December 14-18

Christmas time is one of my most favorite times of the year!!! In Reading and Language arts we will be studying the story The Polar Express! We will be doing many actives with this story all week! On Wednesday we will be watching the Movie in class to compare the book to the Movie. So in true Polar Express style the students are encouraged to come to school in their Pajamas and they can bring a pillow and/ or a blanket for the viewing of the movie!Please keep in mind that the students still need to wear normal school shoes (no house shoes) for safety in PE and recess. On Friday we will have a busy and fun filled day! We will start the day off with a school wide sing-a-long, immanently following the sing-a-long we will return to our classroom for our Holiday party!Please refer to the school note sent home last week about visitors and party guild-lines. During our party we will be decorating cone Christmas trees that the students may eat. Warning!! Sugar overload!! lol! I will be needing parent helpers during the party and well as supply's to pull this activity off. The supply's needed are as follows: * 5 containers of green frosting * 2 large bag of M&Ms * 2 large bags of Skittles * 2-3 packages of holiday sprinkles * Paper plates * 2 boxes of juice boxes If you would like to bring additions treats you are welcome to do so as well. Please post in the comments below this post what you would like to contribute to our party. This helps us all see what is needed. I truly appreciate all your help in pulling this fun day off.

December 7-11 our week at a glance...

Good Evening Families; here is a glance at what we will be learning this week: ELA: We are continuing to study poetry this week! This week we will focus on reading and comprehending different types of poems. Students will make inferences (using what they already know, combined with what they see/read), before, during and after poems. We will look at words that rhyme, to help the poem flow together too! This week we are also talking about the beat we hear, when reciting poems. During our Word Study, we are learning to group words, with the same beginning sounds together. We will review procedures to make closed syllable words, cvc words, using a,e,i,o, and u. For example, bat, ten, pin, log, run. ***Ask your child to write and sound out any type of closed syllable, cvc words, and they can write it, sound-it-out and then read it to you! During Shared Reading, The class and I read together!! I read challenging words and then, the kids read familiar sight words and words that they are able to sound-out easily!! We do the same thing, during our Interactive Writing, but instead of reading, we write together!! Writing: This week students will be writing poems about family and friends! Students will also be writing sensory poems; they will use their 5 senses to write a poem. For example, if they decide to write a poem about popcorn, they will describe how it tastes, smells, looks, feels and how it sounds when either cooking or when they are eating it! Students will be encouraged to use familiar sight words, from our word wall, when writing! Math: During math this week, we will be reviewing numbers 0-20. Students will practice recognizing these numbers, building them and writing them. We will also be comparing 2 numbers at time, and students will be able to determine which number is more, and which one is less. Social Studies: We will be talking about customs and traditions for winter holidays that we celebrate, here and in other countries too! Science: Students will learn about the seasons as an event that has a repeating pattern. They will attain the Key Understandings that weather changes over the seasons, and there are four seasons that cycle through the year.

The life of a kindergarten Husband!

Thanksgiving snack sign up

Kindergarten Thanksgiving “Snack”

In Social Studies, we will be learning about customs and celebrations, with special focus on the story of the first Thanksgiving! On Friday, November 20th, we will have a special snack to reinforce our learning of the first Thanksgiving. We will eat traditional foods that the Pilgrims and Native Americans might have eaten at the first Thanksgiving. Please note, this is NOT a party.

If you would like to donate any items for our "Thanksgiving Snack", please leave a comment below with the item you wish to donate and make sure to include your name. Please send items on or before Thursday, November 19th. Thanks for helping make this day special!

_____ mini pumpkin pies

_____sliced turkey

_____1 package dried cranberries

_____1 package cheese cubes

_____1 box of Ritz crackers

_____1 bag of popcorn

_____1 bag of Bugles (found in the chip aisle)

_____1 can of whipped cream

_____plates

_____napkins

_____forks

Please contact me with any questions. We are looking forward to this learning opportunity! And the delicious food!

Puppet Show in the Library and Pie Wars against the Principals!

Check out the Puppet show that we seen today!!

Video of The Puppet show

What are the vowels?

Alphabet chart class practice

Practice this each night with your child to help them be fluent with their letters and sounds!

November Homework Calendar

Pictures from the Field trip and Book Parade