to sign up to help. There are still a few volunteers needed.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0d4cada82aaafe3-volunteer1

Friday, February 15 - No School Teacher Work Day
Monday, February 18 - No School Presidents Day
Friday, February 22 - Progress reports come home.
Monday, February 25 - Parent Teacher Conferences
Thursday, February 28 - Parent Teacher Conferences
Friday, March 1 - No School

Busy busy!

Monday, January 28, 2019 No comments

We have lots of exciting things coming up in February. Our PTA is putting on a circus on February 9. Thank you to everyone who has sent in your donations for our classroom basket. I have received a few things. Keep them coming!

Wednesday is the 100th day of school. We will dress up as 100 year old people. Also don't forget to have your child create a collection of 100 things. We've got some going on our bulletin board already. Your child gets to share them with the class before we hang them up.

Next Wednesday, February 6 is Global School Play day and I cannot tell you how excited I am. This is the perfect opportunity for kindergartners. Your child may bring a toy or game from home to use during the day. We will have some basic rules like: no technology, no weapons or violent toys, be kind, take turns. Other than that we will play all day! It should be awesome!

This week is very cold!!! Though we don't go outside if it gets too cold, there are times when the weather is just on the edge and we take a chance and bundle up and go. Please make sure your child has hats, gloves and a big heavy coats so that they are prepared if we do go.

Here are our learning objectives for last week:

Fundations: reading words by segmenting and blending the sounds, quick recall of letter names & sounds for fluency

Reading: Checking the picture for a clue, then cross checking with the first letter

Writing: We took our first writing assessment! Then we had some time to free write with friends.

Math: Understanding adding and subtraction, showing thinking on paper

Social Skills: Following directions the first time they are given

A few pictures from this week. There aren't a ton!

Congrats to our kindergarten Spelling Bee winners!

And Congrats to our Citizen of the month. We had two!

Things to Know:

Wednesday, January 30 - 100th day of school - dress like a 100 year old person
Wednesday, February 6 - Global School Play Day
Friday, February 8 - Dress for your career day (More info to come)
Saturday, February 9 - BEU Circus
Friday, February 15 - No School Teacher Work Day
Monday, February 18 - No School Presidents Day
Friday, February 22 - Progress reports come home.
Monday, February 25 - Parent Teacher Conferences
Thursday, February 28 - Parent Teacher Conferences
Friday, March 1 - No School

Winter Weather

Friday, January 18, 2019 No comments

Snowy days are upon us! What a wild week with all this weather. We will see what this weekend brings and hope to see all of your children on Tuesday! Because of our crazy schedule this week, we were nowhere near our normal routines. With two half days, we did math one afternoon and our reading routines the next. Reading bags are in backpacks but please be aware that the books in there aren't as practiced as last week. Thank you to all families for reading with your children! Everyone brought them back this week!!! I absolutely love sharing reading bags with you so you can see how awesome your kids are. :)

Thank you to all families that have sent in extra supplies! That was super helpful and many of our kids are good to go now.

In February the PTA is putting on our BEU circus. There is more information for you about the circus in your child's Friday Folder. Each classroom puts together a basket for the raffle. Students and families can buy raffle tickets to try to win these awesome baskets. This is a fantastic fundraiser for our PTA. Our PTA funded new equipment on the playground with money like this that was raised in the past two years. Click on the link below to see what we still need. Thank you for your participation!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0949aaa72caaf94-wrights

Six flags reading logs are due on February 22. I put an extra log in the Friday Folder in case you have misplaced your original one.

Here are our some of learning objectives for the past two weeks:

Reading: Using the picture as a clue to solve unknown words, finding words in text based on the first letter

Writing: Using words we know in our sentences, using different kinds of punctuation, writing sentences and adding color to our pictures

Math: Finding numbers on a 100s chart, counting by 2,5 and 10, comparing numbers & quantities to 20, teen numbers
Fundations: segmenting and blending words(tapping), correct letter formation for uppercase letters, quick recall of letters and sounds (fluency)

Here is our week in pictures!

This little cutie found a cozy spot to read on Library day!