A Peek at the Week...

Math:

This week in math we have been focusing on measuring.  We have used Popsicle sticks, locking cubes and paperclips to measure a variety of items around the classroom.  Some of our math vocabulary words are shorter, longer, taller, measure, estimate, and same.

Reading/Phonics:

Letters: V and W

Words: can, or

Daily 5:  We are in full swing with all 5 of our stations.  Ask your child which is their favorite. 

Social Studies: Solving problems

Reminders:

Please make sure your child has warm clothes for recess.  We go outside as long as the temp/windchill is 0 degrees and above.  Snowpants, boots, hats, WARM mittens.  Please make sure to label all items as many are the same.  

If you haven't sent in the scrapbook page/baby picture I need them ASAP.  Please contact me if you need supplies.

LATE START: December 12th- wear your Irish Pride shirt

If you want your child to have snack cart, please contact the office.  

A Peek at the Week...

Math:

This week in math we continue to work on decomposing numbers.  We have worked on 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10.  Next we will begin with the vocabulary words more and fewer.  

Reading/Phonics:  

Letters: Oo, Pp-this week Qq and Rr

Snap words we have learned: a, the, and, is, I, on, to, it, an, in-this week do, he

PALS:  We are in full swing with our PALS program.  This is Partner Assisted Leaning Strategies.  We love taking turns being the coach and the reader!  Ask your child about this!

Daily 5:  We have been working on building up our stamina.  We have learned Read to Self and Work on Writing.  This week we will begin learning about Read to Someone, Word Work and Listen to a story.  

Social Studies:

Last week we learned all about Veteran's Day and what it means to be a veteran.  We made a soldier project and thanked Veteran's for their service.

Reminders:

Tuesday, November 14th-LATE START-Wear your Irish Pride shirts

NO SCHOOL: November 23-24 for Thanksgiving Holiday

A Peek at the Week...

Math:

This week in math we finished up our work on 2D and 3D shapes!  We've discovered they are all around us!  We started our next unit which involves decomposing numbers.  By doing this we are gaining a solid number sense.  We started with the number 6.  We discovered that there were multiple ways to make a six. Ex. 2, and 4, 1 and 5, 3 and 3, etc.  We will be decomposing the numbers 7, 8 and 9 this week.  

Reading/Phonics:

Letters: Kk and Ll

Snap words: to, it

Daily 5: We started learning about Read to Self.  This is the first of 5 centers we will learn about.  These are independent learning stations.  We work on building up our "stamina."  The rules for Daily 5 are: read quietly, read the whole time, stay in one spot, and take care of your books.  We will continue this week to build this stamina up to 10 minutes.  Then we can learn a new station-work on writing.

Social Studies:

This week we worked on knowing what a good choice vs a bad choice is and that with every situation we have a choice to make.  

Next Week Reminders:

Tuesday-HALLOWEEN- we will be having a party from 1-3.  You may send in a costume for your child-PLEASE SEND IT IN, NOT WEARING IT, WE WILL CHANGE INTO IT AFTER LUNCH.  Also, please no violent costumes and accessories.  Thanks!

A Peek at the last few weeks...

FYI:  I've been having trouble uploading some of our latest pictures,  I am working on getting those up on Bloomz.  If you haven't signed up for the Bloomz app or need the instructions again, please let me know.  That is where I post our pictures. 

Math:  We spent a week reviewing our 2D shapes and then began our study of 3D shapes.  We will continue with 3D shapes for a couple more days and then begin breaking down numbers.  Ex. 6 is actually 1 and 5, 2 and 4, 3 and 3.  We call this decomposing numbers.  Learning and understanding what a number is will help with further math instruction. 

Reading/Phonics:

We have learned the letters Aa-Jj.  Next week we will continue with Kk and Ll.  

Snap words: We have learned a, the, and, is, I, and on.  Next week we will be working on the words to and it.  Keep working on those words at home!  If you need new flashcard sheets just let me know.

Social Studies: We have been working on rules/laws and being a good citizen.  We also worked a lot last week on fire safety.  Make sure to talk with your children about their "plan" in case there was a fire at home.  Create a "meeting place" outside your home.  

Handwriting:  We started our study of writing our letters.  Make sure to remind your child to "start their letters at the top!"  Also, we will begin working on writing our names with lower case letters.  

Next Week...

We will begin learning about our Daily 5 time.  This is a structure where the students will be working independently on center activities including; read to self, read to a buddy, word work, listen to a story, and work on writing.  During these activities I will be able to take small groups of students back to begin our guided reading lessons.  Watch for a book bag coming home soon!

Pals Time:

Next week we will also begin something called PALS. During this time, the students will be paired up and take turns being the "coach" and the "student."  Here we will work on letter and sound fluency to begin with and then work on sight word and reading fluency.  

REMINDER:

If you haven't done so yet, please send in the scrapbook page as well as a baby picture to school ASAP.  Thanks!

Thanks for patience in getting our pictures uploaded!  I hope you all enjoyed the beautiful weekend!

A Peek at the Week...

Math: 

This week in math we continued our work on same and different.  We continue to build our muscle memory writing the numbers 1-5.

Reading/Phonics:

Letters E and F

Sight words: a, the

Social Studies:

How to be a good citizen.

-School Rules

-Rules at Home

Name Focus:

Each day we study a friend's name.  We count letters, count syllables, cheer their name and make a special book about each friend.

Next Week...

Math: 2D shape review

Letters: G and H

Sight words: and, is

Tuesday: Storybook Reader

Wednesday: First day of Art 

Upcoming Dates:

Tuesday, October 10th: LATE START-wear your Irish Pride Shirt!

National Hot Lunch Day

Wednesday, October 11th: Fieldtrip to the Fire Station 1:00

October 11th: Book Fair Starts

Friday, October 13th: Picture Retakes

October 16 and 17th: Evening conferences

October 18th: NO SCHOOL-All day conferences

October 19-20th: NO SCHOOL 

We've been busy...

We have been learning a lot about rules and expectations and how to be at school.  Our words we use are expected and unexpected.  We also talk about what it should look like, sound like and feel like when we are showing expected.

How to fill a bucket!  Mrs. Weninger read a story called How Full is your Bucket and we read the story Have you Filled a Bucket Today.  Everyone has an invisible bucket and we can fill buckets by saying and doing nice things for others.  We also dip into people's buckets when we say or do mean things.

Math: We have been working on same/different.  We have been sorting shapes in multiple ways.

Phonics/Reading:  

Letters: Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd

A Few reminders....

This week is Homecoming and we will be participating in the following dress up days.

Monday: Red, white and blue day

Wednesday: Wellness Wednesday

Thursday: Class Color Day-K kids wear PURPLE

Friday: School Spirit Day

If you haven't sent in your scrapbook page, baby picture, family pic or classroom fund, please send in ASAP.  If you need supplies or need me to print off pictures, let me know.

Welcome to Kindergarten!!!

I am so excited to meet you all and your families!  Check out the video below to learn more about me and my family!  

Welcome Video 2017-2018 from Annie Jost on Vimeo.

A Peek at the Week...

I'm having a little difficulty getting some pictures added so I will do that as soon as I can!


A few fun dates coming up...

NO SCHOOL Friday April 14th
STEAM presentation at school April 19th
Kindergarten Music concert-April 27th
May 9th-Late start
May 11th- Class picture day and our Fieldtrip to Stages Theatre!  We will take our class picture right away in the morning before we leave.  Watch for a field trip permission slip coming home next Wednesday.
Track and Field Day- Friday May 26th
NO SCHOOL-May 29th-Memorial Day
Last day of School and Kindergarten Graduation-Friday June 2nd!
(Our K graduation will be in the afternoon)  



Happy Birthday to...Caleb!

Math: This week we worked on number bonds as well as fair/share, equal parts.  We will also continue our study of number bonds.  

Reading/Phonics: 

Snap words: will and use, your and words

Word families: it and ot, ug, are, ing

Reading Strategy: Skippy the Frog, Flippy Dolphin, Tryin' Lion

We enjoyed a wonderful lunch in the classroom because of our Spring Break homework.  Thanks for supporting your child!

I hope to have my pictures up soon-sorry for the delay!

A Peek at the past few weeks...

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