A Peek At Our Week!

      I hope everyone had a wonderful long weekend and enjoyed today's nice weather! It's hard to                      believe we are entering the last few weeks of Kindergarten! 😊

Important Dates:

May 29th:

Kindergarten Field Trip

June 6th:

Field Day

June 13th:

Early Release

Last Day of School

Announcements:

Kindergarten Field Trip

A friendly reminder that our field trip to Franklin Park Zoo will take place this Thursday, May 29th. A notice with more information/details will be sent home with your child tomorrow. Please be on the lookout!

ABC Countdown

It was another busy week for our ABC Countdown! Last week the class enjoyed hat, insect, Jack Hartmann, kite, and luau days. Please enjoy a few pictures from our fun (and also educational!) activities.

Hat Day 🎩👒

Insect Day 🐞

On Tuesday we had a great time learning about the characteristics of insects and even went on a bug hunt!

The students above practice measuring the length of insects using non-standard units.

We were thrilled to find two worms and a baby grasshopper on our hunt! 

Luau Day

Aloha from Room 115! 🌴

Curriculum Update:

Fundations

Last week in Fundations we learned to read the sight words with and they. The students learned a fun new song called There is no "A" in They to help them remember the spelling of this tricky word. See if they can sing it to you at home! We have also kicked our sentence writing practice into high gear as we prepare for first grade. The student are consistently being reminded to use appropriate capitalization, punctuation, and finger spaces between words and are making excellent progress!

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 PB&J Hooray! by Janet Nolan, and Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert. Both texts explored where the foods we like to eat come from. In addition to these stories the children also practiced identifying the central idea of a text, and putting events in order.

Math

In math we continue to practice solving addition and subtraction problems. The children were also introduced to counting by 2s last week! We practiced this skill in small groups and also played a whole group game called Sparkle! This has quickly become a class favorite. Ask your child about the game and how to play!

Science

Wednesday was a bittersweet day as we said good-bye to our beautiful butterflies! We had SO much fun watching them grow and change as we learned about the butterfly life cycle. 🦋

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 great weekend! It was another fun and exciting week in Room 115. Please enjoy the pictures and updates below! 😊 

Important Dates:

May 21st:

Kindergarten Music Concert

9:15am

May 26th:

Memorial Day

No School

May 29th:

Kindergarten Field Trip

Announcements:

Kindergarten Field Trip

A friendly reminder that the kindergarten classes will be traveling to Franklin Park Zoo on Thursday, May 29th! Thank you so much to everyone who volunteered their time to chaperone our trip. Due to an overwhelming interest, chaperones were picked using a lottery system. I'm happy to share that Mrs. Donovan, Mrs. Turner, and Mrs. Withrow will be joining us!

Tony Chestnut!

On Friday Boyden School held their first annual talent show! We enjoyed watching students from the 4th and 5th grades perform various acts which included singing, dancing, tell jokes, and playing a wide range of musical instruments! The kindergartners kicked off the show by performing Tony Chestnut, a song that is well known around Boyden and a kindergarten rite of passage! Those who are able to attend can look forward to an encore performance at Wednesday's music concert!

ABC Countdown

Our ABC Countdown will continue in the week ahead with more awesome activities. Please see below for the theme of each day!

Monday: H- Hat Day! Wear a hat to school. 

Tuesday: I-Insect Day! We will learn about insects and go on an insect hunt.

Wednesday: J-Jack Hartmann Day! We will sing and dance to some of our favorite Jack Hartmann videos

Thursday: K-Kite Day! We will design our own kites and try to fly a kite outside!

Friday: Luau Day! Wear your favorite Hawaiian themed clothes for our afternoon luau!

Lots of fun was had last week as we celebrated the letters C-G with chalk, dance, Elephant and Piggie, Friendship, and game days! 

Chalk Day

Game Day 🎲

Curriculum Update:

Fundations

Last week in Fundations we learned to read the sight words this and that. We also continued to practice building our reading fluency by chunking or "scooping" sentences, as well as putting words in the correct order to make sentences that look and sound right!

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.

Math

In math we continue to practice solving addition and subtraction story (word) problems. We also reviewed the concept of estimating by using popsicle sticks!

Science

It has been an exciting time for science in Room 115! After the April break we welcomed five furry caterpillars into our classroom. Since then, we have enjoyed watching them grow, and last week we were thrilled to discover that they formed their chrysalises! On Wednesday we transferred them to their pavilion where they will soon emerge as butterflies! 🦋

The students got an up-close view of the newly formed chrysalises before we transferred them to their new home. 

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 and a very happy Mother's Day! Please see below for pictures and updates from Room 115! 🌞

Important Dates:

May 16th:

Early Release

12:25pm Dismissal

May 21st:

Kindergarten Music Concert

9:15am

May 26th:

Memorial Day

No School

May 29th:

Kindergarten Field Trip

(Details Below)

Announcements:

Kindergarten Field Trip

On May 29th the Kindergarten classes will be taking a field trip to Franklin Park Zoo! Permission slips were due last week, so if you have not sent back your child's please do so as soon as possible. More information will be shared as the time gets closer, but please be sure to mark your calendar for this very exciting day!

Author Visit

Last week we welcomed author Katherine Applegate to Boyden School and enjoyed hearing about her book titled Odder: An Otter's Story. To prepare for her visit, the Kindergarten classes made adorable otter puppets to display!

Curriculum Update:

Fundations

Last week in Fundations we learned to read the sight word out. We also practiced building our reading fluency by chunking or "scooping" sentences instead of reading word by word, and wrote sentences that began with uppercase letters, had appropriate punctuation, and included finger spaces. 

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 we continue to practice solving addition and subtraction story (word) problems. We also reviewed the concept of estimating by using popsicle sticks!

ABC Countdown!

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

Click here to watch our Anything but a Backpack parade!

Bubble Day! 🫧

Friday's gray, chilly weather didn't dampen our excitement for bubble day!

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! 🍎📖🚌