The walking Field Trip to the LDS Cannery down the street was lots of fun and very informative. We had a great time hunting for shapes on the walk to and from the cannery and observing 3-D shapes while in the cannery. We also learned about the process of canning stew. Special thanks to our parent volunteers and Mr. Rempfer for going with us that day. We appreciate your support!
Our class continues to introduce new letters of the alphabet and use many learning styles to help us remember the letter names and sounds. In October we had a "horrible hair" day with Mr. Hh.
Glow in the Dark Glasses and groovy grass G's helped us learn the letter Gg.
Letter Xx- building the letter with our bodies was so much FUN and learning how to draw a skeleton too.
Letter Bb science experiment was Blowing up a balloon using pop and nerds; our class Scientists observed their first "chemical reaction" and then recorded it in their science journal for the letter Bb.
W-w-w-w-w, letter Ww is for whale in the water and Willy the worm!
We also practiced writing our "snap words" outside on the sidewalk with chalk. Partner practice with the "snap words" was great. Learning together is so much FUN!!!
We raced that "crazy HARE" and the tortoises gave their best effort and never quit.
We read the story, “The Tortoise and the Hare” and we had our very own race in Kindergarten. Just like in the story the Tortoise won because he/she knew that IT IS GOOD TO DO HARD THINGS! We also learned that it is important to put forth your “BEST EFFORT” during work time at school and home.
Labeling Lesson: We have been discussing and some students have made goals about drawing and labeling pictures. We had a lesson about learning how to label. The students got to label the teacher after we had labeled our school mascot "the eagle". We had lots of fun!
Miss Hannah and I were out of the class to go on a family trip to a ranch in Wyoming, thanks to the subs that stated several times since then how nice, respectful and kind the kids were while we were gone on October 21st. I love the Wyoming sunsets in the wide open sky!
- Monday's FALL Harvest Activity Day was awesome!
A "BIG" thank you to our Room Parents; Ashley Sherman, Leslie Martinez and Brianne Eyre for helping plan and facilitate a great day of learning!
Ghost Bowling and Graph was a big hit during the activity that day. It is amazing how "tricky" it can be to bowl with a pumpkin. After each turn the students would go to the table and graph the number of pins they knocked down for each turn.
We learned many things about spiders; they have 8 legs, sometimes have more than 2 eyes and build their webs just about anywhere. The kids had fun making a spider sucker and trying to "snatch" up a little prize through a web of yarn.
The Pumpkin Face Math/Estimation center was so fun and many different shape faces were created on the miniature oranges.
The Skeleton Inside You center was informative and the students had fun creating their own skeleton body. Come see them hanging in the hallway during the next week.
We have survived the week following Halloween and I hope all that celebrated and dressed up had a FUN and safe day. My family had FUN carving pumpkins and eating white chili.
We have survived the week following Halloween and I hope all that celebrated and dressed up had a FUN and safe day. My family had FUN carving pumpkins and eating white chili.
My granddaughter is the cutest ever!!!!!
- NOVEMBER Calendar Items
Library EVERY Tuesday, please help your child remember to be proactive and put their book in the backpack the night before.
During November we will be focusing on Habit # 3 , learning how to "Put First Things First" working before we play.
Friday, November 4th is a Minimum Day dismissed at 12:45 PM, $ Dress Day- pay $1 wear Free Dress, the proceeds are helping the OPAPO school parent organization.
This is also our second annual "Day of the Dead" family night celebration; honor your loved ones that have passed, enjoy fun activities, food and artwork in the halls. Please come and enjoy the fun!
This is also our second annual "Day of the Dead" family night celebration; honor your loved ones that have passed, enjoy fun activities, food and artwork in the halls. Please come and enjoy the fun!
SAVE THE DATE: November 17, 2016 @ 6 pm. You will want to invite the grandmas and grandpas! This will be the ONLY Kindergarten Performance for the year. More info. to come in the folder!
- Nov. 17th- Harvest of the Month- the Junior High CTE kiddos will be presenting information about cranberries
- Friday, November 18th Q and U will be getting married-joined together in every word. Kindergarten is going to have a Free Dress Day for the Q and U wedding. Please wear "Best Dress" or school uniform.
Thanksgiving Break- NO SCHOOL November 21st thru 25th
Friday, December 2nd- Minimum Day students released at 12:45 PM
Friday, December 2nd- Minimum Day students released at 12:45 PM
- New Learning and Review
This week we will be working with the Letters Vv and Jj. We will be taking our Language Arts Unit 2 test and Math Unit 4 test.
Please make sure that your student has mastered the 14 snap words the, my, a, and, I , like, to, me, we, no, is, in, at, go. Please look at previous BLOG posts to know the letters they should know the names and sounds for. Please review writing the numbers to 10 forwards and backwards without any backwards or upside down numbers.
- Winter Weather
BRRRR! It’s getting cold out there. Please make sure your child comes to school with a coat and any other (labeled with your child’s name) accessories. Students will go outside for recess unless there is heavy rain or major snowfall. It is imperative the students get fresh air to help get them through their day of learning and work!
- Pizza Hut Coupons
I sent Pizza Hut certificates home in the red folder. Be sure to use them in 30 days or less. There is no money needed to redeem the coupon. The kids are very excited about going to Pizza Hut. Thanks for reading with your child! Remember, reading in Kindergarten is: doing my homework, someone reading to me, the student reading and finding "snap words", practicing letters and snap words, name writing, reading the pictures in books and retelling story to someone.
- Behavior Chart
Many of you have probably heard from your student that the clip up chart has been taken down. For the months of November and December we will be earning pennies instead of clipping up. Students will earn pennies each day for going above and beyond, being a helper to me or a neighbor, bringing back homework completed and completing work in class. They will be using this money to purchase a graham cracker house, frosting and candy. This is such a fun activity in December. This is a STEM project. The students will be designing and building a graham cracker house by themselves with the materials they are able to purchase.
We will be learning about patterns in math and starting our math unit study this week about 2-D and 3-D shapes, so using candy to make patterns on their houses is a great way to reinforce this concept as well as the shapes. Please remind your student to Begin With the End in Mind and work extra hard to earn pennies. Follow through with them by asking them how many pennies they have earned during the week. This activity also gives them experience with and understanding coin values.
- Mrs. Lopez school counselor has important information on her BLOG. Please read the Leader In Me newsletter attached to the REMIND message for this week. I have added her link to the side of my BLOG along with Señora Sorenson the Spanish teacher.
HAVE A WONDERFUL NOVEMBER!!!
No comments:
Post a Comment