Almost half Way done with Kindergarten!

So here we go in 9 school days your little one will be half way done with kindergarten!  I am so proud of the growth they have made thus far!!

These two did a fantastic job representing our class and our Mirror Mirror project at the School Board Meeting this past Thursday!

We started show and tell this week... be on the lookout in your child's agenda so you know when to send in their item.

In Reading we are continuing to look at fiction and non-fiction text.  We have ended our Zoology Unit and this week we will begin our Ecology Unit!  At the end of our Zoology Unit we talked about what different animals do in the winter, and also discussed the season of winter.

 Ask your child to tell you about Non-Fiction text features.  They know a lot of them. 

 I wanted to share this chart, everyday during our reading rotation kids have an opportunity to catch up on what they need.  Those that need additional math do JiJi Math, if they haven't been reading at home for homework they can read steps, and if they are good on both of those they can go on STARFALL and practice what they need to learn for reading.

 The last thing I want to bring to your attention this week are the power words.  We will really be taking time to learn these as your child becomes ready. :)

 

 

Happy New Year!!

We started off the New Year with a bang!  The kids didn't skip a beat and went right back into their routines!  I missed them soooo much, it was GREAT to have them back!
We have been working on some Math and Reading Assessment to start the New Year with firming up any objectives that may not have been mastered and to help us decide on new goals for the next couple of months.  
A bulk of our week centered around Fish!  We are entering the last week of our Zoology Unit this week so we will finish discussing fish and move into a review of all our animals.
 

 We also reviewed the differences between Fiction and Non-Fiction.

In Math every child was given the SEAL assessment for numeracy to see where we might still have gaps and where we are ready to move for our small group math instruction.  I was very excited about the growth they have made.  
 

A Flurry of Activity

Happy Holidays to all our Families! and A Happy New Year!!
Help Your child get a snowball fight with Mrs. Couch, and Mrs. Luck- if everyone earns it then Mrs. Branch will have a class snowball fight!! Please help us earn this goal as a class!!!!!!  Read for 30 minutes for 10 days of the break and log steps on this sheet!!! We can do it!!!!  I think we have missed some friends so just put it in their regular log and I will accept that.

Let it Snow!! Yes we went out in it last week and had a blast!!

Graphing Galore

Happy Holidays!

Gingerbread Man Week!
A GREAT BIG thank you to all those parents who donated supplies and volunteered their time to come in and help run stations.  We can't do these fun days without you.

Birds, Birds, and Running

This week we discovered WOW facts about Birds in our continued unit about Animals and using paper scraps we created our own version of birds we found in our bird books.

We even had an opportunity to see some live birds and make some good observations:

Next week we will discuss reptiles and amphibians!
In Math we began learning about asking questions, collecting data, and creating graphs.  We will continue with more over the next two weeks.

And we ended our week with a fun run: