Oh my goodness!! I totally forgot to post last week’s blog. I am sorry about the delay!
LITERACY/PHONICS: This week’s activities focused on writing popcorn words, identifying popcorn words, listening for initial, medial and final sounds in words, changing initial letter to make new words & syllables. We also learned about the H Brothers! The H Brothers story is about 5 brothers who all have an h as the second letter in their name. The H Brothers names are Charley, Shane, Whit, Phil and Theo. Each brother gives helpful hints as ways to remember what sound the start of their name makes. We had fun labeling things around our classroom with sticky notes. We are getting good at stretching out words and listening for all of the sounds we hear. I am so proud of the progress that they are making. It was a good week of working hard during this time.
MATH: A few math skills we covered this week were decomposing teen numbers to show ten and extra ones, writing number partners, solving addition & subtraction problems. We had fun playing a game to learn number partners. The kinders played TEEN NUMBER MEMORY (matching teen numbers & the equation) and BEARS IN THE CAVE (finding number partners of 7)
POPCORN WORDS: HE SHE
WRITING: We wrote HOW TO… stories using another new format….one page paper. That was exciting! We wrote about How to eat an orange, How to put on winter gear and How to eat a snack. The kinders are getting more and more comfortable writing how-to papers, trying a little more on their own each time. Way to go kinders! Next week the kinders will be writing their own HOW TO…stories!
READING: We used a book this week called Can you see our eggs? and a poem called We Will Go to help us learn that readers notice blends, like “gr” in “ground” or “fl” in “flower” to solve tricky words. We reminded ourselves that we can do this through sound power; looking closely at the beginning and the ending sound to solve the word. We also learned that when we come to a word we may not know, we can bring out an imaginary magnifying glass to look closely at the letters. We come to a snap word, we put the magnify glass away because we should know that word in a snap! It is so exciting to see the kinders making a connection to these reading skills when we are reading or writing together. Keep practicing those snap/popcorn words at home with your kinder!
HANDWRITING: We practiced writing our full names….first and last names correctly. Any extra practice at home would be helpful. Some ideas to make writing fun is to use shaving cream (messy but oh so fun!), markers, pour salt in small tin, covering just the bottom and use finger to write, build name using blocks, legos, Cheerios, etc.
NEW KINDER: We are so excited to have another new kinder be part our class family. Lily joined our class this week. She has been learning virtually and now will be learning with us at school. I am proud of the way the kinders made Lily feel welcome!
P.E. News: The Annual PE Apparel sale is happening now until February 1. The store is online only. For more information go to the PE Blog. http://mvankoev.edublogs.org
REMINDERS:
WINTER GEAR: Please remember to send your kinder with snow pants, boots, a hat, gloves/mittens and coat every day!
SNACK & WATER BOTTLE: Please remember to send 2 healthy snacks AND a water bottle with your kinder each day. Many of the kinders are very hungry in the morning and want to eat both snacks. If possible, please take time to give your kinder a good breakfast.
CALENDARS: Here is the FEBRUARY calendar You can read about upcoming events, birthdays and more. It is also posted under CALENDARS at the top of our blog. Here is the February lunch menu
UPCOMING DATES:
*Monday, January 25— GYM
*Tuesday, January 26—ART
*Wednesday, January 27—STEAM; TAKE HOME BOOKS & LIBRARY Don’t forget your books! Homework packets due Book Orders Due (online or check & paper form)
*Thursday, January 28—MUSIC
*Friday, January 29—GYM
*Tues. Feb 2–Day 100 celebration. Bring in 100 collection! (see note that was sent home)
*Wed. Feb 3-Wed. Feb. 10–Bring in Valentines (see note that was sent home)
*Fri. Feb 5–Fast Friday. (early release day)
*Mon. Feb 8—Winter Break
*Tues. Feb 9—School again!
*Fri. Feb. 12–Valentine Party
Have a great weekend! Mrs. Bohl