A Peek At Our Week!

 It was another busy week in Room 115! Please enjoy a few highlights below! 😊

Important Dates:

November 10th:

Picture Retake Day

November 11th:

No School

Veteran's Day

November 12th:

Parent/Teacher Conferences (5-7pm)

November 14th:

Early Release

Parent/Teacher Conferences (12:45-2:45pm)

Turkey in Disguise Projects Due

November 18th:

Parent/Teacher Conferences (5-7 pm)

November 26th:

Early Release

November 27th &28th:

No School

Thanksgiving Break

Announcements:

Parent/Teacher Conferences

A friendly reminder that Parent/Teacher Conferences begin this week! If you have not signed up to meet with me but would still like to schedule a time, please email me directly as the online scheduler is now closed. I'm looking forward to meeting with everyone and discussing your child's progress in Kindergarten!

Turkey in Disguise Project

On Friday your child brought home a fun family project, to disguise a Thanksgiving turkey! Please work together to make your child's turkey NOT look like a turkey (some great ideas were provided in the notice). Your child should return their decorated turkey to school by Friday, November 14th. Thank you! 🦃

Fun Run/Bulldog Dash!

Our first ever Fun Run/Bulldog Dash was a HUGE success! The children did an amazing job on Friday as they ran, walked, and danced their hearts out! 💙🧡

A visit from Buddy before the big event! 🐾

Curriculum Update:

Into Reading

Last week we began Module 3 in our Into Reading curriculum! The theme of this unit is My Community Heroes, and last week we worked hard to answer the question: "What makes a community?". The books Places in my Community by Bobbie Kalman and Map My Neighborhood by Jennifer Boothroyd both helped us deepen our understanding of what a community is and why communities are important. Through our lessons we also revisited the genre of informational text, and identified the topic, central idea, and key details of a given stories. In phonics, the we learned about the letters p and f and practiced reading the sight/heart words of and for. 

Math

In math last week the last began to explore the concept of "one more" and "one less". Mastering this concept will prepare the children to begin learning about addition and subtraction in the upcoming weeks. 

The students above practice identifying the number that is "one more" while playing a fun roll and cover game.

Writing

In Writer's Workshop the class continues to practice labeling. On Friday we had fun coloring and labeling a picture of Buddy the Bulldog in honor of the Bulldog Dash! 

Social Studies

Last week in Social Studies we began to learn about Veteran's Day! The class also made cards that will be passed out to veterans at Texas Roadhouse on Tuesday. Please feel free to send me any pictures you have of veterans you have in your family. I would love to share them with the class! 

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 of K! 🍎📖🚌

A Peek At Our Week!

  I hope you enjoyed the beautiful fall weekend! Please see below for announcements, pictures, and updates from Room 115. 🍁🍂

Important Dates:

November 7th:

Boyden Fun Run 

9:00-9:30am

Parents are invited to watch! 🧡💙

November 10th:

Picture Retake Day

November 11th:

No School

Veteran's Day

November 12th:

Parent/Teacher Conferences (5-7pm)

November 14th:

Early Release

Parent/Teacher Conferences (12:45-2:45pm)

November 18th:

Parent/Teacher Conferences (5-7 pm)

November 26th:

Early Release

November 27th &28th:

No School

Thanksgiving Break

Announcements:

Parent/Teacher Conferences

Parent/Teacher Conferences will be taking place this month on the evenings of November 12th and 18th, and the afternoon of November 14th. The link to sign up was provided in Mr. Dearborn's Smore last week. CLICK HERE to find an appointment time that works for you! I look forward to our meeting!

*Please note that the conference scheduler closes tonight, Sunday, November 2nd!

Pumpkin Fun!

Friday was a spectacular time for science and math as we participated in some pumpkin fun! We began our exploration by learning about the parts of a pumpkin and the pumpkin life cycle. All of this learning culminated in an exciting activity that involved opening and exploring a real pumpkin!

Seed counting was another exciting (and gooey!) part of our pumpkin exploration. We were shocked to learn that our pumpkin had 392 seeds! That's A LOT of seeds!

We also enjoyed reading the story Spookley the Square Pumpkin by Joe Troiano. This was the perfect book to enjoy as we finished module 2 in our literacy curriculum which focused on the theme that our differences are what make us unique and special! 

Curriculum Update:

Into Reading

Last week we completed Module 2 in our Into Reading program as we read the books Tiny Rabbits Big Wish and My Friends as we continued to answer the question: What makes each of us special? We also continued to review synonyms and antonyms, and identified the problem and solution in the stories we read. In phonics, we learned about the sound and formation of the letters p and c, and practiced reading the sight/heart words was and you.

Math

In math last week we completed module/unit 2 by exploring numbers that make 10! To practice this skill, we learned to play a new game called Beat you to 10 which the children enjoyed playing with a partner.

Writing

In writing we learned all about labeling! A label is a word that tells what something is, and can help readers to better understand our work. Last week the students practiced labeling objects in our classroom, school, and even ME! At this point in the school year most of our labels consist of the beginning sounds we hear in words. Students who are ready are encouraged to stretch out the words they are writing and include as many sounds as they can! 

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 you enjoyed the beautiful fall weekend! Please see below for announcements, pictures, and updates from Room 115. 🍁🍂

Important Dates:

October 31st:

Black and Orange Spirit Day! 🖤🧡

November 7th:

Boyden Fun Run (More Info to Follow)

November 10th:

Picture Retake Day

November 11th:

No School

Veteran's Day

November 12th:

Parent/Teacher Conferences (5-7pm)

November 14th:

Early Release

Parent/Teacher Conferences (12:45-2:45pm)

November 18th:

Parent/Teacher Conferences (5-7 pm)

November 26th:

Early Release

November 27th &28th:

No School

Thanksgiving Break

Announcements:

Parent/Teacher Conferences

Parent/Teacher Conferences will be taking place next month on the evenings of November 12th and 18th, and the afternoon of November 14th. The link to sign up was provided in Mr. Dearborn's Smore last week. CLICK HERE to find an appointment time that works for you! I look forward to our meeting!

Fun Run Update

I'm excited to share that our class has met our fundraising goal for the upcoming Bulldog Dash/Fun Run! As a result, we enjoyed many rewards last week including a pajama day and a visit from the school store cart! Thank you so much again for your support and generosity with Boyden's biggest (and most successful!) fundraiser to date!

Pajama Day!

School Wide Spirit Day and School Store Visit! 💛

Click here to see students silly string Mr. Dearborn!

The school wide spirit day was also a great time to practice our yellow color song! Click here to listen! 

Curriculum Update:

Into Reading

Last week we read the books Snail and Worm Again by Tina Kugler and Pete the Cat Too Cool for School by Kimberly and James Dean as we continued to answer the question: What makes each of us special? We also learned about synonyms and antonyms, and identified the problem and solution in the stories we read. In phonics, the students learned about the letter i and practiced reading the sight/heart word is. 

We enjoyed using the Touchview to identify synonyms and antonyms!

We also enjoyed learning all about igloos as we practiced reading words with the short i sound! ❄

Math

Last week in math we continued to explore numbers 0-10. Our week began by learning about tally marks and how they can be helpful for organizing our numbers and counting by fives. The class had a great time representing numbers 5-10 by using popsicle sticks as tally marks!

We used the poem/chant "1, 2, 3, 4, number 5 shuts the door" to help us remember that our fifth tally mark should be diagonal, making a set of tally marks look like a gate! 

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! 🍎📖🚌