Field Trip!

We're going on a field trip on Wednesday, May, 13th from 9:00am-11:30am.  We will be visiting Riveredge Nature Center.  Permission slips were sent home today.  There is no cost for this field trip!

 I am in need of two more parent chaperones.  Please email me if you are interested in helping us out for the morning!  I will get back to you to let you know if I need your help.  Thank you so much for your support!

Newsletter-Our Week In Review

Dear Parents,

Our unit for Reading the next three weeks is "Amazing Creatures". The theme for this week is "Interesting Insects".  Our big book is "Beetles" and our guided readers are: "Bugs", "Insects" and "About Insects".  We are focusing on the letters: "G,g and W,w" . As always we continue to review all letters and star words.  We also continue to work on phonemic isolation, blending and segmentation.  The strategy this week is asking questions and the skills are classifying and categorizing. 

The kindergartners are continuing to work on number identification, adding, and subtracting during math time.  Students have also had the chance to play a number of games with the dice in order to compare numbers.  Please continue to work on proper number formation with your child. 

At Science, students are learning about plants.  We have discussed how plants are alike and how plants are different.  Students have also have learned what plants need to grow.  Ask your kindergartner what these are!  Take a walk with your child or even plant some seeds to extend the learning at home!

Reminders:

Tomorrow we are going on our field trip to see Charlotte’s Web at the Schauer Theater is Hartford.  Please remind your child to be a Positive Jaguar on our field trip!

Many friends are forgetting their snacks.  Please be sure that your child has a snack to eat in the afternoon!

Thank you for all of your support!

Have a great weekend!

The Kindergarten Teachers

Art Blog

Did you know that there is a Thorson Art Blog?  Check it out!  Mrs. Lechter took pictures of our art class and posted them.  See what we are up to in Art!

http://thorsonart.blogspot.com/ 

Writing poems with our Third Grade Buddies

We worked on writing acrostic poems with our third grade buddies. We had to think of words or phrases that reminds us of spring. It was fun to work with our buddies!

Kahoot!

Kahoot is a fun way to review and learn concepts. Today we used Kahoot to practice some basic math facts. Students play in teams and connect up with their iPads. Kahoot is like those trivia games that you can play at your favorite restaurant. There can be a Kahoot for anything! Ask your kindergartner about Kahoot. 

Plus or Minus Game

Students were able to play the Plus or Minus game today in math. This game helps to reinforce the meaning of the addition and subtraction symbols. Students had to roll a special dice. If there was a + sign they could add to their board. If there was a - sign they had to take away their board. The first person to fill their board- wins!

Working on math centers

New math centers!

Making matches with tally marks

Measuring farm animals

Number sense and measuring with Legos. 

Estimating to 100

Comparing numbers

Playing Top It with coins

Newsletter-Our Week In Review

Dear Parents,

We are enjoying a week of celebrating "Earth Week" with recognizing the value of recycling, reusing and reducing.

Reading:

Our theme this week is "What's in my Garden?". We have been reading about what is needed for plants to grow and how to care for them.  Our theme book is "Sunflower House" and the guided readers are: "It Was Here", "I Like This Flower" and "Kim's Garden".  Our letter is "U,u" and "K,k" and the star words are a review of little, said, here, was, and, and what.  We continue to work on phoneme blending, segmentation and deletion.  Our strategy is to recognize story structure and draw conclusions.

Writing:

We continue to write daily and integrate our writing into science, math, art and in our journals. The students look forward to making books and are spending most of their "rest" time writing, on I-Pads or computers. 

Math:

We are working on money, time, problem solving and story problems.  We also try to incorporate journals and games played with partners as much as possible. 

Reminders:

April 23rd is "Fine Arts" night at Thorson School.  It is a night that showcases the beautiful art our students have completed and their musical talents as well.

April 24th is "Walk to School" day.  Please note the three locations on the Thorson website.

Thank you for all of your support!

The Kindergarten Teachers

Wear White Tomorrow!

Wear White tomorrow to continue our celebration of Earth Week!

Plastic Envelopes-Take Home Books

Hopefully you have noticed a new plastic envelope coming home!  Inside this envelope should be a book that your child can read.  These new envelopes have replaced the plastic baggies that held the books previously.  When your child returns these envelopes to school, they are able to choose a new book to take home! 

Please keep these envelopes safe!  I would like to use them with my future classes.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me!

Our blogs have been updated!

Our blogs have been updated!  Please be sure to check them out!  We love to hear from you.

http://kidblog.org/MrsRockysClass2014-2015/

Book Orders due on WEDNESDAY!

Shop Online: scholastic.com/readingclub
One-Time Class Activation Code: HFYK6

Dear Families,

You can shop and submit your order online or return the printed order form with payment directly to me. No matter how you order, every purchase you make earns FREE Books and educational supplies for our classroom.

The arrival of the book box is always a highlight-thanks for making it happen!

Happy reading,
Mrs. Rocky


Ordering online is fast and easy:

 VISIT scholastic.com/readingclub
 ENTER the one-time Class Activation Code (top of this letter)
 SHOP from a carefully curated selection of the best books, value packs, and Storia eBooks
 SUBMIT your order and earn FREE Books for our classroom
 All book orders will be shipped to our classroom so we can celebrate the joy of reading together!

Wear Green Tomorrow!

Earth Week is happening at Thorson!  Did you check out the Thursday folder with all of the events.  If not, follow the link to know what is happening all week!

http://www.cedarburg.k12.wi.us/cms_files/resources/PTO%20-%20%20Earth%20Week%20Flyer.pdf

Be sure to wear GREEN tomorrow to celebrate Earth Week!

Newsletter- Our Week In Review

April 16, 2015

Dear Families,

Welcome back from break!  We were so happy to see all our friends come back safe and sound!  There were many new stories and experiences they had to share.

Reading:
Our theme this week is "Seeds and Plants".  Our big book is "Seed Secrets" and our guided readers are: "Seeds", "From Seed to Plant" and "Seeds, Seeds, Seeds".  We are working on phoneme isolation, phoneme blending and phoneme deletion.  Our letter is "U,u" We are also working on recognizing text and retelling.

Writing:
We continue to work on writing skills daily.  Our focus is correct letter size, punctuation, word choice and asking the question, "Does the story make sense?"

Math:
Math is a constant review of skills.  We are focusing on addition and subtraction, number sense and problem solving.  We still encourage counting on and back, writing numbers correctly, and sets.

Science:
This is integrated into our writing and reading weekly.  We are covering both plants and animals the rest of the school year.

Reminders:
Please return the field trip permission slip and payment for our upcoming trip to see Charlotte’s Web.

Please wear BLUE tomorrow in support of Autism Awareness

Thank you for all of your support.
Have a wonderful weekend!

The Kindergarten Teachers

We have our own blogs!

Today we went to the computer lab and worked on our very own blogs.  We would love for you to check them out!  Please click on the link to see our blogs!  We would love for you to comment on them too. 

Family members- Don't worry if you can't see your comment right away- I have to approve every comment that comes in. Once I do, you will see it on your child's blog!

http://kidblog.org/MrsRockysClass2014-2015/

Making shapes

We made shapes with marshmallows and toothpicks. It provided us practice building 2D and 3D shapes. 

The kiddos had such a fun time!

The Easter Bunny came!!