This Week in Kindergarten…

Popcorn Words: how, now, map

Special Visitors: This week we had Miss Yankee’s 2nd graders come to our classroom for a visit! We were very excited because Crew, Evie and Ivy have brothers or a sister in her class. They came and read us their fiction stories they have worked hard on writing. We enjoyed listening to their stories!

Split Lit: During split lit time this week, we enjoyed trying some new centers to choose from! We practiced reading big books, practiced our popcorn words (using Play-Dough, we made paper watches and did do-a-dots), used whisper phones, made grocery lists, listened to books, built words and worked with Mrs. Baker and Mrs. Bromley. We worked so hard this week during our split lit time!

Reading: This week in reading, we used our voices to bring our books to life! We talked about how it sounds when we read like a robot compared to how it sounds when we read smooth. The Kinders then practiced sounding like a smooth reader when they read! We also noticed punctuation at the end of sentences. We practiced reading “Where is Thumbkin?” noticing the different types of punctuation at the end of the sentences. 

   

Math: In math this week, we finished up our learning in Unit 2. We will be taking our test for Unit 2 next week. We practiced teen numbers, shapes, adding numbers together and subtracting. 

        

Writing: This week in writing, we continued to write small moment stories. We practice telling our stories in order (first, next and last), sketching our stories in order, starting our sentences with a capital letter, ending our sentences with punctuation, stretching out our words…listening for all of the sounds we hear in words. 

Mystery Readers: We had fun having 3 mystery readers this week! Mrs. Mesman was our first mystery reader this week. I was not there (I was testing new kindergarteners coming to Georgetown next year) so I don’t have a picture to share. Sorry Mrs. Mesman and Dean!! Ethan’s dad surprised Ethan when he came to school and was a mystery reader. He read us a fun story called That’s Not a Hippopotamus. Ethan was very happy to see his dad walk through the door!! Jasper’s mom also surprised Jasper on Friday by being a mystery reader. She read us 2 books. One of them was called Finklehopper Frog and the other was Elmer. Then we got to do a fun Elmer coloring page! Thank you so much for taking time to visit our classroom and be a mystery reader!!

    

Valentine’s Party: We had a super fun Valentine party on Valentine’s Day!! We had so much fun playing Valentine games, making Valentine crafts and having Valentine snacks…such a fun-filled day!! Thank you to everyone for helping to make our holiday parties so much fun this year!!

Valentine’s Craft: On Friday, we had fun making a cute Valentine craft! We made adorable dogs that are decorating our classroom right now!!

Outstanding Student…Ava!!

Ava got an Outstanding award from Mrs. Reagan. She shows the qualities of Being Nice, Working Hard and Learning Well!! We are proud of you, Ava!!

 

Upcoming Dates

  • Monday, February 19: PE; Take-Home books
  • Tuesday, February 20: Music; Library…remember to bring your library book back!
  • Wednesday, February 21: Art; Take-Home books; Homework due
  • Thursday, February 22: STEAM 
  • Friday, February 23: PE; Take-Home books
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