Mrs. Olsen's Blog

Friday, December 12, 2014

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

Friday, December 5, 2014

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!