A Peek At Our Week!

 I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend and enjoyed the beautiful weather! Please see below for announcements and updates from Room 115! 🌞

Important Dates:

May 22nd:

Kindergarten Music Concert

8:45am in the Cafeteria

May 25th:

Memorial Day

No School

June 4th:

Zoo Field Trip!

Announcements:

Kindergarten Field Trip 🦁

On June 4th the Kindergarten classes will be taking a field trip to Franklin Park Zoo! Permission slips were sent home last week. Please note that the cost of the field trip is $4 per child. Do not hesitate to reach out if I can be of any assistance with this fee. More information will be shared as the time gets closer, but please be sure to mark your calendar for this very exciting day!

ABC Countdown!

We had a great time kicking off our ABC Countdown to summer as we celebrated the letters A, B and C last week!

Click here to watch our Anything but a Backpack parade!

Bubble Day! 🫧

We were so glad the weather cooperated long enough for us to celebrate bubble day on Thursday!

Chalk Day 

Curriculum Update:

Reader's Workshop

Last week in Reader's Workshop we continued module (unit) 8 titled From Plant to Plate, and worked hard to answer the essential question: "How do plants become food?" We enjoyed reading the books Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt by Kate Messner, and Earthworms by Lisa J. Amstutz, which helped us build a deeper understanding of this unit's theme. The children also continued to make and check predictions, identify the central idea of a text, and compare and contrast information.

Some students chose to make earthworm crowns at Quiet Time! These special crowns displayed facts we learned last week. Did you know that earthworms do not have eyes OR ears?!? 🪱

Phonics

Last week in phonics we continued to practice reading words with initial/beginning blends, or when two consonant letters appear before the vowel. The focus of our learning was blends with the letter r, and the students did a great job decoding words such as crab, drop, and grin.

Math

In math we continue to practice solving addition and subtraction story/word problems, and circled back to measurement last week as well!

Another highlight of our week was visiting Mrs. Hix's classroom and helping her second grade students with a measurement project they were working on!

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's week is off to a great start! The month of May is a busy one in Kindergarten. Please see the following updates below. ⛅

Important Dates:

May 15th:

Early Release

May 22nd:

Kindergarten Music Concert

May 25th:

Memorial Day

No School

June 4th:

Zoo Field Trip!

Announcements:

ABC Countdown

It's hard to believe that the end of the school year is almost here! In Kindergarten, we like to celebrate the last few weeks of school by doing an ABC countdown to summer. Each day we will on a different letter and participate in activities that begin with that letter. The fun will begin on Wednesday, May 13th with the letter A and "Anything But a Backpack" day. Please have your child bring their Boyden folder, lunch, etc. in a creative container such as a gift bag, pillowcase, crate...anything but a backpack! A complete list of activities was sent home with your child on Friday. It is important to note that the majority of actvities will not require the children to do or bring anything in from home (I realize this is a crazy time of year for families as well). Please don't hesitate to let me know if you have any questions!

Kindergarten Field Trip 🦁

On June 4th the Kindergarten classes will be taking a field trip to Franklin Park Zoo! Permission slips were sent home yesterday (Monday). More information will be shared as the time gets closer, but please be sure to mark your calendar for this very exciting day!

May 4th!

We enjoyed celebrating May 4th with a fun Star Wars themed geometry craft! May the 4th be with you!

Touch a Truck! 🚓

Last Thursday students in grades K-2 enjoyed a fantastic Touch a Truck event right at Boyden School! The children got to explore a police cruiser and truck, while also giving a quick pat to Rebel. A big thank you to Ms. Lemmler and Mrs. Audrey for organizing this wonderful opportunity!

Curriculum Update:

Reader's Workshop

Last week in Reader's Workshop we began module (unit) 8 titled From Plant to Plate. During this unit we will work to answer the essential question: "How do plants become food?" and started building our understanding by reading the books Plants Feed Me by Lizzy Rockwell, and Planting Seeds by Kathryn Clay. We also made and checked predictions, identified the central idea of a text, and put steps in a sequence.

Math

In math the class practiced counting and comparing numbers last week. Bug Catchers and Count and Compare Bugs were two new games they learned to help develop these skills. This week, we will circle back to the concept of measurement as we measure various lengths using nonstandard units.

Science

It has been an exciting time for science in Room 115! Last week we welcomed five furry caterpillars into our classroom and have enjoyed watching them grow SO much already! We will continue to observe our new friends over the next several weeks as we witness the stages of the caterpillar life cycle and watch them transform into beautiful butterflies. 🐛🦋

The children also learned about the steps for how to grow a plant, and enjoyed planting their own radish seeds! This activity aligned perfectly with the two mentor texts we were read as part of our HMH reading curriculum! 

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 despite the dreary weather! Please see below for pictures and updates from Room 115! ⛅💮

Important Dates:

May 15th:

Early Release

May 22nd:

Kindergarten Music Concert

More details to follow!

May 25th:

Memorial Day

No School

Announcements:

Tyler Can!

On Wednesday we enjoyed a visit from Boyden parent, school committee member, and now author Kari Denitzio who shared her book Tyler Can! with us. This inspirational story features Tyler Forgeron, a young man with autism from Walpole who started collecting cans during COVID to stay busy. His efforts have continued since the pandemic ended, and Tyler has used the funds he has collected to make charitable donations to many local causes. We are excited to add a copy of Tyler Can! to our classroom library, and can't thank the Boyden PAC enough for their generosity! 💙🧡

Lost and Found

This sweatshirt is looking for it's owner. Please let me know if it belongs to your child! 😊

Curriculum Update:

Reader's Workshop

In Reader's Workshop we continued to ask the essential question: "What can I learn when I look closely?" as we brought module (unit) 7 to a close. We enjoyed reading the books Hey, Little Ant by Phillip Hoose, and a nonfiction text titled: Ants by Lisa J. Amstatz. These books provided us with practice identifying the topic and central idea of a text, making connections, and identifying opinions and reasons. In the week ahead we will begin module 8 which is titled From Plant to Plate and poses the essential question: "How do plants become food?". 

Math

In math last week we practiced our estimation skills! The class enjoyed estimating the number of counters, cubes, plastic bears and mini erasers that were put in our estimation jar each morning. We also practiced counting  by 10s and ones to get the exact number of items once our estimates were submitted. The estimation jar was such a hit that we will continue to fill it with fun items at least once a week for the rest of the year!

Along with estimation, we also continued to practice solving word problems/number stories! Emphasis was placed on subtraction stories as subtraction tends to be a bit trickier for most students. To help strengthen our understanding, we read the book Monster Musical Chairs, and then enjoyed playing a game of musical chairs in our classroom!

Phonics

In phonics we reviewed all of the digraphs that have been taught over the past few weeks. These include sh, ch, ck, wh and ng. In the week ahead the class will learn about words with beginning blends such as clam, frog, and stop.

The class enjoyed completing a Write the Room activity where they had to identify the beginning digraph for each picture. ✎

Writer's Workshop

In Writer's Workshop we began our unit on narrative/personal experience writing! We learned that narrative writing is a true story about something that really happened to you. It follows the typical story sequence and includes a beginning, middle, and end. As we build our understanding of this genre, we are all working to write a book about the first time we filled our classroom reward jar! I am SO proud of how hard all of the children are working, and can't believe how far their writing skills have come since the beginning of the school year!

Art Fun! 🎨

The class was busy making amazing paper creations in art last week!

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! 🍎📖🚌