Mrs. Buchanio's Classroom Blog

I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend! It's hard to believe that the week ahead is our last full one together in Kindergarten! Where did the year go? As the school year comes to a close, please do not hesitate to reach out to me if you have any questions or concerns about your child's progress in class. Please know that if I had pressing concerns I would have been in touch by now. In other words, no news is good news! :)

Important Dates:

June 17th:

Last Day of School for Students

Announcements:

Sight Words and Math Facts

This is a gentle request to please continue to have your child practice their sight word and math fact flashcards at home. I will begin assessing the students on their sight word and math fact fluency this week for their term 2 report card. It is important to note that a child is considered fluent when they are able to read a word or solve an addition/subtraction problem automatically. This means no sounding out words or using their fingers to solve math problems. Please don't hesitate to reach out to me if you have any questions or concerns about your child's progress in this area!

ABC Countdown to Summer!

Our ABC Countdown to Summer will continue this week! Please check the schedule I sent home for each day's theme!

Chromebooks

A friendly reminder to please have your child charge their chrome book every so often at home. We use our chrome books at least once a day, and while I do have extra chargers in the classroom, our lack of outlets can make things tricky! Thanks so much in advance for your help and support!

Curriculum:

ABC Countdown to Summer!

Last week we began transitioning into the review phase for our Lucy Calkins reading and writing programs, and our ABC Countdown to Summer became more of our daily focus. Please enjoy a few pictures from some very fun ABC themed days!

Ninja Day!

Ninja day was a HUGE hit and the class enjoyed making their own ninja writing journals as well as making a ninja craft project from a toilet paper roll!

Outside Day

The weather on Tuesday couldn't have been better for Outside Day! We had a blast playing sight word hopscotch, participating in parachute play, and practicing our math facts in some relay-type races!

Play Doh Day!

Play Doh Day was perfect for practicing our sight words!

Question Day!

While the main theme for the letter Q was questions, we were also able to squeeze in some Q-Tip painting! Q day turned out to be quite entertaining!

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

I hope everyone is making the best of this cold and dreary long weekend. Please enjoy a few updates from our very busy classroom!

Important Dates:

June 17th:

Last Day of School for Students

Curriculum Update:

Last Week's Sight Words: or, for

This Week's Sight Words: red, blue, green, yellow, orange, pink, purple, black, brown (color words)

Math

Last week in math we completed our unit on measurement! While we had learned about height, length, and capacity in previous weeks, the end of our unit focused primarily on weight. The class enjoyed exploring this concept using balance scales to compare the weight of various objects in the classroom. This week in math we will begin working extensively on our math facts and building our fluency with our facts to 5. Please be sure to have your child review the flashcards that were sent home last week. We will be starting our addition "boot camp" tomorrow! :)

Fundations

In Fundations last week we began Unit 5 in our curriculum. This unit focuses heavily on sentence reading, writing, structure and is a great way to help the students sharpen their sentence writing skills before heading to first grade! In addition to our work with sentences, we continue to review the sounds of the digraphs sh, th, ch, wh, and ck.

Writer's Workshop

The children have been working extremely hard to complete our class "All About" book which focuses on ice cream! Different sections, or chapters, of our book include: What is ice cream? What are the flavors of ice cream? Where do you get ice cream? and How is ice cream made? We are hoping to complete and assemble our book by the end of the week!

ABC Countdown to Summer!

Our ABC Countdown to summer will continue this week! Please be sure to check the calendar I sent home for each day's theme! Pictures from last week's days are featured below!

Insect Day!

Insect day was a HUGE hit! We had a great time learning about the characteristics of insects and even went on a bug hunt!