Kindergarten News in Mrs.Olsen's Room! 

  Reading 

We read another non fiction book this week called Building Beavers.  It was all about the how beavers build their dams and lodges and about beavers.  The students learned some cool facts about them!   We learned some new vocab words - wide, clear, construct, and structure.  Ask them if they remember what they mean. :) During daily 5 this week we worked on some fun games practicing popcorn words again.  I am now testing the students on how many popcorn words they know from the 95 they have been taught this year.

Jolly Phonics 

We focused on the word family "um" this week.  We added four new popcorn words this week- "black", "orange", "white" and "brown". That is the end of the popcorn words for the year- 95 of them!  I told the students they can keep their popcorn books at home now to practice at home- please practice! :)

Math 

This week we did centers again.  They were practicing adding and subtracting in different ways and some measuring activities.  Mrs. Riadi came in and has been pulling the kids one by one to work on math facts and fluency especially with subtraction.  She will continue with this next week too.  

Writing/ Handwriting 

We did some writing assessments this week, wrote and drew about something we imagined for imagination day, and for letter day we wrote a nice letter to someone we care about.  These were cute to read. :)  We did a flower craft today that will be hanging up in the room until school is out.

  

       **The students have enjoyed the ABC's of school this week.  They got to watch The Nut Job for kids choice movie day.  They had fun with that one!  Next week, Tuesday is Neon and Neatness day- so if you have anything neon for them to wear that would be great. :)  Everything else is in school.

**Remember there is no school on Monday due to the Memorial Day observance.**

  

**Thanks to the Hines 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 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, long weekend!  Enjoy the summer-like weather!

 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 another non fiction book this week called the Moon.  It was all about the moon.  The students had a great time learning about it.  We did some neat demonstrations on how the moon and Earth rotate around the sun.  They had fun and learned some cool new facts about the moon.  We learned some new vocab words - visible, entire, remarkable, and future.  Ask them if they remember what they mean. :) During daily 5 this week we worked on 2 fun games practicing popcorn words.  I have been working hard on testing them to see where their DRA level is.  :)  I finished up and moved around levels on Raz kids website so their levels match where they are reading at.

Jolly Phonics 

We focused on the word families -ug and -un this week.  We added four new popcorn words this week- "blue", "yellow", "red" and "pink". Please keep practicing- there are a ton of words!

Math 

This week we did some centers.  They were practicing adding and subtracting in different ways to end on 10, discussing if number sentences are true or false and how to make them true if they are false, practicing different patterns, and using some manipulatives to add and subtract.

Writing/ Handwriting 

I hope the moms enjoyed their Mother's Day book and card we made for them!  We wrote a sentence and drew a picture about Joshua since he was our star student this week.  He is our last star student for the year!  Thanks to Joshua's dad for being our guest reader and bringing in treats for it as well!  The students loved it! :)

  

       **The students have enjoyed the ABC's of school this week.  Next week- it is all in school- so no need to send them wearing anything or bringing anything to school.**

**Zoo field trip permission slips were sent home this week- I will let chaperones know next week if they are coming with us or not. :)**

 
**We also discovered a fun website to do brain breaks called gonoodle.com- in case your child is asking about it- they love it!**

**Thanks to the Idhe 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 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!  

 Mrs. Olsen 

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

 funbrain.com 

 starfall.com 

 aaamath.com 

 kidsites.org 

 kidzone.ws