Fundraiser!! Candles and Cookies

Yesterday we had an assembly for our Yankee Candle and Family Classic Fundraiser. The kids loved the assembly and were super excited about the Dino Prizes!! :)

The Fundraiser runs until February 22. On that date, all brochure orders and monies are due.

 

We don't have any extra packets, but we were informed you could order online. :)   The website is: www.yankeecandlefundraising.com and our Group Number is 990029914.

**The class that turns in the  most coupons every day receives the inflatable dinosaur "REX!" And if a student sells 10 items, they get to go to the Dino Party!!**

Super Bowl 50

 

Every student that enters the room Monday and tells us who the Super Bowl Winner is earns a treat! 

Thanks for all your support with our class blog and always checking out our posts!

Week of Feb. 8

Our Resources for the week are: Monday #1-18 P.E. and #19-31 GUIDANCE, Tuesday P.E., Wednesday ART and Friday MUSIC. Thursday is our  Safety Matters lesson with our Guidance Counselor Ms. Rose. On Friday we will be passing out our Valentine's to our friends. Make sure your child's cards are all filled out or they will not be able to pass them out to their friends. Also, make sure to wear Red to show your LOVE for your classmates and Zavion is bringing in snacks for the class. 

On Wednesday Jordon joins the six year old club! 

And don't forget, there is no school on Monday, February 15. :)

Handwriting/Writing

We are going to be listening to stories and discussing a part of the story we liked and a part we did not like. We will also be bringing our Writing Checklist back out and checking our own writing. The students have been producing amazing writing!! We are aiming towards writing multiple sentences in a piece.
(Check back on the Dec. 9th post to see our Writing Checklist.)

Math

Our Kindergarten class is tackling addition and subtraction. Part of the Duval Math includes the use of number bonds to explore composing and decomposing numbers. Students discover the exciting relationships of how numbers can be joined together and broken apart.
 Here is an example of a number bond.
The 5 is the whole group and the 2&3 represent parts of that number. Students will learn to apply equations such as: 5= 2+3 or 5-2=3 to represent the bond that is presented. We are excited to see how quickly the class is catching on to this "big kid" concept!

Science

Last week we saw what it looks like to be without gravity! We shared video clips from the space shuttle and space station. The class loved them! This week we will continue exploring gravity and see some more of examples of life on the space station. Here is one of our favorites!

Reading

Sight words for the week are: big, many, now and his. Our Word Family lessons will now focus on two word families at a time; they are the -ill and -ick family. Practice having your child make words that would belong in the families~ pill, sick, hill, flick, etc. We are completing our Module on Kings and Queens with a 10 question test. The test will cover Vocabulary and the stories that were typed up on the blog.

Towards the end of the week we will read The Night Before Valentine's Day.

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. :)