This video always makes me laugh and I just had to share! So happy that CPS called off school tomorrow so that we don't have a repeat of 12/16 and I hope you all can stay at home, safe and warm, with your little ones!
A look at our learning this week...
Fundations: We have now learned how to correctly form all lowercase and uppercase letters of the alphabet. During our Fundations time, the children do a great job forming the letters correctly. However, I have noticed that when they write outside of our Fundations time period, they do not always form the letters correctly. When your child is writing at home, PLEASE reinforce the proper letter formation that was learned at school. Fundations packets have come home in the Friday Folder weekly that inform you of the correct verbal prompts to say and ensure your child is writing correctly. I encourage you to use these prompts with your child when you see them forming letters incorrectly or if you are unsure of how they should correctly form each letter. Proper letter formation is so important. If they do not have proper letter formation, they are spending their writing time focusing/struggling with how to form a letter when they need to be focusing on the craft of writing (adding details, writing sentences, etc.) We want writing to be easy and effortless and their thoughts focused on the deeper parts of their writing.
Shared Reading: We read the books What is it? and Go In to help us learn our new spelling words. We also read a poem about Martin Luther King, Jr.
OUR SPELLING TEST WILL BE ON TUESDAY, DUE TO NO SCHOOL TOMORROW. PLEASE PRACTICE!
Daily 5: This week while the children work at their Daily 5 centers, I have been assessing children one-on-one in reading. They have done a great job in their reading groups that we started in November and most have moved up at least 1 reading level, if not more! I will finish up assessments next week. The week of January 23rd they will be in their new reading groups based on their assessment scores and with children at the same ability level. I have some great little readers!
Math: We will continue our unit on non-standard measurement throughout the month of January. This week we played a game called Grab and Count. Ask your child about this measurement activity. On Thursday we made a cute snowman craft that tied into our measurement unit. Everyone's snowman was a different size, based on how many letters are in their first name. If their name has 5 letters in it, they received 5 snowballs to make their snowman (one for each letter of their name) and one more for the head. We hung these snowmen on the bulletin board outside our classroom. We learned that Ty has the shortest name in our class (2 letters) and Madison and Bradlen are tied for the longest name (7 letters.) I forgot to take a picture to share with you before leaving today.
Writing: We are working on "telling more" when we write. Ask your child about their new, 3 page writing booklets that help them write more details in their stories.
Social Studies: We read several books and watched several short videos to learn about Martin Luther King, Jr. and why we celebrate him on Monday. We learned that he was a kind person who wanted everyone to get along. Ask your child what they have learned about Martin Luther King, Jr. It is so sweet to hear them talk about his dream and how it came true! This tied in perfectly with our schools focus on "Be Kind" this week! This is one of our favorite videos we watched this week. Our class just loves Kid President!
BEU Spelling Bee: Information came home last week about the BEU spelling bee. I will hold our class spelling bee on Wednesday. The top 2 spellers from our class will be announced during the school wide (3-5 grade) spelling bee next week. A list of words to practice came home in last week's Friday Folder if your child is interested. Every child will participate in the class spelling bee, but it is totally optional if you choose to study the words with your child. It is just for fun and they ARE NOT expected to know how to spell all of those words for a grade.
Welcome Miss Nemechek!!
On Tuesday, our class will welcome Miss Nicole Nemechek as a student teacher! Nicole is a senior at MU and will be completing her student teaching in our classroom from now until the end of April. She spent a few days in our classroom in December getting to know everyone and the kids already love her. She will be doing a future blog post or newsletter to introduce herself. Please welcome her to our Kindergarten family!
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We will have our school-wide morning meeting in the gym on Tuesday! Don't forget to have your kiddos wear their BEU gear!
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I hope you are able to stay in with your kiddos this weekend! Have fun reading to them, play some good ol' fashioned board games, put together puzzles, ask them to write you a story, work on handwriting or word wall words and of course snuggle up with some hot cocoa and a good movie!
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