Kindergarten News in Mrs.Olsen's Room! 

  Reading 

We read another non fiction book this week Getting Around By Plane.  It was all about how planes get around and what makes up the parts of a plane.  The students liked learning all about the planes!  We learned some new vocab words - travel, transportation, land, and depart.  They had fun discussing how they relate to these words.  During daily 5 this week we worked on a popcorn word packet that had them creating graphs and making tally marks with the popcorn words.  I have been working hard on testing them to see where their DRA level is.  :)

Jolly Phonics 

We focused on the short "o" this week.  We did some fun short "o" activities including an octopus!  We added four new popcorn words this week- "pretty", "funny", "under" and "find". Please keep practicing- there are a ton of words now!

Math 

This week we did centers again.  They were mostly different ways to add or subtract numbers.  A few games with partners and then some independent work too.  I also had everyone take our mixed addition and subtraction timed test today for fun, even if they have not passed out of the addition or subtraction ones!  

Writing/ Handwriting 

We worked very hard on a special Mother's Day book for all the moms!  We also wrote a sentence about why we like Diezel since he was our star student this week.  

  

       This week we started the ABC days of school- counting down the last days of school.  There is a sheet in their folder to tell you what we are doing each day.  Next week- the only day you need to worry about is hat day on Friday.:)

Thanks to all the people who donated something or time for Teacher Appreciation Week!  The lunch everyday was delicious! :)  The presents, flowers, and cards from the students each day was so sweet!  So, thanks! :)     

**Thanks to the Dunaj family for donating glue sticks this week!**

 **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 weekend!  Sounds like it will be a great Mother's Day weekend! 

 Happy Mother's Day!

 Mrs. Olsen 

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

 funbrain.com 

 starfall.com 

 aaamath.com 

 kidsites.org 

 kidzone.ws