Kindergarten News in Mrs.Olsen's Room!
Reading
We have been doing a great job with learning the daily 5 routine in our class. The students have mastered read to self and listening to a story. Next week we will start working on another part of the daily 5 which is working with words. We will put that into our centers we have started.We also read the story Cat's Colors. We did some activities with colors as well. We learned 4 new words too- soar, tangled, snooze, and drowsy. The students love to incorporate the new words into their vocabulary throughout the day!! :)
Jolly Phonics
We added the letters n and ck this week to our sounds we learned. Ask your child what the actions are that go with the sounds. We added a new popcorn word as well- "it". Next week the students will start to bring home their popcorn word book to practice the words at home. When you are reading to your child see if they can find any popcorn words in the stories. A, I, or It
Handwriting
We practiced forming some letters and numbers this week in our handwriting book. capital F and E and numbers 1, 2, and 3. Please practice these at home.
Math
We have been playing some fun games in partners and small groups where we are praticing counting numbers. We did 1 day of math learning centers. Today we did a color matching and counting game with manipulatives. The students seem to enjoy doing these activities. :)
Writing
We did some journals this week on what they did over the weekend, what their favorite color is and why, and what is their favorite thing at recess to do. Some students really enjoy drawing pictures to go with these.
**Remember snack should be a healthy snack such as fruit, vegetables, cheese, or crackers. If you are sending a juice, make sure it is 100% juice.** Thanks!
We have gym every day, so please make sure your child has on gym shoes or brings gym shoes to school to wear for gym class.
We have art once a week on Tuesday with Ms. Smeltzer.
We have library twice a week on Mondays and Wednesdays. The children can check out 1 book at a time each day as long as they have returned their book.
We also have music twice a week on Thursday and Friday. Ms. Wyse is a lot of fun.
Thanks to all the parents and students who donated money for classroom books. I picked out some great books and we will be reading them each day! It is so fun to pick out new books and even more fun to read them to the class! So thank you!!
My phone line has been set up in my room and the number is 783-5218. I encourage you to email me first because the phone will ring during the day while the students are here and obviously I can't answer it if the students are in the room. Email I will get to the quickest. jolsen@ccsd66.org
Have a wonderful weekend!
Mrs. Olsen
