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I will be out of the classroom on Tuesday, September 18th. My daughter is having some baby teeth removed due to her big girl teeth popping up already. She is just growing up on me and there is nothing I can do about it. 🙁 I will return on Wednesday the 19th. I hope you all have a wonderful Tuesday!
Weekly Learning
I hope everyone has gotten some nice rest this weekend! I enjoyed spending time with family the past two days.
**Please send in your book orders or order online by Wednesday, September 19th!
Here is a look into our upcoming week of learning:
Morning Activities:
-I See Environmental Print Book
-Numeral Writing/Lowercase and Uppcase Match Game
-Journal: I can see ______. (Use environmental print pictures)
-Journal: I see the _____. (offer pictures to glue in journal)
-My Apple Book
-Play Doh sight word building
-Signing in anchors (letters: Gg, Qq, Oo)
Morning Routines:
-Brain Gym
-I love you ritual: Little Miss Muffet
-Well Wisher/Safe Keeper Box
-Review our general rules:
We will use watching eyes, listening ears, kind words, gentle touches, and walking feet
-Make Commitments
-Practice breathing strategies (balloon, pretzel, S.T.A.R, drain, bunny breathing, breathing arms)
-We have continued to learn about solving our conflicts in a calm way by using our class time machine.
-New Sight Words: see, me
We will review I, can, am, like, on, and the from previous weeks and start writing the words in elkonin boxes
Morning Message:
-These are Letters, These are words, This is a Sentence.
-Chit-Chat Messages using letters Gg, Oo, and Qq
-Beginning Sounds Practice
-We can find words that are the same
-Numeral to Dot Picture Match
Reading Anchors:
-What are Characters
-What is a Setting
-Reading is Thinking
Read Alouds:
Frog Food
I Like Myself
Brown Bear, Brown Bear What do You See?
Mouse Count
*Fall Books
-We will also review the 3 Ways to Read a Book and practice:
Poems:
I See
I See Leaves
*We locate capital letters, punctuation, rhyming words, sight words, and match sight words/letters.
Centers:
We will continue to practice rotating using our literacy folders. This week, the kiddos will receive their book bags! I know they are all excited, and so am I!!!
Interactive Writing:
– (Continue_Recalling sight words from books Frog Food and My Home. Then writing about something they like. Example: I like sprinkles on my cupcake.
-Continue writing using environmental print
-Apple writing using positional words. Example: The apple is on the tree.
*We also focus on fundamentals such as starting sentences with a capital letter, finger spacing between words, puntuation, etc..
Writing Anchors: What Gets a Capital?
-Finsih: How to Make Applesauce:
-Review: Some letters are tall, small and fall
This past week we learned and practiced what to do when anger gets ahold of us. This week, we will make a class book called, It Bugs Me When ________! and play the game that goes with it. The kiddos will sing the songs, Anger Got ahold of You and Sadness Got ahold of You. Lastly, we will review stratgies that help us when we are having a very strong emotion and complete an activity called: From Hurtful Words to Helpful Words.
Math:
Number Corner:
-Calendar, months of the year, days of the week, counting forward/backwards and by tens, 1 more/1 less, days in school
Number Talks:
Ten Frame
Rekenreks
Dot Cards
Subitizing Cards
Connecting Cubes
*We will continue to practice hand signals and use number talk vocabulary
Problem Solving:
Who Has More?
Math Fun:
-Introduce Grab and Count
-Begin The Counting Jar (counting items in a jar in 2 different ways and then creating that quantity using other items)
-Math by Myself: Ten Frame Write the Room
-Math with Someone Options:
-shape games
-number sense memory
-magnetic numbers/match quantity
-mimio: sorting
-Subitizing Memory
-Meet with the Teacher:
Introduce Game called Count & Cover
Math in Writing:
Journaling with the number 1 and decomposing the numer 4.
Writer’s Workshop/Social Studies: Continue:
-Decorate our Writer Pages for our Writing Folder Covers
-How I Put Myself Together Class Book (what breathing/calming strategy will you use?)
-Share Student of the Week and Class Mascot
-Apple STEM: Create Apple Towers
-Jumping Apple Seeds Experiment
-Apple Star
Penmanship:
Introducing Gg, Qq and Oo and teacing the appropriate strokes to create the letters. We will also continue to work on proper grip using a pencil.
Fun Friday:
Make Apple STEM boats to see if they sink or float/Apple Volcano
We are going to have an AWESOME week! 🙂
When Anger Gets Ahold of Us….
Great Times in Kinder
I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!
What a FABULOUS week in kindergarten we had this last week. We have made a lot of progress in learning how to rotate to our literacy stations as well as math stations. I feel so spoiled because the kiddos are so, very sweet and willing to practice anything I ask them to do. I am truly one blessed teacher. We will begin bringing home our book bags and reading logs this coming week! Here are some pictures from our week together. I hope you enjoy them!
Rhyming Practice
We learned a new I Love You Ritual this week called, Row, Row, Row
Morning Message incorporating the letter Cc
We did an apple experiment where we sliced an apple and then put each slice into a jar. After that, the kiddos poured different items into the jars. We used baking soda, water, lemon juice, milk, air, and vinegar. We let them sit all day and then charted our results. We learned that all of the apples had turned brown or started rotting except for the apple slices that were in the milk and lemon juice. This then led into a conversation about ascorbic acid (vitamin C). It was a fun learning experience for all!
We learned a new math game called Number Sense Memory.
One of my past students, who is a BIG 2nd grader now, came to read to us! The kiddos LOVEd it and I was super proud of her fror using such great expression!
Our applesauce recipe included apples, water, cinnamon and a little bit of sugar! It was delicious!
Applesauce! The kiddos did a great job helping! Mrs. Edwards class came over and helped/enjoyed it with us!
Our New, Sweet friend 🙂
Fun in the Sun!
Apple Tasting
We all tasted a slice of a green, yellow and red apple. First, we predicted which one we thought would taste the best. Then, we voted which one we actually liked the best.
Does an Apple Sink or Float? We made our predictions and then tested it out. We learned that they do float.
Subitize Rock
Here is a great video for your kiddos to practice subitizing at home! It is important for our young learners to be able to recognize quantities in different ways and to recall it (up to 10) quickly!
A Peek into our Week :)
I hope everyone is enjoying the weekend! I saw lots of familiar faces last night at the Monster Truck Nationals!
Here is a look into our upcoming week of learning:
Morning Activities:
-Environmental Print Book
-Journal: I am on the _______. (add picture)
-Journal: I like ______. (Use environmental print picture)
-My Apple Book
-Play Doh sight word building
-Signing in anchors (letters: Cc, Dd, Tt, and Aa)
Morning Routines:
-Brain Gym
-I love you ritual: Row, Row, Row Your Boat
-Well Wisher/Safe Keeper Box
-Review our general rules:
We will use watching eyes, listening ears, kind words, gentle touches, and walking feet
-Make Commitments
-Practice breathing strategies (balloon, pretzel, S.T.A.R, drain, bunny breathing, breathing arms)
-New Sight Words: the, on
We will review I, can, am and like from previous weeks and start writing the words in elkonin boxes
Morning Message:
-Letter Monster
-Chit-Chat Messages using letters Cc, Dd, Tt, and Aa
Read Alouds:
Frog Food
My Home
One Little, Two Little, Three Little Apples
Mouse Count
-We will also review the 3 Ways to Read a Book and practice:
Poems:
Leaves
Apples, Apples
I Like School
I am
*We locate capital letters, punctuation, rhyming words, sight words, and match sight words/letters.
Centers:
We will begin using our center folders to rotate centers. We will practice a lot to get ready for next week (when we start bringing home our book bags and reading logs!!).
Interactive Writing:
-Recalling sight words from books Frog Food and My Home. Then writing about something they like. Example: I like sprinkles on my cupcake.
-Continue writing using environmental print
-Apple writing using positional words. Example: The apple is on the tree.
*We also focus on fundamentals such as starting sentences with a capital letter, finger spacing between words, puntuation, etc..
Writing Anchor: What Gets a Capital?
Feeling Buddies:
The kiddos have loved learning about managing our feelings and emotions using the Feeling Buddies Toolkit! So far we have met and learned a little about each of our 8 Feeling Buddies: Happy, Sad, Angry, Scared, Calm, Disappointed, Frustrated and Anxious. This week we will learn about the difference between angry and frustrated. We will make a class book called: Our Feeling Faces. We will also act out scenarios and practice using our breathing strategies to help us go from bug crazy mad to caterpillar calm.
Math:
Number Corner:
-Calendar, months of the year, days of the week, counting forward/backwards and by tens, 1 more/1 less, days in school
Number Talks:
Ten Frame
Rekenreks
Dot Cards
Connecting Cubes
*We will continue to practice hand signals and use number talk vocabulary
Math Fun:
-Comple The Shape of Things Activity
-Counting Strategies Anchor
-Begin The Counting Jar (counting items in a jar in 2 different ways and then creating that quantity using other items)
-Introduce Math Rotation (Math by Myself, Math with Someone, Math in Writing (journal), Math in Technology, and Meet with Teacher
-Begin Math Journals
-New Game: Number Sense Memory
-Subitizing Cards Practice
Math Rotation Game Options:
-Apple Race
-Apple Counting Circles
-Magnetic pop. Sticks
-Bug Sorting # Puzzles
-# puzzles
Someone Options:
-Egg Carton Math
-Math Pocket Chart
-Magnetic numbers/objects
-# Tracing
-Number Cookie Sheet
-How many apples tall are you
Writer’s Workshop/Social Studies:
-Decorate our Writer Pages for our Writing Folder Covers
-How I Put Myself Together Class Book (what breathing/calming strategy will you use?)
-Share Student of the Week and Class Mascot
-Apple Tasting/Graph
-Apple Experiment using jars
-Apple Senses Anchor
-Will an Apple Sink or Float?
-Apple STEM: Create Apple Towers
-Jumping Apple Seeds Experiment
-Apple Star
-Label Apple Parts
Penmanship:
Introducing Cc, Dd, Tt, and Aa and teacing the appropriate strokes to create the letters. We will also continue to work on proper grip using a pencil.
Fun Friday:
Make Applesauce and learn about the apple tree life cycle.
We are going to have an APPLE-ful week! 🙂
Feeling Buddies in Action!
Thank you to our generous donor for funding our Feeling Buddies project! Our class has been borrowing the feeling buddies, and now we will have our very own class set! We are beyond excited.
The kiddos have loved learning about managing our feelings and emotions using the Feeling Buddies Toolkit! So far we have met and learned a little about each of our 8 Feeling Buddies: Happy, Sad, Angry, Scared, Calm, Disappointed, Frustrated and Anxious. This week we will learn about the difference between angry and frustrated. We will make a class book called: Our Feeling Faces. We will also act out scenarios and practice using our breathing strategies to help us go from bug crazy mad to caterpillar calm.
We have now met all 8 buddies. They teach us about different feelings each week and how to calm/ breathe in certain situations.
We did an extension activity and thought of a time when we might have felt happy/sad/scared. We then shared our stories with the class. Afterwards, we created what our face might have looked like when we felt that emotion. Of course, we tied in a little writing by writing I am ____. 🙂
Kinder Learning Fun
Does your name have an L in it?
Making Behavior Committments
Every morning we count around our circle to take attendance. This week, we added in using our attendance stick. The kiddos count how many are present and double check by creating a stick made from connecting cubes. We then chart how many kiddos are here/not here.
Creating how many kiddos are here using ten frames.
We cut out letters from magazines and created an alphabet poster.
Name Art!
Each week, we recite poems and practice finding sight words, rhyming words, word parts, capital letters, punctuation, etc…
We also have poetry journals. The kiddos glue their poem of the week in the journal and highlight the same things that we locate in our big poems.
Handwriting
The kiddos LOVE our magnetic sensory bottle! They all take turns playing with it throughout the day. I even like playing with it! Ha!
Our class mascot winner for the weekend!
For Fun Friday, we made orange cloud dough! It was super cool!
Interactive Writing
I have the sweetest kiddos this year! All of the them try to be super helpful to not just me, but their friends!
Math Sorting
Letter Puzzles
We learned a new I Love You Ritual song this week, Georgie Porgie. The kiddos LOVE doing them and it gives them a positive start to their day!
Technology Center
My lunch date on Thursday! I love when kiddos pick the eat with the teacher coupon! It’s so fun to sit and talk with them one on one!
more center fun
We read The Shape of things and then used shapes to create pictures!
Sweet Friends!
Donors Choose Feeling Buddies
I hope everyone is having a WONDERFUL weekend! I just wanted to share my Donors Choose project with everyone. Sadly, it will be expiring soon and our class REALLY would love to have a set of Feeling Buddies for our Safe Place in the classroom! The Feeling Buddies Self-Regulation Toolkit is a great way to turn behavior problems into academic achievement! It includes a variety of hands-on activities and music to teach children how to manage emotions and learn self-regulation skills. The Toolkit also helps kids learn strategies to self regulate independently and the appropriate language to use to help them with self control, empathy and other skills. This toolkit includes music, literacy and movement.
If you can, share this project or make a donation so I can continue to teach your kiddos how to self regulate their feelings.
https://www.donorschoose.org/project/self-regulationacademic-success/3343578/
