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)

Musical Information

March 5-9

KB’s Week in Review:

Monday:

Today we went to P.E. and music. In P.E. we played fitness tag.  We read the story, Augustus the Tiger in music.  Today we read Froggy Eats Out, during writer’s workshop, and we had the chance to create our very own menu.  In math we played “I spy” with shapes and wrote 5’s numbers.

Tuesday:

Today we went to P.E. and music again!  We read the story, Pinkalicious, and did our own story maps.  In math we talked about the dime and learned which president was on the dime. Ask me if I remember. We learned that our letter this week is K and our popcorn words are play and do.

Wednesday:

Today we went to art and colored socks and shoes.  We worked on our poem books today. We read the story Just Because and talked about being respectful. We also read Benny’s Pennies and talked about the different coins and we even learned a cool new song.

Thursday:

Today we went to the L.M.C. and learned more about the author, Mem Fox. We also had P.E.  We read the story, Aunt Isabel Tells a Good One and talked about writing our own stories.  We also did a tracking book for the letter K.

Friday:

Today we had a crazy afternoon!  We had an extra music practice for our musical, KinConnect and Victoria’s All About Me.  Wow!  Victoria did a great job.  We created our own stories today with a setting, main character, problem and a solution. 

All About Me:

This week’s All About Me was Victoria Vassell

Next Week’s All About me is Max Wachtel

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)

Feb. 27-Mar. 1

Monday

Today we read a nonfiction book and did a KWL.  We sure did know a lot about bears!!  We used 3 bears to create a picture of something we learned about bears. In math we learned all about the nickel. Ask me who the president is and what the building is on the back.

Tuesday

Today we read a nonfiction book about butterflies.  We did another KWL but this time we did it all by ourselves!  We all have so much background knowledge.  In math we learned about 3D shapes (sphere, cylinder, cube and cone). We went to P.E. and music today.

Wednesday

Today we read a nonfiction book about bees. Wow, there is a lot to learn about bees!!  Ask me to tell you which bee has a stinger, the boy or the girl bee.  We measured time today in math and learned about the penny.

Thursday

Today was fun! We made a menu and used surveys and graphs to decide what foods to add to our menu.  The Brown Bear Restaurant menu was printed and added to our kitchen center. What fun!!