WEEK OF MAY 4
WEEK OF MAY 4
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Hello All!
Happy Friday!
We had a great week at school. The kiddos are working nicely and trying their very best. We are first graders in training.
Next week, we will visit the garden!!
SAVE THE DATE: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10TH, 9:00- 10:15 Kindergarten Share Day. The kiddos sing songs and then we share work back in the classroom.
Reminder about the new specialist schedule:
MONDAY- MUSIC
TUESDAY- ART
WEDNESDAY- GYM
THURSDAY- MUSIC
FRIDAY- ART
UFLI:
The kiddos continue learning sound/symbol correspondence, phonemic awareness, and CVC
Words. We are currently reviewing short vowels.
Literacy Centers:
We continue to work on decodable books, CVC words, heart words, rhyming, LEXIA, and
blending and segmenting.
Wit and Wisdom: We are continuing our unit of study on the Continents. This week we learned about Australia. Next week, we will learn about South America. Be sure to ask your kiddo about what they have learned about the Continents.
Math:
We are working on adding numbers using number bonds and equations. We like to draw pictures to help us add.
Have a great weekend!!
Carolyn
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WEEK OF APR 6
WEEK OF APR 6
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WEEK OF APR 7
WEEK OF APR 7
WEEK OF APR 8
WEEK OF APR 8
Hello Room 27 Families!
What a week we have had! Hoping we are all feeling better!
The Specialist Schedule will change on Monday:
MONDAY- MUSIC
TUESDAY- ART
WEDNESDAY- GYM
THURSDAY- MUSIC
FRIDAY- ART
We had a fun week learning about the Continents! We are working on a Journal all about the Continents!
The children are very excited to learn more about the world and are sharing lots of knowledge already!
Today, we read a cute story about Spring and did a drawing and writing activity to go along with the book!
We continue to work on number bonds in math. The kiddos are getting great at adding numbers.
We will go to the Library on Tuesday. Please be sure to have your kiddo return their book.
On March 26th, Carolyn Lundell- Reese's mom will run a yoga session with us!! The kiddos can bring in a towel for this please!
Have a great weekend!
Carolyn
WEEK OF APR 9
WEEK OF APR 9
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WEEK OF MAR 2
WEEK OF MAR 2
Hello All!
WEEK OF MAR 9
WEEK OF MAR 9
WEEK OF MAR 16
WEEK OF MAR 16
Hello Room 27 Families!
What a week we have had! Hoping we are all feeling better!
The Specialist Schedule will change on Monday:
MONDAY- MUSIC
TUESDAY- ART
WEDNESDAY- GYM
THURSDAY- MUSIC
FRIDAY- ART
We had a fun week learning about the Continents! We are working on a Journal all about the Continents!
The children are very excited to learn more about the world and are sharing lots of knowledge already!
Today, we read a cute story about Spring and did a drawing and writing activity to go along with the book!
We continue to work on number bonds in math. The kiddos are getting great at adding numbers.
We will go to the Library on Tuesday. Please be sure to have your kiddo return their book.
On March 26th, Carolyn Lundell- Reese's mom will run a yoga session with us!! The kiddos can bring in a towel for this please!
Have a great weekend!
Carolyn
WEEK OF MAR 23
WEEK OF MAR 23
Hello All!
Happy Friday!
The kiddos seemed to enjoy having Carolyn Lundell teach us yoga. Thank you, Mrs. Lundell. Video to come!
We continue to visit the library each Tuesday. Please have your kiddo return their book on Tuesday.
Reminder about the new specialist schedule:
MONDAY- MUSIC
TUESDAY- ART
WEDNESDAY- GYM
THURSDAY- MUSIC
FRIDAY- ART
UFLI:
The kiddos continue learning sound/symbol correspondence, phonemic awareness, and CVC
Words. We are currently reviewing short vowels.
Literacy Centers:
We continue to work on decodable books, CVC words, heart words, rhyming, LEXIA, and
blending and segmenting.
Wit and Wisdom: We are continuing our unit of study on the Continents. We took a virtual trip to some countries in Europe this week!
Virtual Gondola Ride through the canals of Venice, Italy Skips World
Mountain Coaster Oeschinensee Kandersteg Switzerland 4K 60p 🇨🇭
Paris - A Virtual Field Trip - Preview
LONDON Tower Bridge Walking Tour - 4K🇬🇧 UK Travel
Inside the Colosseum - Rome's Most Iconic Landmark
The kiddos drew pictures to represent Europe in their passport journal.
We continue to work on number bonds and word problems in Math.
WEEK OF JAN 1
WEEK OF JAN 1
Hello All!
This Week: Library Time- TUESDAY
Please have your kiddo bring back their library books.
Early Release Day- FRIDAY
Last Week:
We had a fun week in Kindergarten. The children seemed happy to be back at school!
Wit and Wisdom:
We continue our unit on the farm. We are currently reading The Year at Maple Hill Farm. This book is all about the farm and the different seasons. The children are enjoying this and are working on their journals to go along with the story. We are learning about characters, setting, plot, conflict, and theme.
UFLI:
The kiddos continue learning sound/symbol correspondence, phonemic awareness, and CVC words.
Math:
We are starting a new math unit - Comparing. We will learn about height, weight, shorter than, taller than, etc.
Have a great week ahead!
Carolyn
WEEK OF JAN 12
WEEK OF JAN 12
WEEK OF JAN 19
WEEK OF JAN 19
Hello All!
Happy Friday! The kiddos were full of energy today! We sure do miss being able to go outside. Please continue to send in the snow gear each day.
EXTRA CLOTHES: Please send in pants in a ziploc baggie if your kiddo only has shorts here at school. Thank you!!
Next Week:
Winter Spirit Week:
Monday- Snowman Day- Dress like a snowman in white and blue.
Tuesday- PJ Day
Wednesday- Sweater Day
Thursday- Silly Socks Day
Beanie Day- where your favorite beanie or hat.
We had a fun week in Kindergarten!
Wit and Wisdom:
We continue our unit on the farm. We are currently reading The Year at Maple Hill Farm. This book is all about the farm and the different seasons. The children are enjoying this and are working on their journals to go along with the story. We are learning about characters, setting, plot, conflict, and theme. We will write and draw about the final season next week-fall!
UFLI:
The kiddos continue learning sound/symbol correspondence, phonemic awareness, and CVC
words.
Literacy Centers:
We continue to work on decodable books, CVC words, heart words, rhyming, LEXIA, and blending and segmenting.
Math:
We continue to work on the unit about comparing: length, height, weight, etc.
Have a great weekend!
Carolyn
WEEK OF JAN 26
WEEK OF JAN 26
Hello All!
Happy Friday! What a week! Hoping it warms up so that we can go outside. We did extra movement breaks, did more lessons with a peer, and had snacks at different tables. I try to keep it fun and engaging for my love bugs.
The kiddos are bringing home a notice about Valentine’s Day and the class list!
Some kiddos need new headphones as the cords frayed. Please ask your child if their headphones work. Thank you!
We had a fun week in Kindergarten!
We read books about snow and snowmen this week. The kiddos loved drawing and writing in their Journal upon the reading of Snowmen All Year.
UFLI:
The kiddos continue learning sound/symbol correspondence, phonemic awareness, and CVC
words.
Literacy Centers:
We continue to work on decodable books, CVC words, heart words, rhyming, LEXIA, and blending and segmenting.
Math:
We continue to work on the unit about comparing: length, height, weight, etc.
Have a great weekend!
Carolyn
WEEK OF DEC 1
WEEK OF DEC 1
WEEK OF DEC 8
WEEK OF DEC 8
NEXT WEEK:
Tuesday- Library. Please have kiddos return their books on Monday.
Wednesday- Winter Concert: 9:00-10:00. Families are invited to attend. The kiddos can wear pajamas for the concert.
Friday: Kaiden will perform in the morning.
We had a fun week in Kindergarten. The kiddos were excellent shoppers for the Shopper’s Corner!
Wit and Wisdom:
We continue our unit on the farm. We read an informational text about farm animals and The Three Little Pigs. We learned that books can have pictures or photographs and the difference between the 2.
UFLI:
The kiddos continue learning sound/symbol correspondence, phonemic awareness, and CVC words.
Math:
We continue to work on 2D and 3D shapes. Today we played a Gingerbread roll and graph game with a die. The gingerbread boy came in first place!
Have a great weekend!
Carolyn
WEEK OF DEC 15
WEEK OF DEC 15
Hello Room 27 Families!
WEEK OF DEC 22
WEEK OF DEC 22
WEEK OF NOV 3
WEEK OF NOV 3
WEEK OF NOV 10
WEEK OF NOV 10
WEEK OF NOV 17
WEEK OF NOV 17
Hello Room 27 Families!
We had a busy week in Kindergarten. We are working on being safe at school. Mrs. Barreto came to visit us and did a lesson on safety. We are also working on being respectful. Please ask your kiddo if they have earned the Respectful Rhino!
NEXT WEEK:
Monday, November 24th- Library books are due.
Wednesday- Early Dismissal. Lunch will not be served, but the kiddos need a water bottle and snack please.
We continue to work on literacy centers. We worked on letter identification, sound/symbol correspondence, rhyming, slate work, LEXIA, and fine motor skills. The children seemed to enjoy this and each week we will add in different activities. We continue to work on our UFLI lessons. The children are working with slates for writing and trays for letter/sound work. So far we have learned the letters: A, C, D, F, I, M, N, O, P, S, T, and U.
During Wit and Wisdom, we just read Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom and Rap a Tap, Tap- Bojangles.
The kiddos loved watching videos of a former student of mine that is at Columbia University and was just recognized as the World Champion in tap dancingPlease enjoy the video of Kaiden Currie:
Kaiden Currie - "Smile" - IDO World Tap Dance Championships 2023
WEEK OF NOV 24
WEEK OF NOV 24
WEEK OF OCT 6
WEEK OF OCT 6
WEEK OF OCT 13
WEEK OF OCT 13
We had another great week in Kindergarten. The field trip was amazing. The joy that the kiddos showed throughout the morning was beautiful to see!
NEXT WEEK:
Early Release Days on Tuesday and Friday- Dismissal at noon. Lunch will be served. Just a water bottle. No snack please on the 21st and 23rd.
Tuesday- Parent/Teacher Conferences 5:00-8:00
Thursday- Parent/Teacher Conferences 1:00-4:00
We continued to work on literacy centers. We worked on letter identification, sound/symbol correspondence, rhyming, slate work, LEXIA, and fine motor skills. The children seemed to enjoy this and each week we will add in different activities. We started our UFLI lessons and the children are working with slates for writing and trays for letter/sound work. We learned the letters: A,M,S,T, and P.
During Wit and Wisdom we read the story titled My Five Senses. We learned how to Turn and Talk with a peer to share our thinking/thoughts about smell and taste. We will continue this Unit over the next couple of weeks.
In math, we worked writing our number. We learned 1-5. It would be beneficial for the kiddos if they practice writing their numbers at home.
Here are the poems that we use to help with number formation:
1.Number 1 is like a stick. A straight line that is very quick.
2. Around and back on the railroad track. Two, two, Two, two!
3. Around a tree. Around a tree. That’s the way to make the number three!
4. Down and over, Down once more. That’s the way to make a four!
5. Straight line down, then around. Hat on top and five’s a clown!
Each Monday morning I ask the children to share about their weekend. Please practice this with your child. It is so fun to hear what the kiddos do outside of school, even if they just have a chill weekend at home!
Have a great weekend!
Carolyn
WEEK OF OCT 20
WEEK OF OCT 20
Hello Room 27 Families!
We had another great week in Kindergarten. The children seem to be settling in and are trying their best to be Bucket Fillers. We are working on having a classroom that has joyful noise and not being too loud.
NEXT WEEK:
Halloween Parade 10/31-(K-2 students): 9:30-10am - Front Circle (Families welcome to attend)
We continued to work on literacy centers. We worked on letter identification, sound/symbol correspondence, rhyming, slate work, LEXIA, and fine motor skills. The children seemed to enjoy this and each week we will add in different activities. We started our UFLI lessons and the children are working with slates for writing and trays for letter/sound work. We learned the letters: A, M, F, I, M, P, S, T.
During Wit and Wisdom we read the story titled My Five Senses. We learned how to Turn and Talk with a peer to share our thinking/thoughts about smell and taste. We will continue this Unit over the next couple of weeks.
In math, we worked writing our number. We learned 1-5. It would be beneficial for the kiddos if they practice writing their numbers at home.
Here are the poems that we use to help with number formation:
1.Number 1 is like a stick. A straight line that is very quick.
2. Around and back on the railroad track. Two, two, Two, two!
3. Around a tree. Around a tree. That’s the way to make the number three!
4. Down and over, Down once more. That’s the way to make a four!
5. Straight line down, then around. Hat on top and five’s a clown!
Each Monday morning I ask the children to share about their weekend. Please practice this with your child. It is so fun to hear what the kiddos do outside of school, even if they just have a chill weekend at home!
Have a great weekend!
Carolyn
WEEK OF OCT 27
WEEK OF OCT 27
Hello Room 27 Families!
We had a busy week in Kindergarten. Some kiddos have been struggling with showing respect and listening this week. I know it is the week of Halloween and kids are excited, but I asked Mrs. Barreto to visit us. She read a book about Respect and we had a class discussion revolved around showing respect by listening and having a calm body. Please ask your kiddo about this as it will support me in teaching the class. Thank you.
NEXT WEEK:
Monday, November 3rd- Library books are due.
Tuesday, November 4th- No School.
Thursday, November 6th- Room 27 visits the garden.
We continued to work on literacy centers. We worked on letter identification, sound/symbol correspondence, rhyming, slate work, LEXIA, and fine motor skills. The children seemed to enjoy this and each week we will add in different activities. We started our UFLI lessons and the children are working with slates for writing and trays for letter/sound work. We learned the letters: A, F, I, M, N, P, S, and T.
During Wit and Wisdom, we continued working on the strategy of Turn and Talk with a peer to share our thinking/thoughts about stories read and the 5 senses. We will continue this Unit over the next couple of weeks. Next week, we will read the book titled The Last Stop on Market Street. We are also working on a Five Senses Booklet.
In math, we worked writing our number. We learned 1-5. It would be beneficial for the kiddos if they practice writing their numbers at home.
Here are the poems that we use to help with number formation:
1.Number 1 is like a stick. A straight line that is very quick.
2. Around and back on the railroad track. Two, two, Two, two!
3. Around a tree. Around a tree. That’s the way to make the number three!
4. Down and over, Down once more. That’s the way to make a four!
5. Straight line down, then around. Hat on top and five’s a clown!
Each Monday morning I ask the children to share about their weekend. Please practice this with your child. It is so fun to hear what the kiddos do outside of school, even if they just have a chill weekend at home!
Have a great weekend!
Carolyn
WEEK OF SEPT 1
WEEK OF SEPT 1
Week of September 1st
Hello Room 27 Families!
We had such an amazing first week of Kindergarten!
The kiddos are learning and practicing the routines and expectations in class. We read a book titled “Have You Filled a Bucket Today: A Guide to Daily Happiness for Kids”. We are working on practicing being bucket fillers by being kind, inclusive, and respectful.
IMPORTANT: Back to School Night:
Wednesday, September 10th.
6:00-6:20 Opening in Cafeteria with Mrs. Barreto and Mr. Day
6:25-6:55 Session 1 in Classrooms- Room 27
7:00-7:30 Session 2 in Classrooms- Room 27
Each Monday morning I ask the children to share about their weekend. Please practice this with your child. It is so fun to hear what the kiddos do outside of school, even if they just have a chill weekend at home!
Lunch- Lunch Count has been challenging for some. Please let your child know if they brought lunch from home or if they are getting the school lunch. This will help things go smoother in the morning.
I look forward to seeing the Room 27 families on Wednesday night.
A big thank you to all that donated from the Amazon Wish List. Here is the updated list if you would like to contribute.
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1VPMN285HSX9B?ref_=wl_share
Thank you all for your support!
Carolyn
WEEK OF SEPT 8
WEEK OF SEPT 8
Hello Room 27 Families!
Next Week:
Friday, September 19th is our first early dismissal. Dismissal will be at 11:55.The kiddos will eat lunch at school on this day. We will not have a snack though. Remember to send in a water bottle though as we have Gym class.
We wrapped up our first full week in Kindergarten! We had lots of fun getting to know each other this week. We continue to learn the expectations, schedules, and rules at school. This group of kiddos enjoys story time immensely and this makes me so happy!! I started to read the first chapter book today- The book is from the Mercy Watson’s series by Kate DiCamillo- one of my favorite authors!
Each Monday morning I ask the children to share about their weekend. Please practice this with your child. It is so fun to hear what the kiddos do outside of school, even if they just have a chill weekend at home!
Lunch- Lunch Count has been going smoother. Thank you for your support with reminding your kiddo if they will have lunch from school or home on a daily basis.
It was so nice to see so many of you on Back to School Night. I will send my slideshow out to all.
Thank you all for your support!
Carolyn
WEEK OF SEPT 15
WEEK OF SEPT 15
Hello Room 27 Families!
I hope everyone has been enjoying this beautiful weekend. Sorry for not sending this on Friday. Time got away from me! I am watching the Pats vs Steelers. My former student, Patrick Friermuth plays for the Steelers!
Next Week:
Monday- Sports and Princess Day Dress-Up
Tuesday- Picture Day
Wednesday- PJ Day
Thursday- Crazy Hair Day
Friday- FUN RUN 9:00-9:45
We wrapped up our second full week in Kindergarten! We continue to learn the expectations, schedules, and rules at school.
We started literacy groups this week. We worked on letter identification, rhyming, slate work, LEXIA, and fine motor skills. The children seemed to enjoy this and each week we will add in different activities.
Each Monday morning I ask the children to share about their weekend. Please practice this with your child. It is so fun to hear what the kiddos do outside of school, even if they just have a chill weekend at home!
We had so much fun using watercolors to paint a messy mat for the classroom. The kiddos were so creative!
Thank you all for your support!
Carolyn
WEEK OF SEPT 22
WEEK OF SEPT 22
Hello Room 27 Families!
We had another great week in Kindergarten. We continue to learn to be Bucket Fillers following directions and rules, and the routines. Please ask your kiddo what a Bucket Filler is. It is a person that is kind, respectful, helpful, and a good listener.
We continued to work on literacy centers. We worked on letter identification, rhyming, slate work, LEXIA, and fine motor skills. The children seemed to enjoy this and each week we will add in different activities.
Each Monday morning I ask the children to share about their weekend. Please practice this with your child. It is so fun to hear what the kiddos do outside of school, even if they just have a chill weekend at home!
We had so much fun at the Fun Run today. Thank you all for your support!
Carolyn
WEEK OF SEPT 29
WEEK OF SEPT 29
Hello Room 27 Families!
We had another great week in Kindergarten. We continue to learn to be Bucket Fillers by listening, having a calm body, and being kind.
NEXT WEEK:
Friday- Early Release Day, 12:00 Dismissal. Lunch will be served, but we will not have a snack. Please continue to send in water bottles daily. Also, more info to come as we have a school wide fun day planned for next Friday- PJ/ Stuffy/ Movie! Wish me luck!! ;)
We continued to work on literacy centers. We worked on letter identification, sound/symbol correspondence, rhyming, slate work, LEXIA, and fine motor skills. The children seemed to enjoy this and each week we will add in different activities. We started our UFLI lessons and I will be sharing a resource for parents next week.
During Wit and Wisdom we read the story titled Wild About Books and then drew a picture of something that we are wild about- dinosaurs, trains, animals, etc! The kiddos were so creative!
In math, we worked on sorting and classifying objects. Today, we did a fun fall graph sheet with a large die!
Each Monday morning I ask the children to share about their weekend. Please practice this with your child. It is so fun to hear what the kiddos do outside of school, even if they just have a chill weekend at home!
Have a great weekend!
Carolyn
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