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
