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.

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 ...

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.

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

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 ...

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 ...

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? ...

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 ...

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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What We Have Been Doing:

Math- We are looking for patterns using the 100 number grid in math this week. We are also continuing to work on adding and subtracting using the numberline. We will review the basic concepts of telling time and learn to tell time by the half-hour.

Theme- This week we will present our Africa projects. We will also learn the differences between the 5 animal groups. (Birds, Fish, Amphibians, Reptiles and Mammals) We will take a closer look at Fish at the end of the week.

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 Parent Survey- Debbie Capra has been working with the school community as an independent consultant to help improve the Stargate environment. She is hired to be a confidential thir ...

What We Have Been Doing-

Math- Tomorrow we will have a math test of telling time and counting nickels and pennies. We will begin working with patterns and using the 100 number grid later this week. We will also learn more about even and odd numbers.

Theme- For theme this week we will finish learning about the rainforest. We will begin learning about animals specifically amphibians and birds.  Next week we will share our Africa projects with the class.

Library books-  Library books are due on Thursday, March 13. Please have your child bring to schoolon or before Thursday.

Kindergarten Graduation- Graduation is fast approaching!!  If you would like to be on a committee to ...

What We Have Been Doing-

Math- For Math this week we are learning to count nickels and pennies together.  We will also learn how to make number models for subtraction problems. We will work with number stories later this week.  We will have a math test next week Tuesday, March 11.

Theme- This week we will continue studying the rainforest. We will learn about the different resources that are in the rainforest. We will learn about conservation of the rainforest, as well.

Specials- This week we are switching to PE and computers. We will have PE in the morning. Please send gym shoes to school with your kindergartener.

Thanks!

Africa Project- The students will work on projects to show me what they have ...