Thank you Coach Detillion and Mrs. Detillion for organizing such a fun-filled day for us!
Fun at the GVSU Lakers Baseball Game!!
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Monthly Archives: April 2018
This Week in Kindergarten…
POPCORN WORDS: come, some
This week we practiced finding our popcorn words in our morning message. We also looked for capital letters and punctuation in our morning message. We did some other popcorn word practice during our split lit time.
READING: In reading this week, we practiced making connections to the characters we read about in books. We used different Franklin books and had fun making connections to Franklin. We asked ourselves the question, “Has that ever happened to me?” We had to put a sticky note by the picture that has happened to us…Has something special broke? Have you ever got or wanted a pet? We had fun telling our reading partners about our connections.
WRITING: In writing this week, we finished up our last week of writing how-to’s. The Kinders worked hard on writing their very own how-to’s this week. They came up with their own idea, drew a sketch (and added labels), wrote the steps in order, wrote the words. Then they checked to make sure their sentences started with capital letters and ended with punctuation. They did a great job writing all by themselves!! Way to go Kinders!!
MATH: In math this week, we practiced writing equations using Anno’s Counting Book. We used this book to look at the pictures and added more of something. We drew the pictures on our whiteboards and then wrote the equation to match. We also made a “Night Sky” in our classroom with stars. The stars are arranged to make partners of tens. The Kinders are getting really good at recognizing partners of ten!
OUTSTANDINGS: Two girls from our class were awarded with OUTSTANDINGS this week. They represent our class with the best qualities of BE NICE…WORK HARD…LEARN WELL! Congratulations to Charlotte and Violet!! We are proud of you!!
FUN WITH ROCKS: We had a fun this week with our rocks! We read some books about rocks this week and learned about the different types of rocks. We even “made” our own Sedimentary and Igneous rocks out of Starburst!! We learned about using heat and pressure to make rocks and used heat (our warm hands) and pressure (our muscles) to “make” our own rocks. We looked at all of our rocks that we brought in and investigated them. We sorted our rocks by color, size, texture (bumpy/smooth). We measured how big around our rocks were (we even used yarn and a ruler). We measured how long on rocks were using cubes. Our favorite thing we did was to see if our rocks would sink or float in water. We made predictions and then put the rock in to water. Next week we are going to continue to learn a little bit more about rocks…we still have another type of rock to “make” and we are going to make our very own fossils!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO 5TH GRADE IVY…we are so happy you help us in our classroom!!
8TH GRADE HELPERS: We have 8th grade helpers that come to our classroom every Thursday morning to help our. They help us with different things…sight words, writing and learning games. We like it when they come to our room!
UPCOMING DATES:
Sunday, April 29: GVSU Baseball Game @ 12:00. Join us if you can!!
Monday, April 30: Art; Take home books
Tuesday, May 1: STEAM; Library
Wednesday, May 2: PE; Take home books; Homework due
Thursday, May 3: Music
Friday, May 4: Art; Take home books
Tuesday, May 8: Field Trip to Hemlock Crossing Nature Center & Hager Park. Please feel free to join us for our picnic lunch!! We will be at the park around 12:00pm. Your kinder will need a paper sack lunch LABELED WITH THEIR NAME and water bottle to enjoy during our picnic lunch. NO SANDALS, FLIP FLOPS OR CROCS. TENNIS SHOES NEED TO BE WORN!! We will be walking through woods and trails and playing on a big playground. Please dress your child according to the weather. We will be OUTSIDE for most of the day! LOOKING FORWARD TO A FUN-FILLED DAY!
Friday, May 11: Fast Friday…please remember to email me if your child needs a sack lunch
Monday, May 28: No school…Memorial Day
Friday, June 1: Kindergarten Olympics!!
Have a wonderful weekend!!
This Week in Kindergarten…
Popcorn Words- these, they
Split Lit – We continued to work on our literacy skills during split lit this week. We are always excited when there are new stations to try!
Reading – In reading this week, we continued our studying characters. We had fun playing a game where we had to guess the character’s feelings and show that feeling using body language and facial expressions. The kids did a great job and had so much fun playing! We made character connections in all of the books we read this week.
Math – In math this week, we finished unit 4. We kept practicing adding and subtracting, finding partner of different numbers, looking for the number that is greater or less and studying 3D shapes. We ended the week by taking unit 4 test…in our offices!
Writing – In writing this week, we practiced writing how to’s. We wrote about how to make cookies and how to make spaghetti. We also wrote a how to as a class. We wrote How To Get Hot Lunch. We shared the pen and wrote the how to together. We thought of our idea, told the steps in order, wrote the steps in words and drew the pictures. It was fun to do it all together! Next week we will try it all by ourselves!
We have 5 new visitors in our classroom that we will be watching grow! They are CATERPILLARS!! They arrived this week and we are excited to watch them grow into beautiful BUTTERFLIES!!
Earth Day – We had a fun day celebrating our Earth and what we can do to help and protect our Earth. We read a book about Earth day, made Earth day headbands, did an Earth day color-by-number and made an Earth craft.
Mrs. Baker’s daughter, Ashleigh, brought their dog for a visit on Friday. The kinders have heard a lot about Daisie and were excited to finally get to meet her! She even showed the kinders how she could sit and shake…for a treat!
OUTSTANDINGS!! There are 2 students in our class who were recognized this week from Mrs. Reagan for following the Georgetown rules…be nice, work hard, learn well! Congratulations to Quinn and Dylan! We are proud of you!
Upcoming Dates:
Monday, April 23: Music; Bring your take-home book back
Tuesday, April 24: Art; Library day…remember your book; GES Art Reception at 5:30; Culver’s Night
Wednesday, April 25: STEAM; Bring your take-home book back; Homework due
Thursday, April 26: PE
Friday, April 27: Music; Bring your take-home book back
Sunday, April 29: GVSU baseball game!! I’m hoping to see everyone there!
Friday, May 4: Book order forms due-online or turn in to Mrs. Baker
Tuesday, May 8: Field Trip to Hemlock Crossing and Hager Park
This Week in Kindergarten…
POPCORN WORDS: jump, him
READING: In reading this week, we studied characters. We reviewed what we know about characters: characters can be people, animals or things, characters can talk, characters are who the story is about, characters can change and we make connections to characters. We learned that you can learn more about characters from: the way they look, the things they say and do and from what other characters do. We had fun reading books with characters in them, especially the Berenstain Bear books!
WRITING: In writing this week, we started learning about How To writing. We began by reading How To books to learn what they are all about. Then we practiced telling how to do something by acting out how to put on a coat. We talked about the things we need to put on a coat, then said the steps in order and last acted it out. We then practiced writing how to’s…we wrote about how to brush your teeth and how to make a s’more. We ended the week by making a book, How To Build a Little Monster Ice-Cream Sundae. We learned the steps: Think, Plan, Sketch, Write. We learned the transitional words: First, Next, Then, Last. We will continue to write more how to’s next week.
MATH: In math this week, we continued to practice adding and subtracting numbers. We learned more about teen numbers and what teen numbers look like. We also found partners…partners of 5 are: 1 and 4, 2 and 3, 3 and 2, 4 and 1.
HANDWRITING: We practiced writing our first and last names this week. We talked about using capital letters only for the first letter of their first name and the first letter of their last name.
MYSTERY READER: We enjoyed listening to 2 mystery readers this week! Kenzie was very surprised when her mom came through the door, she had a big smile! She read us a fun Scooby Doo book. She brought a Scooby Doo with her that “talked” and helped to read the book to us. We even got a yummy gummy hamburger…just like Scooby likes! Dylan was so excited and surprised to see his grandma walk through the door this week too! She read us Possum Magic. It was a story we hadn’t heard and we had fun listening to it! Dylan’s grandma brought us a yummy cookie that we got to enjoy after lunch. Thank you to both of our mystery readers for taking time to read to our class!!
SOIL EXPLORATION: On our fast Friday, we had a lot of fun exploring soil!! We used magnifying glasses and looked closely at the soil. We found many interesting things in the soil…rocks, worms, spiders, wood chips, roots.
SCIENCE EXPERIMENT WITH MRS. STUTZ’S CLASS: We were invited to Mrs. Stutz’s class this week to do an experiment with them. We made a liquid rainbow! It was exciting to watch the different things be added to the jar and see the different colors appear. We added corn syrup, oil, dish soap, rubbing alcohol and water. It was a great experiment…we were happy we got to join in on the fun!!
FUN WITH MRS. REAGAN: One day Mrs. Reagan came to our class during free choice time. She had surgery over spring break and has a cast on her foot and leg. She let the Kinders sign her cast. They loved it!!
READING WITH FIRST GRADERS: Mrs. Stadt invited our class to come to her class and listen to her first graders read to us. They have been practicing reading smoothly and wanted to show us how good they were doing. They have also been reading non-fiction books and learning new facts…like we did in Kindergarten!
UPCOMING DATES:
Monday, April 16: PE, Take-Home Books
Tuesday, April 17: Music, Library…bring back you library book!
Wednesday, April 18: Art, Take-Home Books
Thursday, April 19: STEAM
Friday, April 20: PE, Take-Home Books, Popcorn Friday, Rock Collections Due
Sunday, April 29: GVSU Baseball Game at noon
Tuesday, May 8: Spring Field Trip to Hemlock Crossing Nature Center & Hagar Park. A bright orange note will be coming home Monday containing volunteer information. All parents (and younger siblings) are welcome to join us at Hagar Park for a picnic lunch and playtime. Please send back the the bottom portion of the bright orange note.
Stuffed Animal Day!!
Hooray…the kindergarteners have earned their 10 stars and we are celebrating tomorrow!! It is stuffed animal day tomorrow!! The Kinders may bring in one stuffed animal of their choice to spend the day with us. They are excited about earning those stars for good behavior…I’m so proud of them!!