I saw many smiling faces at the Homecoming Parade Thursday night! Those smiling faces came to school today and earned the last two letters of our LISTENING behavior goal! The first day we have everyone here next week, we will have lunch in the classroom! Great job, Kindergarten!
Next week we will introduce the last 4 letters of the alphabet. Please continue to review these letters at home and the sounds they make.
Also today, we used crackers and described the attributes of our five 2 Dimensional shapes. Your child is bringing those crackers home to explain them to you, as well. Example: The saltine cracker is a square because it has 4 straight sides, 4 corners and all of the sides are exactly the same. It is also a 2D FLAT shape. See if your child can explain the attributes of each cracker to you before you snack on them :).
Have a great weekend!
Friday, September 30, 2016
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Woodland Animals and Reading
Today we learned about our first woodland animal, squirrels. For each animal that we learn about, we create a sentence, cut out the animal and illustrate a page for our own woodland animal books. You will get to learn all about these animals, too, once students bring their books home at the end of this unit!
In reader's workshop, we have been working on our independent and with partner reading stamina. We are up to 6 minutes of independent reading followed by 5 minutes of partner reading for a total of 11 minutes of reading stamina! For the 29th day of school, that is AMAZING. Remember- there are 3 ways that we can read a book in class (and at home):
1. retell a familiar story you know (Corduroy, Brown Bear, The Three Little Pigs, The Little Red Hen, Mary Had a Little Lamb, etc)
2. look at the pictures and make up your own story
3. find words you know and READ the words
This is a hard-working class and I am truly impressed with their stamina so early on.
Great Job, Kindergarten. Check out our pictures of partner reading!
***Also, check out our new behavior goal for LISTENING- It is going really well!
In reader's workshop, we have been working on our independent and with partner reading stamina. We are up to 6 minutes of independent reading followed by 5 minutes of partner reading for a total of 11 minutes of reading stamina! For the 29th day of school, that is AMAZING. Remember- there are 3 ways that we can read a book in class (and at home):
1. retell a familiar story you know (Corduroy, Brown Bear, The Three Little Pigs, The Little Red Hen, Mary Had a Little Lamb, etc)
2. look at the pictures and make up your own story
3. find words you know and READ the words
This is a hard-working class and I am truly impressed with their stamina so early on.
Great Job, Kindergarten. Check out our pictures of partner reading!
***Also, check out our new behavior goal for LISTENING- It is going really well!
Friday, September 23, 2016
Farm Night Fun
Thank you to everyone who attended our Kindergarten Farm Night. The kids were talking about it throughout the day and seemed to really enjoy the evening spent here WITH YOU! It was a lot of fun. We are working on getting animals back for Farm Night next year....(Oh the stories I could tell you about how that all fell through this year!), but if you have any suggestions for how we can make this night even more successful, please feel free to email and let me know :).
With the wonderful rain, we had 2 inside recesses today. We reviewed some letters and shapes and got to choose reading spots around the classroom with our elbow partners for quiet reading time. We are up to about 8 minutes of stamina for quiet back-to-back reading with our partners. Super Work, Kindergarten!
Have a great weekend!
With the wonderful rain, we had 2 inside recesses today. We reviewed some letters and shapes and got to choose reading spots around the classroom with our elbow partners for quiet reading time. We are up to about 8 minutes of stamina for quiet back-to-back reading with our partners. Super Work, Kindergarten!
Have a great weekend!
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
RESPONSIBLE
We Did It! As a whole class, we were super responsible and earned each letter to spell the word. By doing so, the whole class worked together to earn an extra recess. Since it was raining, we did our extra recess inside today. I am so proud of all of my Kindergartners for being responsible with their bodies, their materials and for making excellent choices. We will begin working toward a new class goal soon. Praise your child for their fantastic job.
*Don't forget that FARM NIGHT is Thursday evening! Doors of CR Hanna are open to parents and kindergartners at 5:15 and we will begin activities at 5:30. Our evening will conclude by 7:00 and you will walk away having had a bunch of fun! I hope to see you there.
*Don't forget that FARM NIGHT is Thursday evening! Doors of CR Hanna are open to parents and kindergartners at 5:15 and we will begin activities at 5:30. Our evening will conclude by 7:00 and you will walk away having had a bunch of fun! I hope to see you there.
Friday, September 16, 2016
Loaded with FUN half day!
What a day! We released TWO of our butterflies (see our pictures!), had bus safety presentations, a lock down drill and celebrated our reading with stuffed animal friends! It was a busy morning, but we had a bunch of fun.
Many students might come home talking about our Lock Down Drill. We simply locked the doors, turned off the lights, sat quietly on the carpet and talked about what to do if there was an intruder in the building. I emphasized that this was not really happening and it was just like how we practice a fire drill. Our main goal during a real lock down is to exit the building as quickly and safely as possible and Mrs. Essary's "safe spot" is across the parking lot to the opposite side of the church nearby. We discussed it and I answered many questions about safety and "what ifs". We also talked about the importance of never opening a door for an adult - even if you know them - here at school and to let the office "buzz" them in. I did let them know that with all of the "what ifs" and questions that there were - My job, as their teacher, is to protect them and keep them safe. It was a productive conversation. If you or your child have questions about this drill, please let me know.
Have a great weekend!
Many students might come home talking about our Lock Down Drill. We simply locked the doors, turned off the lights, sat quietly on the carpet and talked about what to do if there was an intruder in the building. I emphasized that this was not really happening and it was just like how we practice a fire drill. Our main goal during a real lock down is to exit the building as quickly and safely as possible and Mrs. Essary's "safe spot" is across the parking lot to the opposite side of the church nearby. We discussed it and I answered many questions about safety and "what ifs". We also talked about the importance of never opening a door for an adult - even if you know them - here at school and to let the office "buzz" them in. I did let them know that with all of the "what ifs" and questions that there were - My job, as their teacher, is to protect them and keep them safe. It was a productive conversation. If you or your child have questions about this drill, please let me know.
Have a great weekend!
Thursday, September 15, 2016
Butterfly Fever!
Most of you have probably heard, but we have been raising Monarchs in our classroom. We started the school year with three tiny white eggs on a milkweed plant and just one day into the year, our eggs began hatching into teeny caterpillars. Their stripes began to show after two days and they grew and grew. Over Labor Day weekend, our 3 caterpillars made chrysalises and we have been checking on them every day since. Today our first butterfly emerged from HER chrysalis! (Ask your child how we know it is a girl?!) We are hopeful that the other two will come out tomorrow so we can let them all go together. Take a look at our pictures of each stage (except egg- I forgot to take one of that!).
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
3 Little Pigs
Today we read the story of the 3 Little Pigs. After reading, we used cards and put the story in order using pictures. In reader's workshop, we have talked about 3 ways to read a story:
1. tell a story you already know (like the 3 little pigs - look at the pages and just retell the story - no "reading" required)
2. tell a story from the pictures (if you've never heard the story before, you can look at the pictures and make one up from what you see in the pictures - no "reading" required)
3, read the words (some students can read - so they can look at the words and read what is there. For others, they can pick out familiar words that they recognize and use those as they tell a story from the pictures)
No matter you're ability level - YOU CAN READ! Students are bringing home their sequencing story cards for the 3 Little Pigs today. See if they can put the story in order and tell you a story they know while looking at the pictures.
1. tell a story you already know (like the 3 little pigs - look at the pages and just retell the story - no "reading" required)
2. tell a story from the pictures (if you've never heard the story before, you can look at the pictures and make one up from what you see in the pictures - no "reading" required)
3, read the words (some students can read - so they can look at the words and read what is there. For others, they can pick out familiar words that they recognize and use those as they tell a story from the pictures)
No matter you're ability level - YOU CAN READ! Students are bringing home their sequencing story cards for the 3 Little Pigs today. See if they can put the story in order and tell you a story they know while looking at the pictures.
Wednesday, September 7, 2016
Pirates and Cows!
BLOG POST #2 FOR 2016-2017 SCHOOL YEAR!
Today we learned about cows and made cow puppets (These will be in the display case near the front office for viewing at the ice cream social and our Kindergarten farm night!). Tomorrow we will review cows and turn whipping cream into butter, YUM!
We also introduced Ricky and Randy rectangles today. "2 sides short and 2 sides long - Ricky or Randy rectangle- that's their song!" Ricky is a horizontal rectangle, Randy is a vertical rectangle - either way, still a rectangle. Rectangles are FLAT 2D shapes. See if your child can find some rectangles around your house.
In math, we pretended to be pirates and sorted sets of objects into their correct treasure chest. Try having your child sort canned goods into groups. Example: Soups/Vegetables. Aye, Aye Matey!
Your child brought home his/her first classroom library book today, too! You can read these at home and send them back in the baggie when finished and a new one will come home. Please try to read to your child for a little while each night- it makes a huge difference in their language skills and their future reading and writing abilities, as well.
Today we learned about cows and made cow puppets (These will be in the display case near the front office for viewing at the ice cream social and our Kindergarten farm night!). Tomorrow we will review cows and turn whipping cream into butter, YUM!
We also introduced Ricky and Randy rectangles today. "2 sides short and 2 sides long - Ricky or Randy rectangle- that's their song!" Ricky is a horizontal rectangle, Randy is a vertical rectangle - either way, still a rectangle. Rectangles are FLAT 2D shapes. See if your child can find some rectangles around your house.
In math, we pretended to be pirates and sorted sets of objects into their correct treasure chest. Try having your child sort canned goods into groups. Example: Soups/Vegetables. Aye, Aye Matey!
Your child brought home his/her first classroom library book today, too! You can read these at home and send them back in the baggie when finished and a new one will come home. Please try to read to your child for a little while each night- it makes a huge difference in their language skills and their future reading and writing abilities, as well.
Tuesday, September 6, 2016
Kindergarten 2016-2017 WELCOME!
Thank you so much for visiting our Kindergarten blog. This post begins the newest school year for Kindergartners in 2016-2017. You can view older posts, but they do not pertain to our current school year. I did not want to delete everything because there are some good homework help posts that I will re-post later this year.
So, WELCOME! Take a look around and let me know if there is anything that you think would be helpful to see on this blog.
I saw many smiling faces over this past weekend at the Orion Fall Festival. A special congratulations to our classmate Ruby for winning the festival pageant and becoming our 2016 Little Miss Orion!
This week we are learning about the numbers 0, 1, 2. We put Honey nut cheerios on the letter Hh today and reviewed 2D shapes: circle and square - remember, 2D shapes are "FLAT". We will introduce rectangles this week, as well and you can look for our Randy and Ricky rectangle rhymes to come home soon. We also introduced farm today. We talked about things you might see on a farm, discussed farms we have been to and read a book about farms. Tomorrow we will go in depth and take a look at cows!
You can look forward to more posts, pictures and information in the days and weeks to come. Thanks for visiting and let's continue this wonderful Kindergarten year.
So, WELCOME! Take a look around and let me know if there is anything that you think would be helpful to see on this blog.
I saw many smiling faces over this past weekend at the Orion Fall Festival. A special congratulations to our classmate Ruby for winning the festival pageant and becoming our 2016 Little Miss Orion!
This week we are learning about the numbers 0, 1, 2. We put Honey nut cheerios on the letter Hh today and reviewed 2D shapes: circle and square - remember, 2D shapes are "FLAT". We will introduce rectangles this week, as well and you can look for our Randy and Ricky rectangle rhymes to come home soon. We also introduced farm today. We talked about things you might see on a farm, discussed farms we have been to and read a book about farms. Tomorrow we will go in depth and take a look at cows!
You can look forward to more posts, pictures and information in the days and weeks to come. Thanks for visiting and let's continue this wonderful Kindergarten year.
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