Morning Meeting-We had Cooper share his Star Suitcase. We also did Surprise suitcase and letter bucket. Mrs. Milow opened some of her presents from the kids.
We had art today.
We read the Peef story. We are going to create our very own Peef bear tomorrow.
Steve,Sophia's dad, came and sang Christmas songs with us. He also played his guitar. He showed us all of the parts of his guitar. He sang us a silly song called "I'm Getting Nothing for Christmas". The kids all laughed and laughed. He even used some of the kid's names in the song.
Party Time-We opened gifts. Everyone was excited to give and get their presents. After opening gifts, we had station time. We had a candy cane bead station, a snack station, a thank you card station, a pin picture station and an ornament station. Thank you to all of the parents who helped today!!! You made the party so fun for the kids and so relaxing for me!!! Thank you!
Monday, December 22, 2008
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Dec. 18
Today we started our day by cleaning and organizing our tool boxes. Many tool boxes were missing many items. We had our morning meeting right after that. We did Surprise Suitcase and the Letter Bucket.
Specials-We had phy. ed. and library today. We wished Mrs. Hasti a happy birthday today!
Read Aloud-We read "A Wish to be a Christmas Tree".
Shared Reading-We read "Lunch at the Zoo".
Partner Reading-We read "Lunch at the Zoo" and we reread three other books together.
Writer's workshop-We wrote in our books. We are making our own little books. We finished our covers and we are starting to write and illustrate the pages in our books.
Rest Time-We watched "How the Grinch Stole Christmas".
Special Activity-We had a full rehearsal in the band room on the risers getting ready for tomorrow.
Math-We did calendar and our calendar books.
See you tomorrow for our Winter Program!
Specials-We had phy. ed. and library today. We wished Mrs. Hasti a happy birthday today!
Read Aloud-We read "A Wish to be a Christmas Tree".
Shared Reading-We read "Lunch at the Zoo".
Partner Reading-We read "Lunch at the Zoo" and we reread three other books together.
Writer's workshop-We wrote in our books. We are making our own little books. We finished our covers and we are starting to write and illustrate the pages in our books.
Rest Time-We watched "How the Grinch Stole Christmas".
Special Activity-We had a full rehearsal in the band room on the risers getting ready for tomorrow.
Math-We did calendar and our calendar books.
See you tomorrow for our Winter Program!
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Dec. 16
We have been working hard singing and decorating our classroom for our big program on Friday.
Morning Meeting-We had surprise suitcase, letter bucket and star suitcase. Ben shared star suitcase today.
Specials-We had music today. We sang some of our program songs for Mrs. Engbloom.
Read Aloud-We read "Who Will Help Santa This Year?" and "Who Will Guide My Sleigh Tonight?"
After reading the stories, we had a quick share. We shared who we thought should guide Santa's sleigh. Then we drew a picture to go with our ideas.
Shared Reading-We read "Cat Sat" for our shared reading. We read them with partners. We put them in our blue reading pouches and we are bringing them home today. Please listen to your child read the story. Most of the students can read it easily. Help them put it in their enveloped called "My Mini Book House" to read later. We talked about what good readers we are becoming. In the beginning of the year, most students could not read the story we read today. We were excited about all of the things we are learning.
Rest Time-We read from our story "Dinosaur Detectives" a Magic School Bus book.
Math-We did calendar and our calendar books. We had work jobs.
Special Activity-We practiced our whole program in Mrs. Leaman's room. Tomorrow we are performing in Day 5 Alive. We are very excited.
Morning Meeting-We had surprise suitcase, letter bucket and star suitcase. Ben shared star suitcase today.
Specials-We had music today. We sang some of our program songs for Mrs. Engbloom.
Read Aloud-We read "Who Will Help Santa This Year?" and "Who Will Guide My Sleigh Tonight?"
After reading the stories, we had a quick share. We shared who we thought should guide Santa's sleigh. Then we drew a picture to go with our ideas.
Shared Reading-We read "Cat Sat" for our shared reading. We read them with partners. We put them in our blue reading pouches and we are bringing them home today. Please listen to your child read the story. Most of the students can read it easily. Help them put it in their enveloped called "My Mini Book House" to read later. We talked about what good readers we are becoming. In the beginning of the year, most students could not read the story we read today. We were excited about all of the things we are learning.
Rest Time-We read from our story "Dinosaur Detectives" a Magic School Bus book.
Math-We did calendar and our calendar books. We had work jobs.
Special Activity-We practiced our whole program in Mrs. Leaman's room. Tomorrow we are performing in Day 5 Alive. We are very excited.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Dec. 11
Morning Meeting-We sang our Reindeer songs. We did Surprise Suitcase and Letter Bucket.
Specials-We had Phy. Ed. and library. We played hockey in Phy. Ed. today.
Read Aloud-We read "The Three Bears Christmas". It was about Santa visiting the threes bears' cottage in the woods. He ate their gingerbread men (Baby Bear's all gone), he sat in their chairs, he messed up their beds and then he left them presents.
Shared Reading-We read "Hickory Dickory Dock". We also did a movement activity with it. We found the rhyming words. We played the clap, clap, pat game with some of the words in the rhyme. (ex mouse clap "m" clap "ouse" pat "mouse"). This helps the students hear different parts of the word. This skill will help them learn to sound out words by sounding out different parts of the word.
Reading Activity-We finished our stations we started yesterday. We wrote Aa's, found Aa's in the room, independent reading, and shared reading.
Rest Time-We started our new chapter book "The Magic School Bus Dinosaur Dectivtives".
Math-We read a wordless counting book with the numbers 1-12. We did actions for each of the numbers 1-12. We started making a counting book. We did pages 1-4.
Listening Check-We have had a hard time with listening skills lately. This afternoon, I used a checklist to monitor our listening skills. After each direction I gave, I marked down if the student did the direction right away without reminders. I told them I was watching for good listeners. I gave very specific one or two step directions. I was very specific about expectations. After math, I told the kids about my checklist. Then, as a surprise, the students who used good listening skills for all of my directions got to go over to Mrs. Jurek's room for a special playtime. The other students stayed with me and we did a listening activity to practice our listening skills. We also talked about the importance of good listening in school. Some of the kids who did not get to go to Mrs. Jurek's class were sad. I do not want my students to be sad, but I do want them to realize that in order to learn and have fun in kindergarten, you need to listen and follow directions.
Specials-We had Phy. Ed. and library. We played hockey in Phy. Ed. today.
Read Aloud-We read "The Three Bears Christmas". It was about Santa visiting the threes bears' cottage in the woods. He ate their gingerbread men (Baby Bear's all gone), he sat in their chairs, he messed up their beds and then he left them presents.
Shared Reading-We read "Hickory Dickory Dock". We also did a movement activity with it. We found the rhyming words. We played the clap, clap, pat game with some of the words in the rhyme. (ex mouse clap "m" clap "ouse" pat "mouse"). This helps the students hear different parts of the word. This skill will help them learn to sound out words by sounding out different parts of the word.
Reading Activity-We finished our stations we started yesterday. We wrote Aa's, found Aa's in the room, independent reading, and shared reading.
Rest Time-We started our new chapter book "The Magic School Bus Dinosaur Dectivtives".
Math-We read a wordless counting book with the numbers 1-12. We did actions for each of the numbers 1-12. We started making a counting book. We did pages 1-4.
Listening Check-We have had a hard time with listening skills lately. This afternoon, I used a checklist to monitor our listening skills. After each direction I gave, I marked down if the student did the direction right away without reminders. I told them I was watching for good listeners. I gave very specific one or two step directions. I was very specific about expectations. After math, I told the kids about my checklist. Then, as a surprise, the students who used good listening skills for all of my directions got to go over to Mrs. Jurek's room for a special playtime. The other students stayed with me and we did a listening activity to practice our listening skills. We also talked about the importance of good listening in school. Some of the kids who did not get to go to Mrs. Jurek's class were sad. I do not want my students to be sad, but I do want them to realize that in order to learn and have fun in kindergarten, you need to listen and follow directions.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Dec. 10
*Library day tomorrow.
Morning Meeting-We did the Hip Hop Tooty Ta and the Reindeer Pokey for our movement. We voted on our favorite song "Tooty Ta" or "Silly Pirate Song". The Tooty Ta won.
We had music today.
Read Aloud-We read "Dad and I". We found patterns in our book. There were repeated sentences. Also the dad and son took turns teaching each other different skills.
Shared Reading-We read "Monster Sandwich".
Reading Stations-We had 4 stations set up. We practiced writing the letter Aa. We searched for the letter Aa. We did independent reading and shared reading. We got through 2 stations so far. We will fiinish tomorrow.
We practicing singing our 3 songs for our winter program.
Rest time-We read the story Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. We also picked a new chapter book to read.
Math-We did calendar. We also played number memory. After finding the matches, the students had to add the two numbers. We also played a greater than or less than game.
Kindergarten group practice-We practiced singing the songs with the other kindergarten classes with Mrs. Petersmeyer and the piano.
Morning Meeting-We did the Hip Hop Tooty Ta and the Reindeer Pokey for our movement. We voted on our favorite song "Tooty Ta" or "Silly Pirate Song". The Tooty Ta won.
We had music today.
Read Aloud-We read "Dad and I". We found patterns in our book. There were repeated sentences. Also the dad and son took turns teaching each other different skills.
Shared Reading-We read "Monster Sandwich".
Reading Stations-We had 4 stations set up. We practiced writing the letter Aa. We searched for the letter Aa. We did independent reading and shared reading. We got through 2 stations so far. We will fiinish tomorrow.
We practicing singing our 3 songs for our winter program.
Rest time-We read the story Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. We also picked a new chapter book to read.
Math-We did calendar. We also played number memory. After finding the matches, the students had to add the two numbers. We also played a greater than or less than game.
Kindergarten group practice-We practiced singing the songs with the other kindergarten classes with Mrs. Petersmeyer and the piano.
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Dec. 9
Morning Meeting-We practice our songs. For our quick share we voted on which was their favorite song that we are practicing for the Winter Program. Rudolph is the favorite.
Specials-We had music today. They practiced their high and low sounds.
Read Aloud-We read "Fat Cat". We listened for the "at" words.
Shared Reading-We read the book "I Can". We used the pictures in the book to help us sound out words.
Game-We played the game a circle in the circle. The students in the middle of the circle held word cards with "at" words and sight word cards on them. The other students read the word and then moved around the circle until they came all around the circle. Then we switched spots.
Reading Activity-We had independent reading for 10 minutes. We practiced using pictures to help figure out unknown words.
Writer's Workshop-We are starting a lesson on writing across pages. We are going to pick an event or activity to write about and try to extend that idea across pages with more details. Today I read a story about a porcupine written by 7th grade students. It is called "Little Prickles". Tomorrow we are going to continue our lesson by talking about how they wrote the story across many pages instead of just one or two pages and how it made the story better with more details. More to come!
Rest Time-We finished our 3rd chapter book called "The Magic School Bus and the Shark Escape." We learned about many different kinds of sharks along the way. Tomorrow we are going to talk about the sharks and then pick a new chapter book.
Math-We had work jobs today.
Specials-We had music today. They practiced their high and low sounds.
Read Aloud-We read "Fat Cat". We listened for the "at" words.
Shared Reading-We read the book "I Can". We used the pictures in the book to help us sound out words.
Game-We played the game a circle in the circle. The students in the middle of the circle held word cards with "at" words and sight word cards on them. The other students read the word and then moved around the circle until they came all around the circle. Then we switched spots.
Reading Activity-We had independent reading for 10 minutes. We practiced using pictures to help figure out unknown words.
Writer's Workshop-We are starting a lesson on writing across pages. We are going to pick an event or activity to write about and try to extend that idea across pages with more details. Today I read a story about a porcupine written by 7th grade students. It is called "Little Prickles". Tomorrow we are going to continue our lesson by talking about how they wrote the story across many pages instead of just one or two pages and how it made the story better with more details. More to come!
Rest Time-We finished our 3rd chapter book called "The Magic School Bus and the Shark Escape." We learned about many different kinds of sharks along the way. Tomorrow we are going to talk about the sharks and then pick a new chapter book.
Math-We had work jobs today.
Monday, December 8, 2008
Dec. 8
*Aa homework came home today. They need to read the words and draw pictures to go with the words.
*Gift Exchange note came home today. If you did not get it, let me know.
Morning Meeting-We did our 3 songs we are practicing for the winter program. We did Surprise Suitcase and letter bucket. We introduced our new Alpha Friend - Andy Apple. Charlie shared the Star Suitcase.
Specials-We had art today.
Special project-We are making reindeer with our hands and our feet.
Read Aloud-We read the story "Santa's Letter."
Shared Reading-We read the book "Snow".
Reading Activity-We had independent reading today. We also had shared reading. We read the story "Snow". We also reread "Nat at Bat" and "lunch" and "School".
Writing-We wrote letters to Santa today.
Math-We made symmetrical trees today. We did it as a listening lesson. We had to be quiet and use our ears and eyes to listen. I gave one direction and then the students did that direction. We started with a large green triangle, folded in half, drew 2 dots and a line. We cut on the line to make a big triangle. We folded it back again and then cut triangles out of the side to make it look more like an evergreen tree. When we were done cutting our tree, we used 2 dice to put dots "ornaments" on the tree. The students added up the dice and put that many dots on his/her tree. Tomorrow we will add glitter.
Program Practice-We went into Mrs. Leaman's room to practice for our winter program. Mrs. Petersmeyer was there to play the piano.
*Gift Exchange note came home today. If you did not get it, let me know.
Morning Meeting-We did our 3 songs we are practicing for the winter program. We did Surprise Suitcase and letter bucket. We introduced our new Alpha Friend - Andy Apple. Charlie shared the Star Suitcase.
Specials-We had art today.
Special project-We are making reindeer with our hands and our feet.
Read Aloud-We read the story "Santa's Letter."
Shared Reading-We read the book "Snow".
Reading Activity-We had independent reading today. We also had shared reading. We read the story "Snow". We also reread "Nat at Bat" and "lunch" and "School".
Writing-We wrote letters to Santa today.
Math-We made symmetrical trees today. We did it as a listening lesson. We had to be quiet and use our ears and eyes to listen. I gave one direction and then the students did that direction. We started with a large green triangle, folded in half, drew 2 dots and a line. We cut on the line to make a big triangle. We folded it back again and then cut triangles out of the side to make it look more like an evergreen tree. When we were done cutting our tree, we used 2 dice to put dots "ornaments" on the tree. The students added up the dice and put that many dots on his/her tree. Tomorrow we will add glitter.
Program Practice-We went into Mrs. Leaman's room to practice for our winter program. Mrs. Petersmeyer was there to play the piano.
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Dec. 3
*Report cards came home today. They are folded in half and stapled with your child's name on the front. Please review, sign and return to school. I will mark it on my list and return to you to keep. Please read the report card information letter. It will help explain the report card. If you have any questions, please call or email. If you would like a conference before January, please let me know. I am available on Friday, Dec. 5th. I have some meetings, but I would have some time open.
Morning Meeting-We sang some of the songs we are working on for our Winter Program. Nicolle shared her star suitcase today. We also did letter bucket.
Specials-We had Phy. Ed. and library today
*We went to the book fair this morning. Your child wrote down a name of one book they liked. The book fair is open if you choose to send money tomorrow.
Read Aloud-We read the story "Rude Giants". A girl and her pet cow helped the giants learn to use good manners. It was a funny way to learn about the importance of being nice to others.
Shared Reading-We learned about the "at" family of words today. We added letters to the "at" sound to make new words...cat, sat, vat, mat, rat...We read the story "Nat at Bat" together as a whole class and then again with partners. It came home today in the pouch. Please read with your child tonight and keep in a safe place so it can be reread again.
Rest Time-We read another chapter from "The Magic School Bus, the Shark Escape". Today the Magic School Bus shrunk and went inside the stomach of a Tiger Shark
Math-We did calendar and calendar book. Yesterday was a Zero Hero day. We have already had 61 days of kindergarten! WOW ! We then played the Monster Squeeze Game in math. We played it as a group. The students are now making their own monster games to play with a partner tomorrow.
We finished the day practicing our songs with all of the other kindergarten classrooms.
Morning Meeting-We sang some of the songs we are working on for our Winter Program. Nicolle shared her star suitcase today. We also did letter bucket.
Specials-We had Phy. Ed. and library today
*We went to the book fair this morning. Your child wrote down a name of one book they liked. The book fair is open if you choose to send money tomorrow.
Read Aloud-We read the story "Rude Giants". A girl and her pet cow helped the giants learn to use good manners. It was a funny way to learn about the importance of being nice to others.
Shared Reading-We learned about the "at" family of words today. We added letters to the "at" sound to make new words...cat, sat, vat, mat, rat...We read the story "Nat at Bat" together as a whole class and then again with partners. It came home today in the pouch. Please read with your child tonight and keep in a safe place so it can be reread again.
Rest Time-We read another chapter from "The Magic School Bus, the Shark Escape". Today the Magic School Bus shrunk and went inside the stomach of a Tiger Shark
Math-We did calendar and calendar book. Yesterday was a Zero Hero day. We have already had 61 days of kindergarten! WOW ! We then played the Monster Squeeze Game in math. We played it as a group. The students are now making their own monster games to play with a partner tomorrow.
We finished the day practicing our songs with all of the other kindergarten classrooms.
Monday, December 1, 2008
Dec. 1
Morning Meeting-We met our new AlphaFriend today-Hattie Horse. We shared our favorite thing we did over Thanksgiving break. Sophia was lucky enough to get a new brother over break-William. We also started practicing our songs we will be singing for the Winter Program on Dec. 19th.
Specials-We had music today
Read Aloud-We read "Friends at school". We shared what we like to do with friends at school.
Reading Activity-We wrote and drew in our Kindergarten Memory books about friends at school.
Writer's Workshop-We reviewed writing a story and stretching words. We wrote for 20 minutes.
Rest Time-We read a chapter from our new book "Magic School Bus and the Shark Escape." Today we learned about the angel shark and the goblin shark.
Math-We finished our November calendars in our calendar books. We started our new December calendar. We made a Christmas countdown chain. We counted 12 red and 12 green strips. We made them into an ABAB pattern. We practiced counting and patterns while making a fun countdown chain.
*The December Book-It came home today along with the Hh homework. The December calendar is updated on line. I will be sending a copy of it home tomorrow. I will also be sending a copy of the December volunteer calendar.
*Workjob-We will have workjobs tomorrow. If you usually come on Tuesdays, I hope to see you around 1:15
Specials-We had music today
Read Aloud-We read "Friends at school". We shared what we like to do with friends at school.
Reading Activity-We wrote and drew in our Kindergarten Memory books about friends at school.
Writer's Workshop-We reviewed writing a story and stretching words. We wrote for 20 minutes.
Rest Time-We read a chapter from our new book "Magic School Bus and the Shark Escape." Today we learned about the angel shark and the goblin shark.
Math-We finished our November calendars in our calendar books. We started our new December calendar. We made a Christmas countdown chain. We counted 12 red and 12 green strips. We made them into an ABAB pattern. We practiced counting and patterns while making a fun countdown chain.
*The December Book-It came home today along with the Hh homework. The December calendar is updated on line. I will be sending a copy of it home tomorrow. I will also be sending a copy of the December volunteer calendar.
*Workjob-We will have workjobs tomorrow. If you usually come on Tuesdays, I hope to see you around 1:15
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