100th Day of School

Today was the best 100th Day ever!! The kids were great. We made 100 count Fruit Loop necklaces, created a crazy 100 Day Hair-Do and we even took 100 year old photos! :)

I forgot the camera at school, so I'm not able to post the pictures we took with the camera. However, I am able to share the 100 year old photos with you. :) The kids loved seeing themselves age and were super excited to watch the video and see their friends. So I hope everyone enjoys it as much as they will!!

Enjoy!

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Week of February 1

Our Resources for the week are: Monday #1-18 GUIDANCE and #19-31 ART, Thursday MUSIC and Friday #1-18 MEDIA and #19-31 Computer Lab. Tuesday is Jump Rope for Heart!! Make sure to get all your pledges in. Thursday is the 100th Day! Friday is Sunglasses Day and Sydney is bringing in snacks for the class.

Handwriting/Writing

We are continuing Opinion Writing. The students are doing great giving their opinion for what they like. We are working on supporting their reasons... ex. I like because they are super soft.  ex. Dogs are better because they like to play with you. And continuing to stretch unknown words. On Friday, we will read Eating the Alphabet: Fruits and Vegetables. Then we will discuss making the words plural with -s or -es. **This information is just to inform the students, we do not expect them to follow this rule in Kindergarten. 

Parents: please make sure your child is completing their writing homework and you are not spelling the words for them. We are teaching confidence in writing and getting them to use their sounds. :)

Math

We are continuing addition and subtraction and we will be focusing on the number 100! Make sure to check back and see pictures from our 100 day festivities! :)

Science

We are continuing Gravity. 

Reading

Sight words for the week are: if, her, called and an. Our Word Family lessons will now focus on two word families at a time; they are the -in and -ip family. Practice having your child make words that would belong in the families~ tin, kin, hip, ship, etc.We are continuing our lessons on Kings and Queens. We are reading Cinderella and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. We are discussing the settings, events and sequencing events with pictures. We will be taking a test on Cinderella Wednesday, read the story to your child to ensure a great grade.  **We do not read Snow White until Friday, so please do not complete the sequencing activity in the homework packet until then.**  (Click the underlined story titles to read the stories with your child.) 
Thursday we will be celebrating the 100th day and making our own 100th day books. Be prepared for lots of excitement!! The students LOVE the 100th day. :)

New Slideshows!!

This slideshows are adorable! The pictures show the students wearing their Native American Headbands and then a second one of them wearing their crowns for Kings and Queens. Plus we had the students pair up and we took the cutest pictures!! 

Enjoy! :)

   

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Reading Award

We wanted to showcase our Top Reader, Layla Simmons!! 

Keep up the Great Work Layla!

Please make sure to read at home with your child and log the books on our book log. Every book log returned earns a treasure box toy. :) In case you need an extra book log, click on this link.

Week of January 25

 

Our Resources for the week are: Monday #1-18 ART and #19-31 MUSIC, Tuesday MUSIC, Thursday #1-18 P.E. and #19-31 Computer Lab and Friday ART. Wednesday is an EARLY RELEASE DAY. Friday is Character T-Shirt Day and Layla is bringing in snacks for the class.

**Reminder: Tuesday, February 2 is Jump Rope for Heart. So make sure to get all your pledges in!! Also, mark your calendars because Thursday, February 4 is the 100th Day of K. Our students have worked hard to get to this point. It is a momentous occasion!!**

Handwriting/Writing

We are beginning Opinion Writing. We will be reading two books this week: Pinkalicious and The Recess Queen. We will focus on writing a reason to support our opinion... "I like it." will not be an acceptable response. :) We want MORE!  For example: I like the color blue because it is the color of the sky. :) or another response would be, I liked the part when the girls became friends.
**Please note the students are still stretching unknown words and only writing the sounds they hear. However Sight Words are expected to be spelled correctly if we have taught them in class.)
Friday our Grammar lesson  will be reviewing Nouns. We will be circling the nouns in sentences.
 Here is the Youtube video for The Recess Queen. Watch it with your child and discuss your opinion of either the book or one of the characters. 
 

Math

The 3rd Quarter is here are we are diving into addition and subtraction. As work comes home and home learning sheets arrive you will see something you may be unfamiliar with called number bonds. Number bonds are a set of circles that help children see the relationship between the whole number and its parts. For instance, the number 5 can be broken into different parts like 1 and 4 or 2 and 3. Here is a number bond.

Hopefully by the time you see this in home learning your student will have the beginning understanding of number bonds so they can explain it to you!!

Science

Gravity is a fun law of motion to explore with Kindergarteners. For some reason dropping and throwing objects appeals to them!! :) Here is a short video we will watch that is a great, simple explanation of gravity! 

Reading

Sight words for the week are: been, or, your and little. Our Word Family is the -it family. Practice having your child make words that would belong in the family~ sit, fit, kit, etc.

We are beginning a new Module on Kings and Queens. We will focus on figuring out the meaning of unknown words. The words we will be discussing are: royalty, advantages, treasures and merry. We will also discuss similarities and differences we have with royalty.Then we will end the week with the story King Midas and the Golden Touch. We will sequence the events of the story in order with pictures. Read the story with your child by clicking the title of the story.

American Heart Association #3

We are now up to 5 students making a pledge for the American Heart Association!!

Jordon brought in his slip and earned a lanyard and Super Pup.

Check out the cute pictures below.

We'll add more pictures to this post as the pledges come in and students earn their items.

Sydney earned a lanyard and Super Pup. Then Madison earned the same PLUS Ninja Star!

 

Elliott and Paris both earned a Super Pup and lanyard.

ART CLUB SIGN-UP

 

 ART CLUB FOR KG- 2ND GRADE

On Wednesday,  a form is coming home for your child to enter a lottery for enrollment to art club. Spaces are limited! Please fill out the form in completion and send back to school by January 29th. No entry received after this date will be honored. Mrs. Phillips will announce the lucky members on February 1st in writing. Please remember that completing the form is only an opportunity to be in art club. This is a very popular club so many students do not receive spots. Get your forms in ASAP!!