A Peek At Our Week!

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 Update

Literacy

The theme of our learning for the past few weeks has been 'Going Places', and the children have had a great time discussing how people in different parts of the world travel and go to school. We have also been learning about the letters 'V' and 'Z' and practicing our last two sight words come and where!

                                       Making mini volcanoes was the perfect activity for 'V' week!

Math

In math we continued our unit on measurement! As a result of last week's lessons, your child has now learned how to compare two objects by height (tall vs short), weight (heavy vs light), and capacity (more vs less).

The students above worked hard to glue the "friends" in order by height.

                These students had a blast experimenting with capacity and weight during Math Centers!

Science

Last week in science we starting a very exciting unit on seeds! As a class we discussed what we think we already know about seeds, as well as what we would like to learn throughout the unit. We then "planted" our own seeds using a plastic bag and a wet paper towel. We are eager to find out if our seeds will grow without the presence of sunlight and soil! Stay tuned!

Crazy Hat and Hair Day!

Crazy Hat and Hair day was the perfect way to end a very busy week! I LOVED seeing all the creative hats and hairdos. A BIG 'thank you' to the Student Council for planning such a fun event!

Thanks so much for stopping by to take a peek at our week! Please check back soon to see all that 

                                                                is new in Room 202!

A Peek At Our Week!

Happy Monday! I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend and your week is off to a great start! Here's a quick peek at what we've been up to lately in Room 202! Enjoy!

Announcements

SchoolKidz Supplies

It's never too early to start thinking about school supplies for next year! To make this process a bit easier, Boyden's PAC is organizing a SchoolKidz supply program which will enable you to purchase a supply kit for this coming year filled with the exact materials requested by the first grade teachers. No lines, no list, no hassle! Information about this program was sent home last week but please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any additional questions!

Curriculum Update

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!

Thanks so much for stopping by to take a peek at our week! Please check back soon to see all that is new in Room 202!

A Peek At Our Week!

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

Announcements:

Comic Book Artist!
Congratulations to the 4th and 5th grade cast and crew of the Comic Book Artist! Friday night's performance was absolutely fantastic and it was nice to see so many Kindergarten faces in the crowd! I hope you enjoyed the show as much as I did!

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.

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

Last week in math we finished Topic 11 which focused on composing and decomposing teen numbers! The class had a great time completing many extension activities which allowed them to show what they learned throughout the unit.

Beautiful teen number butterflies brought some much needed "springiness" to our classroom bulletin board!

The class had a great time making teen number posters! This activity helped us practice the different ways that can be used to represent numbers. Ten frames, tally marks, pictures, and number lines are just a few of the ways we learned to "show" numbers in Topic 11.

Thanks so much for stopping by to take a peek at our week! Please check back soon to see all that is new in Room 202!

A Peek At Our Week!

Announcements:

April Vacation

Please note that April vacation will begin on Monday, April 16th with classes resuming on Monday, April 23th. I hope everyone has a fantastic April break! Fingers crossed for some beautiful spring weather!

Curriculum Update:

Spring Music Concert

Thank you SO much to everyone who was able to make it to our spring music concert! The children worked extremely hard to prepare for their performance and I couldn't be more proud of them. I definitely think we have some future American Idol contestants on our hands! ;)

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!

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 making Word Family Whales for "W" week!

Reading Where the Wild Thing Are was another highlight of "W" week! After enjoying the story the children did a fantastic job designing their own "wild thing" monsters and writing about a time when they felt wild!

I feel wild when I go rock climbing.

I feel wild when I am in the forest.

Thanks so much for stopping by to take a peek at our week! I hope you stop by again soon to see all that is new in Room 202!