Dear Santa!

Today we worked on writing a letter to Santa. Once we were finished with the letter we recorded a podcast of what we wrote. Enjoy!

Practice Makes Perfect!

Over the holiday break you may want to practice some of the skills that we have been working on so far this year.

In Math we are working on identifying and writing numbers 0-30. We have been using ten frames to help us learn the numbers 10-30. We have also been working on the number line. After the holidays I will begin some assessments for our report card. It would be good to review equal parts, symmetry, counting from 1-31, patterns, shapes, colors, spatial relationships (above, below, over, under, top, middle, bottom, left, right).

In Writing, we are working on writing independently in our kid writing journals. Please encourage your child to write independently at home. Students should be able to write at least one complete sentence. They should remember to leave meatball spaces between the words, use punctuation, and start the sentence with a capital letter.

In Language Arts we are working on identifying plot (beginning, middle, end). We are also reviewing character, setting and main idea. We also reviewed nouns and verbs this week as well. Now that we know our letters and sounds we have been working very hard on decoding words and reading sentences and short stories. Please encourage your child to read to you at home. If your child is unable to read an entire book ask him/her to read some sight words or decodable words in the story to you! Here is a list of some decodable words for your child to practice reading at home (kid, did, dip, Kim, sad, kin, mat, pan, fan, fits, fin, rim, rat, ribs, nap, ram, man, cabs, Nan, rap, ant, sip, bat). Please also remember to save the decodable readers that come home each week. Those books are great practice for your child!

Thanks for your support and cooperation!
Have a Happy New Year!

Welcome Santa!

Today at our holiday party Santa made a surprise visit! The students were so excited when Santa started handing out gifts to each of them! Enjoy the pictures!

















I wish everyone a very fun and relaxing holiday season!

Ice Cream Party!

Congratulations, Kindergarten, for earning 50 yellow wolves. I hope you enjoyed the ice cream party!

Keep up the good work!

It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas!

We have been busy making decorations for the hallway! We sponge painted Santas last week and we also made reindeer.

We just finished Unit 2 in Language Arts. We had our Unit Test on Monday. If you have not returned the assessment please do so ASAP. In Unit 3 we will continue working on setting, character, main idea, compare and contrast, and realism and fantasy. We will also continue to review all letters and sounds. You should have received the Unit 3 sight words. Please begin to practice those at home. Once your child knows all of the words please return them in a labeled bag or envelope so we can test your child in school. Also remember to review the Unit 1 and 2 words as well! We will continue to work on decoding new words. Here is a list of some words you can practice at home (tip, sip, pat, cat, rug, map, tin, man, can, tub, bit, bam, nap, mom, Tom, Bim, Pam, cabs, Nan, bats, ram, ribs, rim). Please also remember to read the little tan booklets that are sent home each week.

Many of us are writing independently now! Some of us are even writing 2 or 3 sentences in their journals. Please encourage your child to write at home. Remind them to make the first letter capital and the rest lowercase. They should be leaving meatball spaces between words and they should be using correct punctuation at the end of the sentence.

Just a few reminders--

1. We will be attending the Book Fair Monday morning, December 12th. If you want to send money in with your child please send it in an envelope or bag marked with your child's name and "Book Fair Money" on it.

2. Santa gifts are due Friday, December 9th. Please send it to the office with your child's name and teachers name on it. Gifts should cost no more than $10. Santa will deliver the gifts on December 22nd during our party!

3.We will be attending the holiday band concert on Tuesday, December 13th during the school day.

Gift From Santa

Just a reminder that the gift from Santa should be sent to the office by this Friday, December 9th. The gift should be wrapped and labeled with your child's name and teacher's name. The gift should cost no more than $10. Thank You!

Happy Thanksgiving!

We Are Thankful!

We hope you enjoy our first Voicethread!

Welcome Cheddar!

We would like you to meet our class pet--Cheddar! Cheddar is a beta fish that the class earned from receiving 40 yellow wolf tickets for excellent HERO behavior. Keep up the good work kindergarten!

Congratulations to Mackenzie who had the winning journal entry and got to name the fish. Thank you to Mrs. Ginther for helping us with our "name the pet" writing contest!!

Have a good weekend!

Learning New Things!

I can't believe it is November already! The time is really flying by. I hope everyone is ready for the holidays. They are just around the corner! We hope you like the turkeys that we made this week!!

The students are learning a lot of new things everyday! One of the most exciting new things that we are working on is decoding words. For example, if the student sees the word "mat" he/she
must say the sounds in the word- /m/ /a/ /t/. The student must repeat the sounds faster and faster until he/she is able to read the word "mat". Here are a list of some of the decodable words we have been reading in class.

map
Pam
tap
Tam
pat
pet
big
spat
pats
past
sat
cat
top

You will notice that the little tan booklets that are sent home once a week (usually Thursday or Friday) will have some of these decodable words in them. I would suggest keeping the tan booklets and having your child read a few of them a week throughout the school year.

We also started learning about main idea and we are continuing to review the Unit 1 and Unit 2 sight words. We also practice identifying capital and lowercase letters and sounds on a daily basis.

As always please contact me if you have any questions or concerns.

Here are a few pictures from our Fall Party!

Thanks Parents!

It was nice having so many of you in our classroom this week. We hope you enjoyed visiting us!

In Math this week we started learning about numbers 0-5. Please help your child practice writing these numbers at home. Today we learned about the number line. We practiced identifying numbers that come before and after on a number line. Next week we will review equal groups, more and fewer, numbers 0-5, and the number line. We will have a test on these concepts on Wednesday!

In Language Arts we reviewed character and setting this week. We worked on the sight words "have, is". Please review the Unit 1 and Unit 2 sight words on a regular basis! It would also be good to practice letters, sounds, rhyming, and syllables!

In Science we learned about our internal and external body parts. We hoped you enjoyed our scarecrows!

Just a reminder- next Friday, October 28th is an early dismissal day for the students! We will be having our Fall Harvest Party. No costumes are allowed!
Have a great weekend!

Fire Prevention!

I would like to thank the Bath Volunteer Fire Department for visiting George Wolf Elementary School and teaching the kindergarten students all about fire safety! The students had a blast and they learned a lot of important new things. HERO the wolf even made an appearance.

Monday we will be having our first Unit Test in Language Arts. It would be good to review letters, sounds, all of the Unit 1 sight words, rhyming skills, and character and setting. Also, please make sure your child can correctly write his/her first name!

Slipper Day!

What a fun day! Congratulations, kindergarten, for earning 20 yellow wolf tickets. Keep up the good work!

Just a reminder that we will be having a Math test tomorrow.

Enjoy the pictures of the fun activities we have been doing in October!

Our First Podcast!

We made our first podcast today! It is the alphabet chant we have been working on this month. We hope you enjoy!

Patterns, Patterns, Patterns!

Last week we started our new Math Chapter- Patterns. We practiced making movement patterns and music patterns last week. In the picture on the left Jacob and James are making music patterns. You can practice patterns at home by using cereal, noodles, or toys! You can have your child draw patterns using markers, crayons or paint. Please practice AB, AAB, ABB, and ABC patterns with your child. In the picture below Mackenzie and Emma are extending patterns on the board. We will also continue to practice counting form 1-31 and reciting the days of the week an months of the year. Ask you child to sing the days of the week and months of the year for you (if they haven't already)!

In Language Arts we have learned letters and sounds Aa-Ww. Please practice these letters and the sounds they make on a daily basis. We will be creating a podcast of our alphabet chant in the next few days! We are continuing working on the sight words- I, am, the, little. I will introduce the remaining sight words next week. Once your child knows all of the Unit 1 sight words please return them so your child can be tested at school. We are also reviewing, character, setting, and sequence.

As always, thank you for your support and cooperation!

We Are.......Writers!

We started kid writing last week! I am happy to report that the students are doing a wonderful job so far. We are learning how to start our sentence on the left side of the page, begin the sentence with a capital letter, leave "meatball spaces" in between words and finish our sentence with a period. Please encourage your child to write at home!

Tomorrow we will have our Chapter 1 Math Test. Please look over your child's worksheet tonight, as it will have many of the key concepts that we have learned about in this chapter. On Thursday we will begin Chapter 2, which will be all about patterns!

In Language Arts we are working on character, setting and sequence. Please review these at home when reading with your child each night. We have also learned about letters A-P. Please review those letters and the sounds they make each night. We are also working on sight words- I, am, the, little. Once your child knows all of the Unit 1 sight words please send them into school labeled with your child's name. We will test your child and send the cards back home for you to continue to practice throughout the year.

Reminders:
~ Please make sure you send lunch money in an envelope or baggie with your child's name on it.
~ Your child must be able to correctly write his/her first name by the end of September.
~Picture Day is Friday, September 30th.
~Continue to practice writing all the letters of the alphabet correctly.
~ Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns- korsakv@nasdschools.org