Week in Review

May 7-11

Monday

Today we learned that our letter of the week was Z and our sight word was one. We read a nonfiction book all about zebras and wrote down fact we learned in a web. We put together a zebra puzzle in math. In math we also talked about the hour hand on the clock and made our own clocks! We went to P.E. and music today.

Tuesday

Today we read a fiction story called, Zink the Zebra. We learned that everyone is different and that being different makes us special! We made our own zebras today and colored them all different to show how unique we all are. Today in science we labeled the different parts of a flower.

Wednesday

Today we had art! We read a story called, Zin Zin Zin a Violin and made words that ended with "in". We always have a great time making new words! In math we learned about what a function machine is. Please ask me to show you.

Thursday

Today we had LMC and P.E. We read a story called, Animal Strike at the Zoo, and worked on a zoo book with a partner. In Science, we created a poster with a partner of a flower. We had to draw the flower and label all of the parts (roots, stem, leaves, flower and seeds). In math we played the game "high roller".

Friday

Today we worked on a special project. We made sight word flowers that are being displayed in the hallway and we played sight word bingo. In science we ended up our plant unit by taking home our seeds we planted. In LMC today we did pulp painting to end our study of Denise Fleming. Ask me to tell you all about it.

Reminders:  
May 14^th: No School
May 25th: Field trip to the DuPage Children’s Museum
May 28^th: No School
May 30^th: Field Day (see blog for more information)
June 1^st: Last day of school (10:10 Dismissal)

April 23-27

Monday

Today we began learning about dictionaries and we got to see a few different examples of them.  We read Jump Frog Jump and learned a new vocabulary word, "wrapped".  We put frogs in order in math by 5's. We went to P.E. and Music today. We had our last author study with Mrs. Keethler. She taught us all about Mo Willems.

Tuesday

We read a book about our Earth and talked about conserving energy. We played a plus or minus game in math and had fun with our tables.  We went to Music and P.E. again and had a great time! 

Wednesday

Today we read a book called, The Jacket I Wear in the Snow and talked about adjectives.  We made our own jackets and talked about what they look and feel like.  We played another dice game in math with a partner.  We went to Art today!

Thursday

Today we read a story called, The Jester Has Lost His Jingle. We talked about what a "jester" is and then read the story to see if we were right!  We went to the LMC and began learning about a new author, Denise Fleming and we went to P.E.

Friday

Today we read a J Alphatales book and did our tracking books.  We talked more about different vocabulary words and got to look at the dictionaries again.  We did a puzzle in math and talked about recycling in Science.

April 9-13

Monday:

Today we learned what reading "fluently" means and practiced doing this on our own. We used a small decodable book to practice and then we got to try reading fluently to our friend.  We went to P.E. and music today!

Tuesday:

Today we went to the LMC and bought books at the book fair. Mrs. Guttmann also read us two books.  We went to both P.E. and music again!  We learned how being aware of the both the spaces and periods help us to read fluently. We practiced by ourselves and with a partner. We also made 3D shapes with straws and twist ties.

Wednesday:

Today we learned about exclamation marks and question marks and how they help us read fluently too!  We practiced all together and then we made our own books to practice with.  We did "making words" today with the -ill word family.  In math we learned all about the quarter.

Thursday:

Today we read a book called, Look Closer and then made our own book just like the author did.  We played a dice addition game in math with a partner and had a great time!  We did "making words" again but this time we used the -ook word family!

Friday:

Today was a busy day!  We read a book about vacations and talked all about our favorite vacations. Boy did we go to a lot of places!!  We had Justin's All About Me and he did a great job.  We also got to watch the band and orchestra perform for us! That was so neat to see!

All About Me: Next week's All About Me is Caroline!

Reminders: Next week is Spirit Week:

Monday- Sport’s Jersey Day

Tuesday- Crazy Hair Day

Wednesday - Twin Day

Thursday - Read In/PJ day

Friday - Dance Party Day

April 2-5

KB’s Week in Review: April 2-5

Monday:

Today we started focusing on a reading strategy a day and today we worked on “getting your mouth ready” and “looking at the picture clues”.  We practiced as a whole class and then worked individually in our own small books we made. It is fun learning to decode words!

Tuesday:

Today we worked on “chunking”, which is finding small words we know inside larger words to help us decode the word.  We got to do a word search with our friends today!  We went to P.E. and music and had a great time. 

Wednesday:

Today we worked on “skipping and reading on”.  This is a hard strategy but we did a great job practicing as a class.  We made our own small books again and practiced our new strategy. We had KinConnect today and Mrs. Wang did a great job!

Thursday:

Today we worked on “what makes sense” when decoding a word. We made a tracking book and had to write a word on the line that would make sense in the sentence. That was fun!  We talked about dividing things in half in math and symbolic representations of patterns.

Friday:

No School!

All About Me:

Next Week’s All About Me is Justin Wang!

Reminders:

We are still in need of 24 count crayons. Thanks in advance for any donations!

March 19-23

KB’s Week in Review:

Monday:

Today we compared the work of author, Kevin Henkes!  We talked about his style and illustrations. We read the stories, Old Bear and Kitten’s First Full Moon.  Mrs. Keethler came in and talked even more about Kevin Henkes. It was a fun day!

Tuesday:

No School

Wednesday:

Today we went to art and got back our fish pictures.  Today we compared the work of author, Nancy Elizabeth Wallace. We read the stories, Apples, Apples, Apples, Snow, and Fly Monarch Fly.  In math we used the calculators to practice skip counting!

Thursday:

Today we learned about the author Helen Lester. We read the stories, Hurty Feelings and Me First and compared them.  We learned that Helen Lester has a lesson in each of her books. Wow!  In math we played a "read my mind" game using attribute blocks and worked on measuring.

Friday:

Today we enjoyed a mixed up day due to the early dismissal. We had calendar first and daily five last! We read the story, Where the Wild Things Are and did many different activities including a sequencing activity and a listening activity.   

All About Me:

There is no All About Me next week!

Reminders:

 March 26-30 – Spring Break (No School)

March 12-16

KB’s Week in Review:

Monday:

Today we had a substitute teacher and she was nice!  We learned that our letter this week was O and our popcorn word was see.  We found out that the letter O makes two sounds. Today we focused on the short O sound. We read a story called, Oopsy Otter.

Tuesday:

Today we focused on the long O sound. We read a story called, Owen, and discussed how the mom helped solve the problem in the story.  We went to P.E. and music today. We are practicing hard for our upcoming musical on Friday.

Wednesday:

Today we read the story Olivia and did a character sketch.  We practiced our musical today with Mrs. Burck. In math we did math centers focusing on money, measuring, graphing and numbers.  Today we also had time to do social centers!

Thursday:

Today we had L.M.C., P.E. and an extra musical practice!  We did a great job practicing again and got a lot of compliments from Mrs. Burck.  We read a St. Patrick’s Day story and did some writing about what we would wish for if we had a four leaf clover!  These will be on display as you walk into Kendall School.

Friday:

Today we talked about both the long and short sounds the vowels make. We read a book called, Bad Dog Marley, and made words in the –og family.  This afternoon we had our much anticipated musical Augustus and His Smile. The kids did a great job and had so much fun putting the musical on for their families. Thanks to everyone who came to watch!

All About Me:

There is no All About Me next week!

Reminders:

March 16 – Kindergarten Musical @ 2:30pm in the gym

March 20 – No School

March 22 – Spring Parties

March 23 – Early Dismissal @ 12:15

March 26-30 – Spring Break (No School)

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