Whittier Kindergarten

Whittier Kindergarten

Sunday, April 13, 2014

Beautiful Sunday...

Hi everyone!

What a beautiful weekend we've had.  I need to share these funny pictures of Emma.  Today we spent the morning judging cross country horse trials.  We were allowed to bring Emma and she seemed to think that it was fun to watch/chase the horses.


 
That girl sure is brave!!!
 
I apologize for not posting last week...I had planned to do so on Monday evening and it got away from me.  A few reminders for this week...
 
-We will extend our homework for the 3 day week
-We have library book exchange tomorrow
-Monday will have a book mark decorating contest (each student's book mark is sent to the library and the winning book marks are copied and distributed - have your student think about their favorite book, and how they would like to promote the book)
-Tuesday is dress as your favorite book character - last year I was  Pinkalicious...this year the K team is dressing up together!
-Wednesday is our CiCi's pizza party during lunch time
-Thank you to all of the families that attend our CiCi's fundraiser!
-Please return your student's permission slip before Tuesday so they can enjoy pizza!
 
We started our Friday lunch bunch this week.  I eat lunch with 5 students in the classroom.  It is so nice to talk about the things they like to do outside of school.  We also talk about what they would like to learn about in the remaining months of kindergarten...dinosaurs...how to bake cookies...etc....lol.  We don't have enough time to just...TALK!!  Every student will have a turn to eat lunch with me!
 
Just a reminder, in case you have forgotten...we have 3 day week.  I hope everyone has a great spring break!
 
This week...
 
Word Study - We are introducing word families.  We will find word family words (-ug, bug, rug, -en, -at, ip, etc) in text (books/poetry).  Students will also have independent practice with word families during centers. 
 
Sight Words - that, the (review)
 
Reading - We will continue with close reading.  We are currently reading Memoirs of a Goldfish, and we will read Petunia this week. 
 
Science - We studied the season last week.  This week we are looking into weather.  The students have created their own weather folder.  We will track the weather over the next 12 days.  We will review our 5 senses and discuss how we experience the weather through our senses. 
 
Writing - Last week we researched a few different animals and recorded key details.  This week, students will choose one of those animals and write a report. 
 
Math - We will review 2D and 3D shapes and positional words. 
 
I hope you enjoy these photos.  Community helper day was a success.  We loved learning about different jobs in the community.  Oh, and the kiddos LOVED the goodies. 
 







 
One of our reading groups performed a readers theatre for the class....props and everything.  This is something I would like to do with all groups before the end of the year.



 
You should have received your student's report card in their take-home folder on Friday.  If you have any questions regarding the report card, please let me know.  I cannot believe it is quarter 4.  Time flies when you're having fun.  Have a super week!
 
 

 


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