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