Friday, October 10, 2014

Kindergarten News in Mrs.Olsen's Room! 






  Reading 
We read a story this week called When Autumn Comes.  It is all about what we do in the autumn.  We did some visualizing with this story as well- the students thought that was pretty cool!  We learned some new vocabulary words that went with the story- autumn, preparation, ripen, and harvested.  
We also started reading the Magic Tree House books to the class- they are really enjoying them!

Jolly Phonics 
We learned about the letters "d" and "g".  Ask your child about the sounds and actions that go with those letters.  We added 2 popcorn words- at and run.  Please practice the popcorn words at home. :) 

Math 
We are working hard on reading, writing, counting, and comparing the numbers 6-10.  We will continue with this next as well.  The students are doing really well with the math centers that we do each day.  Having fun rotating and doing different activities each day in them.

Writing/ Handwriting 
We practiced the capital and lowercase a in handwriting this week.  We had another star student this week- so we created a book for him.  We drew a picture of what we like about Mason and then wrote a sentence about it as well.  Mason got to bring this book home.  We did a fun "Autumn" tree craft today!
  

I hope everyone has a great, long weekend!  Remember no school on Monday, October 13 for Columbus Day.

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

Friday, October 3, 2014

Kindergarten News in Mrs.Olsen's Room! 






  Reading 
We read a story this week called Miss Bindergarten Takes a Field Trip.  It is about a kindergarten teacher who takes her class on some field trips around the community.  We learned some new vocabulary words that went with the story- chaperone, bakery, post office, and steers.  

Jolly Phonics 
We learned about the letters "r" and "m".  Ask your child about the sounds and actions that go with those letters.  We added 2 popcorn words- up and like.  We did another popcorn word book today for like.  It is a long book- see if your child can read it to you. 

Math 
We finished topic 2 on numbers from 0-5.  I introduced today our next topic on numbers 6-10.  We will start that next week on reading, writing and comparing numbers 6-10.

Writing/ Handwriting 
We practiced the capital and lowercase t in handwriting this week.   We created a book today called Me on A Map.  It is all about where your child lives.  We also had our first star student this week- so we created a book for him.  We drew a picture of what we like about Elias and then wrote a sentence about it as well.  This is made into a book for Elias to take home. :)
  

I hope everyone has a great weekend!  We emptied blue folders again today- so work might be coming home.  You can do it with your child but it does not need to come back to school.
Picture day is next Wednesday, October 8.  Friday, October 10 is an early dismissal day so the students will be leaving at 12:00.

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