This Week in Kindergarten…

Posted on May 28, 2021 by jbaker4

We learned all about American Symbols!

We learned about a new American symbol each day this week. We learned about each one by…

reading about the symbol of the day
writing about the symbol of the day
labeling the symbol of the day
making a craft to show the symbol of the day
doing a math activity with each symbol

The Bald Eagle – we learned…

they are the national bird of the United States of America
they have brown feathers on their bodies
they have white feathers on their heads
they look bald because you can’t see the white feathers when they are in the air

The Statue of Liberty – we learned…

she stands on a pedestal
she has a crown on her head
in her left arm she holds a tablet
she holds a torch above her head
she wears a robe

The Liberty Bell – we learned…

it is a bell in Philadelphia
it is a symbol of freedom
it is made of bronze
it isn’t rung anymore because it has a big crack in it

The White House – we learned…

the president of the United States lives in the White House
it is in Washington, D.C.
John Adams was the first president to live there

The American Flag – we learned…

it is red, white and blue
it has 13 red and white stripes
it has 50 stars
Betsy Ross sewed the first flag in 1776

We had a red, white and blue treat today…

Class of 2021 Graduates!! On Thursday, the graduating seniors that went to Georgetown Elementary paraded around the building. It was fun to see them in their cap and gowns! Mrs. Baker’s son, Zac, was in the group of seniors! We made signs congratulating Zac and we had fun cheering for all the seniors!!

Mystery Reader – This week Brendan’s sister, Evelynne, surprised him and was a mystery reader for our class! It was fun to have her come and read to us! She read us a fun book about a Yeti!

Next week in kindergarten…

Monday, May 31: No School – Memorial Day

Tuesday, June 1: Gym

Wednesday, June 2: Art; Kindergarten Olympics

Thursday, June 3: STEAM

Friday, June 4 : Special – recess; Last day of school – early release at 12:15

From STEAM Studio – As part of their last lesson, each student shared a place they would like to go if they could go anywhere in the world. We used the green screen to make a video showcasing their choices.

Here’s the link to the adorable video… STEAM link

Have a fun and safe Memorial Day weekend!

Kindergarten Olympics!

Posted on May 23, 2021 by jbaker4

The Kindergarten teachers are planning to have a “modified” Kindergarten Olympics for your amazing Kinders! We are looking for some help with making this time “extra special” for your Kinders. If you are interested and would like to donate to our Kindergarten Olympics please check out our Olympics Sign Up link:

Kindergarten Olympics.

This Week in Kindergarten…

Posted on May 21, 2021 by jbaker4

POPCORN WORDS: away, play, up

READING: This week during reading, we learned that Characters Perform! We read a script of The Little Red Hen. Each student chose which part they would like to practice and eventually perform. We even made a barn for our backdrop during play time!

In order to get really good at our parts we practiced…

taking turns reading the script
sounding like real characters when we read
watching for punctuation
using our face and body to become the character

WRITING: During writing this week, we wrote another small moment story. This time we wrote it all by ourselves! We started the week by thinking of a story that is absolutely true and all about you. We told the story to ourselves and then to a friend (what happened first, next and last). We drew a quick sketch of the beginning, the middle and the end on sticky notes. Then we started writing our story! We made a cover page, a beginning, middle and end. We added pictures and labels to our writing and did our best work! We ended the week reading our own writing – each student read their story to Mrs. Baker.

MATH: This week during math we finished up our last math unit! Wow! It’s hard to believe we have worked our way through two math work books this year! We reviewed for our last math test and then took our last math test. Look for those coming home soon. We will continue to review math skills for the rest of the school year.

LITERACY/PHONICS: During literacy and phonics time this week, the Kinders did literacy centers on their own again! I am so proud of how hard the kindergarteners worked during this time of our day! These are some things they worked on…

writing our color words
learning binders
writing popcorn words on special mats
lacing letters and numbers
painting, writing and finding the word away
making a “play” watch

MYSTERY READER…Flynn was so excited when his sister (a second grader) came to our room as a mystery reader! She read us a funny story called Mustache Baby that brought a lot of giggles. Thank you Emma for reading to us!

UPCOMING DATES…

Monday, May 24: Music

Tuesday, May 25: Gym; Return all Take Home Book Bags today! We will not be bringing home new books this year.

Wednesday, May 26: Art

Thursday, May 27: STEAM

Friday, May 28: Music; Wear RED, WHITE and BLUE today!

This Week in Kindergarten…

Posted on May 14, 2021 by jbaker4

POPCORN WORDS: by, my, one

READING: This week during reading, we made connections to characters in our books by thinking…”Has that ever happened to me?” We talked about something special breaking or getting/wanting a pet. We thought…”Has that ever happened to me?” Then we learned more about characters in the books we read. We read more Froggy books and compared the adventures Froggy goes on in different books. Then we compared two different characters in an Elephant and Piggie book. We noticed what was the same about them and what was different. We ended the week comparing different characters in different books and finding things they had in common and things that were different.

WRITING: During writing this week, we wrote another small moment story. We started the week by thinking of a story that is absolutely true and all about you. We told the story to ourselves and then to a friend (what happened first, next and last). We drew a quick sketch of the beginning, the middle and the end on sticky notes. Then we started writing our story! We made a cover page, a beginning, middle and end. We added pictures and labels to our writing and did our best work! It was fun to share our stories with our friends!

MATH: This week during math, we learned more about teen numbers – we drew out the teen number, found the partners for the teen number and wrote the equation for the teen number. We compared more numbers – finding the number that is L (less), G (greater) or E (equal). We also started to compare length and height in objects as well as comparing weight in objects. We are still working on adding and subtracting numbers too!

finding popcorn words inside books
learning the popcorn word on – writing it, finding it, painting it
making watches with our popcorn words on it
spinning a spinner to make rhyming words
putting puzzles together and reading the words on the puzzles

UPCOMING DATES:

Monday, May 17: Music

Tuesday, May 18: Gym; Return Take Home Book Bags & Library Books!

Wednesday, May 19: Art

Thursday, May 20: STEAM

Friday, May 21: STEAM; Early Release Day – out at 12:15; Wear something that shows a place in Michigan!

Enjoy the sunshine and have a wonderful weekend!

This Week in Kindergarten…

Posted on May 7, 2021 by jbaker4

POPCORN WORDS: have, of, on

READING: This week during reading, we made connections to how the characters in books are feeling. We looked at their facials expressions, body language and actions to help us learn more about them. We read many different books and noticed how the character were feeling in the books. Some of our favorites were Froggy, Little Critter, Clifford and Elephant and Piggie books. It was fun to share what we noticed about how the characters were feeling!

WRITING: During writing this week, we revisited small moment stories. We started the week by thinking of a story that is absolutely true and all about you. We told the story to ourselves and then to a friend (what happened first, next and last). We drew a quick sketch of the beginning, the middle and the end on sticky notes. Then we started writing our story! We made a cover page, a beginning, middle and end. We added pictures and labels to our writing and did our best work! It was fun to share our stories with our friends!

MATH: This week during math, we learned about the words greater, less and equal. We counted objects and compared them, telling which group was greater, less or equal. Then we crossed out or added objects to make the groups equal. We also practiced our teen numbers, drawing out a group of 10 and the extra ones. We keep practicing our adding and subtracting too!

learning the popcorn word have – writing it, finding it, painting it
learning the popcorn word on – writing it, finding it, painting it
rolling a dice and making -ot word family words
putting together popcorn word puzzles
studying our popcorn words for the week – of, on, have

MAY THE 4th BE WITH YOU…On Tuesday, May 4th we thought it would be fun to have a May the 4th treat, brain break dance and coloring page! The kinders had so much fun!

STAR REWARD DAY…We had an extra fun reward on Friday!! The Kindergarteners are SOARING and earned a fun day! They voted and chose an extra recess and treat! We enjoyed yummy popsicles and had fun playing outside with our class!