Kindergarten News in Mrs.Olsen's Room! 

  Reading 

We read a few stories this week about gingerbread men.  Our gingerbread man even ran away from our room.  He left us a few clues and we have been looking for him all week.  Luckily, Mrs. Irish caught him today and brought him back to our room! :)

Jolly Phonics 

We learned about the letters "oo".  Ask your child about the sounds and action that go with those 2 letters.  We added 2 popcorn words- "go" and "so".  Please practice the popcorn words at home. :) When we get back from holiday break we will be getting 3 words each week to learn!

Math 

We have been working on topic 7- understanding addition.  We did not have math centers this week but played some fun holiday math games.

Writing/ Handwriting 

We practiced the capital and lowercase s in handwriting this week.  We made reindeer food for Christmas Eve for a craft. Be sure to put it outside to feed the reindeer! :)

We made a book for Shivang. since he was the star student this week.

  

Thanks to Mrs. Cerny, Mrs. Kotel, and Mrs. Bowers for putting on a great holiday party today!  The students had a blast!  Thanks to all the parents who sent in things for the party as well! :)

I hope you all have a wonderful holiday break!  I hope you have time to relax and spend time with your families!  I will see you all next year! :)

School resumes on Monday, January 5.

 Mrs. Olsen 

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

 funbrain.com 

 starfall.com 

 aaamath.com 

 kidsites.org 

 kidzone.ws

gonoodle.com

Kindergarten News in Mrs.Olsen's Room! 

  Reading 

We read a story this week- Arthur and the Perfect Christmas.  It is all about different traditions around the holidays.  We learned some new vocabulary words that went with the story- tradition, Hanukkah and nervous.  

We got to watch the movie today Arthur's Perfect Christmas as well.  The students were able to make some great comparisons and contrasts between the movie and book.

Jolly Phonics 

We learned about the letters "y" and "x".  Ask your child about the sounds and actions that go with those letters.  We added 2 popcorn words- "yes" and "no".  Please practice the popcorn words at home. :) 

Math 

We finished topic 6 this week and started topic 7 on understanding addition.  Our math centers this week practiced the teen numbers fluency and comparing and contrasting numbers.

Writing/ Handwriting 

We practiced the capital and lowercase u in handwriting this week.  We made Christmas trees with paint today for a craft. 

We made a book for Aubrey P. since she was the star student this week.

  

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Remember next Tuesday, December 16 is an early dismissal day.  The students will be dismissed at 12:00 and will not be eating lunch here at school.

 Mrs. Olsen 

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

 funbrain.com 

 starfall.com 

 aaamath.com 

 kidsites.org 

 kidzone.ws

gonoodle.com

Kindergarten News in Mrs.Olsen's Room! 

  Reading 

We read a story this week- Me and My Family Tree.  It is all about families and who is in everyone's family.  The students enjoyed it.  We made a family tree book that the students will be bringing home today to share with you.  We learned some new vocabulary words that went with the story- family tree, cousins and related.  

We enjoyed hearing about the special things that the students brought in to share with the class.

Jolly Phonics 

We learned about the letters "w" and "v" and "z" last week.  Ask your child about the sounds and actions that go with those letters.  We added 2 popcorn words- "little" and "and".  Last week they learned the popcorn words "into" and "for".  Please practice the popcorn words at home. :) 

Math 

We are now learning in topic 6 about numbers to 100.  This includes writing, saying, counting and recognizing patterns in all these numbers.  This is definitely a more challenging topic than we have had before.  So, please look over the math pages that come home and make sure your child understands what is on it.  

Writing/ Handwriting 

We practiced the capital and lowercase j and q in handwriting this week.  We made snowy owls today for a craft- they had fun making handprints for wings.  They are hanging up outside the classroom. :)

We are continuing to work on writing and the students are really enjoying trying to write and create short stories.  It is fun sharing their pictures and stories.

We made a book for Paul since he was the star student this week.

  

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend and break! 

Have a great weekend!

 Mrs. Olsen 

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

 funbrain.com 

 starfall.com 

 aaamath.com 

 kidsites.org 

 kidzone.ws

gonoodle.com