Posted by jstutz1 | Posted in Uncategorized | Posted on October 6, 2019
9/30 – 10/4
Firefighters Visit: We LOVED it when the Firefighters came to visit! Did you know a couple of our classmates’ Dad’s are firefighters?! Lucy’s Dad was one of the firefighters that came to teach us all about Fire Safety this week. Firefighter Kent taught us all about how we should not touch matches or lighters and always tell an adult if we find them. He also showed us the smoke detectors that we ALL should have in our homes. Giving the Kinders the job of going home and telling parents to be sure to CHANGE THE BATTERIES! If you DO NOT have a smoke detector in your home PLEASE email me or go to https://www.gtwp.com/226/Fire-Department website and we will help you get these very important safety features for your home. Firefighter Kent also taught us about 911 and when to call, how to stop, drop and roll.
Firefighter Rich told us all about the uniform that Firefighters wear when they fight fires. Did you know that it is as heavy as 3 Kindergartners? That a lot of safety equipment! We noticed that firefighter Rich looked and sounded different with his equipment on. He taught us that we should not be afraid of firefighters and that they are there to help us, even if they sound different or look different with their equipment on.
Firefighter Rob was so nice to drive the firetruck around the back of our school, as close as he could, during the untimely rain for us to see. The Kinders were able to look through the windows to see the firetruck. Bummer, we were hoping to get a closer look, but the rain had different timing for us. Thank you so much firefighter Rob for giving us a plan b. We are SO LUCKY to have these firefighter parents in our classrooms, building and community! Thank you for visiting with us!!
Popcorn Words: to, you, do
Color Word of the Week: Green. The Kinders LOVED breaking all the playdough rules, they got to mix a little blue and a little yellow to make their own green playdough. All inspired by the book by Leo Leoni, Little Blue and Little Yellow. We also made our own Froggy character craft.
Writers Workshop: This week we had lots of fun being writers that “Show and Tell.” We explored every detail of objects that we treasure. The Kinders LOVED bringing in these objects and sharing them. We learned that illustrators show all the details in the pictures of an object and authors show all the details by adding the words. The Kindergartners worked on showing EVERY detail of their object and adding EVERY detail of labeling their object. They really enjoyed taking a “gallery walk” to look at all of their classmates show and tell items. Our writing skills are getting stronger and stronger!
Readers Workshop: This week our Kindergartners explored more storybooks. We dove into storybook classics that we know really well. The Kinders shared many of their favorite storybooks that they love to hear over and over (Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, The Little Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly, Goldilocks and The Three Bears) were among the most loved. We practiced retelling these stories using connecting words like First, Then, Next and Last. The Kinders also practiced using their black book boxes to read independently. They make a pile of all of their reading materials that are inside this box and then read one at a time cover to cover making a new pile and then starting over again. What is inside this box for them to read? A couple of sight word reader books, their poem binders, journals, weekly reader magazine, Three Billy Goats Gruff easy reader. The Kinders practice looking at pictures to help them tell a story and find words they know in a snap to read. They REALLY LOVED getting to try out a whisper phone to read to themselves. I am SOOOO PROUD of these Kinders!!
Math: The Kinders explored writing more numbers, showing scenes of numbers, finding groups of numbers and telling addition and subtraction stories. Each day the Kinders work hard on counting by 1’s and 10’s. They also explore how a number is broken into tens and ones, helping to count the number of days we have been in school so far. We are up to 28 (2 groups of ten and 8 ones) days of school!!
Mystery Readers this week:
- On Wednesday James was so surprised to see his Mom, Mrs. Parnacott, walk in as our Mystery Reader! Mrs. Parnacott read us the timely book, Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson. The Kinders LOVED this funny book and visit from Mrs. Parnacott. Thank you for visiting and reading to us Mrs. Parnacott! Also, for the gift of the book to our classroom library.
- On Thursday Sloane was absolutely shocked to see her Mom, Mrs. Bottrell, was our Mystery Reader! Mrs. Bottrell read us one of her childhood favorites, A Treasury of Jillian Jiggs by Phoebe Gilman. The Kindergartners LOVED this silly story about Jillian and our visit from Mrs. Bottrell. Thank you for visiting with us and reading to us Mrs. Bottrell!
Goodbye to Mrs. Blauwkamp: On Friday, we had to say goodbye to Mrs. Blauwkamp, our AMAZING student teacher. Mrs. Blauwkamp has been an INCREDIBLE amount of help to me during these first 6 weeks of school. She will be moving to her next placement for the next 6 weeks of her graduate program. We will miss her DEARLY!!! Our Kinders loved giving her a gift basket full of teacher items and some of her favorite things. Mrs. Blauwkamp was so generous and also gave us a book, I Knew You Could, for our classroom library and some special treats! Thank you for being part of our educational journey Mrs. Blauwkamp we will MISS YOU SO MUCH!!!
Upcoming Dates:
- Monday, Oct. 7…MUSIC, Culver’s Night (Come support our school and have dinner at Culver’s. A portion of the proceeds will go to our school. Mrs. Stutz will be working from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Come see me!).
- Tuesday, Oct. 8…GYM, LIBRARY – be sure to help your Kinder to bring their library book!
- Wednesday, Oct. 9…ART
- Thursday, Oct. 10…STEAM, Jet’s Pizza Night (Order pizza from Jet’s tonight. Mention your child’s teachers name and the most classroom with the most orders wins a Pizza Party!).
- Friday, Oct. 11…MUSIC, Wear Purple!
- Oct. 18…Mahlek’s Birthday!!!
- Oct. 25…Football game fun! Details coming soon. Our class is invited to form a tunnel for the football players to walk onto the field. Then able to enter the game for free to support our football team and special player Trevor, # 87
- Thursday, Oct. 31…Fall Class Party 2:00-3:00 p.m. Sign-up for donations will be coming soon.
