By csneeuwjagt on Tuesday, May 27, 2008

What We Have Been Doing

Math- For Math we will explore area and weight, we will work with addition of 2 digit numbers, and discuss more than and less than number stories.

Theme-For theme we will explore more properties of water and discuss how we can conserve water at home. We are also preparing for Kindergarten Graduation.

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Graduation

Graduation is on June 5th, at 8:30 a.m. in the gym.  Invitations went out a couple of weeks ago in t ... Read More »

By csneeuwjagt on Monday, May 19, 2008

What We Are Doing:

Theme- For Theme this week we will release our butterflies. We also made shaving cream clouds. This also helped some students with sensitivity to touch. It is a fun activity! We will talk about bugs and our feelings about them. Students will also illustrate a bug book.

Math- We will have a math test on Tuesday. We will also explore place-value concepts for tens and ones, investigate place value digit patterns, and introduce greater than, less than & equal to symbols.

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By csneeuwjagt on Thursday, May 15, 2008

Graduation is on June 5th, at 8:30 a.m. in the gym.  The students arrive at school as usual, (at 8:00a.m.) that morning and go to their homeroom.  Students can wear anything dressy, just not flip flops or any shoes that would prove dangerous on the risers.   Parents will start  seating themselves in the gym.  If you would like to help set up tables in the multi purpose room for our reception please meet there after 8:00 a.m. before you seat yourself in the gym.   Graduation starts at 8:30 when the Kindergarteners file in.  The ceremony lasts about an hour.  After that we'll enjoy food and cake in the multi-purpose room.  The Friends are welcome to play on the "Big" playground with your supervision during the reception.  There will be a setting for a photo shoot at the reception.  We also have someone who is going to take your child' ... Read More »

By csneeuwjagt on Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Personal note:

I want to apologize for this blog being a day late and for my absence at school on Friday, May 9 and Monday, May 12. Ryan and I got news early Friday morning that Ryan's stepfather passed away. He was diagnosed with terminal caner on May 2.  Everything happened pretty quickly, but we know that he didn't suffer for very long. The memorial was on Monday.  Thank you for your kind thoughts and support.

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What We Are Doing:

Math-

For Math we are working with addition facts. The students are learning different ways to find addition fact sums. We will have our chapter test next week.

Theme-

We will learn about the different types of clouds this week. We will make a book and make the different ... Read More »

By csneeuwjagt on Monday, May 05, 2008

What We Have Been Doing

Math- This week for math we will investigate timelines, begin making number scrolls for numbers to 100 and beyond, and begin working on addition facts and fact power to find addition fact sums. We may take a couple of days to work on the number scrolls, this week.

Theme- For Theme, we are observing our caterpillars. It looks like we will have four chrysalises by the middle of the week! We will also learn about the water cycle, the different types of clouds, and how important water is for our weather.

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Book Orders- This year's last book order is due on Friday, May 9. T ... Read More »

By csneeuwjagt on Tuesday, April 29, 2008

What We Are Doing:

Theme- This week for theme we are discussing the three different stages of water: gas, liquid and solid. We played a game that taught us that when water is a gas, the molecules move very fast and they are spread apart. When the molecules are in a solid, they are close together and move very slowly. The students are also making a book that describes the three stages of matter.

We also have visitors in our Kindergarten classroom. We welcome our four Painted Lady Butterfly larva. We will observe the changes the larva goes through to become a beautiful butterfly. We are recording our observation in a classroom journal. We will let the butterflies go once they are adults.

Math- For Math this week we will measure our body parts with a tape measure. We will also explore two dimensional shapes and become familiar with base-10 blocks. La ... Read More »

By csneeuwjagt on Monday, April 21, 2008

What We Have Been Learning

Math- This week we are beginning a new math unit. Please read the home link pages we sent with math homework this week. Today we focused on reading thermometers and we talked about Fahrenheit vs. Celsius. We will also learn to measure & compare lengths using our hands feet & arms, we will learn about the inch & foot, and we will learn how to measure lengths of objects in inches.  The math tests will be returned in Monday folders next week.

Theme- We finished learning about animals today. Tomorrow we will begin our last unit on Water. For the rest of the year we will learn about the water cycle, the three states of water: gas, liquid & solid, and we will learn how water creates energy with hydro-electricity. This week we do several investigations to learn about the different properties of wat ... Read More »

By csneeuwjagt on Monday, April 14, 2008

What We Have Been Doing

Math- We are finishing up our Math chapter this week. We will explore domino patterns and use them to practice all the basic addition facts. We will also review Chapter 3 which consits of visual patterns, number patterns and counting. We will have a math test on Thursday.

Theme- For theme this week we are finishing our animal unit. We will study fish and invertebrates this week. On Friday the students will share their animal riddles that they made for homework this week. We will also learn interesting facts about all kinds of animals. Ask your child what they have learned this week.

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Theme Homework- Please make sure your child complete the What Am I? ... Read More »

By csneeuwjagt on Monday, April 07, 2008

What We Have Been Doing:

Math- This week we will be working with money. We will learn how to count pennies, nickels, and dimes all together. We will also have a "data day" where the students will read all types of graphs and interpret data. There will be a math test early next week.

Theme- We will learn about Mammals and Amphibians this week. The students also learn about the different ways vertebrates grow.

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Library- We will go to the library this Thursday. Some students have not turned in their library books. They may not check another book out until they turn in their library books. We sent home yellow sheets of paper that will let you know if your child has a ... Read More »

By csneeuwjagt on Tuesday, April 01, 2008

 

 

 

We are working with time again this week. We will review the basic concepts of telling time and work on telling time to the hour and half hour.  We will also work with Frames and Arrows. Frames and Arrow diagrams provide children with a way to organize work with sequences. You will see these diagrams next week for homework. At the end of the week we will work with dimes and more money.

 

 

We finished up Birds today. This week we will learn about reptiles and mammals. We also created an April calendar. The students will bring the calendars home today.

 

 

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