Zachary is Star Student!
Monday - Summer is in the air and the natives are getting restless! Phew! I'm having to turn a lot of cards lately! Please remind your child that we still have school and yes, we are still listening and learning. For the most part they are doing okay. But I need them with me for three more weeks! Today in Social Studies we learned about the months of the year. How many there are and we reviewed their names. We also checked on the progress of our beans seeds. Between the lousy weather and the birds that steal the seeds not much is happening. :( We have now re-planted and we are hoping for some sunshine!
Tuesday - Still not much sunshine! This week we are making bread just like the Little Red Hen. Not one kinder has said, "Not I!". I take it home to bake and we eat it the next day. It is Irish soda bread. Some of the kinders like it, some do not. A recipe will be in your child's Friday Folder. I have also included a recipe for strawberry shortcake from the book Cook-A-Doodle-Doo. This book is another version of the Little Red Hen that I have read to the kinders. I've made this recipe and it is delicious!
Wednesday - I was out due to a doctor's appointment. Mrs. Womack was my sub. The kinders saw what they described as an "awesome" bike assembly. Ask your kinder.
Thursday - Mr. Ben was our visiting teacher for the day. His theme was t-ball. He read them an ABC book called H is for Homerun. We then extended this and made our own ABC baseball book. Mr. Ben also helped check work, worked with the US puzzle center and led the kinders through calendar. Due to rain we did not get to play t-ball. But we will bring Mr. Ben back next week to have our game if the weather cooperates! The kinders did play a pick-up game at recess. Their arms were their bat. Mr. Ben was the pitcher, the outfield and the infield. They wore him out!
Friday - Crazy Hair Day! We survived and not one card was turned! Way to go kinders!
Have a fabulous three day weekend! Please remember that next week is our last week of centers. Thank you for all of your help all year long!
Monday, May 24, 2010
Monday, May 17, 2010
K-2 AM May 17 - 21
C.J. is star student.
Monday - I can't believe that the weather is still rainy and cold! Needless to say we spent recess inside. Some kinders came to school without jackets though. Unless it is raining we are outside at recess. The kinders get cold. Please make sure they dress in layers. Thank you. Today we worked on writing in our All About Me books. Since we were inside at recess I put in a Magic School Bus video called, Inside Ralphie. It was about a little boy who is sick and it went through how our body reacts to fight germs. The kinders were fascinated!
Tuesday - In Writer's Workshop we worked on writing our first book report. We wrote another page in our All About Me books too. In math we are wrapping up our unit on time.
Wednesday - Career Day - We were very lucky to have a police officer and a firefighter. Officer Anton from the SFPD came and told the kinders about his job. He showed them some of the tools he uses and his Motorcycle with sirens and flashing lights. Then we walked over to Fire Fighter Nick's fire engine. He showed them all of his tools and they each got to sit in the driver's seat! A very exciting day!
Thursday - Gia was teacher for the day! The kinders had to call her Miss Gia. Gia loves cats, so our theme for the day was cats. For Daily News Miss Gia had the kinders write about their favorite animal. She also led them in a directed drawing of a cat and then helped me oversee their Writer's Workshop paper on cats. I also gave her an official teacher pen and she helped me check their work. Miss Gia did a fantastic job! The kinders loved having another kinder as their teacher. Next Thursday we will have Ben Schiff as our teacher of the day. His theme will be baseball. Your kinder can wear a t-shirt supporting their favorite team. Even if it is the Dodgers. (Go Giants!) We also visited Mrs. Dee's fifth grade class. They put on a wax museum.
Each of her fifth graders dressed up as an important historical figure and gave us a short speech about their person. They did a fantastic job!
Friday - We wrote thank you notes to our visitors on Career Day. This week three of our butterflies have hatched. Ask your kinder. they are so excited!
Have a great weekend!
Monday - I can't believe that the weather is still rainy and cold! Needless to say we spent recess inside. Some kinders came to school without jackets though. Unless it is raining we are outside at recess. The kinders get cold. Please make sure they dress in layers. Thank you. Today we worked on writing in our All About Me books. Since we were inside at recess I put in a Magic School Bus video called, Inside Ralphie. It was about a little boy who is sick and it went through how our body reacts to fight germs. The kinders were fascinated!
Tuesday - In Writer's Workshop we worked on writing our first book report. We wrote another page in our All About Me books too. In math we are wrapping up our unit on time.
Wednesday - Career Day - We were very lucky to have a police officer and a firefighter. Officer Anton from the SFPD came and told the kinders about his job. He showed them some of the tools he uses and his Motorcycle with sirens and flashing lights. Then we walked over to Fire Fighter Nick's fire engine. He showed them all of his tools and they each got to sit in the driver's seat! A very exciting day!
Thursday - Gia was teacher for the day! The kinders had to call her Miss Gia. Gia loves cats, so our theme for the day was cats. For Daily News Miss Gia had the kinders write about their favorite animal. She also led them in a directed drawing of a cat and then helped me oversee their Writer's Workshop paper on cats. I also gave her an official teacher pen and she helped me check their work. Miss Gia did a fantastic job! The kinders loved having another kinder as their teacher. Next Thursday we will have Ben Schiff as our teacher of the day. His theme will be baseball. Your kinder can wear a t-shirt supporting their favorite team. Even if it is the Dodgers. (Go Giants!) We also visited Mrs. Dee's fifth grade class. They put on a wax museum.
Each of her fifth graders dressed up as an important historical figure and gave us a short speech about their person. They did a fantastic job!
Friday - We wrote thank you notes to our visitors on Career Day. This week three of our butterflies have hatched. Ask your kinder. they are so excited!
Have a great weekend!
Monday, May 10, 2010
K-2 AM may 10 - 14
Star student is Carly.
Monday - We discovered that over the weekend our caterpillars transformed into their pupa form,a chrysalis! We also have praying mantis egg cases and ladybug larvae.
Tuesday - We worked on our All AboutMe books and wrote in Writer's Workshop. We are working on calendar skills in math and writing insect poems in centers. I had the best time today! There is nothing better than celebrating your birthday with five year olds. They were so excited! I loved all of their cards and flowers.
Wednesday - We worked with Making Words and started a new unit in our math workbook on time.
Thursday - I was out sick. Ask your kinder.
Friday - We are starting a new science unit on how plants grow. We planted bean seeds in cups and started our science garden journal in which we will track their progress.
Please note that our last week of centers will be May 31 - June 4. The last week of school we will not be having centers due to all of the fun end of the year activities we will be doing. I can't thank all of my center helpers enough. You helped make this a great year for all of the kinders!
Monday - We discovered that over the weekend our caterpillars transformed into their pupa form,a chrysalis! We also have praying mantis egg cases and ladybug larvae.
Tuesday - We worked on our All AboutMe books and wrote in Writer's Workshop. We are working on calendar skills in math and writing insect poems in centers. I had the best time today! There is nothing better than celebrating your birthday with five year olds. They were so excited! I loved all of their cards and flowers.
Wednesday - We worked with Making Words and started a new unit in our math workbook on time.
Thursday - I was out sick. Ask your kinder.
Friday - We are starting a new science unit on how plants grow. We planted bean seeds in cups and started our science garden journal in which we will track their progress.
Please note that our last week of centers will be May 31 - June 4. The last week of school we will not be having centers due to all of the fun end of the year activities we will be doing. I can't thank all of my center helpers enough. You helped make this a great year for all of the kinders!
Monday, May 3, 2010
K-2 AM May 3 - 7
Star student is Leyton.
Monday - Today in Writer's Workshop the kinders wrote reports about an animal. They are really cute. We also learned about ladybugs. Our ladybug larva finally arrived and our living in ladybug land in our classroom. We also have caterpillars that are the larva for painted lady butterflies. One of our mosquito pupa turned into a mosquito over the weekend.
Tuesday - Mrs. Comfort's last day of PE is this Thursday. We will miss her. The kinders wrote thank you letters to her today. The kinders also started working on a book titled, "All About Me".
Wednesday - We worked on Making Words today, had a quick library time and learned some more about ants. I loved all the beautiful flowers and notes the kinders gave to me. They are so sweet!
Thursday - Our last day of PE with Mrs. Comfort! She loved the letters the kinders wrote to her. Ask your kinder what their favorite activity was in PE.
Friday - As you know I was out. I'm so sorry I ruined the surprise. Like I told Tiphanie, it's hard to surprise a teacher! :)
To all of my wonderful kindergarten moms, Happy Mother's Day! Thank you for my wonderful kindergartners! They always come to school ready and happy to learn. I'm so proud of them!
Monday - Today in Writer's Workshop the kinders wrote reports about an animal. They are really cute. We also learned about ladybugs. Our ladybug larva finally arrived and our living in ladybug land in our classroom. We also have caterpillars that are the larva for painted lady butterflies. One of our mosquito pupa turned into a mosquito over the weekend.
Tuesday - Mrs. Comfort's last day of PE is this Thursday. We will miss her. The kinders wrote thank you letters to her today. The kinders also started working on a book titled, "All About Me".
Wednesday - We worked on Making Words today, had a quick library time and learned some more about ants. I loved all the beautiful flowers and notes the kinders gave to me. They are so sweet!
Thursday - Our last day of PE with Mrs. Comfort! She loved the letters the kinders wrote to her. Ask your kinder what their favorite activity was in PE.
Friday - As you know I was out. I'm so sorry I ruined the surprise. Like I told Tiphanie, it's hard to surprise a teacher! :)
To all of my wonderful kindergarten moms, Happy Mother's Day! Thank you for my wonderful kindergartners! They always come to school ready and happy to learn. I'm so proud of them!
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