Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Shapes!
In math, we have been exploring and learning about shapes. Each day we introduced a new shape. We talked about how that shape was unique. We compared it with other shapes to see the differences. We learned a song about each shape and made a shape puppet. We went on shape hunts, made patterns with shapes and did art projects with shapes. To finish up our mini shape unit, we made a book called "Shape Monster". We read each page and added the correct shape to that page. Then we read it together. It was a pattern book so each page was similar. It said, Shape Monster, Shape Monster, munch, munch, munch...how about a yellow square for your lunch. This book gave us good practice on reading color words and shape words. Today we are finishing making our own shape monsters on large construction paper. Each monster has to have all six shapes we have been working on including the square, circle, rectangle, triangle, oval and diamond. We are also going to make shape families.
Friday, November 6, 2009
Nursery Rhyme Party 10-30-09
Nursery Rhyme Party
We had a wonderful time sharing our favorite Nursery Rhymes with each other. We had a parade through the office, preschool and Galaxy kids. We sat in a circle and took turns reciting our nursery rhymes. We ate a cookie we made into a cat with pretzels and m & ms. We played a games of charades. We made a class book "Jack Be Nimble". We made Hickory Dickory Dock books with stamps. We made dot painting pictures. It was very fun! Thank you to all of the Volunteers who helped with this party.
We had a wonderful time sharing our favorite Nursery Rhymes with each other. We had a parade through the office, preschool and Galaxy kids. We sat in a circle and took turns reciting our nursery rhymes. We ate a cookie we made into a cat with pretzels and m & ms. We played a games of charades. We made a class book "Jack Be Nimble". We made Hickory Dickory Dock books with stamps. We made dot painting pictures. It was very fun! Thank you to all of the Volunteers who helped with this party.
Friday, October 9, 2009
Oct. 9, 2009
What a week! It was Gingerbread week and fire safety week.
On Monday, we read the story "The Gingerbread Man". On Tuesday, we made a giant gingerbread man and 25 little gingerbread men. On Wednesday, we went to eat him. When we got to the kitchen, we found the little gingerbread men, but our giant gingerbread man had run away! He left us a note saying he ran to the office. When we got there, we found a note that said he ran to the nurse's office. From there we went to Galaxy Kids room and the library We finally found him in Mrs. Faust's speech room on Friday morning. Along the way, we met many of the people who work in our school. We walked throughout the school looking for clues and signs of the gingerbread man. This gingerbread man hunt helped us get to know our school a little bit better.
We had a great field trip to the Fire Station. We learned some fire safety tips from Firefighter Kevin. Ask your child about changing a battery, finding a meeting place and practicing a home fire drill. Firefighter Wayne put on all of the fire fighter safety gear. He crawled around us to show what a fire fighter would look and sound like if he were coming to save someone in a fire. Then we got to try out the fire hose. We also got to see and go inside some fire trucks. As we were leaving, the fire fighters put on the lights and sirens. It was awesome!!! Thank You Rockford Volunteer Firefighters!
On Monday, we read the story "The Gingerbread Man". On Tuesday, we made a giant gingerbread man and 25 little gingerbread men. On Wednesday, we went to eat him. When we got to the kitchen, we found the little gingerbread men, but our giant gingerbread man had run away! He left us a note saying he ran to the office. When we got there, we found a note that said he ran to the nurse's office. From there we went to Galaxy Kids room and the library We finally found him in Mrs. Faust's speech room on Friday morning. Along the way, we met many of the people who work in our school. We walked throughout the school looking for clues and signs of the gingerbread man. This gingerbread man hunt helped us get to know our school a little bit better.
We had a great field trip to the Fire Station. We learned some fire safety tips from Firefighter Kevin. Ask your child about changing a battery, finding a meeting place and practicing a home fire drill. Firefighter Wayne put on all of the fire fighter safety gear. He crawled around us to show what a fire fighter would look and sound like if he were coming to save someone in a fire. Then we got to try out the fire hose. We also got to see and go inside some fire trucks. As we were leaving, the fire fighters put on the lights and sirens. It was awesome!!! Thank You Rockford Volunteer Firefighters!
Friday, September 25, 2009
Sept. 25, 2009
This week we read different versions of the 3 Little Pigs. We did some comparing and contrasting. We made 3 pig and a wolf puppets. We also made our scenery. We used these tools to practice retelling the story. We also retold the story making a little book with pictures.
We have been learning different Nursery Rhymes. We have been acting them out. We have been finding sight words in the rhymes. We have been finding the rhyming words. We have been looking for letters in them. We have made a few mini books with Nursery Rhymes to take home to read.
We have had 4 days of writer's workshop this week. We have been talking about how to write a story. Some kids are drawing pictures to tell their stories, some are adding a few letters and some are writing a few words. It has been fun getting starting on this writing adventure.
We have started Read to Self (independent reading). We have learned that we can read books 3 ways- read the words, read the pictures or retell the story. We have all gotten a special "office" spot in the classroom to read quietly in. We have learned that when we are reading to self we are *reading quietly, *reading the whole time, *staring right away and*staying in our spot. We are practicing being good readers.
In math, we have spent a lot of time counting forwards and backwards. We have been practicing writing numbers and finding numbers. We have played a few dice games this week with counting and adding 2 numbers up to 12.
In Science, we are talking about the Season of Fall. We have discussed the changes that happen in fall and why they happen. We have read some books and done a few art projects.
It has been a fun week!
We have been learning different Nursery Rhymes. We have been acting them out. We have been finding sight words in the rhymes. We have been finding the rhyming words. We have been looking for letters in them. We have made a few mini books with Nursery Rhymes to take home to read.
We have had 4 days of writer's workshop this week. We have been talking about how to write a story. Some kids are drawing pictures to tell their stories, some are adding a few letters and some are writing a few words. It has been fun getting starting on this writing adventure.
We have started Read to Self (independent reading). We have learned that we can read books 3 ways- read the words, read the pictures or retell the story. We have all gotten a special "office" spot in the classroom to read quietly in. We have learned that when we are reading to self we are *reading quietly, *reading the whole time, *staring right away and*staying in our spot. We are practicing being good readers.
In math, we have spent a lot of time counting forwards and backwards. We have been practicing writing numbers and finding numbers. We have played a few dice games this week with counting and adding 2 numbers up to 12.
In Science, we are talking about the Season of Fall. We have discussed the changes that happen in fall and why they happen. We have read some books and done a few art projects.
It has been a fun week!
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Sept. 17
It has been a busy week. The kindergartners are getting very good at most of the kindergarten procedures and routines. I am very impressed! They have also been super star listeners. They have earned 25 super stars since the first day of school. They earned extra outside time which we did this afternoon.
This week we started learning a few nursery rhymes. We talked about rhyming words. We have been learning about bus safety all this week. We practiced some of our bus safety rules on a real bus with Mrs. Myers from the transportation department. We read the "Wheels on the Bus" book. We also read a silly version called "The Animals on the Bus". We then made our own buses and drew in the animals we thought would ride on our bus.
We started writer's workshop on Thursday. We checked out our cool writer's workshop folders. We started our first "story" also. We will be continuing writer's workshop next week.
In Math, we have been doing lots of counting. We have counted forward and backward. We have practiced skip counting by 5's and 10's. We have practiced writing numbers up to 20. We have sorted objects. We have made patterns with shapes and links. We used pattern blocks to create pictures.
Ms. Petersmeyer and Ms. Fenske (school counselor) visited us on Tuesday. They talked about school rules including hallway, lunch room and playground. They also talked about 3 challenges they are having all of the students at REAMS participate in. They are 1. Rocket Pride (keeping our school neat and clean) 2. Kindness (being kind to other students) 3.Respectful behavior (listening to teachers and following directions). We will be talking a lot about this throughout the year. Ask your child about the heart Ms. Petersmeyer left in our room to remind us to be kind to others.
This week we started learning a few nursery rhymes. We talked about rhyming words. We have been learning about bus safety all this week. We practiced some of our bus safety rules on a real bus with Mrs. Myers from the transportation department. We read the "Wheels on the Bus" book. We also read a silly version called "The Animals on the Bus". We then made our own buses and drew in the animals we thought would ride on our bus.
We started writer's workshop on Thursday. We checked out our cool writer's workshop folders. We started our first "story" also. We will be continuing writer's workshop next week.
In Math, we have been doing lots of counting. We have counted forward and backward. We have practiced skip counting by 5's and 10's. We have practiced writing numbers up to 20. We have sorted objects. We have made patterns with shapes and links. We used pattern blocks to create pictures.
Ms. Petersmeyer and Ms. Fenske (school counselor) visited us on Tuesday. They talked about school rules including hallway, lunch room and playground. They also talked about 3 challenges they are having all of the students at REAMS participate in. They are 1. Rocket Pride (keeping our school neat and clean) 2. Kindness (being kind to other students) 3.Respectful behavior (listening to teachers and following directions). We will be talking a lot about this throughout the year. Ask your child about the heart Ms. Petersmeyer left in our room to remind us to be kind to others.
Friday, September 11, 2009
Friday, Sept. 11
We read "Kindergarten Countdown". It was about a little boy counting the days until kindergarten started. We practiced counting backwards from 25...we counted down the kindergarteners. We started our kindergarten scrapbooks today. We made our covers for our scrapbooks and our September page. We had music and library. We did 'fish' math. Each student got a small bag of fish. They counted them, sorted them, and made patterns with them. We rolled the dice to eat them or put them back into the bag. We had our first fire drill today. It was very noisy and a little upsetting for a few students. We talked about the importance of practicing getting out of our room safely if there ever was a fire. We will be having 4 more fire drills sometime this school year. Have a great weekend.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Sept. 10, 2009
Today we read the story "I Love School". We made our own "I Love School" posters to hang in our classroom. We practiced writing the alphabet. We talked about measuring in math. We used our crayons to measure our tool box, pencil, chair, a friend and ourselves. We read the story "How Do Dinosaurs Go To School". We made a graph of how we get to school. We learned the "Silly Pirate Song". We also had art today. In art, they learned about the color wheel. They painted their own color wheel. They listened to the story "Mouse Paint".
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