A Peek At Our Week!

    I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! A friendly reminder that it is a VERY short week with a full day of school tomorrow and a half day on Tuesday. I hope you have a happy holiday season and I look forward to continuing my work with your children in the new year! ❆

Important Dates:

December 23rd:

Comfy Cozy Day; Wear Your PJs to school!

Last Day Before Break

Early Release

December 24th-January 4th:

Winter Break ❆

No School

January 5th:

School Reopens

Announcements:

Q and U Wedding! 🩷

The highlight of our week was celebrating the wedding of the letters Q and U on Friday! Please enjoy a few pictures from our celebration below. 

The wedding shower for Q and U was a big success!

The class enjoyed coloring the aisle at the reception (aka indoor recess 😊).

Mrs. Arnold is busy editing the video of the wedding ceremony! Stay tuned!

Thanks so much for taking a peek at our week! Please check back soon to watch us learn, grow, and play in the wonderful world that is K! 🍎📖🚌

A Peek At Our Week!

   I hope everyone is enjoying this snowy Sunday! This week will be a busy and exciting one as we head into the last full week of school in 2025! ⛄

Important Dates:

December 19th:

Q and U Wedding

See Below for Details!

December 23rd:

Comfy Cozy Day; Wear Your PJs to school!

Last Day Before Break

Early Release

December 24th-January 4th:

Winter Break ❆

No School

January 5th:

School Reopens

Announcements

Q and U Wedding

I'm excited to announce that our class will be having a wedding for the letters Q and U this Friday, December 19th (click here for all the details!). If possible, please have your child bring a wrapped/packaged item (or picture of an item) that begins with the letter Q and/or U (q-tips, quilt, quarter, unicorn, umbrella, etc.) for the wedding shower that will take place before the ceremony. I realize it's short notice (and a busy time of year), so I will have plenty of gifts available in the classroom as well. Students are also welcome to dress up for the occasion if they would like to!

Wish List

Our classroom is currently in need of Clorox/Lysol wipes. Any contributions would be great appreciated! 😊

Curriculum Update:

Reader's Workshop

We began our next unit of stories (Module 4) in Reader's Workshop last week. In this module the students will work to answer the essential question, "How can I be my healthiest me?". We read the books Being Fit by Valerie Bodden, and Germs are not for Sharing by Elizabeth Verdick to help us start to answer this question. We also discussed the meaning behind the words: energy, exercise, and healthy, and practiced identifying the topic and central idea in informational texts. In phonics, the students learned about the letter u and practiced reading the sight/heart word "like". 

Math

Learning about number lines continued to be the primary focus of our math lessons last week. The class learned two fun games which helped them practice sequencing the numbers 1-10 on a number line. 

Writer's Workshop

In Writer's Workshop we kicked off a new unit all about opinion writing! Last week we gave our opinion on our favorite food, and favorite way to stay healthy. The children are doing a fantastic job with their writing and continue to work hard to stretch out the sounds they hear in words, and write Kindergarten sight words to finish and/or construct sentences. 

Learning is Always Better with Friends! 💙🧡

Thanks for taking a peek at our week! Please check back soon as we learn, grow, and play in the wonderful world that is K! 🍎📖🚌

A Peek At Our Week!

     I hope everyone had a great weekend! It was another busy week in Kindergarten. Please enjoy the pictures and updates below! 😊

Important Dates:

December 12th:

Early Release

11:55pm Dismissal

December 23rd:

Early Release

11:55pm Dismissal

December 24th-January 4th:

Winter Break ❆

No School

January 5th:

School Reopens

Announcements:

Gifts for Kids 🎁

This is a friendly reminder that any donations to the Gift for Kids program are due tomorrow, Monday, December 8th. Thank you SO much for your generosity, and for supporting a local child in need. It is greatly appreciated!

Curriculum Update:

Into Reading

Last week we completed Module 3 in our Into Reading curriculum, and worked hard to answer the question: "What makes a community?". The books A Piece of Home by Jeri Watts and Bo and Peter by Besty Franco helped us deepen our understanding of what a community is, and why communities are important. In phonics we learned about the letters l and j and practiced reading the sight/heart word all.

Did you know I have a hidden talent? I can do magic! Ask your child how I used my magic bag to practice last week's sight/heart word! 

Math

It was a busy time in math as the children practiced counting numbers as 5 and "some more". We also took a deeper look at number lines and created a giant one on our classroom rug! The class had a great time working together to sequence numbers and label the parts of a number line.

The class also learned to play a game called Fives Up which helped them practice the different ways to make the number 5.

Writing

This week in Writer's Workshop the children will be introduced to opinion writing! They will learn that an opinion is how you think or feel about a given topic, and that our opinions can't be wrong. We will use our sight word of the week "like" to write about our favorite part of our classroom or school, and even began to provide reasons for our opinions. It sure will be a busy week for writing!

A Peek Inside Specials 👀

It was an exciting week as the students enjoyed using BeeBots in media/stem and Boomwackers in music while also learning about the Nutcracker ballet! 

Click here to listen to us play!

The students also got to create with clay in art! 🎨

Thanks so much for taking a peek at our week! Please check back soon to watch us learn, grow, and play in the wonderful world that is K! 🍎📖🚌

A Peek At Our Week!

    I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! I'm looking forward to welcoming my Room 115 friends back tomorrow! 😊

Important Dates:

December 6th:

Holiday Breakfast 

December 12th:

Early Release

11:55pm Dismissal

December 23rd:

Early Release

11:55pm Dismissal

December 24th-January 4th:

Winter Break ❆

No School

January 5th:

School Reopens

Announcements:

Gym Tomorrow!

Our class will have gym as our special tomorrow. Please make sure that your child wears sneakers to school so that they are able to participate. A full December specials calendar will be sent home in your child's Boyden folder tomorrow afternoon. 

Gifts for Kids

A friendly reminder that our class is sponsoring a child for the holidays through the Gifts for Kids program. If you would like to contribute a gift, please send me an email or quick note to let me know that your child has permission to pick a tag from the class poster. Click here for more info. Thank you!

Curriculum Update

Our short week before the holiday break was a great time to complete many fall and Thanksgiving themed activities! A highlight was getting together with our fifth grade buddies once again. During our visit we enjoyed the story Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet, and learned all about the amazing balloons that appear each year during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade. Our buddies then helped us make our own balloons for the second annual balloons over Boyden parade! 🎈

Click here to watch the parade! 🦃

Parade Part 2

Thanks so much for taking a peek at our week! Please check back soon to watch us learn, grow, and play in the wonderful world that is K! 🚌📖🍎

A Peek At Our Week!

 I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! The week ahead is a short but busy one. Wishing all of my Room 115 families a very happy Thanksgiving! 🦃

Important Dates:

November 26th:

Early Release

November 27th & 28th:

No School

Thanksgiving Break

Announcements:

Gifts for Kids 🎁

Our class will once again be participating in the Gifts for Kids program this holiday season (this notice with details was sent home on Friday). If you would like to contribute a gift, please send me an email or quick note to let me know that your child has permission to pick a tag from the class poster.  Thank you!

Thank you to Jake and Timmy from Mrs. Ivatts' 4th grade class for creating and delivering our Gifts for Kids poster!

Wish List

Our classroom is currently in need of:

• Hand Sanitizer

Any contributions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much in advance for your generosity!

Curriculum Update:

Into Reading

Last week we continued Module 3 in our Into Reading curriculum, and worked hard to answer the question: "What makes a community?". The books A Bucket of Blessings by Kabir Sehgal and Bo and Peter by Besty Franco helped us deepen our understanding of what a community is, and why communities are important. We also practiced how to retell a story, as well as identify the theme of a given text. In phonics, the students learned the letters g and h and practiced reading the sight word "said". 

Math

Last week the class was introduced to the concept of subtraction! We learned that subtracting means to "take away" and we can write subtraction number sentences (or equations) with the - and = symbols.

Writer's Workshop

Our writing has grown leaps and bounds in the past few weeks and I couldn't be more impressed with the children's progress! We have been stretching out our words to write labels with even more sounds, and last week, used sight words to begin to write full sentences. It sure is an exciting time in Room 115 for writing!

SEL

We were excited to welcome Ms. Lemmler into our classroom for her November SEL lesson! During her visit the students discussed what they are thankful for in preparation for the upcoming holiday.

A Look Inside Specials! 👀

P.E.

The class had a great time with scarves!

Music 𝅘𝅥𝅮

Media/Stem

The children enjoyed building and checking out new books last week in Media/Stem!

Thanks so much for taking a peek at our week! Please check back soon to watch us learn, grow, and play in the wonderful world that is K! 🍎📖🚌