A Peek At Our Week!

Announcements

Field Trip
A friendly reminder that we will be traveling to Bird Park this Thursday, May 11th to enjoy a puppet show entitled 'Cardboard Explosion'. Please be sure to send in your child's permission slip and payment by Monday, May 8th (tomorrow!) if they plan to attend. Thank you so much!

X-Ray Fun!
A BIG Boyden thank you to Mrs. Deb Haskins who visited Kindergarten last week and showed us some super awesome x-rays! This was a great way to review the letter 'X' that we learned about a few weeks ago. Thank you Mrs. Haskins!

Curriculum

Literacy 

Last week in Literacy we read the story Messenger Messenger by Robert Burleigh and discussed the question. "What kinds of transportation help people do their jobs?". We also learned all about the letter 'U' and were introduced to the sight words said, what, and was.

Last week's rainy weather was perfect for making word family umbrellas! 

Math

We began Topic 12 last week in Math which focuses on measurement! We has a great time measuring with cubes, paper clips, pasta, and pennies and learned that these unconventional measuring tools are considered nonstandard units of measure!

We had a great time measuring our feet after reading The Foot Book by Dr. Seuss!

Science

It sure has been an exciting time for Science in our classroom as we just began a unit on the butterfly life cycle! The children had a great time studying our new caterpillar friends and drawing what they observed. We are looking forward to watching our caterpillars grow and change in the next few weeks!

A Peek At Our Week!

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! It's hard to believe tomorrow is the first day of May and that we are entering our last full month of school together! Boy has this year flown!!! 

Announcements:

Library Day

For the next two weeks our class will continue to visit the library on Tuesdays. This change is due to MCAS testing in the older grades which has resulted in shifts to our schedule. I will do my best to send a friendly reminder about this change on Monday evening!

Field Trip

Thank you SO much to all of the parents who volunteered to chaperone our upcoming field trip to see 'Pete the Cat'. The interest in joining us was overwhelming and I wish I was able to bring more parents along! If you were not chosen from the lottery this time, be on the lookout for information regarding another trip that will be coming up soon! 

Curriculum:

Literacy

Last week in Literacy we read the book Mayday! Mayday! by Chris L. Demarest. This non-fiction text showed how the Coast Guard uses aircraft and highly trained personnel to respond to emergency situations. We also learned about the letter "X" and continued to review the color words yellow, green, and blue which were introduced before vacation.

The children has a great time creating their own x-ray art work as we learned about the letter "X"!

We also read the story Not a Box by Antoinette Portis and had a blast turning a boring box into an extraordinary creation!

Math

We completed Topic 11 in math last week which had us working with the numbers 17, 18, and 19. We also revisited the concept of "number bonds" which are a great tool for showing the different ways to decompose (or make) a number!

This number bonds activity incorporated one of greatest highlights of our week. BUBBLES!

Bubbles!

Last week we enjoyed a fantastic "in house" field trip as Mrs. Harris from the Discovery Museum in Acton came to teach us about bubbles! The children had a wonderful time experimenting with the science behind making bubbles! Thank you Mrs. Harris!!!

A Peek At Our Week!

I hope everyone had a wonderful April vacation! I am SO excited to head back to Boyden tomorrow and hear about all of the fun that was had!

Announcements:

Quiet Time Towels/Blankets

Please have your child bring a clean towel/blanket to school for quiet time (quiet time items were sent home for washing before vacation). Thanks so much for your help!

April Assembly!

The children did a fantastic job performing "Tony Chestnut" at April's school wide assembly! Please click the link below to view a video of our performance (While the video was uploaded using You Tube, it is set as "private" and can only be viewed by clicking the link). For parents who were hoping to see our song live, the kindergarten students will have a repeat performance of this Boyden favorite at our spring music concert next month!

Tony Chestnut Performance!

Spring Crafts

A BIG thank you to our Room Parents Mrs. Shaughnessy and Mrs. Seeley for organizing yet another fabulous craft celebration! The children had a great time participating in fantastic spring/Easter themed crafts and games, and it was a great way to celebrate the start of spring and April vacation! Also, many thanks to Mrs. Cotter, Mrs. Mehrmanesh, Mrs. Saleeba, and Mr. Seeley who were able to join us and provide wonderful activities! 

A Peek At Our Week!

Announcements 

Sight Word Practice

I am SO incredibly proud of how hard the children have been working to learn their sight words. Thank you so much for all of the time that has been put in at home to make this wonderful progress possible! A friendly reminder to please return your child's sight word checklist to school each Friday. Students who demonstrate mastery with the kindergarten sight word list will be given a challenge activity!

April Vacation

Please note that April vacation will begin this Friday, April 14th with classes resuming on Monday, April 24th. I hope everyone has a fantastic April break! Fingers crossed for some beautiful spring weather!

Curriculum Update

Literacy

Last week in Literacy we read the story Abuela by Arthur Dorros and discussed the question "Where will our adventures take us?" We also learned about the letter "W" and practiced the sight words here, go, and from!

We had a great time reading Where the Wild Thing Are as a part of "W" week! After reading the story the children did a fantastic job designing their own "wild thing" monsters and writing about a time when they felt wild!

Math

In math we have been revisiting teen numbers! As part of this unit your child has been using tens and ones as well as ten frames to both create and decompose numbers 11 to 19!

We had a great time playing with our place value manipulatives before using them to show teen numbers.

Thanks so much for stopping by to take a peek at our week! I hope everyone enjoys what looks to be a beautiful week ahead!