Check out the fun we had bowling last Friday. Thanks to all the parents who came out to encourage and help.
Information about our next field trip came home in last Friday's binder. Money will be collected until February 3. The cost is $8.00 per child and $5.00 per adult chaperones (our class is allowed nine). Younger siblings cannot attend this field trip.
(scroll down to the next entry and see pictures from January's Crafternoon)
Please send in a shoe box for your child's valentine mailbox by Tuesday. They need to be prepped before Room 115 starts decorating them. Let me know if this is a problem and I will help you locate one.
This week our word wall words are: jump, did, where, there, our
We will be investigating the letter Vv as in "violin in the van"
In math,we are beginning addition. We will act out imaginary stories and use manipulatives before moving to worksheets. You can help at home by using stuffed animals, matchbox cars, action figures, baby dolls, Legos... and make up stories and let your child solve them in a concrete manner.
Our poetry journal this week will focus on nickles. Ask us some facts about the penny and see if we can answer them. (Who is on the penny, what color is the penny, how much is a penny worth...). This week we will be practicing counting by fives. Start reinforcing this around Wednesday. Poetry journals will come home on Friday.
We are really beginning to focus on writing. Writing goes hand in hand with reading. The better the reader you are, the better the writer you are. Writing takes practice just like reading. Refer to the writing handout I gave to you at small group back in September (ask if you need me to resend it). Remember NOT to spell words for your child at this age. Allow/celebrate invented spelling. The focus is on content and not correct spelling. Tell your child to spell the sounds your child hears. I encourage you to have a writing station in your house. At my house, the writing station is mobile and moves from room to room. My children love to write at the kitchen table while I am fixing dinner. When your child is able to write down thoughts on a paper, it demonstrates the thinking inside his/her head. Writers are readers and thinkers!
In science, we are discussing the five senses and how scientists use them to discover how the world works.
The children are doing a fabulous job with Accelerated Reader. I bet we will have some students enter the five point club this week. I ask that everyone be ready to test on Wednesday because I have a volunteer available to help me. Your child can test on any day of the week and get a new library book. though. Don't let AR be stressful at your house. Encourage your child and expect rereading of the book even if you are met with resistance. Rereading a book is practice and practice makes for a better reader.
The 100th day of school is Monday, February 6. A note is coming home in Monday's binder about dressing your child up as if he/she was 100 years old. Don't panic...I put down some suggestions. We will be doing things the 100 way all day long! It is a very fun day. We will not be doing anything special for lunch but you may want to join us if you would like to eat/visit with the geriatric crowd instead of the traditional five/six year olds.
We are getting low on hand soap. I would appreciate you picking up a bottle the next time you are at Walmart or Target.
Our Valentine's Day party will be Tuesday, February 14 from 1:30-2:15. Contact the room mothers to volunteer or send in party food.
Remind your friends with upcoming Kindergarten students that Blount's Kindergarten Open House is this Tuesday at 5:30.
Contact me with any questions or concerns. Thank you for loving Room 115. I appreciate your support!
Information about our next field trip came home in last Friday's binder. Money will be collected until February 3. The cost is $8.00 per child and $5.00 per adult chaperones (our class is allowed nine). Younger siblings cannot attend this field trip.
(scroll down to the next entry and see pictures from January's Crafternoon)
Please send in a shoe box for your child's valentine mailbox by Tuesday. They need to be prepped before Room 115 starts decorating them. Let me know if this is a problem and I will help you locate one.
This week our word wall words are: jump, did, where, there, our
We will be investigating the letter Vv as in "violin in the van"
In math,we are beginning addition. We will act out imaginary stories and use manipulatives before moving to worksheets. You can help at home by using stuffed animals, matchbox cars, action figures, baby dolls, Legos... and make up stories and let your child solve them in a concrete manner.
Our poetry journal this week will focus on nickles. Ask us some facts about the penny and see if we can answer them. (Who is on the penny, what color is the penny, how much is a penny worth...). This week we will be practicing counting by fives. Start reinforcing this around Wednesday. Poetry journals will come home on Friday.
We are really beginning to focus on writing. Writing goes hand in hand with reading. The better the reader you are, the better the writer you are. Writing takes practice just like reading. Refer to the writing handout I gave to you at small group back in September (ask if you need me to resend it). Remember NOT to spell words for your child at this age. Allow/celebrate invented spelling. The focus is on content and not correct spelling. Tell your child to spell the sounds your child hears. I encourage you to have a writing station in your house. At my house, the writing station is mobile and moves from room to room. My children love to write at the kitchen table while I am fixing dinner. When your child is able to write down thoughts on a paper, it demonstrates the thinking inside his/her head. Writers are readers and thinkers!
In science, we are discussing the five senses and how scientists use them to discover how the world works.
The children are doing a fabulous job with Accelerated Reader. I bet we will have some students enter the five point club this week. I ask that everyone be ready to test on Wednesday because I have a volunteer available to help me. Your child can test on any day of the week and get a new library book. though. Don't let AR be stressful at your house. Encourage your child and expect rereading of the book even if you are met with resistance. Rereading a book is practice and practice makes for a better reader.
The 100th day of school is Monday, February 6. A note is coming home in Monday's binder about dressing your child up as if he/she was 100 years old. Don't panic...I put down some suggestions. We will be doing things the 100 way all day long! It is a very fun day. We will not be doing anything special for lunch but you may want to join us if you would like to eat/visit with the geriatric crowd instead of the traditional five/six year olds.
We are getting low on hand soap. I would appreciate you picking up a bottle the next time you are at Walmart or Target.
Our Valentine's Day party will be Tuesday, February 14 from 1:30-2:15. Contact the room mothers to volunteer or send in party food.
Remind your friends with upcoming Kindergarten students that Blount's Kindergarten Open House is this Tuesday at 5:30.
Contact me with any questions or concerns. Thank you for loving Room 115. I appreciate your support!
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