Mrs. Leach's Kindergarteners: January 2013

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Super Reader Family Night

Thank you so much to everyone who braved the cold and made it out tonight. It was so nice to see the kids having such a great time with their families. Special thanks to...the Hawthorne PTO for providing food, EcoWater for donating water bottles, and Freeborn Mower for donating books for each student to take home.

Check out some of the centers we are working on in kindergarten...

Matching picture to number puzzles

Writing numbers 0-31

Cool Whip/Pie Numbers

Fishing Addition

Pom-Pom Addition

Bear Addition

Jenga Addition

Seashell Addition

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Guided Reading Groups

I meet with students 2-3 times a week for guided reading groups. During groups we are reviewing letter names/sounds, working on learning all 35 kindergarten sight words, and working on reading leveled books. Students are working on tracking their words in the book as they read and sounding out words/using picture clues to figure out unknown words.

Reviewing letter names and sounds...

Students played Jenga to review their letter names and sounds today during group. If they could name the letter and sound correctly they got to stack the block.

Friday, January 25, 2013

Super Reader Family Night!

When: Thursday, January 31st

Where: Hawthorne K-103

Time: 5-6:30 pm

Dinner will be provided. Please let me know how many people in your family will be attending so we can make sure we have enough food.

*Don't forget to dress as your favorite superhero!!

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

ABC Word Work

Landon is working on his kindergarten
sight words!

WE LOVE ADDITION!

You can draw a picture...

You can use a snack...

You can make tally marks...

Addition

We started talking about addition in class today. Check out the fun smartboard video/song we watched. Sing along with your child!

Click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_ccOKla2DA

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Reminder

We have our Reading Rocks presentation tomorrow (Wednesday) at 12:45 in the gym. Please have your child wear a black shirt. Thanks! Hope to see you there!

The reading strategy will be questioning.

PJ Reading Day

Kindergartners spent the day celebrating their LOVE of reading. They read books out of our leveled library, read/listened to books on the iPod, had special guests come and read, and listened to books be read on the smartboard. They even got to listen to a book on c.d. The students had to lay on their backs and paint a pictures in their head of what they were hearing (visualizing). What a great day!

Special thanks... Mrs. Zwolenski, Mrs. Nielsen, Mrs. Worman, and Mrs. Whelan for coming to read to us today.

Monday, January 14, 2013

Book Orders

I will be sending book orders home tomorrow (Tuesday, January 15th). Please get them back to me by Wednesday, January 23rd. You can also order online at: https://clubs2.scholastic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/LogonForm. Our class code is DKZ7H. Everytime you order a book online we get $3 to buy books for our classroom.

No School

We do not have school on Friday, January 18th or Monday, January 21st. See everyone on Tuesday, January 22nd!

Reminder

Don't forget to wear pajamas to school tomorrow! We will be celebrating our LOVE of reading and reading books all day. We still have spots open for parents to come and read to our class. Please contact me if you would like to come and read tomorrow. Thanks!

Thursday, January 10, 2013

PJ DAY

We are having a pajama day on Tuesday to celebrate our LOVE of reading. Come in your favorite pajamas and slippers! You can bring a blanket too if you'd like. It's going to be a fun day!!

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Mitten Sequencing

We have been working on sequencing numbers 0-31 and patterns. Come visit us at school and check out our hard work!

Snowman Writing

We have been working on writing sentences in kindergarten. We have talked about starting with an uppercase letter, putting spaces between words, and ending with a period. The students wrote inside of the snowman's belly about what they like or love about winter.

Mrs. Nielsen is back...

Mrs. Nielsen came and visited us yesterday! She did a lesson with students on following directions. They did a whole group snowman activity where she gave them 1-2 step directions and they had to complete the steps on their snowman sheet.

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

SAVE THE DATE!

SUPER HERO Reading Night!

When: Thursday, January 31st

Where: Hawthorne (K-103)

Time: 5:00-6:30 pm

What's Happening:

*We will start out with sloppy joes, chips, and water, which will be served in Mrs. Leach’s room (K-103) from 5:00-5:30.

*After eating, we will spend approximately 15 minutes talking about the reading and math goals your child is working on in school. Then you will be free to visit and complete the activities in each classroom. The activities include:

*DEAR (Drop Everything and Read)/Book Swap in Miss Rowland’s room

*Make and take literacy game in Mrs. Leach’s room

*Make and take numeracy game in Mrs. Burnett’s room

Book Swap:

-Please bring gently used books to swap with other families. For every book you bring you will be able to pick out a gently used book to bring home.

Don’t forget to come dressed as your favorite super hero.

*Every kindergartner that attends will receive a free book. Thanks to Freeborn Mower for the donation!

Friday, January 4, 2013

Number Sheet

I sent home a white sheet of paper today (check backpack). I circled the numbers that your student knows. Please work with them on recognizing the numbers that are not circled. If you need any materials or need help knowing what to do, please let me know. Thank you!

AIMSweb Testing

We have AIMSweb testing on Friday, January 11th. Please make sure that your child comes to school with a full belly so that they are ready for their math and reading tests. :)

Penguin Projects

We spent some of the day reading books about penguins. Read the picture below to find out what the students learned. Don't you love the cute penguins they made?

Thursday, January 3, 2013

iPods in Kindergarten

Kindergartner's were introduced to the iPods today. They learned how to turn the iPod on/off, how to control the volume, where the camera and microphone were located, and they learned how to navigate around the iPod. Students used the Starfall (ABC) app, Bugsy Math app, Tumblebooks (online books) app, and some links that took them to youtube to listen to some of the educational songs we have been learning in Kindergarten. We will start using the iPods on a daily basis. Please make sure that your child has headphones at school. They will not be able to use the iPods without a set of headphones. Thank you! Please contact me if you have any questions or would like to come and see students using the iPods.