Mrs. Olsen's Blog

Friday, November 22, 2013

Kindergarten News in Mrs.Olsen's Room!

Happy Fall!

Reading

We read a bunch of Thanksgiving stories this week. We also read 2 poems- The Scarecrow and The Turkey. Next week, we will be reading some more Thanksgiving books and creating our own thankful book. We will do 2 poems next week as well.

Jolly Phonics

We added the letters "ee" and "or" 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- "is", "can", and "but". Next week we will learn the letter "z" sound and have 2 popcorn words- "to" and "too". 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 capital C, O, and Q this week in handwriting.

Math

We did lots of work this week finding and identifying 11-20 on the ten frames. We played some turkey bingo as well. Next week we will be doing some turkey math.

Writing

We wrote and drew something we like about Luke since he was our star student for the week. We made some turkeys that are hanging up outside our room as well.

**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 will not be sending out a blog next week since it is such a short week. So, please have a wonderful Thanksgiving and travel safely if you are going to be out of town. Report cards will go home with the students next Tuesday as well. No school Wednesday-Friday next week.

Have a great weekend! Stay warm! :)

Mrs. Olsen

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

Friday, November 15, 2013

Kindergarten News in Mrs.Olsen's Room!

Happy Fall!

Reading

We read a story this week called Pumpkin, Pumpkin. It is about a little boy who plants pumpkin seeds and watches his seed sprout and become a pumpkin. We worked on retelling the story by using the pictures. We learned 4 new words to go along with the story- observe, enormous, patient, and scoop. We also read the poem- November.

Jolly Phonics

We added the letters "oa" and "ie" 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- "am", "did", and "not". 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 capital Z this week in handwriting.

Math

We did centers this whole week practicing lots of different skills. We practiced more with ten frames for the numbers 11-20, played a game called race to 20 using race cars, sorted and counted according to color, and practiced counting on dominoes.

Writing

We wrote, drew, and shared journals on what we did over the long weekend. We also practiced writing and making our popcorn words with magnetic letters.

**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!

Mrs. Olsen

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