Our Penguin Door

We are ready to welcome the month of December!! Mrs. Keaton from PTA decorated our classroom door. Now every day the students come to class, the cutest penguin greets them. :)

Thank you so much Mrs. Keaton for spreading Holiday cheer and creativity our way!!

WH Question Words

Today we began our Farm Module!

 Before we read the story about Old MacDonald,  we discussed WH questions words~ Who, What, Where, When and Why. Then the students were able to ask any questions they had. (A lot told me information they knew, :) so we'll be visiting the WH question words again. )

Here is the WH Reference Sheet that our District gives us to use. :)

Week of November 28

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving Break and is ready for a super week of school!! This week is going to be busy! Our resources for the week are: MONDAY- Art, TUESDAY- Art with Ms.Schmidt, WEDNESDAY- Art and THURSDAY- Music. On Friday we are having Boots Day. I can't wait to see what beautiful boots everyone has. :) Also, it is Picture Retake Day. If you would like to have your child's school picture taken again- please write me a note. Only those with a note sent in this week will have their pictures taken over. 

Also TiDarius will be joining the 6-Year-Old Club this week. And Leilani will be bringing Fun Friday snacks for the class. 

**Progress Reports going home WEDNESDAY, November 30. Please sign and return the bottom of the orange paper. The rest of the information is for you to keep.**

Diamon D Field Trip slips and money is due by December 9.

MATH

Well we are quickly learning all about measurement! We have spend our time comparing items to a cube stick. Figuring out if the items we compare our stick with are longer than or shorter than the cube stick. The students are doing great!! Towards the end of the week we will be comparing the weight of two objects.

Check out the Youtube Videos and discuss the items with your child.

READING

We are beginning our new Module on Farms. In this module we will learn all about the different animals on the farm. We will discuss the main topic of each story and the details that really support the main topic. We will also compare and contrast different animals, along with the female and male animals.  Our Stories and their vocabulary is listed below. Remember you can click on the title of the story and reread it to your child.  

Old MacDonald Has a Farm 

crops, harvest, pastures, shelter, tools

With a Moo, Moo Here

grazing, herd, produces

And a Cluck, Cluck There

collects, hatch, peck, perching

Here an Oink, There an Oink

littler, raise, valuable, wallow

On Wednesday's Early Release Day we will be discussing Respect for our Peers. It is the November Learning for Life lesson. The lesson reminds students to treat others the way they want to be treated. It also shows them the right way to react, if a person has forgotten their manners. Here is a catch respect song for everyone to enjoy.

SAXON & SIGHT WORDS

We will be reviewing lowercase letters and letter sounds. Along with finding out how many syllables are in words and what we are left with if we take off the beginning syllable. Ex. Party~ We omit the "par" and we are left with "tea."

Our sight words are look, long, will and that. Here is a slideshow to practice the sight words.

WRITING

Our Writing will be following along with the Farms Module in Reading. We will discuss the setting for a farm and the different things we see. Then we will discuss the animals that live on a farm. There will be a lot of modeled writing going on. This means the students will not have the pencils in their hands as much, however they will be working on stretching words so that we write the sounds they hear.

Here is a Youtube video to get the students excited about their farm writing!

Happy Thanksgiving #2

The class wore their Turkey Headbands to lunch yesterday and I had to post pictures of how cute they all looked.

Enjoy them and once again have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Create a slideshow design

Happy Thanksgiving

Today my Mom and my brother, "Mr.Davey," came to school. The students asked them questions, told them stories and made the most adorable Turkey Headbands! Listening to everyone talk was adorable. Our class can really chat! :)
Anyway, I didn't send the headbands home today... I kept them. :) I want the students to wear them to lunch tomorrow and show them off. :) They worked really hard and I want everyone to know it! So look for it either on your child's head or in their backpacks tomorrow. 

Enjoy watching the slideshow and Happy Thanksgiving!

This free digital slideshow customized with Smilebox

Popsicle Party

So it seems a little funny as I type "Popsicle" and I sit here with a jacket on. haha

We have earned a Popsicle Party for turning in the most Federal Aid Surveys in Kindergarten. :) It may have seemed funny signing NO and returning the paper, but your participation helped our class WIN! 

Here is a collage of the class enjoying their treat! :)

Another picture collage by Smilebox

Mooseltoe Family Project

 Please follow these directions when completing the Family Project with your child. 

(It will be going home Monday- Nov.21.) 

We will be reading the book in class this week. I'm sure your child will want to watch the reading of the book. It's a cute story~ a Perfectly Perfect story!

(Just in case you want a sneak peak... here is a Youtube video of a reading of the book.) 

**I will be sending home these directions Monday, but just in case they get lost over break... 

make sure to check back here. :) **

First~ color/paint the moose (head and antlers)

Next~ cut out the moose head
Afterwards~ come up with an idea for how to make the mustache and attach it to the face

Then~ decorate the antlers

*Decorate the antlers with pictures of things you will be doing over Winter Vacation. You can use pictures from photographs, magazines, clip art or even make your own! Be creative and have fun with your child. The more creative the better... The only request I have is that NO FOOD items be used for decorating!  I don’t want any unwanted crawly visitors. 

Finally~ send it to school.

This project will be due by Monday, December 5. They will be shared with the class as they are received and hung up on the wall in our classroom. So if you finish it early, send it in! :)

Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns. I am very excited to see what you and your child come up with!