A look at our learning...
Fundations: we continue to work on tapping out 3 letter words when reading and writing. We are also learning about the "bossy" or silent e that some words have at the end. We are learning that sometimes the "bossy e" tells the first vowel in the word to say it's name. Words such as cape, made, like, etc. have the "bossy e." They thought this was a pretty cool thing to learn and thought calling it the "bossy e" was pretty funny!
Shared Reading: we read the Big Book Dad and I to help us practice our new spelling words dad and had. We worked on making connections to the books we read and shared things that we like to do with our dads or father figures. Making connections to the books we read is an important skill to learn in kindergarten and beyond.
Spelling words: the spelling tests this week were a little rough. I encourage you to please practice these regularly to ensure students can read and write all words correctly at all times. Please take a look at the test that comes home today and help your child practice any they have missed, including if they miss points for their name due to incorrect line placement.
Next week's new spelling words:
in
if
Writing: I am so impressed with the writers your children are becoming! We have been setting individual writing goals over the past few weeks and it has positively impacted their daily writing. Check out the goal chart below. Once they master these goals, we will choose a new one together. I can't wait to show you side-by-side writing pieces from the beginning of the year until now when you attend parent teacher conferences in a few weeks! I think you will be amazed at how far they have come!
Math: this week we worked more on addition through games and stories and revisited shapes and how they are everywhere in our world! I have noticed that many struggle to know the difference between a square and rectangle, so this is something you can also practice at home and we will continue to work on at school as well.
By the end of trimester 2 (which is next week), your child should be able to:
*Count to at least 60 by 1's and 10's
*Count backwards from 10
*Count and record a set of objects to 10
*Identify most basic shapes from the following: square, circle, rectangle, triangle, rhombus (diamond), hexagon, trapezoid
*Write and recognize 15 out of 20 numbers from 0-20
Can your child do these things independently? If not, now is a great time to start practicing!
Science: the Force & Motion unit in Kindergarten is one of the most fun science units! We learned that a force is a push or a pull. On Friday we had a full day of science! All 5 Kindergarten classrooms rotated through each classroom doing various Force and Motion stations. It was so much fun! Check out some of the pictures below.
My classroom: bowling
Mrs. Imler: force and motion with straws and pom poms
Ms. Kylie: push and pull cut and paste activity
Mrs. Croom: hard pushes and soft pushes with various size balls
Ms. Williams: cars and ramps
We ended the day with a Peep & Chirp video about Force & Motion. Ask your child to tell you more about each station. Here are a few pictures, but even more will be on our class Facebook page.
Super Bowl Spirit Week: we had so much fun participating in Super Bowl Spirit Week this week! Check out the cute photos from each day below! Now, let's cheer the Chiefs onto a big win this weekend!
World Read Aloud Day: we celebrated this special day on Wednesday by reading with our 3rd grade buddies in Ms. Cohen's class. Here are a few photos, but photos of all students are on our class Facebook page.
Global School Play Day: as Mr. Rogers said "Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning, but for children play IS serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood." We had such a fun day learning through play and I love that Beulah Ralph values this day every school year. Even more pictures on the class Facebook page.
100th Day of School: we are SO excited for the 100th day of school on Wednesday Please see your child's Friday Folder for a reminder about how we will celebrate this special day. We hope ALL students will participate! Please make sure your child arrives to school on time, as our fun will start right away and I don't want them to miss out on anything!
100th day collections are due from ALL students no later than Tuesday, February 11th, as we want them proudly displayed on the 100th day of school. A detailed note about this was sent home in last week's Friday Folder. Contact me if you mis-placed it and need more information.
Valentine's Day: if your child hasn't started working on their valentines, start this weekend! It is important that the student is the one who writes their name and their friends name on their valentine. This is good practice for them! However, sitting down to do all of them at once will be overwhelming and tough. I recommend doing a few each day. Information about this was sent home a few week's ago in Friday Folders, as well as a class list of names.
PJ's and Pancakes: we hope to see many BEU families enjoying this free event tomorrow! They are also still looking for more volunteers- an easy 30 minute shift! Check the signup here to see how you can help.
