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