Kindergarten News in Mrs.Olsen's Room! 

  Reading 

We did a lot of focusing on Daily 5 this week and I have been assessing the students for their report cards.  I will finish that up next week as well.  We took some extra time to do some new skills in the writing part and word work part of Daily 5.

Jolly Phonics 

We focused on short a this week, I also did some practice with finding long a as well.  We added three new popcorn words this week- "four",  "nine", and "said". We have been reading some of our sight word books together and the students are really able to read a lot of words.  Hopefully you are seeing this at home too! :)

Math 

We practiced some more on adding numbers together and how to make number sentences vertically and horizontally.  We also did centers this week on stamping number sentences, adding numbers to 10, and practicing fluency in reading teen numbers.

Writing/ Handwriting 

We did some journal writing this week on what we like about winter.  I had the students write the whoIe sentence on their own instead of giving them part of it to write and me finishing it for them. I am really focusing on having the students practice writing sentences with capitals and periods as well as the spacing between their words.

**Remember there is no school tomorrow, February 28 because of a teacher institute.**

 

** We are running low on glue sticks and pencils, so if anyone would like to donate some for the class it would be greatly appreciated. :) **

                   

            

**Thanks to the Waitkus and Hines families for donating pencils and glue sticks-  any more is appreciated. :)**

 **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: 

 funbrain.com 

 starfall.com 

 aaamath.com 

 kidsites.org 

 kidzone.ws

Kindergarten News in Mrs.Olsen's Room! 

  Reading 

We read a story this week called Henry's Wrong Turn.  We practiced some more on the skill wondering.  This is a cute story about a whale who ends up in the New York Harbor after taking a wrong turn.  There were a lot of new words we learned with the story.  Two of the words we learned were signal and pursue.  See if your child can use those words in a sentence for you. :)

Jolly Phonics 

We added the word families "-ap" and "-am" this week. We practiced sounding out and rhyming with these word families. We added three new popcorn words this week- "one",  "two", and "three". We have been reading some of our sight word books together and the students are really able to read a lot of words.  Hopefully you are seeing this at home too! :)

Math 

We practiced some more on adding numbers together and how to make number sentences, as well as subtracting numbers.  We also did centers this week on subtracting, stamping out number sentences, coloring by number, and rolling the dice to make a snowman.

Writing/ Handwriting 

We did some handwriting this week on the letters A, I and S.  We also made some cool snowflakes for the Snowflake Ball.  We wrote about what we would do if we were President of the United States and did a craft with it.  

**Remember there is no school on Friday, February 28 because of a teacher institute.**

 

** We are running low on glue sticks and pencils, so if anyone would like to donate some for the class it would be greatly appreciated. :) **

                   

            

**Reminder- Read to Success reading logs that were sent home in the fall for Six Flags tickets are due Monday, February 24.**

**Snowflake Ball is this Saturday at Elizabeth Ide- have fun if you are going! :)**

 **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: 

 funbrain.com 

 starfall.com 

 aaamath.com 

 kidsites.org 

 kidzone.ws