Room 4 News
Reminders/Notices:
•100s Day Collections should be placed in a ziplock bag and sent with your student on Monday February 2nd.
•Next week we will be learning how to tie a shoe since this is a skill that many Kinders are still struggling to grasp. As we will be practicing throughout the week, please send in a pair of shoes with your child on MONDAY that has laces. I will bring in several extras for students who forget/do not own shoes with ties. Thank you!
•In the coming weeks we will be celebrating Groundhog Day, the 100th Day of School, Valentines Day, Presidents Day, and Chinese New Year. Please make sure you read all home-school correspondence for more details about special projects and celebrations.
•New Reading Logs have been sent home, please send in complete January reading logs with your child next week.
•If you forgot to return your Picture Day Order Form they will be accepted until Monday.
This Week:
•Akshay was honored at our Blue Day assembly for this month’s lifeskill of perseverance.
•We attended and thoroughly enjoyed the 3rd grade concert, “Character Matters”!
•In Science we learned about and drew trees throughout the seasons. Ask your child the characteristics of trees in each season (Fall: falling and multicolored leaves, Winter: bare, Spring: blossoms, Summer: apples)
•This week students shopped for, and brought home leveled reading books. The level of these books was determined by assessments done in early January. Children will be working in these books and will progress through the levels as they learn new strategies for decoding and comprehension.
•In Writer’s Workshop students focused on adding details to their writing by using one topic to write about for the entire week. Each day we added one more sentence, or thought, to the writing and finally illustrated our stories on Friday.
•Children learned a poem about “5 Little Snowmen” and created puppets to use while reading it. This poem and puppets may remain at home, even though they came home in their book bag.
•We spent the week reading LOTS about penguins. We read fiction and non-fiction stories and discussed the difference between them. We drew scientific, labeled illustrations of a penguin and even waddled like penguins. Ask your child to share something that they learned about penguins this week.
Next Week:
*The students will use what they’ve learned about penguins to begin informational writing in Writer’s Workshop. They will each be creating our own book of penguin facts.
*We will celebrate Groundhog’s Day by discussing the shadow tradition and doing several related activities.
*We will celebrate the 100th day of Kindergarten with crafts, activities, and a walk through the other Kinder classes to enjoy everyone’s 100 collections.
*We will learn and practice tying shoes – wish us luck
Friday, January 29, 2010
Friday, January 22, 2010
Newsletter: January 22
Room 4 News
Reminders/Notices:
•Book orders must be submitted online by Sunday January 24th.
•This week we read Patricia Polacco’s “Thunder Cake” and I used the recipe in the book for the children to try. The recipe includes tomatoes, so many were hesitant to try. The response was overwhelmingly positive. I will be making the recipe available for those of you interested in trying it at home
•Thank you to those of you who donated “good stuff” for our snow people, they are displayed in our back window. Feel free to stop in next week and take a peek.
•Wednesday, January 27th is Blue Day.
•With weather as it has been this week, please remember that layering is the best way to send your child to school. They are asked to take off their jacket, gloves, hat, etc. upon entering the classroom. If they want to bring a change of shoes (if they are wearing boots) please make sure they are independent in changing into them.
This Week:
Citizenship Gathering: Chris was honored at our Citizenship Assembly this morning!
Draw Along Assembly: Tuesday, we enjoyed an interactive assembly where students learned to use lines and shapes to draw a fish and a whale. It was great!
Snow Day: Today was a fun-filled day, we wrote about what we wear when it’s cold, bit tortilla snowflakes, raced our skiers in a snow Olympics, and had a snowball toss with Miss Casellini’s class.
Reader’s Workshop: This week students began bringing home their book bags with paper books that they’ve chosen from their book boxes. Thank you for your support with sending back bags, we had 100% participation this week!!!
Writer’s Workshop: Students used “space sticks” (tongue depressors) to leave spaces between words in their writing.
Word of the Week: We learned and used the word “can” this week. We wrote statements of what we could do to help other people (inspired by Martin Luther King Jr). Ask your child what they wrote, “I can ____________.”
Social Studies: We talked about Martin Luther King Jr. and all of the courageous and kind things that he did for our country. Students completed portraits, wrote about how they could help like MLK Jr.
Science: We talked about snow and ice. We discovered that it is frozen water, and even made our own ice in the freezer. (I snuck food coloring into the ice cube trays and students were given the opportunity to paint with the colored ice afterwards)
Healthy Play: We started Healthy Play this week when Miss Jennifer visited our room on Friday. We reviewed rules and procedures for Healthy Play and played Double Simon Says. Ask your child why we play? (to have fun) What is the most important part of every game? (the people)
Next Week:
*The students will begin bringing home leveled readers in their book bags
*We will discuss fiction and non fiction penguins
*The students will think about ending a story with a statement telling how they felt about what happened
Reminders/Notices:
•Book orders must be submitted online by Sunday January 24th.
•This week we read Patricia Polacco’s “Thunder Cake” and I used the recipe in the book for the children to try. The recipe includes tomatoes, so many were hesitant to try. The response was overwhelmingly positive. I will be making the recipe available for those of you interested in trying it at home
•Thank you to those of you who donated “good stuff” for our snow people, they are displayed in our back window. Feel free to stop in next week and take a peek.
•Wednesday, January 27th is Blue Day.
•With weather as it has been this week, please remember that layering is the best way to send your child to school. They are asked to take off their jacket, gloves, hat, etc. upon entering the classroom. If they want to bring a change of shoes (if they are wearing boots) please make sure they are independent in changing into them.
This Week:
Citizenship Gathering: Chris was honored at our Citizenship Assembly this morning!
Draw Along Assembly: Tuesday, we enjoyed an interactive assembly where students learned to use lines and shapes to draw a fish and a whale. It was great!
Snow Day: Today was a fun-filled day, we wrote about what we wear when it’s cold, bit tortilla snowflakes, raced our skiers in a snow Olympics, and had a snowball toss with Miss Casellini’s class.
Reader’s Workshop: This week students began bringing home their book bags with paper books that they’ve chosen from their book boxes. Thank you for your support with sending back bags, we had 100% participation this week!!!
Writer’s Workshop: Students used “space sticks” (tongue depressors) to leave spaces between words in their writing.
Word of the Week: We learned and used the word “can” this week. We wrote statements of what we could do to help other people (inspired by Martin Luther King Jr). Ask your child what they wrote, “I can ____________.”
Social Studies: We talked about Martin Luther King Jr. and all of the courageous and kind things that he did for our country. Students completed portraits, wrote about how they could help like MLK Jr.
Science: We talked about snow and ice. We discovered that it is frozen water, and even made our own ice in the freezer. (I snuck food coloring into the ice cube trays and students were given the opportunity to paint with the colored ice afterwards)
Healthy Play: We started Healthy Play this week when Miss Jennifer visited our room on Friday. We reviewed rules and procedures for Healthy Play and played Double Simon Says. Ask your child why we play? (to have fun) What is the most important part of every game? (the people)
Next Week:
*The students will begin bringing home leveled readers in their book bags
*We will discuss fiction and non fiction penguins
*The students will think about ending a story with a statement telling how they felt about what happened
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Newsletter: January 17
Room 4 News
Reminders/Notices:
•No School on Monday January 18, 2010 – Martin Luther King Jr. observance
•Friday January 22th is Snow Day, we recommend students dress in snow clothes as we enjoy various snow-themed activities
•Book orders will be going home this week and are already available online
•Please send in “good stuff” for our snowman project as soon as possible, remember this “good stuff” can be any household items
This Week:
Reader’s Workshop: This week we practiced “checking out” books and reading them at their Special Reading Spots. Make sure you have returned the “Take Home Book” form so that students may begin bringing home these book bags next week.
Writer’s Workshop: Students continued to write stories across several pages.
Math: We continued measuring using linking cubes and paperclips.
Science: We identified, labeled, and drew the parts of a tree. Ask your child to name the parts of a tree (roots, trunk, branches, leaves)
Social Studies: We discussed Martin Luther King Jr. and his contributions to history. We read a moving story called “Martin’s Big Words” and we will continue to learn more about him and how we can carry on his legacy in our own lives.
PE: Due to weather restrictions this week, the children learned “Double Simon Says” which we played between Room 3 and 4. When a student gets “out” of one game they simply join the other game.
We acted out the Mitten and completed several pages in a rhyming book we are creating about mittens
Next Week:
*We will be attending a draw along assembly presented school wide on Tuesday.
*We will continue measurement and work on comparing objects by their length
*We will continue to learn about Martin Luther King Jr.
*We will be celebrating “Snow Day” on Friday and discussing ice, snow, and cold weather.
*Students will begin bringing home book bags to share and read at home nightly
Reminders/Notices:
•No School on Monday January 18, 2010 – Martin Luther King Jr. observance
•Friday January 22th is Snow Day, we recommend students dress in snow clothes as we enjoy various snow-themed activities
•Book orders will be going home this week and are already available online
•Please send in “good stuff” for our snowman project as soon as possible, remember this “good stuff” can be any household items
This Week:
Reader’s Workshop: This week we practiced “checking out” books and reading them at their Special Reading Spots. Make sure you have returned the “Take Home Book” form so that students may begin bringing home these book bags next week.
Writer’s Workshop: Students continued to write stories across several pages.
Math: We continued measuring using linking cubes and paperclips.
Science: We identified, labeled, and drew the parts of a tree. Ask your child to name the parts of a tree (roots, trunk, branches, leaves)
Social Studies: We discussed Martin Luther King Jr. and his contributions to history. We read a moving story called “Martin’s Big Words” and we will continue to learn more about him and how we can carry on his legacy in our own lives.
PE: Due to weather restrictions this week, the children learned “Double Simon Says” which we played between Room 3 and 4. When a student gets “out” of one game they simply join the other game.
We acted out the Mitten and completed several pages in a rhyming book we are creating about mittens
Next Week:
*We will be attending a draw along assembly presented school wide on Tuesday.
*We will continue measurement and work on comparing objects by their length
*We will continue to learn about Martin Luther King Jr.
*We will be celebrating “Snow Day” on Friday and discussing ice, snow, and cold weather.
*Students will begin bringing home book bags to share and read at home nightly
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