Kindergarten News in Mrs.Olsen's Room! 

 Reading 

We read a story this week Brave Bear  that worked on the new skill wondering.  We learned 2 new vocabulary words- doubtful and confident.  Ask your child what they mean.   We read another poem this week called "Let's Build A Snowman."   We also squeezed in 2 days of our daily 5 rotations.  

Jolly Phonics 

We added the letter "oi" and "ue" this week to our sounds. Ask your child what the action is that goes with the 2 sounds. We only added two new popcorn words this week- "get" and "help". We will add the third one next week.  So, we will have 4 new words next week instead of 3.  Our assembly on Friday went longer than I anticipated so we were not able to get to Jolly Phonics at the end of the day as planned. :(  

Math 

We squeezed in our centers this week on shapes.  The students enjoyed these. Next week we will start learning about adding numbers.  

Writing/ Handwriting 

We wrote a sentence and drew a picture about Alyssa since she was our star student this week.  We also made a snowman out of our name.

How about this weather??!! I feel like we are constantly trying to squeeze in our week into 3 days!  Crazy!   More snow this weekend and next week as well!!  Yikes! 

** Next week on Tuesday, February 4 it is an early dismissal day.  Students will be dismissed at 12:00.  Lunch will not be served.

 **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!  Good luck in the snow! :)

 Mrs. Olsen 

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

 funbrain.com 

 starfall.com 

 aaamath.com 

 kidsites.org 

 kidzone.ws