Reminders:

• Please send in clean towels/blankets in on Monday (we are trying to keep stuffed animals at home and only bring those on special days. Thank you for understanding!)
• If there is snow on the ground or expected please have a bag with: snow pants, gloves (sometimes multiple sets), hat and winter boots. When boots are worn outside, the kids will wear gym shoes inside. Please try to label anything that belongs to your child. We try to make sure your child goes home with all winter gear each day in case it needs to be washed or dried. Thank you!
• November 22-24 NO School, Thanksgiving Break

This week in Kindergarten…

We have growing writers! We began a new unit this week on writing lists. We thought of why would need to write a list (grocery lists, Christmas lists, etc). Our first list was a list of our school friends. We spent three different writing times writing all 22 names. The kids did such a great job and were so proud of their work. Our next list was a list of pets. We are using sound spelling to write these words. We think of the word, say the word slowly and then listen for each sound. We write the sound that we hear. This is a long process. Once again I am so proud of the work I saw!

In Phonics were sorted picture card by beginning sound. This has been great practice and is helpful with our reading and writing.

Daily 5 groups continue to work with teacher and students work independently.

In Math we were comparing groups and deciding which had more.

In Bible we read about Joseph. We read of so many hard things happening to Joseph, yet he knew that even in those really difficult times God was with him. It is wonderful to see God’s big plan for Joseph and his brothers.

We enjoyed our hat day on Tuesday!

We had a lot of fun with the Pajama Party on Friday. We were able to watch Wild Kratts with friends from Young 5’s, Kindergarten, First and Second grade. We all were in pajamas in the library.

Colton was our friend up in lights this week. We realized we have another dog owner in the classroom 🙂 Colton shared some of his favorite toys as well. We love the way you share Colton!

Reminders:

• Please send in clean towels/blankets in on Monday (we are trying to keep stuffed animals at home and only bring those on special days. Thank you for understanding!)
• If there is snow on the ground or expected please have a bag with: snow pants, gloves (sometimes multiple sets), hat and winter boots. When boots are worn outside, the kids will wear gym shoes inside. Please try to label anything that belongs to your child. We try to make sure your child goes home with all winter gear each day in case it needs to be washed or dried. Thank you!
• Tuesday, Hat day in our classroom! This was a chosen prize for the burn bright ticket raffle winner for our classroom.
• Friday, November 16: Burn Bright pajama party! Students wear pajamas!!
• November 22-24 NO School, Thanksgiving Break

This week in Kindergarten…

We enjoyed using check in sheets to make our Daily 5 choices. It was wonderful meeting with all of our reading groups. Each group has a different focus. Some students may be bringing home books others may be bringing home papers that we are using to work on letter sounds. All students should have paper word wall books to read with you. Thank you for taking the time to look for this.

We started a new unit in Engaging God’s World. We are studying weather patterns. First we learned what it meant to be a scientist. We read the book: I Am Jane Goodall. We learned that scientists observe, take notes and read. We are scientists!

In Math we focused on numbers representing groups. We practiced writing numbers. We learned about one more and one less.

Callan was our friend Up In Lights! The class was so excited to learn that he likes pokemon and knows a lot about the characters. He loves singing praise songs!

Outdoor Learning involved watching Mrs. Bosch smash a pumpkin and counting seeds.

Reminders:

• Please send in clean towels/blankets in on Monday (we are trying to keep stuffed animals at home and only bring those on special days. Thank you for understanding!)
• If there is snow on the ground or expected please have a bag with: snow pants, gloves (sometimes multiple sets), hat and winter boots. When boots are worn outside, the kids will wear gym shoes inside. Please try to label anything that belongs to your child. We try to make sure your child goes home with all winter gear each day in case it needs to be washed or dried. Thank you!
• November 9 NO PM bussing
• November 10 NO School, Teacher PD
• November 22-24 NO School, Thanksgiving Break

This week in kindergarten…

We enjoyed learning more about our friend Bennett. He loves his dog and even got to show the class! You are such a kind friend Bennett!  

We loved learning a new word work-using play doh to make letters and words. This is now part of our Daily 5 choices.

In Bible we read about Jacob and Esau. It was hard for the kids to understand that brothers could be unkind to each other. We sat in that feeling and talked about arguments that possibly happen with our siblings. The next day we enjoyed reading that years later, Esau was happy to see Jacob. We talked about forgiveness.

In Math we worked on seeing numbers as groups of objects

We enjoyed our first field trip! It was so exciting to ride the school bus. It was a longer nature walk than we usually take and so amazing to see the beauty of our changing world. From the beginning to the end of the walk we experienced different weather.