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News of the Week—Oct 26-30

POPCORN WORDS: IN ALL It was fun to see that we could make some new words by adding different letters to ALL and IN. Our daily message does not just contain our weekly words but also includes popcorn words we have already learned. That makes reading the daily message so fun! Our shared reading poem and book allowed us to read familiar popcorn words.

COLOR WORD: RAINBOW of colors

MATH: We continued to tell math stories (even using real candy corn pieces) to solve the answers to the math stories. For example: I was given 3 pieces of corn candy. My friend was given 2 pieces of corn candy. How many pieces of corn corn in all?” 3+2=5 We practiced writing tricky numbers 8 & 9 too.

WRITING: We continued with our Show and Tell Unit. At the beginning of the week the kinders wrote a pattern book about a leaf. We closely observed our individual leaves, noticing the shape and color. We used the pattern, “This is a…”. to write our pages about the stem, vein, color. I am so proud of how far the kinders have come in writing! We start a new unit next week of writing personal narratives!

LITERACY: We practiced identifying rhyming words and identifying a word by hearing all of the sounds in words by playing a fall game. Enjoy using your kinder’s Autumn House to practice letters and sounds and sight words with the papers sent home. We also worked on identifying b and d…they can be tricky letters to recognize.

PHONICS: We learned that knowing the alphabet chart well helps with writing. We used what we have learned about letters & sounds to write more sounds in words and to write snap words. We call our sight words either popcorn words or snap words because we can identify them quickly. We met a friend of Mabel….Blue Bear. We worked together to sound out and write words to a story about Mabel and Blue Bear.

HANDWRITING: We continued using our Peterson Handwriting books to learn the correct way to write letters. We will be keeping these books at school until we are finished with them. These are some of the letters we practiced…e,s,o,q.

REMINDERS

SNACKS: Please remember to send in 2 snacks for your kinder each day. Don’t forget the water bottle! 🙂

WINTER GEAR: Brrrr….our Michigan weather is changing quickly. Please be sure to gather up those warmer coats, mittens, boots, hats and snow pants. When it snows, this gear is mandatory to play outside. When the snow arrives we do go outside and play! However, if the temperature or wind chill get below freezing we do opt to stay inside. If anyone needs any help with getting these winter items PLEASE let me know. Also, if your kinder needs new boots this season, please, please purchase boots with velcro closings NOT with tie up laces. Keep in mind that the goal for all kinders to get their winter gear on and off independently. Label, Label, Label your kinder’s winter gear. It will make it easier for me to know which black snow pants belong to your kinder.

CALENDARS: Please refer to the NOVEMBER calendar that was sent home for events, birthdays, etc or view it at the top of the blog under CALENDARS. The November lunch menu is also available on the Food Service website.

LUNCH: Hot lunch is free for all students through the entire school year. If your kinder orders milk with their home lunch that is a charge.

UPCOMING DATES

*Monday, Nov 2–MUSIC

*Tuesday, Nov 3—GYM; School Pictures Retakes

*Wednesday, Nov 4—ART; Library…Bring back your library book, Homework packet due.

*Thursday, Nov 5–STEAM

*Friday, Nov 6—MUSIC; celebrate Isabelle (11/7) & Jack (11/8) birthdays

*Friday, Nov 13–Fast Friday (early release) Dismiss at 12:15pm

*Nov 16 & 18–Virtual Parent/Teacher Conferences and Book Fair. Please check your inbox for an email about signing up for a day/time.

*Nov 25-Nov 27–NO SCHOOL. Thanksgiving Vacation

News of the Week—Oct. 19-23

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POPCORN WORDS: They were ‘popping’ up all the time this week in our daily messages and in books. We learned that sometimes “E” is quiet and tells other hard worker letters (vowels) to do a flip and say their letter name. We saw this happening in “like” and “here”. Our shared reading poem “I like to play.” and book The Balloon included our popcorn words this week.

COLOR WORD: BROWN The kinders had fun reading many Bear books…a character who is becoming a favorite. We also read Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see? . We continued to practice our storytelling skills as we retold (and sang) the story many times this week. Enjoy having your kinder practice their skills at home when they retell the story for you using their storytelling strip. We made a brown bear hat while wearing brown. Thank you for helping your kinder participate in our color days by wearing particular colors. The kinders (and I) looked forward to these fun days.

READING: We learned that readers read patterned sentences. We read a poem about the zoo and noticed the pattern of “______ are in the zoo.” With our reading partners, we worked hard to find places in our storybooks that were “Wow!, “Huh?”, “That’s cool!” Storybooks are filled with these parts to make the story exciting! We also reviewed looking for character feelings. Little Critter in I was so mad! by M. Mayer displayed a lot of feelings. We are all learning! Just like when we were little we didn’t walk right away, we had to crawl, scoot, hold onto things and then we could walk, jog and then run! Reading is like that too. We have to learn some sounds, put those sounds together and then use all of our reading tools to practice being a reader. Reading by ourselves or with our partners help us grow as readers!

WRITING: The kinders learned that writers also write books with a pattern. After investigating a real pumpkin that Mrs. Bohl brought in, we wrote a book about the parts of the pumpkin using the pattern “I see the _______.” (stem, ribs, rind, orange pumpkin) . We also wrote a book about ourselves after listening to the song Mat Man. This song reminds us to include details in drawing a person. This book used the pattern of “Here is my ______.” (head, body, hair, friend).

SPLIT LIT/LITERACY: The kinders did activities to strengthen their skills in letter ID, letter sounds, hearing syllables in words, rhyming, blending sounds. I am SO excited about the progress I am noticing. Thank you for working and supporting your kinder at home. It is making a BIG difference!

MATH: We did a little bit of everything in math this week as we continued to work on Unit #2. We worked on telling math stories (both + -), writing numbers in correct order, noticing 5 groups and extra ones in numbers 6-10, writing numbers 0-7, noticing partners of 5 and comparing numbers by using equal (= )and not equal (= with / through) symbols. It was a busy week of learning!

HANDWRITING: We learned about the three different handwriting lines and how some letters are small, some are tall, and some fall below the lines. We practiced writing “counterclockwise” letters (f,c,a,d) as well as our names. They did great but some upcoming letters are more difficult than others to form properly, so extra practice is always beneficial. Writing with markers, chalk, bathroom crayons and even in shaving cream are some fun different ways to inspire your kinder.

PHONICS: We spent most of the week studying alphabet charts. The kinders worked in table groups to match pictures to the letters. They learned that we can add new pictures to an alphabet chart to improve them and make them better. (ex: covering a picture of a rat with a picture of a rabbit). We practiced finding the beginning and ending letter quickly on a chart when shown a picture. It was so fun to teach our stuffed animals everything we learned about alphabet charts at ABC School and to take an alphabet chart home.

SOME REMINDERS

KOOL KINDERS: What fun to see and hear about this week Kool Kinders’ show and tell items of a Barbie, a stuffed dragon, a zoo keeper doll and white stuffed dog.

TURKEY TROT: The Turkey Trot is going to be a virtual race this year. Check out the PE blog for the Turkey Trot information. http://mvankoev.edublogs.org

LUNCH: Hot lunch is free for all students through the entire school year. If your kinder orders milk with their home lunch that is a charge.

BACKPACK SNACKS: THANK YOU SO MUCH for being conscientious about sending ONLY TWO healthy, NUT FREE snacks…one for the morning, one for the afternoon. Our snack time is short but enough time to become refueled. Don’t forget those water bottles! 🙂

Please remember to send your kinder in a coat each day to school. With this changing weather, it is important for the kinders to be warm at recess. Thank you!

UPCOMING DATES

*Monday, Oct 26—NO SCHOOL

*Tuesday, Oct 27—MUSIC

*Wednesday, Oct 28—GYM; Library…Bring back your library book, Homework packet due. Fall Celebration donations due

*Thursday, Oct 29–ART COLOR DAY: wear RAINBOW colors

*Friday, Oct 30—STEAM; Fall Celebration day. If you kinder chooses to wear a costume to school PLEASE make sure they can move freely, use the bathroom independently and quickly and wear it all day. Keep all extra props, weapons, etc at home. Thank you! 🙂

*Friday, Nov 13–Fast Friday (early release) Dismiss at 12:15pm

*Nov 16 & 18–Virtual Parent/Teacher Conferences and Book Fair. More information on conferences will be sent out soon!

*Nov 25-Nov 27–NO SCHOOL. Thanksgiving Vacation

Have a fabulous long fall weekend. I will see my sweet kinders on Tuesday ~~Mrs. Bohl

News of the Week–Oct 5-9

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A busy week of learning in school.

FIRE PREVENTION: We spent some time reviewing fire safety rules for in school and at home. We watched one of my favorite movies called Snuffy’s Fire Bargade. A great short movie that helped the kinders learn more about “hot spots”, “Stop, Drop, Roll”, “stay low and get out”. It is now available on youtube if your kinder wants to watch it again. I didn’t dare tell the kinders that I first showed this movie using a film projector with reels at the start of my teaching career. Oh, my! That really tells you how old I am. 🙂 The movie will jump for a few seconds at the start but smooths out. Don’t miss the dragon…it is my favorite part. 🙂 We also read many fire safety books and our weekly newspaper to learn more information and just for fun. Fire Truck by Ivan Ulz became a favorite of every kinder. Here is a link on youtube if your kinder wants to listen to the story again and sing the song! Here are some of the fire safety tips that we learned:

Check the smoke detectors in your house to make sure they work properly. Change the batteries yearly.
Go outside! Talk about a safety plan for your family in case of a fire – where is your meeting spot?
Call 911 immediately!
Do not play with matches or lighters– they are dangerous and can cause fires! They are tools for grown-ups only!
If a part of your clothing or your body catches on fire, STOP, DROP, and ROLL.

Many of the kinders already knew these fire safety rules. It is good to “not be scared but be prepared”.

POPCORN WORDS: ME BE WE WILL The kinders were excited to see that our popcorn words rhymed (at least 3 of them). We found these words inside our daily message, we unscrambled the letters to spell them correctly and found them in books. Thank you for working with your kinder at home.

COLOR WORDS: BLACK WHITE We read many books with black and white characters such as Harry the Dirty Dog, Harry and the Neighbor, Harry goes to the sea, Please, Mr. Panda and Thank you, Mr. Panda . We also watched a non-fiction video about panda bears. We all agreed they are cute black and white bears so it was obvious that we needed to make panda bears. It was fun to use a fork as our paint brush. Thanks for participating by wearing black and white! 🙂 We also made our weekly color flip book, went on a I Spy hunt for black & white pictures and made a picture of Harry the Dirty Dog.

MATH: We spent the first part of the week reviewing the math skills that we learned…writing, identifying and counting object for numbers 1-5, identifying and drawing shapes, completing dot to dot pictures. On Thursday we took our first math test using individual “office spaces” (a folder separating them from their neighbor) . They settled in and did a GREAT job of working hard on answering all the questions. These tests will be graded and given to you soon. I am amazed at how much each kinder has grown in their math skills and abilities!! Thank you for working and supporting them at home. We will begin Unit #2 next week.

We had fun practicing writing numbers 1-6 by playing PUT OUT THE FIRE on Friday.

PHONICS: Mabel, our stuffed elephant kept us busy this week. We used our names to build new words which was really fun. (ex: Cade=Bade) We labeled various things in our classroom, stretching out the sounds of each word. We practiced handwriting & learning more words by writing some popcorn words and friends’ names in our journals.

READING: We used storybooks like Piggy and Elephant to help us notice that characters have feelings. Sometimes the characters even show strong feelings, as in the book Ilama llama mad at Mama. .

WRITING: The kinders learned that Show and Tell writing can be about important places. Together we wrote a Show and Tell 3 page book about the library. We learned (once again) that we can write across pages and add many details to each page. While doing this we are working on stretching our words to add labels and add sentences to our writing. Writers and illustrators make decisions on what to draw and label. The kinders worked hard to do this on each page. Our Show and Tell book sounded like this: We will hear a book. We will pick a book. We will get a book. The kinders are turning into fantastic writers!

LITERACY/SPLIT LIT: We finished ABC Boot Camp with letters Ww,Xx,Yy, Zz. We will continue to review these letters, practice producing their sounds in small groups and in large group. We worked in small groups with Mrs. Bynum, Mrs. DeGroot and Mrs. Bohl to practice identifying letters, producing the sounds and recognizing rhyming words. Our shared reading book for the week was It Is Too Hot!. Reading this book together helps us in identifying parts of a book, noticing patterns, rhymes, popcorn words and more. It was pretty cool that our poem was about fall leaves. It is becoming a favorite part of our morning.

BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION: Cora turned 6 on Oct 6!

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

FALL PARTY: Thank you so much for the quick response in willing to donate supplies to our upcoming Fall Party. All requested items have been spoken for.

KOOL KINDERS: The kinders are excited to be the Kool Kinder again. We are now drawing out a stick with a kinder’s name on it to determine the next day’s Kool Kinder. A yellow reminder note will come home the day prior. The kinders are asked to bring a show and tell item from home. After you choose the show and tell item, please talk with your kinder about what information they are going to share with the class. We love to hear why they chose it, who gave it to them or where did they get it, etc.

LUNCH: Hot lunch is FREE to ALL students until Dec. 31, 2020. If your kinder orders milk with their home lunch that is a charge.

BLUE FOLDERS and BACKPACKS: Please get in the habit of taking out your kinder’s blue folder each night and removing the papers, art work, etc. Please place any notes back inside the folder. That is the best place for me to find them. Cleaning out your kinder’s backpack of extra things will make it less heavy and allow more room for their folder and lunch box. Thank you!

TURKEY TROT: The Turkey Trot is going to be a virtual race this year. Check out the PE blog for the Turkey Trot information. http://mvankoev.edublogs.org

UPCOMING DATES

*Monday, Oct 12—STEAM

*Tuesday, Oct 13—MUSIC

*Wednesday, Oct 14—GYM; Library…Bring back your library book, Homework packet due.

*Thursday, Oct 15–ART

*Friday, Oct 16—STEAM; Wear ORANGE

Have a fabulous weekend. ~~Mrs. Bohl

News of the Week—Sept 28-Oct 2

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Fall weather has definitely arrived! Please send the appropriate coat/sweatshirt for your kinder to wear while playing outside.

COLOR WORD: PURPLE Harold and the Purple Crayon was just one of many purple themed books we read. It was a great book to inspire imagination. The kinders used their imagination to draw their own purple crayon adventures. We LOVED hearing an old favorite song of Mrs. Bohl, the song “One Eyed, One Horned Flying Purple People Eater”. They really enjoyed making their own one eyed, one horned flying purple people eater monsters. They are decorating our room for a bit. Here is the link to the “Purple People Eater” video we watched. Once again, it was fun looking at the way the kinders chose to wear this week’s color purple. We have a few more colors to learn.

POPCORN WORDS: TO DO YOU

SPLIT LIT: This week week we began Split Lit (small literacy groups) learning time. We focused on letter identification, letter sounds and rhyming by drawing out apples, matching fun objects to letter mats, playing rhyming games and building rhyming puzzles.

ABC BOOT CAMP: We are getting close to the end of the alphabet. Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv were spotlighted this week.

READING: We continued with our favorite stories in reading this week! The kinders learned that readers work to sound exactly like the characters in their storybooks. They use connecting words such as ” and then…and after that…” while they read the next page and point to any popcorn words they recognize. They used their paper Three Billy Goats Gruff book, puppets and Piggy and Elephant books to practice this new skill. The kinders had a so much fun changing their voice to sound exactly like the troll and billy goats. This little paper book is now in their blue book bin.

MATH: The kinders practiced writing numbers, telling math stories (addition & subtraction), comparing numbers, identifying groups of objects up to 5 and recognizing shapes.

WRITING: We began a new writing unit called Show and Tell this week. We started by looking closely at our new friend, Mabel. Then we drew and labeled parts of the elephant. We also drew and labeled Pete the Cat. They did a fantastic job! The kinders were SO excited to use their show and tell item from home! The kinders pulled their object out of their brown bag, told their table partner about it and then they drew and labeled some parts. Labeling is tricky but we are learning to stretch words slowly and write all of the sounds that we hear, especially when we refer to an ABC chart. Thank you for participating!

PHONCIS: Mabel taught us that some letters are called consonants and others are called vowels. Vowels are special letters because they can make 2 sounds! We had fun using our friends’ names to clap out the syllable beats and to practice writing them by heart. The kinders ‘owned’ their letters (first letter) and were the teachers to their classmates as to how to write them.

TURKEY TROT: The Turkey Trot is going to be a virtual race this year. Check out the PE blog for the Turkey Trot information. http://mvankoev.edublogs.org

UPCOMING DATES

*Monday, Oct 5—ART, KOOL KINDER: Parker

*Tuesday, Oct 6—STEAM; KOOL KINDER: Dylan

*Wednesday, Oct 7—MUSIC; Library…Bring back your library book, Homework packet due. KOOL KINDER: Grayson

*Thursday, Oct 8–GYM; KOOL KINDER: Wesley

*Friday, Oct 9—ART; KOOL KINDER: Mrs. Bohl Wear BLACK & WHITE

News for the Week—Sept 14-18

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Here is what your kinder did at school this week:

POPCORN WORDS: THE DOG

COLOR WORD: BLUE

We read Pete the Cat books because Pete is a blue cat. We read Pout-Pout Fish books.

We read Little Blue Truck and made our own Little Blue Truck

READING: The kinders practiced re-reading to learn more about a topic. We also re-read our books to put all the pages together. We started at the front cover and went through page by page all the way until we got to the back cover. When reading our real world books, we learned to add a “pinch” of ourselves, by telling what we think about our books.

COOL TOOLS: We read How Full is you Bucket? to help us distinguish between being a bucket filler or bucket dipper. A bucket filler is kind, listens, walks in the hallway, is respectful, etc. A bucket dipper hits, interrupts, does not let others play, uses toothpaste words, etc. The kinders sorted pictures to solidify the differences. All of us took a promise to be a bucket filler at school and at home. We are all going to work hard to be bucket fillers!

We read the story Interrupting Chicken and learned that it’s important to wait our turn to talk and not be an interrupting chicken.

MATH: The kinders used their math books for the first time! We drew objects to match the number we were given and met a new friend named Puzzled Penguin. We had to help Puzzled Penguin figure out his mistake! Puzzled Penguin will be in our math books frequently this year, so we are going to need to help him! We practiced identifying circles by learning a song…. “A circle is like a button. A circle is like a button. Round and round it never stops. A circle is like a button.” (sung to Farmer in the Dell). We also added numbers together using our math tools. We ended the week by comparing numbers – we colored graphs to show which number was bigger or smaller.

LITERACY: We continued our ABC Bootcamp by studying the letters Jj, Kk, Ll this week. We also were word detectives when we found our popcorn word “the” in the poem The Leaves.

WRITING: The kinders listened to the story The Little Engine That Could. We learned that even when things get hard, it’s ok…we don’t give up! When something is hard we should say, “I think I can, I think I can, I think I can.” We used whiteboards and markers to practice this lesson by drawing (and erasing if we made mistakes) a train. We drew pictures of the playground and our homes. We added details to the pictures and labeled some things on the pictures too. They did a great job taking a risk and writing the first sound they heard as well as stretching out some words. We ended the week by starting a three page booklet about school. We wrote about the lunchroom – drawing a picture, labeling and even writing a sentence! We will continue these books about school next week.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

*OUTDOOR CLOTHING….Please continue to send a coat or sweatshirt with your child. The weather can quickly change so it is good to be prepared.

*BACKPACK SNACK…THANK YOU SO MUCH for being conscientious about sending TWO healthy, NUT FREE snacks…one for the morning, one for the afternoon. Many kinders are bringing multiple snacks. Our snack time is short but enough time to become refueled.

This coming week at our school is SPIRIT WEEK! Join in the fun! Day’s events are listed in red.

UPCOMING DATES

*Monday, Sept. 21—MUSIC, KOOL KINDER: Kole PAJAMA DAY! Birthday celebration for Dylan

*Tuesday, Sept. 22—GYM; KOOL KINDER: Emily CRAZY SOCK DAY!

*Wednesday, Sept 23—ART; Library KOOL KINDER: Sophia CRAZY HAIR DAY!

*Thursday, Sept 24–STEAM; KOOL KINDER: Isabelle WEAR A HAT DAY! and COLOR DAY…wear GREEN. WALK-A-THON DAY

*Friday, Sept 25—MUSIC; KOOL KINDER: Wesley BLUE/GOLD DAY Wear Blue and Gold or Hudsonville gear;

~~~~Thank you so much for ALL of the birthday wishes and small gifts that you bestowed on me. I am honored and grateful to spend my days with your kinder. Have a great weekend. Mrs. Bohl

News for the Week–Sept 8-11

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Here is a peek at what your kinder did at school this week:

POPCORN WORDS: I SEE

COLOR WORD: YELLOW We learned another song to sing to help us spell yellow. We read many books with yellow characters such as Pete the Cat…The Wheels on the Bus and Curious George books. We learned about different things that are yellow, practiced writing the word, made a yellow flip book and made a yellow bus craft, adding a fun message using our popcorn words, I see a yellow bus. I was able to get a safe social distance unmasked picture of all of our friends when they finished. Mrs. Bohl LOVED getting to see our faces!!

SHARED READING: We have been practicing our reading skills by doing shared reading each day. Shared reading is a time when the kinders and I all read a poem or story together at the same time. This helps build fluency and some important concepts of reading for our little ones! We read a poem called I See. There were familiar words in the poem (I, see, a). We highlighted the words we know and then put them in our 3 ring binder to practice at school. We also added a paper book to our book boxes, the book included our popcorn words.

COOL TOOLS: We finished learning about the last two cool tools and then read two more books to help us know how we can further use our cool tools.

Being Friends was a great book that showed us that it is okay that we are not all the same…we are different and special, just like a KALEIDOSCOPE. It was fun to look through a real kaleidoscope and then color our own.

We read Mine-a-saurs and learned that we can tell a friend to STOP in a kind way by saying “It bugs me when ______, I wish that you would stop.” A ladybug and a wishing wand helps us remember this.

We read Howard B. Wigglebotttoms learns about bullies and learned about what bullying is. The kinders were reminded about how important and useful it is to use our cool tools. We talked about how we need to care of our friends and stand up for them when someone teases them. We are a class family….inside our room and on the playground. We have very caring kinders.

We also read A Monster who lost his mean. Monster lost his M and was now called “Onster”. We were reminded that being kind and doing kind actions is much more fun that doing monster actions. The kinders did an amazing job figuring out which actions a FRIEND would do OR a BULLY would do.

WRITER’S WORKSHOP: We practiced drawing a picture and adding a label to go with it. We listened for the first sound in the word and labeled the picture with the first sound. For example, we drew a picture of us lining up at the door. We drew ourselves and the door and then added other people to the picture. We labeled the door with a D for door and the floor with an F for floor. We also labeled ourselves. We finished our writing this week by doing a shared writing – we added pictures of our playground and labeled the pictures with the first letter sound. It was a fun way to do writing!

ABC BOOTCAMP: We learned about the letters Ff, Gg, Hh and Ii this week. We will continue to review letters and learn new ones.

READER’S WORKSHOP: The kinders learned what jobs the teacher and kinders do during Reader’s Workshop time.

This week in readers workshop we focused on what it means to private read and partner read. They practiced reading real world books (non-fiction) using a level 1 voice (a whisper voice). We learned that we can read the pictures in the book and we need to start reading at the cover. We then read page by page until we get to the end. We also worked on partner reading with our table buddies. They did a great job and had fun reading together!

LIBRARY: We visited the library for the first time on Wednesday! Mrs. VandenBerg, our school librarian, read the book, Mr. Wiggle’s Book. This book is about how to take care of books and to be a book lover! We learned that we must treat them very gently and be kind to them, otherwise they may break. We also took a tour of the library and learned where we can find books to check out! Next week we are planning to check out books.

MATH: We read Anno’s Counting again to help us better understand “number scenes,” which are pictures that have a specific number of objects (3 buildings, 3 people, 3 birds, 3 bridges, etc.) before we drew our own scenes of 2,3,4 & 5 on paper. We also practiced ordering, counting and visualizing the numbers 1-5 by using our white boards. The kinders enjoyed working on counting by placing play dough balls on a bus mat. We did this all together and discussed the concept of adding one more to get the next number.

Mask Free Work Spots: In our classroom, I have set up 2 mask free work spots for the kinders. These spots are 6 feet from peers. If at any point they would like a mask break, they may move to one of these spots with their work and unmask. They have done a great job learning our sign for this and letting their friends have a turn. I will add more mask free spots as necessary.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

*OUTDOOR CLOTHING….Please continue to send a coat or sweatshirt with your child. The weather can quickly change so it is good to be prepared.

*GYM DAYS..Please consider having your kinder keep a pair of socks either in their cubby or backpack to wear during gym days. On these warm days, many kinders do not like to wear their gym shoes without socks when they come to school wear sandals or flip flops.

*TOWELS..Please send your kinder’s towel back to school on Monday. The towels went home on today so they could be washed over the weekend.

*LUNCH MONEY..Hot lunch is now FREE for ALL students until Dec. 31st. Therefore, if your kinder would like hot lunch you do not need to send in money until after the holiday break. If your kinder currently has money in their account it will be held until they take hot lunch after December 31st.

IMPORTANT DATES:

*Monday, Sept. 14–MUSIC; Kool Kinder: Avery. Bring back washed towels

*Tuesday, Sept 15—GYM; Kool Kinder: Cora

*Wednesday, Sept 16—ART; Homework due; Library….we will be taking home a book Kool Kinder: Sawyer Birthday celebration for Mrs. Bohl

*Thursday Sept 17—STEAM; Kool Kinder: Marissa EMAIL ME OR SEND A NOTE BY THURSDAY (9/17) IF YOUR KINDER WOULD LIKE A SACK LUNCH.

*Friday, Sept 18—EXTRA RECESS; COLOR DAY…Wear BLUE! Fast Friday (early release) Dismiss at 12:15

*Thursday, Sept. 24—Walk-a-Thon: Please note the date change from our September calendar

~~~Have a great weekend. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me at kbohl@hpseagles.net YOUR KINDER IS SPECIAL TO ME! 🙂 Mrs. Bohl

NEWS—Oct. 28-Nov 1

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COLOR WORD: BROWN The kinders had fun reading brown bear books like Bear feels scared, Bear Can’t Sleep and Very Hairy Bear

We also read Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see? . We continued to practice our storytelling skills as we retold (and sang) the story many times this week. Enjoy having your kinder practice their skills at home when they retell the story for you using their storytelling strip. We made a brown bear hat while wearing brown. Thank you for helping your kinder participate in our color days by wearing particular colors. The kinders (and I) looked forward to these fun days. The kinders enjoyed eating teddy grahams for the surprise brown snack.

MATH: We continued to tell math stories (even using real candy corn pieces) to solve the answers to the math stories. For example: 3 teddy bears came and sat at a table. 2 more teddy bears joined them. How many teddy bears are at the table?” 3+2=5 We practiced writing tricky numbers 8 & 9 too. Friday math games were FALLING LEAVES (matching the group of dots to the number) and MISSING PUMPKINS (writing numbers & ID numbers in 1-10 order).

SCIENCE: Our weekly newspaper helped us learn about the seasons of a tree.

READING WORKSHOP: It was all about learning how to increase and our stamina. We started the week by reading quietly, staying in our own spot, staying on task for 5 minutes. We increased to 7 min 20 seconds. Way to go kinders! Next week we start learning about Super Powers and how they can help us become better readers.

CHOICES: Our favorite time of the day to learn and put into practice important social skills such as sharing, taking turns, being creative and working together.

HANDWRITING: We learned how “clockwise letters” (h,r,n,m,b) are written. It was so fun using gelboards to write them too. Keep up practicing at home….it is helping!

MYSTERY READERS: Wednesday afternoon Jude and Kieran were so happy to see their aunt (and mom) walk in our room. Their aunt was visiting their family all the way from Ireland. What a special treat. She read the boys favorite story…A Book With No Pictures. What a funny, silly story!

Friday morning Kylie was the one to jump up and hug her mom. She read us Desert Night, Desert Day because Kylie has relatives who live by the desert. What a sweet story introducing us to animals who live in the desert. She even brought their squishy catus to go along with the story.

REMINDERS

SNACKS: Please remember to send in 2 snacks for your Kindergartner each day. I do have graham crackers if it is forgotten. Donations of graham crackers are ALWAYS welcome!! Our supply is going fast! 🙂

WINTER GEAR: Brrrr….our Michigan weather is changing quickly. Please be sure to gather up those warmer coats, mittens, boots, hats and snow pants. When it snows, this gear is mandatory to play outside. When the snow arrives we do go outside and play! However, if the temperature or wind chill get below freezing we do opt to stay inside. If anyone needs any help with getting these winter items PLEASE let me know. Also, if your kinder needs new boots this season, please, please purchase boots with velcro closings NOT with tie up laces. Keep in mind that the goal for all kinders to get their winter gear on and off independently. Label, Label, Label your kinder’s winter gear. It will make it easier for me to know which black snow pants belong to your kinder.

HEADPHONES: Send in headphones for STEAM if not already done so. Thank you to all who have already sent them into school.

CALENDARS: Please refer to the November calendar that was sent home for events, birthdays, etc or view it at the top of the blog under CALENDARS AND SCHEDULES. The November lunch menu is also available on the Food Service website.

UPCOMING DATES

*Monday, Nov 4—MUSIC

*Tuesday, Nov 5—GYM

*Wednesday, Oct 30—ART; Library–Please help your kinder remember their library book. Homework packet is due

*Thursday, Oct 31–-STEAM

*Friday, Nov 1—MUSIC Wear RAINBOW COLORS

*Nov. 15—Fast Friday (early release) Dismissal at 12:15

*Nov. 18—Parent-Teacher Conferences

*Nov. 20—Parent-Teacher Conferences

*Nov. 27—Nov. 29—NO SCHOOL, Thanksgiving Vacation

*Dec. 12—Holiday Program… 6:30 p.m. at Fair Haven Church in Jenison. More details coming as date approaches.

Have a great weekend. Don’t forget to change your clocks to FALL BACK this weekend. Mrs. Bohl

NEWS—Oct. 21-25

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COLOR WORD: ORANGE We read many pumpkin books to celebrate the color orange. It was a perfect week to do this as many of the kinders have visited pumpkin patches. The kinders did not guess my orange surprise snack this week—-Cheese-It crackers! A tasty mini snack.

SCIENCE: Scientists observe and look closely at objects. Scientists also label things. We were scientists in the classroom this week. We read a non-fiction book to gather information about how pumpkins grow. Making our own “flow map” to show the life cycle of a pumpkin and singing a song to help us remember was fun. We read a big book and newspaper that reinforced our learning about pumpkins.

READER’S WORKSHOP: With our reading partners, we worked hard to find places in our storybooks that were our “favorite part”, “Wow!, that’s cool”, “I didn’t know that?” and “That’s happened to me!” Storybooks are filled with these parts to make the story exciting! We are all learning! Just like when we were little we didn’t walk right away, we had to crawl, scoot, hold onto things and then we could walk, jog and then run! Reading is like that too. We have to learn some sounds, put those sounds together and then use all of our reading tools to practice being a reader. Reading by ourselves or with our partners help us grow as readers!

HANDWRITING: We continued to learned how to properly write more “counter clockwise” lower case letters of e,s,o,u A few of these letters are tricky so keep practicing at home. It is helping!

WRITING WORKSHOP: The kinders learned that writers also write books with a pattern. After investigating a real pumpkin, we wrote a book about the parts of the pumpkin using the pattern “I see the _______.” (stem, ribs, rind, orange pumpkin) . We also wrote a book about ourselves after listening to the song Mat Man. This song reminds us to include details in drawing a person. This book used the pattern of “Here is my ______.” (head, body, hair, friend).

LITERACY: The kinders did activities to strengthen their skills in letter ID, letter sounds, hearing syllables in words, reading popcorn words and writing their name. I am SO excited about the progress I am noticing. Thank you for working and supporting your kinder at home. It is making a BIG difference!

MATH: We did a little bit of everything in math this week. We worked on telling math stories, writing numbers in correct order, noticing 5 groups and extra ones in numbers 6-10 and comparing numbers by using equal (= )and not equal (= with / through) symbols. It was a busy week of learning!

Friday math games consisted of HOW MANY PUMPKINS SEEDS? (counting groups of objects 1-10 using fine motor skills), RACE TO FILL THE PUMPKINS (or buckets)(counting objects), PUMPKINS, PUMPKINS (1-10 number order) and BUGS CAUGHT IN THE SPIDER WEB (identifying numbers 1-6). The kinders really look forward to Friday math games that reinforce concepts learned during the week.

BUDDY TIME: We ended our day on Friday with spending some time with our buddies. First we read Spookley the Square Pumpkin together. A sweet story about looking at the inside of a person and not judging them by how they look on the outside. Then the buddies and the kinders created their own Spookley square pumpkins. It is always fun when we get together.

MYSTERY READER: It was Ryleigh’s turn to be surprised when her grandma walked into the room Wednesday afternoon. She read Duck, Duck, Moose. A fun, giggly book about baby ducks thinking a moose is their mother. She even surprised us by giving us mini rubber ducks. Thank you so much!!

Friday Katelyn’s mom read us Pig the Pug because they have a dog that looks alike like Pig. It was a good story to remind us it is more fun to share. Thank you for coming!

Parent/Teacher Conferences: These will be on Nov. 18 and Nov. 20 from 4:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. Conference times will be sent home on Monday.

Fall Party Update: Our Fall Party will be on Thursday, Oct. 31 at 2:00 p.m. The 8 parent volunteers have been contacted along with the parents donating supplies. Thank you for your understanding if you are not able to come to this party. I have started a list of parents that were unable to attend this party but would like to attend our other 2 parties. This will be rotating so that all will get an opportunity to attend a party.

UPCOMING DATES

*Monday, Oct 28—STEAM

*Tuesday, Oct 29—MUSIC Picture Re-Take Day AND Turkey Trot

*Wednesday, Oct 30—GYM; Library–Please help your kinder remember their library book. Homework packet is due Kindergarten Parent and Administration Meeting at 7:00pm in the Multi-Purpose Room at Georgetown.

*Thursday, Oct 31–-ART Fall Class Party, 2:00-3:00 p.m.

*Friday, Nov 1—STEAM (send in labeled over the head headphones for STEAM…see earlier posting) Wear BROWN

*Nov. 15—Fast Friday (early release) Dismissal at 12:15

*Nov. 18—Parent-Teacher Conferences

*Nov. 20—Parent-Teacher Conferences

*Nov. 27—Nov. 29—NO SCHOOL, Thanksgiving Vacation

*Dec. 12—Holiday Program… 6:30 p.m. at Fair Haven Church in Jenison. More details coming as date approaches.

Have a fabulous weekend. Mrs. Bohl

NEWS—Oct. 14-18

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Our busy week of learning in kindergarten…..

COLOR WORDS: BLACK WHITE We read Harry the Dirty Dog, Harry and the Neighbor, Harry goes to the sea, Please, Mr. Panda and I’ll wait Mr. Panda as our color theme books. We also watched a non-fiction video about panda bears. We all agreed they are cute black and white bears so it was obvious that we needed to make panda bears. It was fun to use a fork as our paint brush. Thanks for participating by wearing black and white! 🙂 We also made our weekly color flip book, went on a I Spy hunt for black & white pictures and drew a picture of Harry the Dirty Dog. Our surprise black & white snack this week was OREO cookies. Not very healthy, I know, but very tasty.

HANDWRITING: We learned about the three different handwriting lines and how some letters are small, some are tall, and some fall below the lines. Remembering to always start at the top is tricky so extra reminders at home is helpful. We started practicing the proper formation of Counter Clockwise letters (f,c,a,d). We will finish the rest of these letters next week.

POPCORN WORDS: YES NO STOP GO We wrote these words in our journals, found/wrote them in our popcorn paper books, used magnets to create new words by changing the beginning sound (go, no, so, OR stop, mop, top, hop) and in our shared reading poem.

READING: As readers, we learned another strategy to use when we get stuck on unknown words. Tryin’ Lion is a cute beanie baby that tells us to “reread and never give up.” He joins Eagle Eye ( look closely at the words and picture) and Stretchy Snake (stretch out sounds in words) as useful reading strategies. Readers also notice that important words have labels to make reading them easier. We practiced this by labeling important words in two emergent books. The kinders were given a sticky note to use when they located a character showing a feelings. A good review from last week’s lessons.

MATH: This week the kinders found out that they can tell math stories and solve the answers to their math stories. For example: 3 teddy bears came and sat at a table. 2 more teddy bears joined them. How many teddy bears are at the table?” 3+2=5 In addition, they practiced drawing pictures of math stories on whiteboards. They used their math toolboxes to show groups of 5 within numbers (5+1=6) and to compare numbers by using a 5 strip and extra one tiles. They drew groups of 5 and extra ones, wrote number 6 and counted groups of objects inside their workbooks.

WRITING WORKSHOP: During our writing time we learned that writers stretch out sounds in words, the words match the pictures, they talk and share with their partners. We worked together to create another Show and Tell book. This time it was about our Homes. The kinders shared information about where they eat, where they sleep and where they like to play with their writing partners before actual drawing and writing each day. They are doing a fabulous job drawing detailed pictures, labeling parts of their drawings and trying their best to write a matching sentence such as “I eat at the table. I sleep in my bed. I play in the playroom.” (We try to use as many popcorn words as possible when we write together!) On Friday, we met with Mrs. Tindall’s class to read our books together and celebrate being awesome writers!

LITERACY: This week the kinders worked as a whole group with Mrs. Bynum while I reassessed the kinders are their letters/sounds and rhyming words. We have been working hard in mastering these skills during Split Lit and in small groups. Their activities focused on sight words, rhyming words, distinguishing between letter b and letter d and listening for sounds in the beginning, middle and end of words. Look for a note in your kinder’s folder informing you of your kinder’s progress in the coming weeks. Our shared reading book was filled with rhyming words.

MYSTERY READER: On Wednesday afternoon, Kennedy was surprised…again. This time it was her grandma who came to read a story to us. She brought The Day the Crayons Talked because Kennedy LOVES to color. A fun story to hear especially since we are learning our colors words!

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

BACKPACK SNACKS…THANK YOU SO MUCH for being conscientious about sending ONLY TWO healthy, NUT FREE snacks…one for the morning, one for the afternoon. Our snack time is short but enough time to become refueled.

UPCOMING DATES

*Monday, Oct 21—ART

*Tuesday, Oct 22—STEAM

*Wednesday, Oct 23—MUSIC; Library–Please help your kinder remember their library book. Homework packet is due

*Thursday, Oct 24–GYM

*Friday, Oct 25—ART; Wear ORANGE

*Tuesday, Oct 29—Picture Re-Take Day AND Turkey Trot

*Tuesday, Oct 29—Fall Party games and craft items should be sent into school

*Thursday, Oct. 31—Fall Class Party, 2:00-3:00 p.m. Food items should be sent into school in the morning

*Nov. 15—Fast Friday (early release) Dismissal at 12:15

*Nov. 18—Parent-Teacher Conferences

*Nov. 20—Parent-Teacher Conferences

*Nov. 27—Nov. 29—NO SCHOOL, Thanksgiving Vacation

*Dec. 12—Holiday Program…Details coming

Have a fabulous weekend with your kinder. They are very special little people who I am so thrilled to be spending my days with. Mrs. Bohl