Morning Meeting-We shared our plans for Thanksgiving. We also sang our Thanksgiving song.
Specials-We had art today. We are making life size people in art.
Read Aloud-Plump and Perky Turkey
Shared reading-Thanksgiving Dinner
Table Activity-We finished our Thanksgiving Turkey cards. We wrote the uppercase and lowercase abcs. We drew or colored turkeys.
Rest Time-We watched "A Charlie Brown Christmas".
Math-We did calendar and workjobs.
Special Activity-We at pumpkin pie with the rest of the kindergarten classrooms. We also acted out our Thanksgiving Poem using our Pilgrim hats with Mrs. Jurek's Native Americans.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Monday, November 24, 2008
Nov. 24
Morning Meeting-We did the Turkey Pokey (Hokey Pokey) for our movement activity. We shared our favorite part of the Thanksgiving meal. The winner was turkey. We shared the Surprise Sack, the Letter Bucket and Torrey shared the Star Suitcase.
Specials-We had Phy. Ed. today
Special Event-We made pumpkin pie as a class. We put it into a big pie crust with Mrs. Jurek's class and we will eat it with them tomorrow. Thank you for sending in all of the ingredients.
Fun Activity-We made hand and feet turkeys. We traced our hands for the feathers and our feet for the body. We also made Pilgrim hats. We colored a picture in our Kindergarten Memory Books.
Read Aloud-We read Thanksgiving Day. It is about the first Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims and the Indians.
Thanksgiving Poem-We learned a poem that we sang as a song. We wore our Pilgrim hats and Mrs. Jurek's class wore Native American headbands. We acted out the song together while we were singing the song. We are going to do it again tomorrow before sharing our pumpkin pie together.
Math-We did calendar. We graphed our favorite Thanksgiving food. We did a graph for the food a turkey would eat.
*I am sorry that I have not done my Blog lately. My computer crashed last week. I have a new computer now and I will get back on schedule.
Specials-We had Phy. Ed. today
Special Event-We made pumpkin pie as a class. We put it into a big pie crust with Mrs. Jurek's class and we will eat it with them tomorrow. Thank you for sending in all of the ingredients.
Fun Activity-We made hand and feet turkeys. We traced our hands for the feathers and our feet for the body. We also made Pilgrim hats. We colored a picture in our Kindergarten Memory Books.
Read Aloud-We read Thanksgiving Day. It is about the first Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims and the Indians.
Thanksgiving Poem-We learned a poem that we sang as a song. We wore our Pilgrim hats and Mrs. Jurek's class wore Native American headbands. We acted out the song together while we were singing the song. We are going to do it again tomorrow before sharing our pumpkin pie together.
Math-We did calendar. We graphed our favorite Thanksgiving food. We did a graph for the food a turkey would eat.
*I am sorry that I have not done my Blog lately. My computer crashed last week. I have a new computer now and I will get back on schedule.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Nov. 19
Morning Meeting-We did Nyle Noodle for our movement activity. We voted on our favorite chapter book-Flat Stanley or Stanley, Flat Again. It was a tie-11 to 11.
Specials-We had music today.
Read Aloud-We read "The Great Turkey Race".
Shared Reading-Thanksgiving Dinner
Reading Activity-Illustrating and coloring a turkey book
Writer's workshop-We continued working on our letters and booklets. Some great letters are coming home!
Rest Time-The Magic School Bus and the Great Shark Escape-We voted on a new chapter book to start today.
Math-We did calendar and calendar books. We talked about symmetry. We had symmetry stations. We made dot painting symmetrical pictures. We made symmetrical patterns. We made symmetrical pictures with peg boards and we made symmetrical pictures with pattern blocks.
Social-We read "A House is a House for Me". We worked on our house drawings we started on Monday. We made a map of our rooms.
**PJ Party-Friday, Nov. 21 in the afternoon. We earned a 100 super stars and we are celebrating with a PJ Party. Please send your PJs and stuffed animals in a bag. We will read books, eat popcorn and watch a short movie to celebrate our STAR behavior. A note will be coming home tomorrow. My group email did not work.
Specials-We had music today.
Read Aloud-We read "The Great Turkey Race".
Shared Reading-Thanksgiving Dinner
Reading Activity-Illustrating and coloring a turkey book
Writer's workshop-We continued working on our letters and booklets. Some great letters are coming home!
Rest Time-The Magic School Bus and the Great Shark Escape-We voted on a new chapter book to start today.
Math-We did calendar and calendar books. We talked about symmetry. We had symmetry stations. We made dot painting symmetrical pictures. We made symmetrical patterns. We made symmetrical pictures with peg boards and we made symmetrical pictures with pattern blocks.
Social-We read "A House is a House for Me". We worked on our house drawings we started on Monday. We made a map of our rooms.
**PJ Party-Friday, Nov. 21 in the afternoon. We earned a 100 super stars and we are celebrating with a PJ Party. Please send your PJs and stuffed animals in a bag. We will read books, eat popcorn and watch a short movie to celebrate our STAR behavior. A note will be coming home tomorrow. My group email did not work.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Nov. 18
Morning Meeting-We did the Nyle Noodle song. We are talking about how to earn stars this week. We have been earning stars as a class when we are star students. Now we will be earning stars as individuals. I have introduced the first two star colors. Green is for showing respect. Yellow is for treating each other with kindness.
Specials-We went to art today. We were such good listeners that we earned our last 3 stars for our star student chart.
Star Student Reward-We have earned 100 stars for being Star Students!!! We will be having a PJ party in the afternoon on Friday, Nov. 21 to celebrate our good behavior. Your child can bring pajamas, a stuffed animal and a small blanket. We will be reading books and watching a movie with popcorn! We are very excited.
Read Aloud-We read "Thanksgiving is for Giving Thanks." We shared something we were thankful for.
Shared Reading-We read the poem, ""Thanks for...". We found all of the Nn's in the poem. We also found all of the rhyming words. We practiced sounding out words.
Reading Activity-We drew pictures of things we are thankful for.
Writer's Workshop-We learned about writing letters today. Some students are bringing home a letter he/she wrote during writer's workshop. Some kids are still finishing up their booklets.
Rest Time-We finished our 2nd chapter book-"Stanley, Flat Again." Then we drew pictures and shared our favorite part in either book, Flat Stanley or Stanley, Flat Again. We will be voting on a new chapter book to start tomorrow.
Math-We did calendar. Then we did work jobs. All of the kids are now working on the 2nd set of workjobs. Most of the workjobs have to do with counting, and recognizing numbers up to 100. They worked hard today. Thank you to our volunteers, Beth, Dawn and Nicolle.
Specials-We went to art today. We were such good listeners that we earned our last 3 stars for our star student chart.
Star Student Reward-We have earned 100 stars for being Star Students!!! We will be having a PJ party in the afternoon on Friday, Nov. 21 to celebrate our good behavior. Your child can bring pajamas, a stuffed animal and a small blanket. We will be reading books and watching a movie with popcorn! We are very excited.
Read Aloud-We read "Thanksgiving is for Giving Thanks." We shared something we were thankful for.
Shared Reading-We read the poem, ""Thanks for...". We found all of the Nn's in the poem. We also found all of the rhyming words. We practiced sounding out words.
Reading Activity-We drew pictures of things we are thankful for.
Writer's Workshop-We learned about writing letters today. Some students are bringing home a letter he/she wrote during writer's workshop. Some kids are still finishing up their booklets.
Rest Time-We finished our 2nd chapter book-"Stanley, Flat Again." Then we drew pictures and shared our favorite part in either book, Flat Stanley or Stanley, Flat Again. We will be voting on a new chapter book to start tomorrow.
Math-We did calendar. Then we did work jobs. All of the kids are now working on the 2nd set of workjobs. Most of the workjobs have to do with counting, and recognizing numbers up to 100. They worked hard today. Thank you to our volunteers, Beth, Dawn and Nicolle.
Monday, November 17, 2008
Nov. 17
Happy Monday!
Morning Meeting-We introduced our new Alpha Friend-Nyle Noodle. We shared our favorite noodles. Sophia shared the Star Suitcase. We did the Nyle Noodle song.
Specials-We had Phy. Ed. today
Reading Activity-We read the book "Noodles". It is a pop-up book with lots of different kinds of noodles. We did a shared reading with a book called "Frogs". We did independent reading and shared reading. During shared (partner reading) reading we read "This is My School" and "Frogs".
Writer's Workshop-We wrote in our booklets and organized our folders.
Rest Time-We read 2 chapters in "Stanley, Flat Again." Stanley saved Emma from a building.
Math-We did calendar and calendar books. We reviewed all of the shapes. We made a shape book called "Shape Monster". We then made shape monsters out of construction paper.
Morning Meeting-We introduced our new Alpha Friend-Nyle Noodle. We shared our favorite noodles. Sophia shared the Star Suitcase. We did the Nyle Noodle song.
Specials-We had Phy. Ed. today
Reading Activity-We read the book "Noodles". It is a pop-up book with lots of different kinds of noodles. We did a shared reading with a book called "Frogs". We did independent reading and shared reading. During shared (partner reading) reading we read "This is My School" and "Frogs".
Writer's Workshop-We wrote in our booklets and organized our folders.
Rest Time-We read 2 chapters in "Stanley, Flat Again." Stanley saved Emma from a building.
Math-We did calendar and calendar books. We reviewed all of the shapes. We made a shape book called "Shape Monster". We then made shape monsters out of construction paper.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Nov. 13
Morning Meeting-We played a counting by 5's game. We passed the sharing frog as we counted by 5's up to 40. We stopped at 40 and whoever was holding the frog had to sit down. It was a great way to practice our skip counting skills. We shared the letter bucket. We had started using an alphabet book daily to say the letter, a picture that starts with that letter and the sound that letter starts with. We also make the letter in sign language.
Specials-We had music today.
Read Aloud-We read "Me Too". It was a story about a little sister and a big brother. The little sister always said "me too" to everything the brother did. Afterward we made a venn diagram with hula hoops. One circle was brothers, one circle was sisters, and the middle was both brothers and sisters. We had another hula hoop for no brothers or sisters. We put our check in sticks in the appropriate circle. We found we have 3 kids with no brothers or sisters, 5 kids with only sisters, 7 kids with both and 8 kids with just brothers.
Shared Reading-We read a story called "This is my School." We practiced our reading skills of stretching words and using beginning sounds and picture clues.
Stations-We had 4 stations today. The yellow station was working on two pages of our abc art book. We worked on Xx and Ww. The blue station was making our Tiggy Tiger page for our Alpha Friend book. The red station was printing our letters Ss and Mm. The white station was beginning letter sounds activity and reading the book "This is my School.
Rest Time-We read chapters 2 and 3 in "Stanley, Flat Again." Stanley was the sail on a sailboat. He helped to win a sailboat race.
Math-We did calendar. We illustrated numbers from 1-10. They had to draw the correct number of circles to match the number. We talked about diamonds/rhombus. We made a kite that was symmetrical. We used triangles to make diamonds.
Day 5 Alive-We went to watch Day 5 Alive. We saw some 5th grade students doing a step routine. We saw some 4th grade students with their hat inventions. A few 3rd grade students read poetry.
*Please send snowpants if it is wet out. Our playground is very muddy and wet.
Specials-We had music today.
Read Aloud-We read "Me Too". It was a story about a little sister and a big brother. The little sister always said "me too" to everything the brother did. Afterward we made a venn diagram with hula hoops. One circle was brothers, one circle was sisters, and the middle was both brothers and sisters. We had another hula hoop for no brothers or sisters. We put our check in sticks in the appropriate circle. We found we have 3 kids with no brothers or sisters, 5 kids with only sisters, 7 kids with both and 8 kids with just brothers.
Shared Reading-We read a story called "This is my School." We practiced our reading skills of stretching words and using beginning sounds and picture clues.
Stations-We had 4 stations today. The yellow station was working on two pages of our abc art book. We worked on Xx and Ww. The blue station was making our Tiggy Tiger page for our Alpha Friend book. The red station was printing our letters Ss and Mm. The white station was beginning letter sounds activity and reading the book "This is my School.
Rest Time-We read chapters 2 and 3 in "Stanley, Flat Again." Stanley was the sail on a sailboat. He helped to win a sailboat race.
Math-We did calendar. We illustrated numbers from 1-10. They had to draw the correct number of circles to match the number. We talked about diamonds/rhombus. We made a kite that was symmetrical. We used triangles to make diamonds.
Day 5 Alive-We went to watch Day 5 Alive. We saw some 5th grade students doing a step routine. We saw some 4th grade students with their hat inventions. A few 3rd grade students read poetry.
*Please send snowpants if it is wet out. Our playground is very muddy and wet.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Nov. 12
Morning Meeting-We did the Bubble Gum song and the Bennie Bear song.
Specials-We went to music
Read Aloud-We read Bubble Bear
Shared Reading-We read the Nursery Rhyme Baa Baa Black Sheep
Reading Activity-We went on a Bb hunt. We practiced writing letters. We wrote Bb and Rr. We made our Benny Bear book page.
Special Event-Mrs. Schultz, our school nurse, came to talk to us about germs. We learned what germs are, how they can be spread and how we can get rid of them by washing our hands. We learned a song to help us get all of the germs off of our hands. We talked about good times to wash our hands. We did a science experiment. Mrs. Schultz put "germs" on Mrs. Milow's hands. Then she showed the "germs" with a black light. My "germs" were spread onto Mrs. Schultz. Then I washed using our new hand washing song as my guide. We looked at my hands under the black light again and the germs were gone.
Rest Time-We started our new chapter book-Stanely, Flat Again.
Math-We did calendar and calendar book. We had rectangle day in math. We compared a rectangle and circle and then a rectangle and a square. We went on a rectangle hunt. We made a person with rectangles. We made domino rectangles and practiced addition.
Social-We talked about where we live. We live on Earth. We live on the continent of North America. We live in the country of the United States of America. We live in the state of Minnesota. We live in the town of Rockford (or Buffalo, Corcoran or Greenfield). We looked on a map of the Earth and found our continent and our country. We looked on a USA map to find our state and our town.
*Please send boots and snowpants if it is wet or snowy outside. Please label all outside clothes.
Specials-We went to music
Read Aloud-We read Bubble Bear
Shared Reading-We read the Nursery Rhyme Baa Baa Black Sheep
Reading Activity-We went on a Bb hunt. We practiced writing letters. We wrote Bb and Rr. We made our Benny Bear book page.
Special Event-Mrs. Schultz, our school nurse, came to talk to us about germs. We learned what germs are, how they can be spread and how we can get rid of them by washing our hands. We learned a song to help us get all of the germs off of our hands. We talked about good times to wash our hands. We did a science experiment. Mrs. Schultz put "germs" on Mrs. Milow's hands. Then she showed the "germs" with a black light. My "germs" were spread onto Mrs. Schultz. Then I washed using our new hand washing song as my guide. We looked at my hands under the black light again and the germs were gone.
Rest Time-We started our new chapter book-Stanely, Flat Again.
Math-We did calendar and calendar book. We had rectangle day in math. We compared a rectangle and circle and then a rectangle and a square. We went on a rectangle hunt. We made a person with rectangles. We made domino rectangles and practiced addition.
Social-We talked about where we live. We live on Earth. We live on the continent of North America. We live in the country of the United States of America. We live in the state of Minnesota. We live in the town of Rockford (or Buffalo, Corcoran or Greenfield). We looked on a map of the Earth and found our continent and our country. We looked on a USA map to find our state and our town.
*Please send boots and snowpants if it is wet or snowy outside. Please label all outside clothes.
Monday, November 10, 2008
Nov. 10
Morning Meeting-We introduced our new Alpha Friend, Bennie Bear, today. We did the Bennie Bear song for our movement. We shared the letter bucket, Surprise Suitcase and the Star Suitcase. Sara shared the Star Suitcase today.
Bathroom Procedures-We had to spend some time today talking about appropriate times to use the bathroom in the kindergarten room. Lately we have had many students taking advantage of our open bathroom policy. So today we brainstormed the best times of the day to use the bathroom. We made a poster with green light times and red light times. We found out there are many more times in the day that are good times to use the bathroom ("green" light times to use the bathroom). When Mrs. Milow is giving directions or teaching a lesson it is a "red" light time. We still have an open bathroom policy, but we are trying to use better times of the day to use the bathroom so it does not interrupt our learning. Mrs. Milow is giving reminders to use the "green" light times to use the bathroom before we have a learning time at our learning circle.
Specials-We had Phy. Ed. today.
Special Event-Bob Gasch came to our school today to share a Paul Bunyan story with us. He told the story without using a book. It was very funny. Ask your child what Paul Bunyan ate for breakfast. He will be back in our school tomorrow night for our family literacy night from 6:30 to 7:30. Bring your family and a blanket for a fun night listening to stories about going to Grandma and Grandpa's house for Thanksgiving.
Read Aloud-We read "Arthur's Family Vacation"
Rest Time-We read our chapter book, "Flat Stanley". We read the chapter about Stanley tricking the sneaky thieves at the museum. Tomorrow we will finish our first chapter book.
Math-We did calendar and our calendar book. We had square day in math. We found out a square is different from a rectangle because all four of its sides are exactly the same. Some of our students found 100 or more squares in our classroom during the square hunt. The students used tally marks to keep track of how many squares they found. We made patterns using squares and pictures using squares.
*Please mark all of your child's outdoor clothes if possible. Some of our clothes are already getting lost. Thanks for your help.
Bathroom Procedures-We had to spend some time today talking about appropriate times to use the bathroom in the kindergarten room. Lately we have had many students taking advantage of our open bathroom policy. So today we brainstormed the best times of the day to use the bathroom. We made a poster with green light times and red light times. We found out there are many more times in the day that are good times to use the bathroom ("green" light times to use the bathroom). When Mrs. Milow is giving directions or teaching a lesson it is a "red" light time. We still have an open bathroom policy, but we are trying to use better times of the day to use the bathroom so it does not interrupt our learning. Mrs. Milow is giving reminders to use the "green" light times to use the bathroom before we have a learning time at our learning circle.
Specials-We had Phy. Ed. today.
Special Event-Bob Gasch came to our school today to share a Paul Bunyan story with us. He told the story without using a book. It was very funny. Ask your child what Paul Bunyan ate for breakfast. He will be back in our school tomorrow night for our family literacy night from 6:30 to 7:30. Bring your family and a blanket for a fun night listening to stories about going to Grandma and Grandpa's house for Thanksgiving.
Read Aloud-We read "Arthur's Family Vacation"
Rest Time-We read our chapter book, "Flat Stanley". We read the chapter about Stanley tricking the sneaky thieves at the museum. Tomorrow we will finish our first chapter book.
Math-We did calendar and our calendar book. We had square day in math. We found out a square is different from a rectangle because all four of its sides are exactly the same. Some of our students found 100 or more squares in our classroom during the square hunt. The students used tally marks to keep track of how many squares they found. We made patterns using squares and pictures using squares.
*Please mark all of your child's outdoor clothes if possible. Some of our clothes are already getting lost. Thanks for your help.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Nov. 6
Morning Meeting-We did the Tiggy Tiger song today for movement. We shared the Surprise Suitcase, Letter Bucket and the Star Suitcase today. Ryan B. shared the Star Suitcase. We learned he has a dog named Thomas, his favorite color is green and he likes dinosaurs. We shared 5 more family pictures.
Specials- We had music today.
Read Aloud-We read Tortillas and Lullabies.
Shared Reading-Rainy Day
Stations-We had 4 stations today. The stations were leaf rubbings, fall trees with dot painters, beginning letter activities and family portraits. The students loved visiting all of the stations. I am going to put up the art projects in the classroom before sending them home.
Reading Activity-We practiced blending words and then had independent reading for 6 minutes.
Rest time-We read chapter 3 of Flat Stanely.
Math-We had circle day today. We made circle puppets. We sang a circle song. We spelled the word circle. We did a circle hunt. We made a picture using circles.
Day 5 Alive-We went to watch Day 5 alive today. Mrs. Jurek's class sang 3 alpha friend songs.
Specials- We had music today.
Read Aloud-We read Tortillas and Lullabies.
Shared Reading-Rainy Day
Stations-We had 4 stations today. The stations were leaf rubbings, fall trees with dot painters, beginning letter activities and family portraits. The students loved visiting all of the stations. I am going to put up the art projects in the classroom before sending them home.
Reading Activity-We practiced blending words and then had independent reading for 6 minutes.
Rest time-We read chapter 3 of Flat Stanely.
Math-We had circle day today. We made circle puppets. We sang a circle song. We spelled the word circle. We did a circle hunt. We made a picture using circles.
Day 5 Alive-We went to watch Day 5 alive today. Mrs. Jurek's class sang 3 alpha friend songs.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Nov. 5
Morning Meeting-We did the "Tiggy Tiger" song for movement along with"Touch your Nose to your toes". For our quick share, we shared 5 more family photos. Sara, Austin, Connor, Tyler and Torrey shared today. They are bringing home their baby clothes and baby photo. The family photo is going up on our bulletin board.
Specials-We played drums in music today.
Read Aloud-We read "Shoes from Grandpa".
Shared Reading-We read a poem called "The Family". We found rhyming words. We looked for words that were the same. We found all of the family words.
Reading Actvities-We introduced family words (mom, dad, brother, sister...). We picked out new books for our independent reading. We had independent reading.
Writer's Workshop-We talked about using a space between words. We also talked about using a period to end our sentence. We practiced using our alphabet chart in our folders to help us spell. Then we had 15 minutes to write independently. We shared our stories in our learning circle. Some of us wrote about our families. Some wrote about Halloween.
Rest Time-We started reading a chapter book together during rest time today. We started reading "Flat Stanely" by Jeff Brown. We read chapters 1 and 2 today. Most of the students were very excited to start a chapter book. Ask your child how Stanley got flat. Ask how Stanely went to California.
Math-We did calendar and our calendar book. We started our November calendar today. We did our family graph as a class and then we made individual graphs to take home. We found out that 8 kids in our class have 4 people in their family. Have them tell you about the rest of our graph.
Specials-We played drums in music today.
Read Aloud-We read "Shoes from Grandpa".
Shared Reading-We read a poem called "The Family". We found rhyming words. We looked for words that were the same. We found all of the family words.
Reading Actvities-We introduced family words (mom, dad, brother, sister...). We picked out new books for our independent reading. We had independent reading.
Writer's Workshop-We talked about using a space between words. We also talked about using a period to end our sentence. We practiced using our alphabet chart in our folders to help us spell. Then we had 15 minutes to write independently. We shared our stories in our learning circle. Some of us wrote about our families. Some wrote about Halloween.
Rest Time-We started reading a chapter book together during rest time today. We started reading "Flat Stanely" by Jeff Brown. We read chapters 1 and 2 today. Most of the students were very excited to start a chapter book. Ask your child how Stanley got flat. Ask how Stanely went to California.
Math-We did calendar and our calendar book. We started our November calendar today. We did our family graph as a class and then we made individual graphs to take home. We found out that 8 kids in our class have 4 people in their family. Have them tell you about the rest of our graph.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Nov. 4
Happy Election Day!
We are excited to announce that we have a new student in our room. His name is Ryan S. His first day was today. The kids were very excited to welcome a new friend to our room.
Morning Meeting-We introduced ourselves to our new student and shared something fun we did over the weekend for our quick share. We introduced our new AlphaFriend "Tiggy Tiger" today. We shared 5 family photos today. If your child shared his/her family photo, then I sent home the baby clothes and picture. Please look for them in their backpacks. Today was Logan, Charlie, Gavin, Rayna and Cooper.
*New homework was sent home today for the letter Tt.
Specials-We had art today. We used clay and we painted with Mrs. Karg.
Shared Reading-We read a poem called "Some Families". We practiced our blending skills and we also looked for rhyming words.
Read Aloud-We read "Arthur Meets the President".
Reading Activity-We reviewed the letter sounds "S-M-R". We took a practice assessment on those sounds. The practice came home today. Then we went to our independent learning spots and took the assessment on the sounds.
Rest Time-We had Independent Reading during rest time
Math-We did calendar and workjobs. Many students have now finished the first set of workjobs and are starting on the second set. The first set had patterns, number matching, number order, number recognition for numbers 1-12. The second set has similar activities, but we are working on numbers 1-100. The first few sets of workjobs are working on numbers 1-31. The last sets go all the way up to 100. Thank you to all of our volunteers who helped today-Dawn, Beth and John.
Social-We talked about the election today. I introduced the presidential candidates. We talked about the voting process. Then we had our own kindergarten presidential election. I set up a voting booth. Each student came up to the voting booth and voted on a ballet and put the ballet in the secret ballet box. Then they got a "I Voted" sticker to wear. We talked about how voting is private and you don't have to tell who you voted for. We also talked about how old they had to be to vote in a real presidential election. We had our secret ballot counter, (Ben's dad), count our votes. Fourteen of our students voted for Barack Obama and 8 voted for John McCain. The students really enjoyed "voting". It was very fun! Happy voting everyone!
We are excited to announce that we have a new student in our room. His name is Ryan S. His first day was today. The kids were very excited to welcome a new friend to our room.
Morning Meeting-We introduced ourselves to our new student and shared something fun we did over the weekend for our quick share. We introduced our new AlphaFriend "Tiggy Tiger" today. We shared 5 family photos today. If your child shared his/her family photo, then I sent home the baby clothes and picture. Please look for them in their backpacks. Today was Logan, Charlie, Gavin, Rayna and Cooper.
*New homework was sent home today for the letter Tt.
Specials-We had art today. We used clay and we painted with Mrs. Karg.
Shared Reading-We read a poem called "Some Families". We practiced our blending skills and we also looked for rhyming words.
Read Aloud-We read "Arthur Meets the President".
Reading Activity-We reviewed the letter sounds "S-M-R". We took a practice assessment on those sounds. The practice came home today. Then we went to our independent learning spots and took the assessment on the sounds.
Rest Time-We had Independent Reading during rest time
Math-We did calendar and workjobs. Many students have now finished the first set of workjobs and are starting on the second set. The first set had patterns, number matching, number order, number recognition for numbers 1-12. The second set has similar activities, but we are working on numbers 1-100. The first few sets of workjobs are working on numbers 1-31. The last sets go all the way up to 100. Thank you to all of our volunteers who helped today-Dawn, Beth and John.
Social-We talked about the election today. I introduced the presidential candidates. We talked about the voting process. Then we had our own kindergarten presidential election. I set up a voting booth. Each student came up to the voting booth and voted on a ballet and put the ballet in the secret ballet box. Then they got a "I Voted" sticker to wear. We talked about how voting is private and you don't have to tell who you voted for. We also talked about how old they had to be to vote in a real presidential election. We had our secret ballot counter, (Ben's dad), count our votes. Fourteen of our students voted for Barack Obama and 8 voted for John McCain. The students really enjoyed "voting". It was very fun! Happy voting everyone!
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