March 25th

Happy Birthday to Ryder and David!

Reading 

Last week and this week in shared reading we have been working on how to read non-fiction books.  We have learned about special features in non-fiction books like headings, charts, and table of contents.  We have also looked at how illustrations help us learn more information.  

In Literacy Stations:

At word work the kids made a pot o' gold last week and worked on no excuse words this week.  

At math the kids made a pot o' gold addition book and this week they played an addition game, where they rolled 2 dice and added them up, then colored in the sum on a picture.  

At star last week, we made a leprechaun puppet and this week they made a bunny puppet.  We are also working on no excuse words and consonant vowel consonant (CVC) words.  

At poetry the kids added I want to catch a Leprechaun and What the robin told to their poetry notebooks.  We also played a matching beginning sound game.  

At writing the kids can write a story, card, list, or label.  

At storytelling we read It Looked Like Spilt Milk and the kiddos made their own cloud into something.  Then filled in the sentence, "It looked like a ___ but it wasn't a ___."  

At computer we continued to read Dr. Seuss books.  

Writing 

We have been working very hard these past 2 weeks to make our writing readable.  We are working on using a checklist of things good writers do to make their writing readable.  We are practicing using the checklist everyday together by looking at different kindergarten writing.  We are also turning in all finished work with a checklist and going back and revising our work if it needs it.

Math 

We are continuing to learn about addition by playing addition games.  We played towers of 10 and double compare.  Both of these games reinforce the counting on strategy to solving addition problems.  We find the bigger number and count on the little number.  

Science 

Making rain in the classroom!

What a great week to learn all about weather (I feel like we have had all kinds this week).  The kids come in every day and tell me how the weather has changed!  We have learned that the sun heats up the earth and everything on it, how clouds, wind, and rain are made (the water cycle), severe weather, and talked about our favorite kind of weather.

March 11th

Happy Birthday to Sivad and Andi

Dr. Seuss' birthday was on March 2nd, so we have been reading his books and talking about rhyming words.  

Grandparent's Day was so much fun!  It was wonderful to meet grandparents and special friends last week.  I would like to thank everyone who "shared" kiddos in our class who did not have grandparents close enough to visit.  

Math

We have been working on addition- composing numbers. We have played many games where the kiddos determined how many altogether when 2 groups are joined.  We used + and = in number sentences and found the sum.  We solved addition problems by drawing pictures and joining groups.  

Reading

We have been reading Dr. Seuss books and discussing rhyming words and word families.  

At literacy stations we...

We read I do not like green eggs and ham  and the kids wrote their own version by filling in the sentences "I do not like green eggs and ham, but I do like green _____."

We read Dr. Seuss books on iPads.  

We read Put me in the Zoo and the kids made their own puppet for the story.  

We label, write a list, card or story.  

The kiddos completed Dr. Seuss inspired number maze and addition sentences.  

We are practicing our No Excuse Words by making sandwiches and recording the word wall word on them.  

Word Work

We have been learning about the secret stories of vowels.  We know that vowels make 2 sounds- when vowels are in disguise they are being short and lazy (short vowels) and when they are being a super hero they are saying their name (long vowel).