Halloween Party WAS A HIT!!!!

 

Click here to see more pics: https://plus.google.com/photos/112491756923683004279/albums/5941013355107814577?authkey=CMmPmeKP2vecPQ

 



Reader's Theater Group 3

Group 3 performed in front of the class today. The class shared feedback with them.  Check out the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkXnmGxnYq4 

Fall Party

Don't forget we have our fall party tomorrow. Please make sure your child brings their costume to school.  We will be putting them on at 12:55 when we return from specialist. 

 

The costume parade will be in the gym from 1:30 till done.  We will start the class party at 1:00 and end around 2:30.  Hope to see you there!

 

If you want to send a treat for the kids to share we have 18 students.  Do not feel like you have to I have just had some parents inquire.

Reader's Theater Groups

Click on the link to watch the clips of the students reading in their group...

 

Group 1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRNRVrPJb6U&feature=em-upload_owner

Christian, Cohen, Michaela, Madison, Emma Jayla

 

Group 2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_R2R1dq_gY&feature=em-upload_owner

Arianna, Gracie, Yaremi

 

Group 3 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pw6BpSxb0s&feature=em-upload_owner 

 

Andrew, Isaiah, Deana, Edgar

Reader's Theater Scripts

I sent home a copy with each student today.  Their part is highlighted.  Please let them practice their part and you practice the other parts for them.  Thanks so much! Click here to see what the sheet looks like: http://mrsleachskindergartenclass.wikispaces.com/Reading

 

 

Domino Concentration

Here is an example of how you play the game we learned today.  Please have your child practice putting their numbers in order from 0-15 and then count the dots on the domino and match them under the correct number.

(sorry about the sideways picture - it wouldnt turn for some reason today) 

 

 

Letter Tt

An uppercase T is pull down, cross at the top.

 

T

A lowercase t is pull down, cross near the top.

t

Kindergarten Family Night - Please RSVP

When:

Thursday, November 14th

 

Where:

Hawthorne (K-103)

 

Food:

5:00-5:30 pm

 

Presentation/Making Games: 5:30-6:30 pm

 

What’s Happening:

*We will start out with hot dogs, chips, cookie, and a beverage, 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 essential outcomes 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 Mrs. Nelson’s room

*Make and take literacy game in Ms. Olson’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 different book to bring home.

Reader's Theater

Kindergarteners are going to read adn perform a reader's theater script about families this week. I divided the students up into three groups and I will be meeting with them daily to practice their parts.  Check back at the end of the week to watch a video of the students performing the reader's theater script "With My Family."

 

 

 

Letter Ss

An uppercase S is curve back, curve foward.

 

S

A lowercase s is curve back, curve foward.

s

Happy Birthday Gracie!

Book Orders

I am sending home November book orders today.  They are due back on Thursday, November 7th.  If you can't get them back before the 7th let me know and I can place a second order.  Books make great christmas gifts! Let me know if you want help picking out specific books for your kindergartener to get and practice reading. Thanks!

 

The website is: https://clubs2.scholastic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/LogonForm?fileName=get-started

 

The class code is: DKZ7H

Letter Rr

An uppercase R is pull down, lift, curve foward, slant right.

R

A lowercase r is pull down, push up, curve foward.

r

Graphing

 

1. Students rolled the dice and counted up the number of dots. 

2. Students found the number and colored one box in.

3. Students circled the number that made it to the top.

Who am I? - Social Studies

Today, we talked about feelings.  Here are some of the feelings we talked about...

 

 

 

Be a Buddy, Not a Bully Assembly on Wednesday

 

 

 

 

 

 

Be a Buddy Not a Bully Assembly

Please have your child wear their orange "Be a Buddy" bracelets tomorrow and an orange shirt if they have one.  Thanks!

Letter Qq

An uppercase Q is circle around, lift, slant right at the bottom.

Q

A lowercase q is circle back around, push up, pull down.

q

Letter Pp

An uppercase P is pull down, push up, circle forward.

P

A lowercase p is pull down, push up, circle foward.

p

Positional Words

 

(can't get it to turn - sorry)

 

We talked about putting the pumpkin below, above, on, inside, etc. Have your student read you the book at home and have them use their pumpkin to show you the new positional words they learned.

 

 

Happy Birthday!

Sequencing 0-19

 

Kindergarteners are working on sequencing numbers 0-19.  The end of the year goal in kindergarten is 0-31.  Have your child put their numbers in order at home.

 



Happy Birthday Emma!

Number Stories

We started talking about number stories today. Here are some examples of a kindergarten level number story.

 

Mary and Jane are wearing blue tops today. Joe is wearing a blue top too. How many children in our class are wearing blue tops?

 

Marcos and Sam made a block tower that was 9 blocks high.  The top block fell off. How many blocks high is the tower now?

Main Idea and Details

I was so proud of how hard the students worked on their main idea and details graphic organizer.  Check them out....

 

http://mrsleachskindergartenclass.wikispaces.com/Student+Writing+and+Work

Letter Oo

An uppercase O is circle around.

O

A lowercase o is circle around.

o

Buddy Breakfast

 

From Mrs. Zwolesnki's Blog: The students at Hawthorne Elementary enjoyed "Be a Buddy" Breakfast this morning. Each student invited an adult buddy to have a light breakfast of muffins, juice, and coffee. The staff was decked out in orange Be a Buddy t-shirts and greeted, served, and buddied with students. "Be a Buddy" bracelets were handed out to every student in the school. One free book was available to every student that attended.

Thanks to all the families and adult friends who buddied up with our students!

Pumpkin Patch

 

Thank you so much to everyone who came to help today! I really appreciate it.  Despite the weather the kids had a wonderful time.  Each student got a pumpkin, sticker, and sucker to take home.  Thank you to the PTO for paying for the bus and the pumpkins for each student.  Thanks to Chad and Lisa Peterson for letting us come pick such nice pumpkins at their pumpkin patch!

Erberts & Gerberts Sheet Sent Home

Erbert and Gerberts in Albert Lea has agreed to provide FREE kids meals to students who read 10 books!

 

Please write the title of your books, send this form back to school when you are finished.  I will sign it and you can redeem it for your free kid’s meal.

 

(This is only good at the Albert Lea location and the student must be present to receive their meal.)

Buddy Breakfast

See you tomorrow at 7:30 for the Be a Buddy, Not a Bully breakfast.  We will be in the gym!

Don't Forget...

We will be going to the Pumpkin Patch tomorrow (Tuesday, October 15th).  Please make sure your child bring's a packed lunch and dresses warmly for the weather.  They need to have sweatshirts, coats, tennis shoes, etc.  Thanks so much!

Letter Nn

An uppercase N is pull down, lift, slant right, push up.

 

N

A lowercase n is pull down, push up, curve foward, pull down.

n

Buddy Breakfast

Hope to see you Tuesday morning for the Buddy/Muffin breakfast.  Each child can bring one adult wtih them. Please let me know if you are coming so we make sure we purchase enough food.  It will be at 7:30 in the gym.

Letter Mm

An uppercase M is pull down, lift, slant right, slant up, pull down.

 

M

A lowercase m is pull down, push up, curve foward, pull down, push up, curve forward, pull down.

m

Segment Compound Words

What is a compound word?

 

A compound word is made up of two words that come together to make one new word.

 

Ex: base + ball = baseball

 

 

 

 

Letter Ll

An uppercase L is pull down, slant right.

L

A lowercase l is pull down.

l

Writer's Workshop

We are working on starting sentences with an uppercase letter. 

 

We are working on putting spaces in between words.

 

We are working on using punctuation at the end of a sentence (period).

 

If a student does not know how to spell a word we have them sound it out (they write down any of the sounds they hear in the word).

Writer's Workshop

What does it mean to visualize?

 

It means we see details about what is happening. We paint a picture in our mind about what we are going to write about.

 

Letter Jj

An uppercase J is pull down, curve back, and  cross at the top.

J

A lowercase j is pull down, curve back, dot at the top.

j

Reminder

No School on Thursday, October 17th and Friday, October 18th.

Pumpkin Patch

Don't forget we will be going to the pumpkin patch on Tuesday, October 15th.  Please send a  packed lunch for your student.  We will be leaving Hawthorne at 9:30 and returning to school by 12:00.  Dress appropiatley for the weather!

Letter Ii

An uppercase I is pull down, across at the top, across at the bottom.

 

I

A lowercase i is pull down, dot at the top.

i

Miss you Annie! Best of luck!

Happy Birthday Jordon!



Book Orders

 

Please get me your book orders by Friday, October 11th.  I would like to place the book order early so that the Halloween books will be here before Halloween.  You can order online or you can send the sheet back to school.  The link is: https://clubs2.scholastic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/LogonForm?fileName=get-started

 

 

The class code is: DKZ7H

Letter H

An uppercase H is pull down, lift, pull down, cross in the middle.

H

A lowercase h is pull down, push up to the middle, curve foward, pull down.

h

Practicing Crawling Under the Smoke

Fire Department Visit

 

 

 

Thanks to the Albert Lea Fire Department for coming and visiting us for Fire Safety week. The firefighters talked to the students about how to stay low/crawl, not to be scared of them, not to hide in the house, not to go back in and get toys/pets, finding a neighbor's house to meet at, etc.

 



Letter G

An uppercase G is circle back at the top, slide left in the middle.

G

A lowercase g is circle back around, push up, pull down, curve in.

g

Flashcards

I have been sending home uppercase, lowercase, sight words, and number flashcards with students depending on what skill they need to work on.  Please cut them out and practice them at home for a couple of minutes a night with your child.  Let me know if you have any questions.  Some friends are working on sounds so I wrote it on top of the alphabet flashcards.

Math

We have been counting by 10's to 100.

We have been counting by 1's to 100

(start at 0).

We have been identifying/extending AB, ABB, AAB, and ABC patterns.

We have been working on shapes (circle, square, triangle, and rectangle).

We are working on identifying numbers 0-31.

We are working on sequencing numbers 0-31.

 

Please let me know if you have questions about any of these things or would like ideas of how you can practice them at home.

Letter F

An uppercase F is pull down, lift, on the top slide right, in the middle slight right.

 

F

A lowercase f is curbe back from teh top, cross in the middle.
 

f

Letter E

An uppercase E is pull down, lift, on the top slide right, in the middle slide right, on the bottom slide right.

E

A lowercase e is slide right, circle left.

e