Weekly News (Feb. 5-16)

It's been an exciting two weeks in kindergarten! Celebrating the 100th Day of School, participating in Global Play Day, and having our Valentine's Day party were just a few of our highlights!

Global Play Day
The children not only LOVED playing on Global Play Day, they also loved the freedom and independence that came along with deciding what and how they wanted to spend their time playing. This unstructured playtime was a great opportunity for students to work through challenges, to learn how to compromise, and to strengthen friendships. Take a peek at us in action below!

100th Day of School
The class was excited to celebrate our 100th Day of School! We used dot paint to create a collection of 100 gumballs and wrote about what we would do with $100. So many clever ideas! We used a highlighter to find the number 100, and we shared our collections of 100 items. We organized our bottle collections from least full to most full, and the children were amazed at how different 100 items could be!

Valentine's Day
A big thank you to all of the parents who volunteered to help at our Valentine's Day parties! The kids had a great time passing out their Valentines Day cards, making love bug crowns, and playing a few different games. Click on the links below to see some photos from our parties! Thank you class photographers!!

Morning Class Photos

Afternoon Class Photos

All About Me

The morning class loved learning about Ryan and Hailey! We learned that Ryan loves waffles, and he is a big fan of monster trucks. Ryan also loves the color blue, and he likes playing with his action figures. He also loves building with Legos, but he likes making Lego people the best--especially Star Wars characters!

We LOVE Mo Willems! Thank you so much to
Ryan's mom and brother A.J. for coming in to read!

The morning class loved learning all about Hailey too. We learned that Hailey enjoys playing with her Barbie collection, and she loves to read "Little Miss" books. Hailey also likes to swim, and she enjoys getting her nails done. Her favorite colors are pink and purple, and she loves to dance! Hailey also enjoys spending time with her family and her dog Gunner at her family's lake house!

Two GREAT stories!!
Thank you so much to Hailey's mom and brother Tyler
for coming in to read!

The afternoon class loved learning all about Sarah and Noah! We learned that Sarah loves Disney characters, especially Cinderella and Daisy Duck. She also likes to color, and her favorite colors are orange and purple. Sarah likes to play with her stuffed animals and her toy train, and she likes to wear fun hair accessories. Sarah also enjoys swimming and spending time with her family!

A big thank you to Sarah's mom and her sister for coming in to read a sweet story
titled Peck, Peck, Peck!

 We also loved learning all about Noah. We learned that Noah was born in Scotland, and he enjoys traveling and spending time with his family. Noah is very creative and enjoys making arts and crafts. His favorite color is orange, and he enjoys his stuffed animal collection. Noah also likes to support good causes like "Red Nose Day!" 

What a great story from Scottish author Julia Donaldson!
We loved Jack and the Flumflum Tree!
Thank you to Noah's mom for sharing it with us!

Hope everyone has a great week!

Thanks so much for reading!

Click HERE to see all the photos from the last couple of weeks!

Weekly News (Jan. 22-Feb. 2)

Math
This week we finished our unit on numbers 0-20 with a focus on teen numbers. Next week we will begin our shape unit that will focus on the features of 2 and 3-dimensional shapes. The students will learn about the similarities and differences between squares, rectangles, triangles, and circles. They will also terms such as corner, edge, and face to help describe and name different shapes.

Sequencing Numbers AM

Sequencing Numbers PM

Groundhog Day Roll-and-Cover

Literacy
Reading Workshop
This week during reading workshop, we revisited the book How Bees Make Honey to help us learn strategies to figure out the meaning of unfamiliar words. Using some of the strategies from our "S-T-O-P-I-T!" chart, we were able to better understand the meaning of the words--cells, mate, and nectar.

We also read the book Healthy Habits and learned how to identify key details that support the big idea of the text. While listening to the book, the students acted like detectives and used good thinking skills as they worked to figure out how all the facts fit together to support the big idea--there are many things we can do to keep our bodies healthy every day. After examining the table of contents, reading the headings, and thinking about the big idea, the students were able to identify the following habits we should do everyday to stay healthy:

1. Eat good foods like fruit, eggs, and nuts

2. Drink plenty of milk and water

3. Clean and protect our skin

4. Brush and floss our teeth

5. Play hard for exercise

6. Get lots of sleep

Writing Workshop

The children continue to gain confidence in themselves as writers every week. They are working hard to match up letters with the sounds they hear, and they are beginning to include the following elements in their writing:

• Capital letter at the beginning of each sentence
• Spaces between words
• Lowercase letters throughout each sentence
• Period at the end of each sentence

Groundhog Day

In honor of Groundhog Day and as a math extension, we made predictions about whether or not Punxsutawney Phil would see his shadow on Groundhog Day. We graphed our predictions and then watched Phil as he came out of his hole to see if he saw his shadow. Looks like there will be six more weeks of winter!

All About Me

The morning class loved learning about Jessica and all of her favorite things. We learned that Jessica enjoys playing with her Shopkins and her Peppa Pig figurines. She also likes soccer, and she is a big fan of all things Disney. Jessica also enjoys coloring and spending time with her family!

Thank you to Jessica's mom for coming in to read a
fun Dr. Seuss story!

We had a great time learning all about Samuel too. We learned that Samuel enjoys drawing and coloring, and his favorite color is yellow. We also learned that Samuel enjoys building with Legos and spending time with his family!

Donald Duck Buys a House--What a fun story!
Thank you to Samuel's mom for coming in to read to us!

Our afternoon class loved learning about Alex and all of his favorite things! We learned that Alex loves dinosaurs and building with Legos. He also enjoys playing with his car collection and his action figures. Alex also likes math and spending time with his family!

We had a great time learning about Ainsley and all of her favorite things too! We learned that Ainsley is a big fan of Dr. Seuss, and she enjoys playing games like Bop It! Ainsley also likes playing with her Shopkins, and her favorite color is red. She likes to dance and spend time with her family too!

Thank you to Ainsley's mom for coming in to read
Harry the Dirty Dog--such a cute story!

Thanks for reading!

To see more pictures from the week, click HERE.

Have a great week!