Let's Go Shopping!

This week in math we continued to practice money. After introducing the penny, nickel, and dime I set up a school store in our classroom. The students really enjoyed playing school store because they were given play money to buy small items! This is a simple game you can play at home to help your child practice money. Next week will learn about time. We will practice telling time to the hour. Money and time are very exciting skills for a kindergartner to learn, however they can be challenging so please practice with your child when you can!

In Language Arts we are practicing retelling the beginning, middle and end of a story. We also began reading words with beginning and ending blends. Some of those words include- clip, sled, stop, desk, flop, sand, lift, plan, nest and step. Along with practicing blends, please practice all of the sight words we learned this year. I do not want anyone to forget the words we practiced earlier in the year!

The Be a Phanatic About Reading program is coming to an end. Please return your reading sheets (even if they are not completely finished) by Monday, March 1st. I will be mailing the information next week. Hopefully the Philly Phanatic will choose to visit our classroom!

I just want to thank everyone again for helping us meet our postcard goal! We now have a total of 143 postcards! The students enjoyed locating where each postcard came from. They were amazed by how far some of the postcards traveled. I have to admit I was surprised and excited as well!

Valentine Party!

Well, our Valentine's celebration came a little late this year due to the snow. However, we still had a blast yesterday! All of the Valentine boxes were decorated so beautifully. A big thank you to the parents who helped out and all of the parents who donated items for the party. Enjoy the pictures!

Snow Days!

Since we have a few days off, I thought I would suggest some things to work on at home.

~ Read! Work on the 25 book challenge sheet. Remember, if you lost the sheet just record the books read on any blank sheet of paper. Also, I will be collecting the "Be a Phanatic About Reading" sheets early next month. Please finish them up and send them in. Maybe we will be the lucky school to get a visit from the Phanatic!!

~ When reading, ask your child to identify characters, setting, main idea and plot. They can also practice picking out sight words from the story.

~ Have your child write a story about their adventures in the snow! Encourage them to use their BEST handwriting!

~ Practice writing their first and last name neatly.

~ Practice counting by 2's, 5's, and 10's. Practice counting from 1-31.

~ Review AB, AAB, ABB, and ABC patterns. You can also review the terms top, middle, bottom, left, right, over, under, above and below.

~ Next week we will begin learning about money. They will have to identify the penny, nickel, and dime.

~ Build a snowman :)

~ Go sledding :)

Our Valentine's Day Party will be on Tuesday, February 16th!

Hooray for 100 Days!

On Friday we celebrated the 100th day of school! The students had a blast sharing the100 items they brought in. Some items were candy hearts, marshmallows, legos, pennies, and puzzle pieces. We also met our postcard goal! We received 130 postcards as of Friday. We got postcards from 28 different states and several different countries like Barbados, Germany, Iceland, Netherlands and Canada! A big thank you to all of our families and friends that participated. My class truly enjoyed the activity!

Counting Fun!

Today we recorded a podcast of our class counting by 10's, 5's, and 2's. We hope you enjoy!