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Friday, September 11, 2015

Kindergarten News in Mrs.Olsen's Room!

Reading

We read a story this week- My Friends. This is a cute story about a little girl who learns different things from different friends. The students loved the book! We learned some new words with the story as well: companion, explore, creature, and imitate.

Jolly Phonics

This week we learned the letters i and p and the actions that go with them. Ask your child what sounds they make and what actions go with those sounds. :). We also learned the popcorn word I. Please practice the words at home.

Math

We learned and practiced writing the numbers 1-5 this week. We practiced doing some more math centers and calendar activities as well. We read a story today Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed. We did a fun craft with it and it is hanging in our classroom!

Writing/ Handwriting

We did a few pages in our handwriting book introducing the more strokes we use to make our letters. We also did a journal today to go with our My Friends book. They had to complete the sentence: I like to play _______________ with my friends, then draw a picture of what they like to do with their friends.

Please remember to send in a HEALTHY snack for your child- cookies and treats are not healthy snacks. It needs to be fruits or vegetables preferably, otherwise crackers or something like that. They are welcome to bring in a water bottle to drink during the day. Please bring it filled, we do not fill water bottles during the day. If they drink it all, then they can get water from the drinking fountain. Thanks!

Remember to fill out the book order I sent home last week by next Friday if you want books. Thanks!

Thanks to all of you who attended curriculum night! :)

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, September 4, 2015

Kindergarten News in Mrs.Olsen's Room!

Reading

We read a story this week- Me on the Map. This is a cute story about a little girl who loves to draw maps. We learned about all different types of maps. We learned some new words with the story as well: state, country, town, and map.

Jolly Phonics

This week we learned the letters a and t; last week the letter s and the actions that go with them. Ask your child what sounds they make and what actions go with those sounds. :). We also learned the popcorn word a. You saw the popcorn bag and instructions of how to keep the popcorn words at home and the bag in their green folder. Thanks for following those directions. Next week we will learn 2 popcorn words and every week after that.

Math

We learned and practiced writing the numbers 1-4 this week. We practiced doing math centers and did calendar activities as well. We read a story today by Eric Carle- The Very Hungry Caterpillar . We did a fun name activity with a ten frame.

Writing/ Handwriting

We did a few pages in our handwriting book introducing the different strokes we use to make our letters. We also did a journal today to go with our Me on the Map book. They had to draw a map of their room- these came out really cute. :)

You will see in your child's folder a book order. Feel free to order books and order on line please- a lot less of a hassle then collecting money and sending it in. :) Thanks!

Curriculum Night is Tuesday, September 8 from 6:00-7:00pm- I hope to see all of you there to learn more about your child's year in kindergarten!

Have a great, long weekend!