Seusstastic Week!

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

 All week we celebrated the fun and quirky characters of Dr. Seuss.  

We made ourselves into Thing 1 and Thing 2

We embraced our inner Cat in the Hat.

We even imagined ourselves covered in spots!

Look out for 2 new class books adapted from some of our favorite Dr. Seuss stories! 

Center Time

After finishing up our instruct unit in writing, we are back to rotating through our centers. Students are working hard to show "Star Quality" work and be independent workers.  This is very important in preparation for First Grade.  Students are working on Fundations, Writing, Poetry, Sight Words, and Reading every day.  One of our favorite centers is write around the room! 

Ask your child what this center is about and why it is their favorite?

Math

This week we wrapped up Topic 9 in our Envisions program. Topic 9 is decomposing numbers to 10. Students have learned how to show any number, 1-10, in multiple ways. They can show different combinations using counters or in a number sentence.  We even touched upon graphing and how we can find out information from looking at a graph.  We polled our class to find out which was their favorite color.  It was a close race!! 

Next week we will be moving on to Topic 10, composing numbers 11-19. This is a very quick unit and do not be surprised if we finish it by the end of the week.  Kindergarteners are working hard in math.  

Keep practicing addition and subtraction flashcards for mastery.

Mystery Readers! 

We we're fortunate enough to have 3 mystery readers come to our classroom. Thank you to those parents who volunteered to go first! The students love to guess who the mystery reader might be based on the clues provided.  Some of them were really tricky!

We look forward to having the rest of our readers in throughout the rest of the year.  If you'd like to volunteer please let me know. We still have openings available or can make time to fit your individual schedule.

What's to Come?

-The Science Center will come to Fox Hill on Tuesday to present information about Recycling

-We will discuss community helpers. We will learn about their roles and responsibilities.

-Mrs. Johnson will lead a community circle in the pod.

-Students will earn more badge for their I Can Club

Notes to Parents...

-As we finalize field trips for the spring, we ask that Field Trip Money be passed in as soon as possible. The cost is $30 for each student. Checks can be made out to Fox Hill Kindergarten

-Any donations of Hand Sanitazer would be appreciated. Thanks in advance! 

Have a great weekend! 

Routines and Procedures

 Room 5 has settled back into school and we've been working hard to review our daily routines and procedures. 

"How To"

This was a great springboard to our next unit of writing: Procedural/Instruct

Procedural writing tells the reader how to make something, do something, complete a process, or accomplish any task that requires several steps. Students are most likely to encounter procedural text in the form of directions on schoolwork, playing a game, or even completing a simple task such as washing their hands.

Our first two writing assignments have been:

A Procedural Poster: listing out steps of a daily routine in our classroom.  

Storyboards: shows steps in a sequence to organize them visually for the reader. 

 Here are some examples of our storyboards for 

How to make a Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich and How to Wash Your Hands

 

Starting next week, we will start one of our student favorites: Mystery Readers!

 Thank you to those parents who have volunteered to come in and share their love of learning. Clue Sheets were sent home and will need to be returned before your scheduled day.  On the day of the read aloud, parents will check into the office upon arrival. The office will send you down to wait outside our room. You may stand or sit in the Pod as I share the clues provided with the class. The class loves to take a guess and see if their predictions were correct upon the reveal! 

If you'd like to volunteer please let me know as soon as possible, as slots are filling up quickly! Please let me know if there is not a day nor time which you are available. Feel free to email/call me to schedule a time. 

Read Across America

Dr. Seuss Week!

February 29th- March 4th

Help us celebrate Dr. Seuss and Read Across America week!

Each day we  will read a different Dr. Seuss book and show our spirit!

This is completely optional. Please do not purchase anything new.

Thanks for your help and we look forward

to a “Seusstastical” Week!

   Monday Cat in the Hat Day!

                                        (Wear a hat)

   

Tuesday       No School

                                      

   Wednesday       Wacky Wednesday!

                                                            (Wear clothes backwards

           or mismatched clothes)

 

  Thursday      Green Eggs and Ham!

                                                           (Wear something Green)

 

Friday       Sleep Book!

                                   (Wear appropriate Pajamas,

       You can bring your slippers too!)

                   

Pajama Day!

Tomorrow is Pajama Day! 

Room 5 has earned a class reward for their collective efforts to follow classroom rules. Students may wear their pajamas tomorrow. Students may bring in slippers to change into too!