Weekly Update…

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Posted by jstutz1 | Posted in Uncategorized | Posted on April 29, 2018

April 23 – 27

Popcorn Words:  come, some

Math:   We have started working in our last Math unit of the year!  Where did the time go?  The Kinders have started with finding patterns in number sentences that equal 10.  Discovering pictures that help show a number sentence.  Everyday we have been looking at our “Math starry night sky.”  The kinders help math the correct number sentence with the correct night sky poster.  For example, a picture showing 1 purple star and 9 yellow stars matches the number sentence 10 = 1 + 9.  We will continue in this unit for the remainder of our school year.

Writers Workshop:  This week we continued to work on our How-To writing.  The Kindergartners have practiced writing their own How-To’s this week.  They begin with first picking something they know how to do really well and could teach someone.  Then they tell the steps of their how to across their fingers, sketch it, then write the steps in words.   Remembering to add details and labels to to their sketches.  The Kinders LOVED trying the How-To make a minion!  We had a lot of fun making and creating our own bracelets and then writing a How-To Make a Bracelet together as a whole class.  We will not be doing an “On-demand” for this writing genre.  Our next writing genre to wrap up the school year will be Opinion writing.  I can’t wait to explore this writing genre with your Kindergartner!!

Readers Workshop:  This week we continued to explore Characters in books.  Looking at the main characters in a story, noticing that a main character can be in more than one book.  For example, the Little Critter character (books by author Mercer Mayer) is in many different books. We noticed that Little Critter does different things in different stories.  We also explored the difference between 2 main characters in books.  The Kinders loved comparing the characters of Hansel and Gretel in the classic tale Hansel and Gretel.  Noticing that Hansel and Gretel each do different things in the story.  The Kindergartners have a done a great job with exploring Characters in books.

Rocks:  We have been having so much fun exploring our Rock collections!  The kinders have gotten a chance to look at each others collections and explore their own collections closer.  We have been working through our own rock collection journals, exploring different properties of our rocks.  Can it float? Is it bumpy or smooth? Is it spotted, striped or plain?  Is it shiny or dull?  We have even EATEN ROCKS…..not really!  We made our own sedimentary rocks out of starbursts.  Discovering that a sedimentary rocks is formed by pressure over time.  The kinders each received 3 different colors of starbursts and then added extreme pressure to make their own sedimentary rock.  Then they got to EAT their ROCK!  It was a lot of fun!  We also explored what a fossil is.  We had a lot of fun picking something to make a print in some clay to make our own fossils.  We will get to bring these home once they are completely fossilized (dry).

Mystery Readers:  Jager was so excited to see his Mom walk through the door as our Mystery Reader!  Jager’s Mom is a teacher, she read us a book that she is reading to her class right now, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Ron Barrett.  We got a kick out of hearing all of the things that the town got to eat!  Just when we though our time was over with Jager’s Mom we heard a noise…it was Jager’s Dad!!  He surprised Jager too as a Mystery Reader!  Jager’s Dad (also a teacher) read us the hilarious book, The Book with No Pictures by B.J. Novak.  A hilarious book with funny words on each page that gets the kids involved in the story.  Jager’s Dad had to say some pretty silly things when reading us this book!  We loved hearing these two books from Jager’s Mom and Dad.  A GREAT surprise for Jager!!  Thanks for visiting with us Mr. and Mrs. Workman!!  We can’t wait to see who our next Mystery Reader will be!!  If you are interested in being a Mystery Reader and don’t see a time in our signup.com page that works for you PLEASE email me at jstutz1@hpseagles.net and I will gladly coordinate a time with you!

 

Field Trip:  Our field trip is scheduled for Tuesday, May 8.  All 6 chaperones have been contacted.  Please plan to send a sack lunch with your child on our field trip day, with a drink or water bottle that are all clearly labeled with your child’s name.  I will have a basket to carry all lunches with us on the bus to the park where we will eat.  A note will come home this week with more details about our trip and a reminder about sending in a lunch and dressing appropriately for our field trip.  All parents (or someone special) and younger siblings are welcome to join us at our Hager Park picnic lunch and play time.  We will plan to get to Hager Park by 12:00 to eat and then have some play time until about 1:45 p.m.  We will then plan to return to school by 2:00 p.m. and finish out our day.  Please email me at jstutz1@hpseagles.net if you have ANY questions.  If it rains on our field trip day we will still plan to go, the facility has accommodations they make for us for rain.  However, if it rains during our Hager Park time we will cancel that part of our trip and return to school for a picnic lunch inside our classroom (all are welcome to join us for a lunch time in our room).  We will make those decisions on our field trip day.

Snack Reminder:  Just a friendly reminder to please send in 2 snacks everyday for your child.  We have an a.m. and p.m. snack time everyday.

Supplies Needed:  If you are interested and can donate our classroom is in need of Graham crackers, ziplock baggies – sandwich and gallon size, Disinfecting wipes.

Upcoming Dates:

  • Monday, April 30…STEAM, Take Home Books
  • Tuesday, May 1…GYM, Take Home Books
  • Wednesday, May 2…MUSIC, LIBRARY….RETURN YOUR LIBRARY BOOKS!
  • Thursday, May 3…ART
  • Friday, May 4…STEAM
  • Tuesday, May 8…Field Trip, bus leaves by 9:15 a.m., Bring sack lunch and drink – labeled with child’s name, dress appropriately for field trip.
  • Friday, June 1…Kindergarten Olympics!!  These will take place in the a.m. and commence by 12:00 p.m.  Details will be coming home this week!
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