Thinking Bubble!!

We have been very busy working on Metacognition and Schema in our classroom.  Metacognition is thinking about our thinking and Schema is what do you already know about what you are reading.  We made a thinking bubble to hold up and share with others what we are thinking while reading a class book.  It was a lot of fun.  Now not everyone wanted to come up and share which is just fine!!  Maybe next time you will see more friends!

Our CAFE Menu!!

We have started to add to our CAFE Menu!  This is a menu that we are continuing to add to weekly.  We are working on reading skills and then we fit them in the category that they belong in and we use them while working on our reading!  There are 4 categories that make the up the CAFE: Comprehension, Accuracy, Fluency, and Expanding Vocabulary. 

We have just started but keep on adding all of the new skills we are learning!

Our Snowflakes!!

We spent some time in January writing about snowflakes, reading about them, and even hoping for them to finally fly.  They sure did for a couple days!!  Then we decided we would make our own.  We discussed how snowflakes are all different and then we made them and were really surprised how our snowflakes ALL turned out different!  It was a fun and messy time!!  :)

Newsletter Information

Reminders

January 16^th- No School

January 23^rd – Late Start

February 6^th – Late Start

February 14^th – Valentine’s Day

February 17^th – End of 2^nd Tri

Parent Tips

·      Have your child sequence the numbers to 30. 

·      Work on counting to 100.

·      Practice our Kindergarten Word Wall Words.

·      Have your child start writing sentences.

Reading

We have finished up working with PALS; which is our Peer Assisted Learning System that we used August thru December.  The students have been partnering up and working on sounds, words, and reading skills.  They were very excited about the work we did.  Also we are continuing to work on our Kindergarten words and reading skills. 

Math

We have been very busy working on time in our math unit.  We started out working on the days of the week, months, and seasons.  Then we moved to the actual telling of time to the hour.  This was a lot of fun!  They are very excited to tell you the time.  Ask them some time problems!

Science/SS

In Science the students have been working on trees again.  They are starting to prepare for some experiments.  In Social Studies we have been busy talking about the Earth and our land formations.  This led us into the discussion of a globe.  We loved to see the globe and work with it. 

Newsletter Information

Reminders/Tips:

·      December 22^nd – 2:00 Dismissal

·      December 23^rd – January 2- No School

·      January 3^rd – School Resumes

·      January 9^th – 2 hour late start

·      Please work on reading at least 1 book each day during break!

·      Practice numbers (reading and writing) as far as your child can go!  Try for 100! 

Reading

We all are working very hard on our book club books.  We will re-test our levels in January.  Please be sure to read the take home books at home they will help!  We are spending a lot of our time on the story elements.  Ask your child questions about their stories!

Math

We have been super busy in our math this month of December!  We just finished up our Chapter 6 on Measurement.  We spent the last few days before break reviewing a numbers to 30.  Our chapter on measurement was a lot of fun and the students did excellent on it.  We were able to play some games about taller/shorter, using a balance to weight objects in our room, and even working on capacity.  We will be ready for the new unit in January!

Newsletter Information

Reminders

December 12^th – 2 Hours Late

December 22^nd – 2:00 Dismissal

December 23^rd – January 2- No School

January 3^rd – School Resumes

January 9^th – 2 hour late start

Tips

·        Start working on telling time to the hour.

·        Begin working on the number words zero through ten.

Math

We have been very busy starting our new unit on Measurement.  We have been measuring all sorts of things with cubes and paper clips.  We also spent some time this week working on capacity.  They are really doing a nice job in this area.  Keep working at home!

Reading

We are continuing our work in our Daily 5 routine.  The students have really made some tremendous improvements in their work on writing.  They write in a journal daily.  We are really working on making nice sentences.

SS/Science/Health

In Social Studies we are discussing maps and states.  Science has started a new unit on weather.  They are learning about the different types.  In Health they are busy talking about emotions.

The Holiday Season is in our classroom!

We have been very busy preparing for the holiday season.  In our classroom we each created our own stockings to hang on the "fireplace" and are hoping that Santa makes a stop in our classroom. 

 Next we spent a lot of time creating some one of a kind "reindeer" to hang in our hallway.  It has been so much fun!  Hope you enjoy looking at these photos!