Friday, October 30, 2015
Halloween!
Hard to believe that October is almost over! We ended the week/month with our Halloween parade and party! All the kids looked great in their costumes! Here are some pictures of the kids in their costumes and some from our party! A big thank you to Mrs. Wysocki, Mrs. Morrison, Mrs. Folan, and Mrs. Hajj for making our party so fun! Also thank you to all the families who contributed the treats and supplies! It is all truly appreciated! Have a safe and happy Halloween!
Monday, October 26, 2015
Monday, October 5, 2015
October news
We are almost 3 weeks in and the kids are settling into the routines! Moving their names over for the lunch choice, bringing in notes, getting their snacks, and packing up their back packs are just a few of the things they are becoming more independent with! They all have a folder to put their papers in. Please help them remember to bring their folder back each day and if you have any pick up notes (forms, picture envelopes, coupon book envelopes, bus notes etc you can place them in the folder).
They have been working hard on showing me a "calm body" and giving me their "whole body" listening (ask your child what those terms mean). To reward them for their team work and good behavior they are earning pennies. Anytime they are working hard, sitting quietly as a group, using great manners, listening when I am speaking, keeping their hands to themselves, lining up carefully without any pushing etc I put a penny in a small jar. When our jar is full, they will earn a special reward! We named a few possible rewards, such as pajama day, bring a stuffed animal to school, and extra recess! I told them that they are the ones responsible for earning the pennies, they need to work cooperatively to earn them. I am hopeful that in the next couple weeks they will have filled the jar!
We've been learning new letters each week. So far we have learned the letters t,f,b,m,n,i, and u. In small groups we are working on "stretching out" words (I showed them a rubber band and how it stretches as you pull it). They are doing a great job at using their "best guess" spelling. You'll notice in their writing there may not be too many vowels, we are trying to write down the sounds we hear. The beginning sound is usually the easiest to figure out then we stretch out the word and listen for other sounds. You may've noticed on a paper we did together they wrote down "bl" for ball and "ft" for feet. The vowels will come later. The kids have been enjoying "Writer's Workshop", many of the kids are drawing pictures at this stage and soon we will try to write some letters to go along with our pictures.
In math we have been working on printing the numbers 0-5,counting groups of objects and making combinations of 5 (2,3/1,4/0,5 for example). It can be a tricky concept but the kids are doing well! Sometimes when we work on math I pull pages out of their workbooks and make a packet. We may not do all of the pages in the packet, if the packet comes home feel free to work on any pages that aren't done with your child. It can be extra practice, no need to send the packet back.
As the weather gets cooler please make sure you send your child with a jacket/sweatshirt for recess.
Mr. K has requested that you send in a smock for art to protect their clothes when painting.
Stay warm!
They have been working hard on showing me a "calm body" and giving me their "whole body" listening (ask your child what those terms mean). To reward them for their team work and good behavior they are earning pennies. Anytime they are working hard, sitting quietly as a group, using great manners, listening when I am speaking, keeping their hands to themselves, lining up carefully without any pushing etc I put a penny in a small jar. When our jar is full, they will earn a special reward! We named a few possible rewards, such as pajama day, bring a stuffed animal to school, and extra recess! I told them that they are the ones responsible for earning the pennies, they need to work cooperatively to earn them. I am hopeful that in the next couple weeks they will have filled the jar!
We've been learning new letters each week. So far we have learned the letters t,f,b,m,n,i, and u. In small groups we are working on "stretching out" words (I showed them a rubber band and how it stretches as you pull it). They are doing a great job at using their "best guess" spelling. You'll notice in their writing there may not be too many vowels, we are trying to write down the sounds we hear. The beginning sound is usually the easiest to figure out then we stretch out the word and listen for other sounds. You may've noticed on a paper we did together they wrote down "bl" for ball and "ft" for feet. The vowels will come later. The kids have been enjoying "Writer's Workshop", many of the kids are drawing pictures at this stage and soon we will try to write some letters to go along with our pictures.
In math we have been working on printing the numbers 0-5,counting groups of objects and making combinations of 5 (2,3/1,4/0,5 for example). It can be a tricky concept but the kids are doing well! Sometimes when we work on math I pull pages out of their workbooks and make a packet. We may not do all of the pages in the packet, if the packet comes home feel free to work on any pages that aren't done with your child. It can be extra practice, no need to send the packet back.
As the weather gets cooler please make sure you send your child with a jacket/sweatshirt for recess.
Mr. K has requested that you send in a smock for art to protect their clothes when painting.
Stay warm!
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