Kindergarten News in Mrs.Olsen's Room! 

 Reading 

We read a few gingerbread stories this week. We also had the Gingerbread Man in our room disappear, so we were on the lookout for him all week!  He left us clues each day and Mrs. Hansen found him this morning trying to run out of the school. The students enjoyed this all week!  When we get back from winter break we will be adding a new station to our daily 5- working on writing.  So, the students will be coming home with more writing activities.  We also read a poem this week called Five Yummy Gingerbread Men.

Jolly Phonics 

We added the letter "oo" this week to our sounds. Ask your child what the action is that goes with the sound. We added three new popcorn words as well- "go", "no", and "so". Point out the popcorn words in stories you read to your children as well. Then, when they are reading to self during daily 5 they will recognize those words and be proud that they can read them. 

Handwriting 

We did not do any handwriting this week.  But we have been practicing for the past 2 weeks writing the numbers 11-20 in our morning work.

Math 

We did a few different holiday games this week practicing adding, counting, and recognizing numbers up to 20.

Writing 

We wrote and drew something we like about Nicholas since he was our star student for the week. We also made some candy cane crafts.

 Miss Ann from Junior Achievement finished up with the students this week.  The students should have brought home some things from her.  They enjoyed working with her.

***Thanks to all the parents who volunteered time or goodies for the holiday party today!  The kids had a blast!  I appreciate all the effort especially during this busy time!***

 **Remember snack should be healthy , such as fruit, vegetables, cheese, or crackers. If you are sending a juice, make sure it is 100% juice.** Thanks! 

 My phone line has been set up in my room and the number is 783-5218. Email I will get to the quickest if you need to reach me. jolsen@ccsd66.org

I hope everyone has a wonderful winter break!  I hope we get some more snow for the kids to play in over break. :)  If you are traveling please be safe and see you all next year! 

 Mrs. Olsen 

 Some great websites for the students to do at home are: 

 funbrain.com 

 starfall.com 

 aaamath.com 

 kidsites.org 

 kidzone.ws

 Kindergarten News in Mrs.Olsen's Room! 

 Reading 

We read Charlie Needs A Cloak this week. It was about a sheep herder who needs a new cloak and it tells us in the story how he makes his new cloak only to have the sheep start eating it again. :)  We practiced the skill of retelling again and learned 4 new vocabulary words- cozy, straight, evening and complete. We also read a poem this week called I'm A Little Snowman.

Jolly Phonics 

We added the letters "y" and "x" this week to our sounds we learned. Ask your child what the action is that goes with the 2 sounds. We added three new popcorn words as well- "little", "and", and "yes". Point out the popcorn words in stories you read to your children as well. Then, when they are reading to self during daily 5 they will recognize those words and be proud that they can read them. 

Handwriting 

We did do the letter G in handwriting. 

Math 

We did lots of work this week on greater than and less than.  The students had fun pretending the alligator was eating the bigger number.

Writing 

We wrote and drew something we like about Aarefa since she was our star student for the week. We also made some Rudolph the Reindeer crafts.

We also had a Junior Achievement volunteer named Miss Ann come in and teach us about money, farm animals, and planting a vegetable garden.  The students enjoyed having someone new teaching them. :)

 **Remember snack should be healthy , such as fruit, vegetables, cheese, or crackers. If you are sending a juice, make sure it is 100% juice.** Thanks! 

 My phone line has been set up in my room and the number is 783-5218. Email I will get to the quickest if you need to reach me. jolsen@ccsd66.org

The weather this week sure has felt like winter- hopefully the students get to get out into the snow this weekend- it is not fair how cold it has been that they couldn't get out and play in the snow!

 Have a great weekend! Stay warm! :) 

 Mrs. Olsen 

 Some great websites for the students to do at home are: 

 funbrain.com 

 starfall.com 

 aaamath.com 

 kidsites.org 

 kidzone.ws

Kindergarten News in Mrs.Olsen's Room!

Reading

We read Maisy's Pool this week.  It was about a mouse and chick who are hot and fill up a wading pool, however, come across some problems along the way.  It is cute and the students enjoyed it.  There are many other Maisy books as well.  We practiced the skill of retelling the story and learned 4 new vocabulary words- uncomfortable, comfortable, mend, and wade.  We also read a poem this week called Where is My Gingerbread Man?

Jolly Phonics

We added the letters "w" and "v" this week to our sounds we learned.  Ask your child what the action is that goes with the 2 sounds.  We added three new popcorn words as well- "ran", "into", and "for".  Point out the popcorn words in stories you read to your children as well.  Then, when they are reading to self during daily 5 they will recognize those words and be proud that they can read them.

Handwriting

We did not get to any new letters this week in handwriting.

Math

We did lots of work this week on putting together numbers into number sentences and adding numbers together to make a ten on the ten frame.

Writing

We wrote and drew something we like about Silvana since she was our star student for the week.  We also made some winter owls hanging up outside our room.

**Remember snack should be  healthy , such as fruit, vegetables, cheese, or crackers.  If you are sending a juice, make sure it is 100% juice.** Thanks!

  

My phone line has been set up in my room and the number is 783-5218. Email I will get to the quickest if you need to reach me. jolsen@ccsd66.org

I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving break and the holidays are now upon us!  They will be over before we know it too!

  Have a great weekend!  Stay warm! :)

Mrs. Olsen

Some great websites for the students to do at home are:

funbrain.com

starfall.com

aaamath.com

kidsites.org

kidzone.ws

Kindergarten News in Mrs.Olsen's Room!

Happy Fall!

Reading

We read a bunch of Thanksgiving stories this week.  We also read 2 poems- The Scarecrow and The Turkey.  Next week, we will be reading some more Thanksgiving books and creating our own thankful book.  We will do 2 poems next week as well.

Jolly Phonics

We added the letters "ee" and "or" this week to our sounds we learned.  Ask your child what the action is that goes with the 2 sounds.  We added three new popcorn words as well- "is", "can", and "but".  Next week we will learn the letter "z" sound and have 2 popcorn words- "to" and "too".  Point out the popcorn words in stories you read to your children as well.  Then, when they are reading to self during daily 5 they will recognize those words and be proud that they can read them.

Handwriting

We did capital C, O, and Q this week in handwriting.

Math

We did lots of work this week finding and identifying 11-20 on the ten frames.  We played some turkey bingo as well.  Next week we will be doing some turkey math.

Writing

We wrote and drew something we like about Luke since he was our star student for the week.  We made some turkeys that are hanging up outside our room as well.

**Remember snack should be  healthy , such as fruit, vegetables, cheese, or crackers.  If you are sending a juice, make sure it is 100% juice.** Thanks!

  

My phone line has been set up in my room and the number is 783-5218. Email I will get to the quickest if you need to reach me. jolsen@ccsd66.org

I will not be sending out a blog next week since it is such a short week.  So, please have a wonderful Thanksgiving and travel safely if you are going to be out of town.  Report cards will go home with the students next Tuesday as well.  No school Wednesday-Friday next week.

  Have a great weekend!  Stay warm! :)

Mrs. Olsen

Some great websites for the students to do at home are:

funbrain.com

starfall.com

aaamath.com

kidsites.org

kidzone.ws

Kindergarten News in Mrs.Olsen's Room!

Happy Fall!

Reading

We read a story this week called Pumpkin, Pumpkin.  It is about a little boy who plants pumpkin seeds and watches his seed sprout and become a pumpkin.  We worked on retelling the story by using the pictures. We learned 4 new words to go along with the story- observe, enormous, patient, and scoop.  We also read the poem- November.

Jolly Phonics

We added the letters "oa" and "ie" this week to our sounds we learned.  Ask your child what the action is that goes with the 2 sounds.  We added three new popcorn words as well- "am", "did", and "not".  Point out the popcorn words in stories you read to your children as well.  Then, when they are reading to self during daily 5 they will recognize those words and be proud that they can read them.

Handwriting

We did capital Z this week in handwriting.

Math

We did centers this whole week practicing lots of different skills.  We practiced more with ten frames for the numbers 11-20, played a game called race to 20 using race cars, sorted and counted according to color, and practiced counting on dominoes.  

Writing

We wrote, drew, and shared journals on what we did over the long weekend.  We also practiced writing and making our popcorn words with magnetic letters.

**Remember snack should be  healthy , such as fruit, vegetables, cheese, or crackers.  If you are sending a juice, make sure it is 100% juice.** Thanks!

  

My phone line has been set up in my room and the number is 783-5218. Email I will get to the quickest if you need to reach me. jolsen@ccsd66.org

  Have a great weekend!

Mrs. Olsen

Some great websites for the students to do at home are:

funbrain.com

starfall.com

aaamath.com

kidsites.org

kidzone.ws

Kindergarten News in Mrs.Olsen's Room!

Happy Fall!

Reading

We read a story this called Noisy Nora.  It is about a little mouse who is not getting enough attention at home and gets very upset and mad.  We worked on making connections to the other two stories that we read.  The students were also able to make connections to their home life with having brothers and sisters at home.  We shared some fun stories!  We also read a poem- Watching Falling Leaves.

Jolly Phonics

We added the letters "ai" this week to our sounds we learned.  Ask your child what the action is that goes with the sound.  We added two new popcorn words as well- "we" and "me".  Next week we will be adding 3 more popcorn words to our book!  Keep practicing your popcorn words at home.  Point out the popcorn words in stories you read to your children as well.  Then, when they are reading to self during daily 5 they will recognize those words and be proud that they can read them.

Handwriting

We did get to capital Y this week in handwriting.

Math

We did a couple days of centers this week using gumballs to count and some number sequencing up to 20.  We also worked on using the ten frames to make numbers from 11-20 and made number sentences using the ten frames as well.  We will be doing more of that next week as well.

Writing

We wrote, drew, and shared journals on favorite Halloween activity and what we did over the weekend.  We also had a Weekly Reader on Bears.  

**Remember snack should be  healthy , such as fruit, vegetables, cheese, or crackers.  If you are sending a juice, make sure it is 100% juice.** Thanks!

Thank you to all of you who made it in for parent conferences this week- I know with busy schedules it is hard to get in that time.  However, I feel it is so important to your child to hear about them individually!  I enjoy getting feedback from you as well! :)

  

My phone line has been set up in my room and the number is 783-5218. Email I will get to the quickest if you need to reach me. jolsen@ccsd66.org

Remember we have a long weekend- no school Friday, November 8 and Monday, November 11.  Enjoy the LONG weekend!

Mrs. Olsen

Some great websites for the students to do at home are:

funbrain.com

starfall.com

aaamath.com

kidsites.org

kidzone.ws

Kindergarten News in Mrs.Olsen's Room!

Happy Halloween!

Reading

We read a bunch of Halloween books this week and did some songs and activities with them.  The students had a lot of fun with these.  We did 2 poems this week called One, Two, Halloween Boo! and The 5 Little Pumpkins.

Jolly Phonics

We added the letters "b" and "j" this week to our sounds we learned.  Ask your child what the actions are that go with the sounds.  We added two new popcorn words as well- "at" and "on".  Keep practicing your popcorn words at home.  Point out the popcorn words in stories you read to your children as well.  Then, when they are reading to self during daily 5 they will recognize those words and be proud that they can read them.

Handwriting

We did not get to handwriting this week.  We will do some more letters next week.

Math

We did 2 days of centers this week doing Halloween activities.  The children practiced counting up to 40 and 50 with puzzles, a bat picture, and a pumpkin picture. We also did some more Halloween counting books that were added to read to self book bag.  Next week we are going to be practicing more with writing and identifying teen numbers.

Writing

We wrote and drew a picture about Dane who was our star student this week.  We also made a spooky spider for Halloween!  

**Remember snack should be  healthy , such as fruit, vegetables, cheese, or crackers.  If you are sending a juice, make sure it is 100% juice.** Thanks!

We had a great time at our Halloween party!  Thanks to all the moms who helped put it together!  Also, thanks to the moms who donated food to the party!  It was a success! :)

  

My phone line has been set up in my room and the number is 783-5218. Email I will get to the quickest if you need to reach me. jolsen@ccsd66.org

Have a great weekend!  Remember to turn your clocks back!  Enjoy the extra hour of sleep! :)

Mrs. Olsen

Some great websites for the students to do at home are:

funbrain.com

starfall.com

aaamath.com

kidsites.org

kidzone.ws

Kindergarten News in Mrs.Olsen's Room!

Happy Fall, even though it felt like winter this week!!

Reading

We read the story I Was So Mad this week.   It is about a little creature who is not allowed to do anything that he wants at home.  His parents and grandparents won't let him do anything fun!  The students learned some new vocab words this week to go with the story- allow, frustrated, decide, and practice.  We have been using the words during the day a lot, please continue using them at home as well. :)  We also continued to do our daily 5 rotations.  I have been able to meet with each of the students one-on-one or two-on-one during this time twice a week.  I am able to read books with them and have them read words to me as well.  It is great!  We also have a mom coming in during this time twice a week to read to the kids as well instead of them listening to the stories on CD.  So, we are getting a good routine going with the daily 5. :)   We learned a new poem this week called Jack-O-Lantern. Our poem books are looking great!  Next week, we will try to get in 2 Halloween poems. 

Jolly Phonics

We added the letters "l" and "f" this week to our sounds we learned.  Ask your child what the actions are that go with the sounds.  We added two new popcorn words as well- "up" and "run".  Keep practicing your popcorn words at home.  Point out the popcorn words in stories you read to your children as well.  Then, when they are reading to self during daily 5 they will recognize those words and be proud that they can read them.

Handwriting

We practiced some more letters this week in our handwriting book.  Capital W and X, and we finished our numbers to 10.  Please practice these at home.

Math

We did 2 days of centers this week.  The children practiced finding and counting numbers on pictures and writing them as tally marks, on ten frames, and as just numbers.  We also made a Fall number book and a Bat number book.  These books are added to our "book bags"  that the students use to read to self during daily 5.  So, you won't see these books for a little while.  We add books we make all the time to our book bags for the children to read.  But as we make more books we send them home eventually.

Writing

We wrote and drew a picture about Jack who was our star student this week.  We also made a Frankenstein head for Halloween!  I also read some Frankenstein books. :)

**Remember snack should be  healthy , such as fruit, vegetables, cheese, or crackers.  If you are sending a juice, make sure it is 100% juice.** Thanks!

Dane will be our star student next week!

Remember next week on Halloween the parade starts at 1:40.  Parents are allowed to come and watch but only the parents who are signed up for the Halloween party will be allowed into the school.  It is too crowded and warm if we have too many people in the room during the party.  The students will change into their costumes after lunch, so please send whatever is needed to put on or change into in a bag for your child.

  

My phone line has been set up in my room and the number is 783-5218. Email I will get to the quickest if you need to reach me. jolsen@ccsd66.org

Have a great weekend!

Mrs. Olsen

Some great websites for the students to do at home are:

funbrain.com

starfall.com

aaamath.com

kidsites.org

kidzone.ws