A Peek At Our Week!

Announcements:

Parent/Teacher Conferences

It was so wonderful to have the opportunity to chat with parents last week at conferences! I look forward to the last round of meetings this Wednesday night! While official conference time will be ending this week, please do not hesitate to contact me anytime with questions or concerns regarding your child’s progress. I can be reached by telephone at extension 1202, by note or by email! Thank you!!!

Field Trip
A friendly reminder that our class will be traveling to Veteran's Memorial Auditorium on Friday, May 26th to see a stage performance of 'Pete the Cat'. Please be sure to send in your child's signed permission slip as well as payment for admission and transportation as soon as possible if you would like them to attend. Please do not hesitate to contact me if I can be of assistance in any way!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Our class had a fantastic time celebrating St. Patrick's Day on Friday! One highlight was getting to enjoy a very special performance by dancers from Harney Academy of Irish Dance!

Curriculum Update:

Literacy
Last week in Literacy we read the story One Little Mouse by Dori Chaconasm, and discussed the question "What adventures can an animal have?". We also learned about words with beginning blends like spot, frog, and black, and were introduced to the sight words one, two, three, four, and five.

The children had a great time finding blends around our classroom and making their own blends during center time!

Math

We continued to learn about decomposing numbers in Topic 9 last week, and took a closer look at the ways to make the numbers 8 and 9! We also had a great time completing many St. Patrick's day themed math centers!

Thanks so much for stopping by to take a peek at our week! 

A Peek At Our Week!

I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend! It sure seems like March is coming in like a lion with the snow that is predicted this week. Yikes! Let's hope the saying is true and it goes out like a lamb!

Announcements:

Rest Time Reminder

On Friday the children brought home their rest time towels/blankets for washing. Please return a fresh towel or blanket to school on Monday. Due to our limited storage space, I am also asking the students to bring only one small or medium sized lovie for rest time if possible. Thanks so much for your help and understanding!

Parent/Teacher Conferences

Spring parent/teacher conferences are starting this week and will take place on Thursday, March 16th from 6-8PM, Friday, March 17th from 1:30-3:30PM, and Wednesday, March 22nd from 6-8PM. Please use the conference scheduler on the Boyden website to make an appointment to discuss your child’s progress. Appointments are filling up fast, so make yours ASAP if you have not already done so! I look forward to meeting with everyone soon!

Field Trip

On Friday, May 26th the kindergarten classes will be attending a stage performance of 'Pete the Cat' at the Veteran's Memorial Auditorium in Providence, RI. The total cost of this trip will be $20.00 and includes admission to the performance as well as transportation. A detailed notice and permission slip were sent home with your child on Friday. Please return permission slips and payment to school no later than Friday, March 17th. Do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions!

Curriculum Update:

Mr. Love Visits

We were very excited to welcome Mrs. Love back to our classroom last week! During her visit she focused on number writing and taught us some great number formation rhymes and stories! Forming our numbers correctly and making sure they are facing the right away are two skills we continue to focus on in class.

Literacy

Last week in literacy we read the story My Lucky Day by Keiko Kasza, and discussed the question, "What adventures can you have on a lucky day?". We also continued to review the sight words do, are, and that and also learned about the letter L!

Another highlight of our week was learning how to play "I Have, Who Has?". This is a great game as it can be played with many different skills and concepts we are learning about in class. Last week's game had us listening for letters in the alphabet!

Math

Last week in math we continued to decompose (break apart) numbers and learned all of the ways to make 6 and 7! We also practice writing the different ways using tricky number sentences which placed the sum and equals sign BEFORE the two numbers we were adding!

We also enjoyed completing ladybug themed math centers which tied in nicely since we were learning about the letter "L" in literacy!

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 had a wonderful weekend and was able to stay warm with the return of some VERY chilly weather! Please enjoy reading about what the students in Room 202 were up to last week!

Jump-a-Thon

Congratulations to Evelyn and Winnie who were our class representatives in the Jump-a-Thon which took place before February vacation! We are SO proud their tremendous effort. Great work Evie and Winnie! 

A BIG congratulations to Mrs. Dacko as well! She won the coveted silver jump rope award for being the final jumper in the teacher competition. Great work Mrs. Dacko!

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

One exciting highlight of our week was celebrating the birthday of  the iconic children's book author, Dr. Seuss! We had a great time reading many Dr. Seuss stories and practicing our rhyming skills in preparation for the big day. The children also enjoyed creating their own Dr. Seuss hats by writing rhyming words in each stripe!

We  had a great time answering the question, "Would you like green eggs and ham?". Our graph revealed that more friends would NOT like to give them a try!

Literacy

Last week in literacy we read the story Bunny Time by Rick Walton. While reading this story we discussed the question, "What adventures do you have throughout the day?". We also were introduced to the new sight words: do, are, and that, and practiced the sound of the letter "H".

H week was the perfect time to practice writing our home address!

Math

Last week in math we began Topic 9 which focuses on composing and decomposing numbers to 10. We had a great time finding all the ways to make the number 4 and 5, and are looking forward to continuing this work with the numbers 6 and 7 this week!

Crazy Hat and Hair Day!

What better way to end our very busy week than with CrAzY hat and hair day! I LOVED seeing all of the kiddos in their creative hats and hairdos! A BIG thank you to the Student Council for sponsoring this very fun event!

Thanks so much for taking a peek at our week! 

A Peek At Our Week!

Go Pats!
Our week started off on a high note as we celebrated the Patriot's big Superbowl win! We couldn't be more proud of our home team! GO PATS!

Hip Hip Hooray for the 100th Day!

The excitement in Room 202 continued as we celebrated the 100th day of school on Monday! The children had a fantastic time completing many 100th Day activities which included counting to 100 by 1s, 2s, and 10s!

 Literacy
Last week in Literacy we read the story Hide Clyde! by Russell Benfanti and discussed the question, "How do chameleons change?". We continued to practice reading the sight words of, you, and they, and learned about the letter O!

Making a sight word octopus was one of the many highlights of "O" week!

The children also enjoyed completing many new activities at center time which included making pictures with sight word sticks, and building sight words with alphabet beads!

Mrs. Love Visits!

We enjoyed having Mrs. Love visit our classroom last week and teach us many new hand strengthening exercises using putty!

Thanks so much for taking a peek at our week! I hope everyone stays warm and dry this weekend! 

A Peek At Our Week!

Announcements:

Report Cards
Yesterday your child came home with their progress report for Term 1! It is important to review your child’s progress report, and to celebrate all that they have accomplished this term! When viewing your child’s progress report, it is important to remember that the skills shown on the report are what we expect our students to master by the end of kindergarten. Being that we are only halfway through the school year, it is completely appropriate for students that are doing well to earn scores of 1 or 2, as they are working towards mastering each standard by the end of the year. Please keep in mind that we have not yet covered some standards in our curriculum (as is the case with many of our science, social studies and math standards). As a result, your child was not assessed on their mastery of these skills in term one. After reviewing your child’s progress report, please sign and return their report card envelope to school. The progress report is yours to keep! I am SO proud of each child for working very hard this term, and look forward to supporting their continued success in our second term together!

Hip Hip Hooray for the 100th Day!
A friendly reminder that this Monday, February 6th is the 100th day of school! Please have your child bring in their bag of 100 items if they have not already done so. I am looking forward to having the class share their creative collections on Monday!

Groundhog Homework
I am SO proud of the children as they worked hard to complete their very first homework assignment! We had a great time discussing Groundhog Day on Thursday and learned many fun facts about our good friend Phil! (Did you know Groundhog day originated in Germany!?!)

Curriculum Update

Literacy

Last week in Literacy we discussed the question, "What do seeds become?' as we read the book Seeds by Ken Robbins. We learned that fruits and vegetables grow from seeds, and that some of these tasty treats even have one big, hard seed called a pit! We were excited to try our own experiment by placing a pit from an avocado into a glass of water. We hope in the next few weeks an avocado plant will begin to sprout!

Also last week we began practicing the new sight words of, you, and they and also learned all about the letter F!

Math

Subtraction has been our major focus in math and the children are doing a fantastic job developing their understanding of this sometimes tricky concept! This week we continued to practice solving subtraction number sentences that included the minus and equals signs. We also learned that you can cross off objects in a picture to show "taking away".

 Last week we practiced our subtraction skills by playing Penguin Roll and Uncover! To play, the children had to roll a die and remove that number of counters from their board until all of their penguins were visible. We are looking forward to playing this game with a partner soon!

The class also had a blast as they found the numbers 1-100 around the classroom and colored them in on their 100 chart! This was an excellent activity for helping us get ready for the 100th day of school!

Reading Buddies!

On Friday, we continued to share stories with our Reading Buddies and had a great time traveling down to Mrs. Davis' second grade classroom! Reading Buddies is definitely a fantastic way to end a very busy week!

Thanks so much for stopping by to take a peek at our week! I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend. GO PATS!